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Read more: Before Dawn, Behind Closed Doors, and Across the Street: Women at Work in the Middle EastFrom underground classrooms to parliament floors, six stories of women shaping daily life across the region.
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Read more: Women of Bayt al-Hikma 2.0: Translators on Work, Expectations, and Ideas in the Middle EastMeet four translators bringing books, debates, and new ideas into Arabic.
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Read more: Faisal Al Mutar Appointed Senior Non-Resident Scholar at the University of PittsburghThe founder and president of Ideas Beyond Borders joins the Center for Governance and Markets at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public and…
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Read more: Iran After Khamenei: The Struggle for Control BeginsA historic rupture in unfolding in Iran. Authority in the Islamic Republic has long depended on the alignment between religious legitimacy and coercive power.…
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Read more: IBB President Appointed to GW Advisory BoardFaisal Al Mutar joins the Antisemitism Research Initiative at George Washington University.
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Read more: From Months to 24 Hours: Reforming Business Registration in KurdistanCutting red tape so over 7,000 founders can move from idea to market in days, not months.
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Read more: When Restricted Ideas Meet a Willing Audience in the Arab WorldHouse of Wisdom 2.0 spent 2025 translating and debating classical liberal ideas in Arabic—not to provoke controversy, but to test whether serious arguments would…
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Read more: What You Might Have Missed: January at Middle East UncoveredThis month, Iran dominated the headlines. Widespread protests shook the country, raising urgent questions about the future of the regime and the stability of…
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Read more: Q4 2025 Review: Schools Remained Open. Laws Moved Forward. Access Expanded.In the final quarter of 2025, several things happened that rarely make headlines: In Kurdistan, business registration dropped from months to a single day;…
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Read more: Is Foreign Aid Still Fit for Purpose?With traditional aid models under pressure, this conversation examines how technological disruption, geopolitical competition, and local innovation are reshaping global development assistance.