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Arab Reform Initiative (ARI)
The Arab Reform Initiative is the leading independent Arab think tank working with expert partners in the Middle East and North Africa and beyond to articulate a home-grown agenda for democratic change. It conducts research and policy analysis and provides a platform for inspirational voices based on the principles of diversity, impartiality and social justice. We produce original research informed by local experiences and partner with institutions to achieve impact across the Arab world and globally We empower individuals and institutions to develop their own concept of policy solutions We mobilise stakeholders to build coalitions for positive change Our aim is to see vibrant democratic societies emerge and grow in the region. Founded in 2005, the Arab Reform Initiative is governed by a Plenary of its members and an Executive Committee.Visit Site
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February 09, 2021
Oman, Ten Years After the Arab Spring: The Evolution of State-Society Relations
By: Yasmina Abouzzohour -
February 02, 2021
Invisibility and Negrophobia in Algeria
By: Stephen J. King -
January 15, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccination in the Time of Austerity: How and for Whom?
By: Joelle M. Abi-Rached, Pascale Salameh -
January 14, 2021
Tunisian Youth and Political Life: From Stagnation to Revival?
By: Zied Boussen, Mohammed Islam Mbarki -
January 12, 2021
Iraq’s New Electoral Law: Old Powers Adapting to Change
By: Omar Al-Jaffal -
January 08, 2021
Recycling Policies from the Bottom Up: Waste Work in Lebanon
By: Elizabeth Saleh -
December 15, 2020
Sudan: Have the Juba and Addis Ababa Agreements Untangled the Dichotomy between Religion and the State?
By: Abdelkhalig Shaib -
December 09, 2020
The Pavements Don't Speak: Silencing Street Theatre in Egypt
By: Yasmin Helal -
December 04, 2020
Mobilizing against Anti-black Racism in MENA: A Reader
By: Arab Reform Initiative -
November 25, 2020
Tunisia: COVID-19 Increases Vulnerability of Rural Women
By: Alessandra Bajec -
November 24, 2020
Building on Quicksand: Pursuing Transitional Justice in Times of Great Upheaval
By: Nadim Houry -
November 17, 2020
Solutions for the “Vanishing Drug” Conundrum in Lebanon: A Change in the Subsidy System Coupled with a Digital Prescribing Platform
By: Nadim El Jamal, Ulfat Usta, Mona Nasrallah, Elie Al-Chaer, Ghassan Hamadeh, Hussain Isma'eel -
November 12, 2020
A Syrian Perspective on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon: What Lessons to Be Learnt?
By: Mansour Omari -
November 06, 2020
Nizar Saghieh – No society disappears through bankruptcy: Its vitality alone can ensure accountability
By: Nizar Saghieh, Jamil Mouawad -
November 06, 2020
The Gulf States and Israel after the Abraham Accords
By: Fatiha Dazi-Heni -
October 30, 2020
The Political Economy of Syria: Deepening Pre-War Orientations
By: Joseph Daher -
October 28, 2020
Identity Belonging and Constitutional Reform in Algeria: Reconciliating Ideologies for a Peaceful Transition
By: Yacine Adberahmane -
October 26, 2020
One Year into Lebanon's “17 October Uprising”: Is There a Reason to Celebrate?
By: Jamil Mouawad, Paul Achcar -
October 20, 2020
The Deteriorated Educational Reality in Lebanon: Towards “Another” Critical Approach
By: Suzanne Abdul-Reda Abourjeili, Seham Harb -
October 15, 2020
Saving the Suffering Lebanese Healthcare Sector: Immediate Relief while Planning Reforms
By: Hussain Isma'eel, Nadim El Jamal, Nuhad Yazbik Dumit, Elie Al-Chaer -
October 05, 2020
Towards a Zero-COVID Lebanon: A Call for Action
By: Joelle M. Abi-Rached, Nahla Issa, Jade Khalife, Pascale Salameh -
September 30, 2020
Salvaging Lebanon: Expert Opinions on a Way out of the Crisis
By: Ismael Sheikh Hassan -
September 17, 2020
Punishing the Regime, Protecting Syrians: The Dilemma of Sanctions on Syria
By: Mechym Zaki -
September 16, 2020
Timebomb at the Port: How Institutional Failure, Political Squabbling and Greed Set the Stage for Blowing up Beirut
By: Reinound Leenders -
September 11, 2020
Eliminating the Protests? The Motives and Circumstances of Basra Assassinations
By: Yaseen Taha Mohammed -
September 07, 2020
What Has Changed in Policing since the Arab Uprisings of 2011? Challenges to Reform and Next Steps
By: Alex Walsh -
August 28, 2020
Ending Denial: Anti-Black Racism in Morocco
By: Stephen J. King -
August 26, 2020
Egypt after the Coronavirus: Back to Square One
By: Ishac Diwan, Nadim Houry, Yezid Sayigh -
August 21, 2020
Local Authorities in Tunisia Face Challenges of Post-COVID Economic Recovery
By: Afef Hammami Marrakchi -
August 11, 2020
Diasporas: A Global and Vibrant Force for Arab Democratization
By: Amine Al-Sharif -
August 04, 2020
No Homeland, No Future: Alawite Youth As the Backbone of the Assad Regime
By: Alimar Lazkani -
July 30, 2020
How Demographics Erode the Patronage Buying Power of Iraq’s Muhasasa Ta’ifia
By: Ahmed Tabaqchali -
July 28, 2020
Syria: Sanctions Should Not Be Lifted, but They Must Be Improved
By: Genevieve Zingg -
July 24, 2020
Tunisia: In Tataouine, Socio-Economic Marginalization Is a Time Bomb
By: Alessandra Bajec -
July 21, 2020
In the Footsteps of Martin Luther King: Will We Witness a Revolution Against Racial Discrimination in the Middle East?
By: Saad Salloum -
July 17, 2020
Syria Torture Trial in Germany is an Arab Issue: Where are the Arab Media and Human Rights Organizations?
By: Mansour Omari -
July 13, 2020
Iran’s Regional Role in the Arab World and Iranian State-Society Relations
By: Mahjoob Zweiri -
June 24, 2020
Tunisia: New Government, New Dynamics?
By: Zied Boussen -
June 03, 2020
Lebanon: Government Recovery Plan Asks Too Much of Ordinary Lebanese, and Not Enough from Elites
By: Sami Halabi -
May 29, 2020
Sudan: Managing COVID-19 Pandemic During a Time of Transition
By: Ezman Kunna -
May 27, 2020
Covid-19 and a Deepening Conflict Worsen Libya's Humanitarian Situation
By: Khayreddine Basha -
May 20, 2020
Can Tunisia Shake Off “Business as Usual” Following Covid-19?
By: Salma Houerbi -
May 07, 2020
Lebanon: Managing COVID-19 in the Time of Revolution
By: Ishac Diwan, Joelle M. Abi-Rached -
May 06, 2020
Mapping Algerian Trade Unions in the Time of Mass Mobilization: Current Dynamics and Future Challenges
By: Nacer Djabi -
April 24, 2020
Will COVID-19 Mark the Endgame for Iraq’s Muhasasa Ta'ifia?
By: Ahmed Tabaqchali -
April 22, 2020
Is the Worst Part Behind Us? Epidemiology, Data and Lebanon’s COVID-19 Response
By: Sirine Anouti -
April 15, 2020
Testing for COVID-19: What Should Lebanon Do?
By: Fatima Al Sayah -
April 14, 2020
Tunisia Facing COVID-19: To Exceptional Circumstances, Exceptional Measures?
By: Eya Jrad -
April 10, 2020
After the Pandemic: Reimagining the Role of State and Non-State Actors in (Re)building National Health Systems in the Arab World
By: Fadi El-Jardali -
April 07, 2020
The Future of the Algerian Hirak Following the COVID-19 Pandemic
By: Dris Nouri -
March 30, 2020
Morocco: Can the PJD Still Absorb Popular Anger?
By: Mohammed Masbah -
March 26, 2020
Syria’s Growing Economic Woes: Lebanon’s Crisis, the Caesar Act and Now the Coronavirus
By: Jihad Yazigi -
March 16, 2020
After the Trump “Peace Plan”: One-State Solution is the Only Way Forward
By: Diana Buttu -
March 16, 2020
After the Trump “Peace Plan”: Two Perspectives on Palestinian Options
By: Diana Buttu, Mouin Rabbani -
March 16, 2020
After the Trump “Peace Plan”: Ending the Occupation is the Priority
By: Mouin Rabbani -
February 28, 2020
Local Activism in post-2011 Egypt
By: Nadine Abdalla -
February 18, 2020
Lebanese Women and the Politics of Representation
By: Carmen Geha -
January 25, 2020
What Has Changed in Policing since the Arab Uprisings of 2011? Surveying Policing Concepts and Modes of Contestation
By: Alex Walsh -
January 23, 2020
Urban Rights and Local Politics in Egypt: The Case of the Maspero Triangle
By: Dina Wahba -
January 21, 2020
Decentralisation: The Search for New Development Solutions in the Arab World’s Peripheries
By: Intissar Kherigi -
January 08, 2020
“What is a State without the People?”: Statehood Obsession and Denial of Rights in Palestine
By: Alaa Tartir -
December 20, 2019
The Syrian State: A Two-Headed Monster is Emerging
By: Bassma Kodmani -
December 18, 2019
From “Overthrowing the Regime” to “All Means All”: An Analysis of the Lebanonisation of Arab Spring Rhetoric
By: Fares Halabi -
December 11, 2019
Shouting for a New Algeria: Slogans as Foundations of a Political Project?
By: Nassim Balla -
December 02, 2019
The Crisis of The Algerian Presidential Elections: Candidates, Stakes, and Scenarios
By: Redouane Boudjemaa -
November 27, 2019
Algeria’s Presidential Elections: Stopping a Democratic Transition?
By: Dris Nouri -
November 25, 2019
The Rising Tide of Change in Iraq: An Assessment of the 2018 and 2019 Protests
By: Hashim Al-Rikabi -
November 06, 2019
Twenty Days of Lebanese Protests: Between Continuity, Innovation and Uncertainty
By: Anis Chérif-Alami -
October 19, 2019
A Strong Central State: A Prerequisite for Effective Local Governance in Yemen
By: Osamah Al-Rawhani -
September 23, 2019
Tunisia’s Upcoming Challenge: Fixing the Economy Before It's Too Late
By: Ishac Diwan -
September 05, 2019
Who are the Candidates in Tunisia’s 2019 Presidential Elections?
By: Souha Drissi -
September 05, 2019
Who are the Candidates in Tunisia’s 2019 Presidential Elections?
By: Souha Drissi -
August 14, 2019
Lebanon: Anger in Palestinian Refugee Camps Gives Rise to a New Mobilization for Dignity
By: Marie kortam -
July 31, 2019
Decentralization in Morocco: Promising Legal Reforms with Uncertain Impact
By: Lamia Zaki -
July 31, 2019
The Tunisian Experience of Decentralization Since 2014
By: Lotfi Tarchouna -
July 31, 2019
Exploring the Rationale for Decentralization in Iraq and its Constraints
By: Ali Al-Mawlawi -
July 31, 2019
A Safe Path for Democratic Decentralization in Syria
By: Bassma Kodmani -
July 25, 2019
A Path for Political Change in Lebanon? Lessons and Narratives from the 2018 Elections
By: Nadim El-Kak -
July 19, 2019
Sudan’s Power-Sharing Agreement: Towards Transition or a Game of Tajility?
By: Magdi El-Gizouli -
May 29, 2019
Challenging the Legal Ideology of the State: Cause Lawyering and Social Movements in Egypt
By: Ahmed Ezzat -
April 29, 2019
Strong Organization, Weak Ideology: Muslim Brotherhood Trajectories in Egyptian Prisons Since 2013
By: Abdülrahman Ayyash -
April 19, 2019
The View from Aden: A Shadow State between the Coalition and Civil War
By: Omar Said -
April 17, 2019
Algeria’s Uprisings in Context: An Interview with Prof. El Mouhoub Mouhoud
By: El Mouhoub Mouhoud -
April 12, 2019
The Fall of al-Bashir: Mapping Contestation Forces in Sudan
By: Magdi El-Gizouli -
April 09, 2019
Algeria: Inventing New Political Rules
By: Rachid Tlemçani -
January 17, 2019
Palestinian Refugees of Syria’s Yarmouk Camp: Challenges and Obstacles to Return
By: Roger Asfar -
December 20, 2018
Islamists and Human Rights in Morocco
By: Mohamed Wazif -
December 05, 2018
Mapping the Syrian Diaspora: A Global Player in the Reconstruction of Syria
By: Bassma Kodmani, Hana Jaber -
December 05, 2018
The Palestinian Diaspora and the State-Building Process
By: Taher labadi -
December 05, 2018
Syrian Diaspora Groups in Europe: Mapping their Engagement in Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom
By: Nora Ragab, Amer Katbeh -
December 05, 2018
Mapping Syrian Skills in the Gulf: The Case of Qatar
By: Kheder Zakaria -
December 05, 2018
Gulf Countries as a Destination for Syrian Financial Capital: The Case of the United Arab Emirates
By: Maher Al Junaidy -
December 05, 2018
Blessed Investors and Cursed Refugees: A Reading of Syrian Presence in Jordan
By: Hana Jaber -
December 05, 2018
Syrians in Turkey: Groupings, Fractures and a Floundering Civil Society
By: Sasha Al-Alou -
December 05, 2018
The Syrian Diaspora, Old and New
By: Bassma Kodmani -
December 05, 2018
Syrians in Egypt: Major Financial Investments in a Volatile Context
By: Firas Haj Yehia -
December 05, 2018
Arabism and its Repercussions: Forms of Solidarity among Syrians in Latin America
By: Cecilia Baeza -
December 05, 2018
Lebanese Communities Abroad: Feeding and Fuelling Conflicts
By: Tamirace Fakhoury -
December 05, 2018
The Syrian Diaspora in Lebanon: Between a Lack of Policy and a Policy of Alienation
By: Rayan Majed -
December 05, 2018
Syrians in the USA: Solidarity Despite Political Rifts
By: Basma Alloush -
December 05, 2018
Armenians Abroad: Between Diaspora and the State
By: Antranik Dakessian -
November 23, 2018
Local Actors in the Syrian Coastal Area: Characteristics and Prospects
By: Alimar Lazkani -
October 18, 2018
Islamists and Rights Activists in Egypt: The Potential for Convergence
By: Heba Raoul Ezzat -
October 11, 2018
Policing the Digital Sphere: The Impact of Palestine’s Cybercrime Legislation
By: Chiara Ayad -
October 04, 2018
Europe Is the Key Player in Syria: An Alternative Template for Transition
By: Bassma Kodmani -
September 27, 2018
Tunisia: Human Rights Organizations, Political Islam and its Groups
By: Mohamed Sahbi Khalfaoui -
July 19, 2018
Russian Forces in Syria and the Building of a Sustainable Military Presence: What About Iranian-backed Syrian Militias?
By: Alimar Lazkani -
July 18, 2018
The Impact of the Human Rights Movement in Tunisia: Between Legislation and Practice (2010-2016)
By: Afifa Mannai -
July 16, 2018
The Human Rights Movement in Morocco: The Dialectic of Influence
By: Mohamed Outahar -
July 12, 2018
The Lebanese Legislative Elections: Fragmentation and Polarization
By: Nayla Moussa -
July 12, 2018
Iraq 2018 Elections: Between Sectarianism and the Nation
By: Isam al Khafaji -
July 12, 2018
Tunisia’s Local Elections: Entrenching Democratic Practices
By: Asma Nouira -
June 21, 2018
Russian Forces in Syria and the Building of a Sustainable Military Presence: Towards a Restructuring of the Syrian Army?
By: Alimar Lazkani -
May 31, 2018
The Arab Revolutions Seven Years On: The State of Social Movements in Egypt and Syria
By: Nadine Abdalla -
May 09, 2018
Tunisia: Human Rights Organizations and the State
By: Hatem Chakroun -
April 04, 2018
Human Rights and the State in Morocco: Impact of the 20 February Movement
By: Rachid Chennani -
March 23, 2018
The State and Human Rights Organizations in Egypt: A Problem of Political Culture or a Structural Crisis?
By: Mohamed El Agati -
February 02, 2018
Human Rights Action and Social Movements in Morocco
By: Youssef Mounsif -
January 16, 2018
The Human Rights Movement and Contentious Politics in Egypt (2004-2014)
By: Amr Adly -
January 01, 2018
Rights and Politics: Human Rights Action and Socio-economic Struggles in Tunisia
By: Hatem Chakroun -
December 01, 2017
Governance and the Human Rights Movement in Morocco
By: Mohammad Tariq -
December 01, 2017
The Problematics of Governance in the Human Rights Movement in Tunisia
By: Hafedh Chekir -
December 01, 2017
Unsolved Dilemmas: Issues of Internal Governance in Egypt’s Human Rights NGOs
By: Yara Shahin -
October 01, 2017
Institutional Reform of State Agencies in the Arab Region: Educated but Unemployed: The Challenge Facing Egypt’s Youth
By: Adel Abdel Ghafar -
October 01, 2017
The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood Movement: From Pillar of Monarchy to Enemy of the State
By: Hana Jaber -
October 01, 2017
Historical Legacies in Egyptian Security Institutions
By: Yosra El Gendi -
October 01, 2017
Elections Governance During the Tunisian Democratic Transition
By: Belhassen Ennouri -
October 01, 2017
Civil-Military Relations in the Middle East
By: Ahmed Abd Rabou -
September 01, 2017
Revolutionary Youth Movements, Religiosity and Identity Politics in Egypt
By: Fouad Halbouni -
September 01, 2017
Origins, Evolution and Challenges to the Human Rights Movement in Tunisia
By: Asma Nouira -
September 01, 2017
The Evolution of Morocco’s Human Rights Movement
By: Mohamed Kadiri -
September 01, 2017
The Formal Birth of the Human Rights Movement in Egypt
By: Yasmine Shash -
April 01, 2017
National Reconciliation and Protection of Minorities
By: Salam Kawakibi -
June 06, 2016
Against the Grain: Student Movement in Private Universities
By: Ismail Fayad -
June 01, 2016
Student Activism in Post-2011 Egypt: Understanding a Contentious Arena in a Fluctuating Context
By: Farah Ramzy -
April 05, 2016
Standards of Disability in Arab Society
By: Maher Akhttiar -
March 01, 2016
Christians in the Arab Mashreq: Towards a State of Citizenship for All
By: Nael Georges -
March 01, 2016
Iraq between Popular Momentum and Frozen Reforms
By: Cherine Chams El-Dine -
March 01, 2016
De-Urbanising the Syrian Revolt
By: Isam al Khafaji -
September 01, 2015
Foreign influence in the Middle East: changes in perceptions and expectations
By: Mathilde Dugit-Gros -
September 01, 2015
The War in Sinai: A Battle against Terrorism or Cultivating Terrorism for Future?
By: Ismail Alexandrani -
December 01, 2014
Judging the Judges - The present crisis facing the Egyptian judiciary
By: Ibrahim El-Houdaiby -
September 01, 2014
From Apparatus State to War State
By: Dina El Khawaga -
August 01, 2014
The Dynamics of Business Interest Group Advocacy on Economic Policymaking
By: Heba Abou Shnief -
July 01, 2014
State Terrorism and Resistance in Kerdasa: Battle Zone Report
By: Sherif Mohy El Deen -
July 01, 2014
Reforming Syria’s Security Sector in the Post-Assad Era
By: Murhaf Jouejati