Scaling your project globally at direction of funders is counter productiveLast year, I wrote about this in the form of a thread on Twitter that I will unpack here for easier sharing.Nov 12, 2020Nov 12, 2020
Physical Anonymity on the Web: A Monumental ChallengeI have spent the last decade of my life using the internet as a tool for advocacy, valuing it for the flexibility and security it has…Dec 1, 2017Dec 1, 2017
The Impact of Foreign Funders: When Dollars Hurt, Not HelpAgainst the backdrop of imperialism, occupation, terrorism, corruption, surveillance and dictatorship, those who advocate for social…Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017
Support Mideast Tunes and indie music in the MENAAlmost seven years ago, I founded Mideast Tunes, which has now become the largest platform for independent musicians who use music as a…Jan 5, 20171Jan 5, 20171
Published inTED FellowsThe real story of the gay Middle EastRainbow flags can’t begin to tell the true story of the complex LGBT experience in the Middle East.Jan 26, 2016Jan 26, 2016
Neighboring Tragedy and Looking Away: The Role of the Gulf in SyriaImages are unique in that the right one can cater to the short and fickle attention span of the Western media. When Aylan al-Kurdi washed…Sep 18, 2015Sep 18, 2015
Published inART + marketingFundraiser for Award-Winning Human Rights Organization at Twitter HQMy team and I have been running Mideast Youth for the last 10 years. In the first 5 of these years, we had to support our projects by…Aug 22, 20151Aug 22, 20151
Engaging Readers for Better JournalismThe best thing about growing CrowdVoice.org is being able to pay close attention to how stories are being told and ultimately re-angled in…Sep 9, 2014Sep 9, 2014
Keeping Our Voices Loud — The Evolution of CrowdVoice.orgThe importance of information has always been at the engine of all the operations of Mideast Youth. The nature of information is that it…Aug 18, 2014Aug 18, 2014