Abdelhak Kamal
Faculty of Economics and Administration, Hassan I University
Tech & Society
ARI’s Tech & Society Program explores how the accelerating deployment of technologies…
Women’s Political Participation
The Women’s Political Participation Program is committed to reshaping the narrative and…
Youth as Political Actors
The mass movements of 2011 saw the crumbling of “politics as usual”…
Social Protection
The Arab Reform Initiative (ARI)’s Social Protection Program envisions an Arab region…
Environmental Politics
ARI’s Environmental Politics Program seeks to place the environment at the heart…
Anti-Racism
Despite the recent growth of interest in anti-racism in MENA, scholarly and…
COVID-19
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the fragility of social protection systems in the…
Diaspora
The new diasporas that have resulted from the region’s current conflicts and…
Governance
Many of the reforms in the name of good governance in MENA…
Political Economy
Since the transformative events of 2011, the Arab Reform Initiative has been…
Security Sector Reform
Syria’s Transition
Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on 8 December 2024, Syria…
Women Political Participation
Since 2011, women across the Arab world have been playing critical roles…
After the War: Rethinking Regional Security in the Middle East
The Middle East is living through the exhaustion of an old security order without…
Seeds Beyond Submission: Quiet Resistance in Rural Tunisia
In recent decades, Tunisia has undergone profound changes, affecting all sectors of agriculture, from…
Iraq in Wartime: Armed Factions, Political Deadlock, and the Wait for an External Factor
With the regional war widening after the US-Israeli strike on Iran, Iraq has been…
The Role of Palestinian Civil Society Organizations in Food Sovereignty
Introduction Within the framework of the Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network (PENGON) and in cooperation…
Living, Breathing, Resisting: Gabès and the New Political Landscape in Tunisia
Introduction Since the chemical complex was established in 1972,1The Gabès chemical complex, part of…
Financing Water Justice: International Aid and Development in the MENA Region
1. Introduction The need for water justice in the MENA region represents a pressing…
Hormuz Under Fire: LNG Disruption, Regional Exposure, and Energy Sovereignty in MENA
Executive Summary This Q&A with Diana Kaissi, Energy Governance Specialist, examines how the current…
Syria’s Seeds and the Politics of Care: A Materialist Feminist Perspective
Feminist journalist Rula Asad interviews Ansar Jasim, a political scientist and food sovereignty activist,…
Islam, Feminism, and Family Laws: A Conversation with Musawah
In many Muslim-majority societies, family laws grounded in religious interpretations continue to shape women’s…
Participatory Approaches to Conflict, Climate Change and Environment: Case Studies from the Middle East and North Africa
Foreword: The MENA countries have been confronting profound and far-reaching climate shocks. Experts widely…
Knowledge as a Public Good: Reconceiving the Purpose and Methods of Knowledge Production
Table of Contents “Introduction: Taking Stock, Setting the Agenda” by Dina El Khawaga, Andrew…
Egypt’s Successive Economic Crises: The IMF’s Impact and Pathways to Just Monetary, Food, and Social Policies
Introduction Salma Hussein This is a new era. An era of multiple and complex…
ARI Announces Winner of its 2023 Student Prize
Beirut/Tunis/Paris – October 27, 2023 The Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) announced today the winner…
New Release: A Vision for Universal Social Protection Systems in the Arab Region
(Beirut, March 19th, 2024) The Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) released today the English version…
26 Days of Activism for Social Protection Campaign
PRESS RELEASE (Paris/Beirut/Tunis – 11/04/2023) The Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) is launching a new…
Environmental Struggle and Activism in the Middle East and North Africa
Environmental movements have emerged as critical actors in advocating for equitable resource governance, protesting…
Critical Policy Analysis Training Cohorts 2021-2025
This dossier brings together a series of papers produced under the Fostering Critical Policy…
COP28 and Just Transition
Just Transition is the notion that a green transition must also address intersectional socio-economic…
