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Syria Can’t Be Rebuilt on the Myths of Its Diaspora
Every Syrian community in exile carries its own idea of Syria, frozen largely as it was when they left. It’s as if there’s an innate inability, or unwillingness, to allow the place you left to keep living without you, to keep accumulating c...
Israel’s Reputation Problem Cannot Be Solved With Better PR
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The Victims Lost in the War Over Narratives
Today, Middle East Uncovered will publish two pieces examining the growing media and political controversy surrounding testimonies of sexual violence connected to October 7 and the war that followed. These accounts are graphic, painful, and...
Caught Between Hezbollah and Israel, Lebanon’s Christians Choose To Stay Put
The recent clashes between Hezbollah and Israel, following the death of Iran’s Ali Khamenei, have rendered much of southern Lebanon uninhabitable. The fighting between the two parties continues today unabated, and Hezbollah’s latest incorpo...
What It’s Like To Be a Beekeeper in Tunisia
Hela Boubaker knows instantly when her bees are upset. The pitch of their buzzing indicates all is not well in the hive. A beekeeper must be attuned to dozens of these subtle noise variations. “I know if they are hungry, or the queen is sic...
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What others miss, we uncover. On-the-ground reporting, local voices, real stakes. Complex stories, clearly told. Powered by Ideas Beyond Borders.
Muhi Ansari is a journalist and Chair of Al-Rasheed Center for Development, promoting democracy, justice, and sustainable development in Iraq through media and civic advocacy.
Afghanistan Program Director at Ideas Beyond Borders. Writer and reporter for the Middle East Uncovered.
Host of the Award-Winning Podcast "In the East Wing" | Covering Developments in the MENA region.
Ahmed Windi is an Iraqi writer and analyst exploring youth, migration, peacebuilding, and social change across Iraq and the Middle East.
Lebanese researcher in Marketing and communication, based in the UK. I explore how people and ideas move through communication, exploring why some stories persuade and others fade. I'm interested in Middle Eastern politics, and appalled by it .
British-Palestinian writer. Focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but also dipping toes into history, economics, futurism, statistics, technology, etc.
Syrian-American pro-democracy activist and analyst. Chief Governance and Policy Officer (the Parliamentarian) @WorldLibertyCongress. Views are my own. Reposts & Likes ≠ Endorsement.
Senior writer at Middle East Uncovered, a publication of Ideas Beyond Borders. Journalist and photographer covering the MENA region
Faisal Saeed Al Mutar is a social entrepreneur and media executive with extensive experience in economic development, innovation, and nonprofit leadership. Founder and President of Ideas Beyond Borders
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Pro-democracy activist and journalist from Iran. Holds a master’s in TV Journalism from Hochschule Hannover. Fled Iran in 2009 due to persecution. Now in Germany, focusing on digital rights and human rights.
Freelance journalist. Based in Erbil, sometimes in Baghdad. Writing about Iraq. \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf6
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Palestinian writer | Speaker in Germany. Author of Muscheln am Strand von Gaza (S. Fischer 2026).
Reporter for The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak.
Iram Ramzan is a journalist and commentator, with a focus on foreign affairs and social issues, particularly on British Muslims. Huge Bollywood fan. Co-host of the Taking The Myth podcast, an award-winning monthly sceptical show.
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