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This site is the fruit of a collaborative labour of love by people who aspire to enhance freedoms and prosperity in their homelands.
This multilingual platform presents articles, opinion pieces and interviews about various social taboos that impact people, most often women, in the Arab region.
Socio-political researcher and managing director at Sharq.Org Reem Maghribi explains why the organisation focuses on documenting stories and supporting content creation in its bid to promote pluralism and critical thought in the Arab region and beyond.
We at Sharq.Org initiated a transnational women-led collective in 2022. It was a bold undertaking. While our first Collectiva included women from one country focused on one topic, Collectiva Shamila brought together women, men and non-binary people in different Arab region countries…




