Exploring Ayn Rand's Objectivism in Arabic Culture
Explore how Ayn Rand's philosophy sparked moral debates among 21 million Arabic speakers, fostering open discussions on reason, ethics, and freedom.| Ideas Beyond Borders
Across the Middle East, millions are seeking knowledge and opportunity despite censorship and conflict. Ideas Beyond Borders (IBB) is meeting that demand — one translation, one classroom, and one new idea at a time.| Ideas Beyond Borders
With support from the Innovation Hub at Ideas Beyond Borders, Artijaan is helping more than 1,000 Afghan women preserve their culture, rebuild their livelihoods, and prove that creativity can outlast repression.| Ideas Beyond Borders
Explore how Ayn Rand's philosophy sparked moral debates among 21 million Arabic speakers, fostering open discussions on reason, ethics, and freedom.| Ideas Beyond Borders
Explore September 2025’s top stories from Middle East Uncovered — Iraq’s Jaafari Law, Syria’s struggle for coexistence, Qatar’s shattered neutrality, Hezbollah’s legacy in Lebanon, the Taliban’s cultural erasure, Turkey’s authoritarian turn, and more.| Ideas Beyond Borders
Date palms defined the landscape in Iraq before war destroyed half the country’s trees. Agritech startup Shamarekh is pioneering a new way to optimize growing| Ideas Beyond Borders
Amid rising tensions, Samer Hasbany is forced to find new ways to maintain his family olive business in southern Lebanon| Ideas Beyond Borders
Food engineer Sarah Joseph has turned her family home into a flourishing farm| Ideas Beyond Borders
The Taliban are replacing science with dogma and erasing culture from classrooms. Afghans supported by Ideas Beyond Borders are fighting back with underground schools, podcasts, archives, and art.| Ideas Beyond Borders
Afghan entrepreneurs like Ahmad Zia Yousufi are using technology and digital training to keep women and youth connected to learning despite Taliban restrictions.| Ideas Beyond Borders
In Kurdistan, innovators are reinventing agriculture with hydroponics and AI, creating climate-friendly solutions for food security and resilience| Ideas Beyond Borders
From Gaza’s embattled journalists to Iraq’s ambitious new trade corridor, August was a month of defining shifts across the Middle East. Here’s a look at the stories that captured the most attention.| Ideas Beyond Borders
For Afghan youth, the internet is both a risk of arrest and a lifeline for learning, work, and connection.| Ideas Beyond Borders
A wave of agri-entrepreneurs is proving that farming can survive Northern Iraq’s unrelenting droughts and desertification| Ideas Beyond Borders
IBB President Faisal al-Mutar shares his journey from Iraq to the U.S. and why investing in ideas, not weapons, is key to lasting change.| Ideas Beyond Borders
Five years on from the Beirut port explosion, survivors are still demanding justice — and communities are rebuilding with help from IBB’s Innovation Hub.| Ideas Beyond Borders
British-Kurdish genocide survivor Taban Shoresh founded an NGO to support Yazidi women left behind by war, as global attention — and aid — moves elsewhere| Ideas Beyond Borders
A new wheelchair-accessible taxi in Lebanon is helping people with disabilities regain independence and mobility.| Ideas Beyond Borders
A new wheelchair-accessible taxi in Lebanon is helping people with disabilities regain independence and mobility.| Ideas Beyond Borders
Be Part of the Solution Aid doesn’t have to be costly to be effective Every dollar you give is used in the most efficient way to maximize its impact. Make a difference! 80 cents of every doll…| Ideas Beyond Borders
Ideas Beyond Borders is empowering the House of Wisdom 2.0 community by helping youth put their ideas into action. The Innovation Hub provides microgrants for “passionate people with good ideas.” T…| Ideas Beyond Borders
In the heart of Al Diwaniyah, Walaa Fayez’s library offers a space for learning, reflection, and community connection in southern Iraq| Ideas Beyond Borders
How online education is empowering Afghan women under the Taliban| Ideas Beyond Borders
A Speaker for Global Change Book Faisal Saeed Al Mutar as Your Next Speaker About Faisal Faisal Saeed Al Mutar is an award-winning social entrepreneur and visionary thinker, as well as an advocate …| Ideas Beyond Borders
