Elie H. Abouaoun

November 15, 2013

In the Arab region, barriers abound to giving locally

For decades, human rights defenders across the Arab region have relied on foreign resources rather than local funding to support human rights initiatives.

December 7, 2012

Reflections from Johannesburg: Social Justice Philanthropy

Posted on December 6, 2012 by IHRFG

May 1, 2012

Philanthropy in the Arab region at the dawn of a new era

The Arab region has experienced a number of historical developments in the last year, a dynamic of change unseen since the 1950s. Analyzing the whereabouts of this dynamic might be pretentious for a grantmaking organization like AHRF; nevertheless, reflecting on how this reshuffling of the cards would affect philanthropy in the region is a much needed exercise at this stage.
April 1, 2012

Corporate Social Responsibility, NGO linakes for a new era of enhanced sustianability

Only three decades ago, the role of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in filling the gaps resulting from the public sector’s shortcomings was intensively debated in a context of extreme caution (by governmental stakeholders).