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Interview - Nabil Qaddumi
Dr Nabil Qaddumi

Interview - Nabil Qaddumi

1 December 2009
Alliance magazine

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Abraaj Capital sets up 22-year-long fund for Palestinian orphans

1 September 2009
Alliance magazine

Dubai-based private equity group Abraaj Capital is donating US$10 million to a trust fund to help educate more than 1,200 Palestinian children and youth who lost parents during violence in Gaza in December and January. The fund, launched in May at a ceremony hosted by the King and Queen of Jordan, will be managed by the Palestinian-based Welfare Association. Strikingly, it will have a lifespan of 22 years, allowing it to support young children right through to adulthood. Click here to read ...


Making space for a redefined private sector
Fadi Ghandour

Making space for a redefined private sector

Fadi Ghandour
1 September 2009
Alliance magazine

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Proposed reform of Egyptian NGO law would threaten future of many

1 April 2009
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Rana Sadik

Solidarity giving to Gaza defies recession

Rana Sadik and Atallah Kuttab
1 March 2009
Alliance magazine

In 2008, there was no escaping the global recession in the Arab region, especially in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, better known as the Gulf states. The local economies are in a dire situation. The drop in oil prices, along with the severe downturn in local stock markets and the drop in demand for real estate, has sobered the excessive spending habits often associated with the Gulf. Click here to read ...


Data on philanthropy in the Arab region needed

1 December 2008
Alliance magazine

In September, the John D Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement at the American University of Cairo and the Arab Foundations Forum (AFF) met to discuss issues related to quantitative data collection on philanthropy in the Arab region, including definitions and classifications and identifying the gaps in available data. Click here to read ...


NEF - Mercator Fund expanding role

1 September 2008
Alliance magazine

The NEF Mercator Fund, which initiates and supports projects related to Europe’s role in global social, security and development issues, is being expanded both in thematic and geographical terms. From 2008 onwards, its three main portfolios will be Global Insurgency, Public Security and Public Health. Within these three programmes, the NEF Mercator Fund is actively seeking new partnerships and co-funding opportunities with foundations and other organizations in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the US. Click here to read ...


Palestinians pilot community-based resource distribution

Nora Murad
1 September 2008
Alliance magazine

Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory are the world’s largest per capita recipients of international aid, yet they have very limited influence over how that aid is used. Civil society’s dependence on international aid contributes to a host of problems, including donor-driven agendas, wasted human and financial resources, and fraudulent practices. Also, donor-dependent CSOs become accountable to their donors rather than to their local communities. Communities themselves often see very little of the aid money once the aid agency takes its administrative costs and the international NGO intermediary takes its cut. This leaves Palestinians without mechanisms for real participation, much less leadership, in their own social change and development. Click here to read ...


What other association leaders said...

1 April 2008
Alliance magazine

Alliance asked a group of association leaders from different parts of the world to respond to Steve Gunderson’s interview and the idea of holding an all-embracing Philanthropy Summit. This is what they said.

Gerry Salole  European Foundation Centre Click here to read ...


Could the Council on Foundations do more...
Atallah Kuttab

Could the Council on Foundations do more...

Atallah Kuttab & Marcos Kisil
1 April 2008
Alliance magazine

Two Alliance editorial board members, Atallah Kuttab and Marcos Kisil, had issues they wanted to raise with Steve Gunderson, following his interview for Alliance.

Atallah Kuttab Click here to read ...


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