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Can Israel and Palestine learn from philanthropy in Northern Ireland
Alliance has invited us to comment on the two sets of contributions about the response of Palestinian and Israeli and Jewish philanthropy to the unfolding terrifying events in the Middle East. In February of this …
Meet the team: Alliance regional representative Huda Hakki
Huda Hakki has joined Alliance magazine as regional representative covering the GCC countries. Hakki is a socio-economic development professional based in Saudi Arabia. Hakki joins a growing team of Alliance regional representatives that now cover nine regions including …
Swiss and Arab philanthropies respond to Lebanon crisis as displacement follows Israeli air strikes
The Swiss Philanthropy Foundation and the Arab Foundations Forum have both launched emergency appeals for Lebanon amidst an escalation in violence and subsequent displacement since Israel’s military strikes on the capital Beirut and in southern …
Women and girls underfunded in Middle East, next generation female philanthropists excluded from senior positions
Women and girls are chronically underfunded in the Middle East and will continue to be so without a fundamental change of those in senior positions, warns a new report published by the Pearl Initiative and …
Aid is dying: The time to #ShiftThePower is now
Talk of the ‘post-aid world’ is everywhere. Sweden, Finland, Germany and the Netherlands have joined the UK in huge cuts to official development assistance. This is resulting in large-scale redundancies for INGOs that have pursued …
Climate philanthropy must reckon with itself
Philanthropies that are engaging in the climate space must be careful that their work is not exacerbating existing inequities. Though climate justice is now recognised in the mainstream as an essential part of the climate …
October 7: Trauma and reckoning for Jewish and Israeli philanthropy
On 7 October 2023, the armed wing of Hamas and several Palestinian groups launched coordinated attacks from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, resulting in the deaths of 1,200 people. There is evidence of rape …
Two billion dollars and counting: Jewish philanthropy steps up for Israel at its crisis moment
Jewish philanthropy has an illustrious history of stepping up in times of crisis and achieving impressive feats. Its response to events on October 7th when Hamas attacked communities and military bases in southern Israel killing …
Everyone is suffering: We must commit to nonviolence
Every layer of my engagement in the complexity of the Palestinian/Israeli dynamic, be it philanthropic or logistical, has been inspired and informed by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s concept of the Beloved Community. As I understand …
On finding connection through listening
‘What Hamas has done is push us all towards extremism. They are awakening the fanatic within each of us. Even your tone has shifted when discussing the conflict’. It was my brother who first found …
