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Opening the door to youth employment
Royal support for a youth employment network in the Middle East and North Africa has been critical to its success ‘Your goals are our goals, and I am sure that you will strengthen our efforts …
Joining the dots in Qatar
Royal support can do more than simply underwrite programmes. Given commitment and knowledge, it can also lead to the creation of important initiatives I work for Orbis, an international charity which brings people together to …
BP Oman launches $5 million social investment programme
BP Oman has launched has a $5 millon dollar social investment programme in collaboration with Ministry of Oil and Gas and BP’s partner, Oman Oil Company for Explorations & Production (OOCEP). The programme will focus …
Amplifying African diaspora voice and expertise in philanthropy advice
In the March 2017 issue, Alliance magazine associate editor Andrew Milner’s article Shading in the blanks on the philanthropy advice map explored the how the US and Europe might be exercising a distorting influence in …
Social innovation lab to stimulate solutions for young women and trans people in Lebanon
A new collaboration has been formed to advance the cause of young women and trans youth’s rights and capacity for collective action. FRIDA: the Young Feminist Fund, Global Fund for Women, Oxfam and the Young …
Philanthropy in Egypt and Turkey
The practice of community giving has experienced mixed fortunes amid profound national developments In 2004, the Ford Foundation funded a study to understand the relationship between philanthropy and social justice in predominantly Muslim societies, including …
Interview: HE Dr Sheikha Aisha Al-Thani
HE Dr Sheikha Aisha bint Faleh bin Nasser Al-Thani is the chair and founder of Al Faleh Group which provides educational services in Qatar, through three centres, including Doha Academy. She is also a founding …
Saudi Arabia’s answer to 21st century philanthropy
If there are to be solutions to the problems we face, the Misk Foundation believes they will come from working in collaboration and empowering young people Generosity has been a trait exhibited among the poor …
More than a matter of record
Documenting the historical practice of Muslim philanthropy shines a light on the moral values of humanity that can illuminate the past, present and future What does an historian of the 15th-16th century Ottoman Empire have …
3 ways philanthropy could help Saudi youth
A longer version of this article originally appeared on Al-Fanar Media and appears here with the permission of that publication and the author. As Saudi Arabian leaders detail their goals for the country’s future, the …
