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Based in Amman, Jordan, the Open Society Foundations Arab Regional Office supports a diverse group of civil society organizations, research centers, universities, and media organizations across the Arab world in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Tunisia, and Yemen.

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Open Society Time: Open Society Foundations Highlights, 1979–2010
2011
Brief texts and rich photography feature the people and communities that the Open Society Foundations have worked with to nurture and defend justice and human rights, freedom of expression, and access to public health and education.

Anthony Shadid: Honesty in the Shadow of War
Anthony Richter
February 27, 2012
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Much has been written about Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anthony Shadid in the weeks since his death at age 43 while on assignment in Syria. What I appreciated over the years was his honesty.

What it Takes to Protect Civilians in Libya
Fatima Ayub
April 20, 2011
blog BLOG  
The intervention in Libya, though rightly sanctioned and with just cause under the doctrine of responsibility to protect, was short on planning and long on hope.

Why Are Women Shut Out of Egypt's Constitutional Committee?
Hanan Rabbani
February 25, 2011
blog BLOG  
In the wake of the January 25 revolution, dozens of Egyptian organizations have decried the absence of women on Egypt's Constitutional Committee, the body tasked with ensuring rights and proposing amendments to the country's constitution.

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