About the OSI Middle East & North Africa Initiative
The Open Society Institute Middle East & North Africa Initiative promotes issues such as transparency, rule of law, accountability, empowerment of women, independent media, and open exchange of information.
Challenges to Religious Freedom in Egypt
August 13, 2009
Tensions between communities and restrictions on freedom of religion remain challenges in Egypt, reports the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, an OSI grantee.
Iraqi Refugee Radio Takes to the Air
May 19, 2009
With support from the Open Society Institute, Radio Al-Balad in Jordan has tried to play a constructive role in addressing the humanitarian plight of Iraqi refugees.
EurasiaNet
EurasiaNet is a website operated by the Central Eurasia Project that provides information and analysis about political, economic, environmental and social developments in the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as in Russia, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia.
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OSI-Supported Video Marks Two Years of Gaza Closure
 VIDEO
Human rights organizations in Israel have released a short film, funded in part by the Open Society Institute, arguing that closure of the Gaza Strip has created a situation in which both Palestinians and Israelis lose.
Changing U.S. Policy in the Middle East
OSI-New York
April 15, 2009
 AUDIO
The Open Society Institute hosted a forum on changing U.S. policy in the Middle East with Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University and author of Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East.
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Murder in the Name of Honor
