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The Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship is a regional hub for a dynamic community of academics, practitioners, and civil society actors in exploring traditional and innovative forms of associational life and in advancing realistic solutions to the obstacles to effective civil society and citizenship in the Arab region. 

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Women of Afghanistan: My Voice to My Home

Part 5 of the Afghan series in collaboration with FEMENA

When? Wednesday, May 11, 2022
What time? 11:00 AM EST, 6:00 PM Beirut time


Speaker: Zahra Yagana, Founder and Head, Green Home

In the fifth event of the series Women of Afghanistan: My Voice to My Home, The Asfari Institute in collaboration with FEMENA will be hosting Zara Yagana, Founder and Head of Green Home. Zahra Yagana is an advocate for a life free from violence against women and girls in Afghanistan. She is the Founder and CEO of a nonprofit organization, Green Home, that helped provide scholarships and healthcare to children affected by suicide bombings. For over 15 years, she has worked as civil society and environmental activist, project manager, consultant, and country coordinator in several governments, NGOs, and INGOs, She holds a Bachelor’s of Law and Political Science. Above all mentioned, Zahra is the author of the bestselling book Roshnal_khakestar (Light of Ash), which is based on her own experience as a woman who has been a victim of violence and then worked to end it.

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  • Student Movements in the Time of the Revolution

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  • COVID-19 Tests the Limits of Arab-State Society Relations

    COVID-19 has hit many parts of the Arab world in the context of spreading into the Global South. This might be the right time to rethink many of the assumptions once garnered about state-society relations in the Arab world in the light of the spread of the pandemic and the measures taken to counter it.…

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#Publication

​Domestic Work in Lebanon Post-2019: Reflections on Emerging Trends

​Imane El Hayek and Zeina Ammar

How has the domestic labor market changed post-2019 and what future changes can we expect to see in the next few years? This analytical report aims to present the emerging trends in the domestic labor market, at the levels of policy (government), public discourse (government and media), and on the ground (workers, employers, and brokers). 

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Podcast: Rana Husseini

Rana Husseini is an award-winning Jordanian journalist with 25+ years of experience. In her work, she focuses on social issues with a special emphasis on violence against women, as well as the brutal crimes that are committed against Jordanian women in the name of family honor.

In this podcast episode, we learn more about what drew Rana into the world of journalism and how that field could be utilized to advocate for women’s rights. We also talk to her about her recent book about women’s movement in Jordan and the possible progress in the landscape of violence against women in the Arab region.

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