Ibrahim Insights

In her own words: I participated in the Ibrahim fellowship in the summer of 2015. The two years since that summer have seen my...

As a western tourist in a globalized world, I often find myself surrounded by too much familiarity when travelling internationally. The...

Zoe Brouns is a member of the 2016 Ibrahim cohort. Read more about her experience on her blog: Jamil Jedan: A Trip Through the Middle East.

It’s one thing to constantly watch the news about a country experiencing war and a complete other to actually be there, witnessing what...

Examining the Problems that Arise When Two Absolutist Narratives Reject the Validity of One Another Societies use collective narratives...

On May 19th, the Ibrahim Leadership and Dialogue Program (ILDP) fellows had an audience with Abdulaziz bin Mohammed al Rawas, Advisor to...

I am a grateful participant with the 2016 Ibrahim Student Leadership & Dialogue Middle East Fellowship program. It was a tremendous...

Despite the loud mouth of Donald Trump not a day goes by when ISIS (Daesh in Arabic) is mentioned by major media outlets. With the amount...

Yarah Shabana is a member of the 2016 Ibrahim cohort. Read more about her journey in her LinkedIn article: Egyptian and "Broud"

We enter the school on a Tuesday morning, walking past the sports yard and the sounds of kids playing football and shouting through the...

In Jordan, we met with intellectuals from the Iraqi Center for Strategic Studies and the Center Jordanian Democracy. The Iraqi Center for...

Selena Rincon is a member of the 2016 Ibrahim cohort. For more posts and to learn more about Selena’s experience in the Middle East and...

In 2011, the world watched as popular uprisings spread from country to country throughout the greater Middle East. As the conflagration...

Gabriella Cook Francis is a member of the 2016 Ibrahim cohort.

Visiting the United Arab Emirates has been on many people’s bucket list for a long time, including mine. Was it because of its culture?...

Israel Tel Aviv’s coast ran along my beloved Mediterranean Sea. Tel Aviv was filled with Jewish and Arab people, along with the few...

Immigration policy and reform is a contentious topic in the United States, as in most other countries, and features prominently in the...

At the time of the Arab Spring, one Arab nation after another succumbed to violent transitions and civil wars. Millions of Arab civilians...

A journey throughout Israel-Palestine that put me in touch with heroes of hope in a land that seems to know none of it. Over the past...

Ahmet Yücesoy and Yano Windmiller are member of the 2016 Ibrahim cohort.