sharq.org is led by Reem Maghribi, who has since its inception in 2004 volunteered over 20,000 hours to the design and realisation of its portfolio of non-profit social impact initiatives.
several projects have been initiated and completed in collaboration with in-house teams and consultants fairly compensated using donor funds. our first donors were private citizens with a long history in social justice work. institutional donors financially supported many of the initiatives implemented in the decade+ that sharq.org was based in the eastern Mediterranean. they include Creative Commons, Arab Human Rights Fund, Swedish Institute, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, KAICIID, Minority Rights Group and UK FCO.
with a renewed focus on sustainability and integrity, our ongoing initiatives are supported by volunteers, revenues, and reciprocal partnerships.
if you like one of the ongoing initiatives we are currently running, you can apply to join a project implementing team as a volunteer, intern, or paid contributor.
if you would like to propose a co-creation with sharq.org, you can apply to join Collectiva Shamila or send us a project pitch.
if you want to get involved but don’t know exactly how, you can simply contact us to say hi over email or book in a quick chat with Reem during sharq.org surgery hours.
if you want to enquire about our work and credibility, you can contact our associates and collaborators, many of whom we’ve named below. be sure to send them our warmest regards.
hundreds of hands and hearts
sharq.org has since 2004 been strengthened by the commitment and talent of hundreds of inspired and inspirational people. though each took on a formally clarified role – as an advisor, board member, consultant, staff member or collaborator – for an finite duration, their contribution to the health and wealth of sharq.org continues to be felt and appreciated.
directors / advisors
we’re looking to recruit sharq.org advisors. if you’re passionate about what we do and can volunteer two hours a month to join a virtual brainstorming / accountability meeting, then please get in touch. directors / advisors of sharq.org include/d:
asma khalifa, george marrash, jorn de cock, lukman derky, nawal traboulsi, rowshak ahmad, sabine choucair, tom bogaert
staff members
our commitment to inclusive community building is reflected in the diversity of our core team, which has included: indigenous and diaspora, school leaver and PhD, 20s and 70s, queer and marginalised ethnicity. this didn’t happen consciously or as a box ticking exercise but was rather the natural result of casting a wide net and hiring without prejudice against or in favour of a particular identity. sharq.org employees include/d:
afraa batous, anas weppi, caroline emile, malak abdul ghafour, mona bibi, monzer hayek, omar alshikh, samer beyhum, sharif nashashibi, yara chehayed, yasmine idriss
consultants
we have collaborated with several consultants, hired on a freelance basis to add creativity and value to one or more of our many local and transnational initiatives. these include workshop facilitators, writers and designers, interviewers and translators, and a whole lot more. they include:
abdullah alkafri, adi atassi, afnan haloush, alex goos, ali khan, alia corm, aline khokaz, amy gordon, anastasia demetriadou, anna ogden smith, annie sofocleous, asma alghoul, aya ibrahim, camille sansoon, christos drakos, cindy chehab, dana maghairah, dany haddad, david enders, dima matta, dima nashawi, farah wardani, ghalwaa sebaali, ghenwa abou fayad, jenine abboushi, jihad yazigi, jumana yasiri, layla maghribi, leena saidi, liliane rahal, lina abyad, lorraine charles, madonna adib, maria abunnasr, maria kouvarou, mirella salame, mohammed awwad, nadine kaadan, natalia panagiotou, nawal traboulsi, naziha arebi, noor aswad, nour chehayed, omar aysha, omar bakbook, omar moslem, patrick gharios, rahaf aldoughli, rami rikka, raneem khallouf, rayan alrammal, rib davis, saad sawas, saada allaw, saeed taji farouki, sara rammal, sarah kaskas, sarah mills, soudad kaadan, yara nahle, zaina erhaim
curiosity partners
we’ve hosted debates and roundtables and collective workshops in which diverse professionals have participated, helping to enrich our knowledge base, the inclusiveness and expanse of our research outputs, and the multiplicity of our research methods. among the hundreds of curious creative people who have engaged with us in this way are:
adibe al-ramadan, ali ayash, alma salem, amera malek, amina moussa, ammar abd rabbo, anis mohsen, arna mackic, arwa ahmad, asbed wanes, aya malah, ayman mhanna, badiaa al hajj houssein, bahriye kemal, bayan yousef, bente scheller, bouchra zeroual, buthaina al salwi, christoph reuter, dalal adi, dima mabsout, ehab aljaby, esam al hashidi, fouad m fouad, george azar, ghassan sahhab, halima alhaj ali, hana’ al samawi, hanane hajj ali, hani al sawah, hannibal saad, imane er rami, jean during, julia jamal, jumana al-yasiri, karine «la gale» guignard, khaled omran, kinda kokash, laurent aubert, lava selo, lava selo, lena merhej, manal eid, marie-nour hechaime, manuella mavromichalis, mirvat aybour, mohamed al mufti, moujfa el-ali, muna al hilali, nada abdul samad, nada ali, nadia alhaj, nassira khamichli, nidaa abou mrad, nour adil, oussama diab, pascale jallouf, petra hai, qaisar mahmood, racha salah, raghad mardini, rahaf habboub, rahaf ismail, rania alali, rania rafei, rania sassine, rasha ali, rasha rayya, reem al khatib, richard dumbrill, roger assaf, roudina abdul-kareem, roy dib, saad nadhim, samah raslan, samer kozah, sana yazigi, sarah salam, saseen kawzally, tala nachar, theresa sahyoun, yassine karkich
interns
we don’t often have the capacity to take on interns because we take the responsibility of nurturing their development seriously. we are currently able to support one intern either in person in london or globally remotely. apply to join a project implementing team as an intern if you’d like to co-create a reciprocally rewarding internship experience with us. among those who completed internships with us:
amina merkebawi, katharina mauz, pascale jallouf
institutional partners
many organisations have supported our efforts with their time, space and thematic expertise. they include:
alexandra sandels firma, amel, arab institute for women, basmeh & zeitooneh, cedar environmental, dar al nahda, fe-male, green line, imcapital, impact hub stockholm, inkyfada, international labour organization, isam fares institute at aub, lebanese american university, laban studio, lebanese national libraries, lebanese transparency association, legal agenda, march, medical aid for palestinians, mezyan, mishkal festival, my nationality is my dignity, ram beirut, recycle beirut, sakker el dekkene, skeyes, smex, synaps, terre liban, the lebanese association for democratic elections, the lebanese center for active citizenship, the lebanese women democratic gathering, the may chidiac foundation, the national commission for lebanese women, the nationality campaign, tree of life, unep, unfpa, unrwa, zero waste act, zico house
consultancy clients
we have been contracted by a number of non-profit organisations that appreciate our experience and expertise in social impact storytelling,. these consultancies have enhanced our credibility, our capacity to run non-funded initiatives, and our collective network. clients have included:
arab reform initiative, mawred culture resource, drosos foundation, international alert, na’amal, terre des hommes, world health organization, world learning
