Location: Middle East & North Africa

This report captures findings from the final evaluation of the project “I Am the President,” implemented over 18 months from September 2018 to March 2020. The project was funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and implemented by Search-Tunisia in collaboration with Ma’an, a Palestinian non-profit media organization with…

The Middle East Consortium on Infectious Disease Surveillance builds capacity across and within nations to deal with disease outbreaks.

At Search for Common Ground, we believe that media and storytelling can lift diverse perspectives, shed light on societal issues, and build emotional connections that inspire people to take action. Our project Our Shared Heritage in Jordan is an example of our approach to mobilizing storytelling and media towards the…

The UN Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development’s (IANYD) Subgroup on Youth Participation in Peacebuilding, co-chaired by the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) and Search for Common Ground, has developed the Guiding Principles on Young People’s Participation in Peacebuilding. This working group consists of members representing a number of UN…

Wadi Khaled is one of the most impoverished and politically marginalized areas of Lebanon. Most of its residents did not receive full citizenship rights for more than four decades.

Wadi Khaled is one of the most impoverished and politically marginalized areas of Lebanon. Most of its residents did not receive full citizenship rights for more than four decades. In recent years, Wadi Khaled also became home to thousands of refugees fleeing the war in Syria...

This is the report of a final evaluation conducted at the end of ‘The Community Peacebuilding Project’ funded by the Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) and implemented over a 13-month periods in Yemen. Search’s mission in Yemen is to promote a culture of…

When violent extremism threatens to tear apart societies, our responses must bridge the divides and rebuild trust.

Born and raised in one of Yemen’s most conservative communities, Wafa has opened the door for the participation of women in peacebuilding. Learn more: https://www.sfcg.org/yemen/

The Jalse project, funded by the Lebanon Humanitarian Fund, was implemented from April 2017 to March 2018, by Search for Common Ground (Search), Al Hadatha, Himaya, and Sada Al Bekaa in ten communities in Lebanon: Berqayel, Bebnine, and Fneydeq (Akkar), Aley, Chim, and Dour Shouweir (Mount Lebanon), and Ghazzeh, Jub…