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The following OSI initiatives, listed alphabetically, support at least one program or organization active in Turkey & the Middle East.

Central Eurasia Project

The Central Eurasia Project strives to enhance policy debate on key issues affecting Central Asia and the South Caucasus as well as several countries in the Middle East and North Africa. more

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Documentary Photography Project

Through grantmaking, exhibitions, and training workshops, the Documentary Photography Project supports photographers whose work addresses social justice and human rights issues that coincide with OSI’s mission. more

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East East Program: Partnership Beyond Borders

The East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Program supports international exchanges that bring together civil society actors to share ideas, information, knowledge, experiences, and expertise and to support practical actions that result from that networking. more

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Information Program

The Information Program promotes the equitable deployment of knowledge and communications resources for civic empowerment and effective democratic governance. more

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International Policy Fellowships

The International Policy Fellowships Program identifies and supports research by open society leaders in countries throughout the Soros foundations network. more

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Middle East & North Africa Initiative

OSI's Middle East & North Africa Initiative operates primarily as a grantmaking program on issues ranging from knowledge and information to women's rights. more

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Middle East & North Africa Initiative

OSI's Middle East & North Africa Initiative operates primarily as a grantmaking program on issues ranging from knowledge and information to women's rights. more

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Open Society Fellowship

The Open Society Fellowship enables innovative professionals—including journalists, activists, academics, and practitioners—to work on projects that inspire meaningful public debate, shape public policy, and generate intellectual ferment within the Open Society Institute. more

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Open Society Justice Initiative

The Open Society Justice Initiative, an operational program of the Open Society Institute, promotes rights-based law reform, builds knowledge and strengthens legal capacity worldwide. more

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Scholarship Programs

Scholarship Programs mobilize students and scholars by providing support for fellowships, scholarships, and related activities that empower individuals throughout the world to improve the social, political, and intellectual environments of their home communities. more

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Women's Program

The International Women’s Program promotes the advancement of women’s human rights, gender equality, and empowerment as an integral part of the process of democratization. more

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Overview

Throughout much of the Middle East, war, terrorism, and religious and ethnic strife continue to contribute to political and economic instability.

Read an overview of the region and OSI’s activities there.

See also OSI's Central Eurasia Project and Middle East & North Africa Initiative.

Soros Foundations

The Soros foundations are autonomous institutions established in particular countries or regions to initiate and support open society activities. The foundations active in Turkey and the Middle East include:

Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Turkey

News & Announcements

OSI Forum: Baghdad Film School—Making Movies in Iraq
OSI-New York
March 25, 2008
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ArteEast and the Open Society Institute hosted a screening of documentary films illuminating ordinary life in today's Iraq, produced by students at the Independent Film & Television College in Baghdad.  more

OSI Forum: Negotiating Human Rights in the Afghan Context
OSI-New York
February 28, 2008
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At this OSI panel, human rights advocates working in Afghanistan addressed the challenges of promoting global standards in a conservative Muslim society recovering from decades of conflict and extremism.  more

OSI Forum: The Iraqi Refugee Crisis—Bearing Witness
OSI-New York
January 24, 2008
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At this OSI panel, journalist George Packer discussed his new play about the treatment of Iraqis who risked their lives to work for U.S. forces, and photographer Lori Grinker screened a short film about Iraqi refugees in Jordan.  more

Call for Proposals: Middle East & North Africa Initiative Grants
January 18, 2008
OSI's Middle East & North Africa Initiative welcomes grant proposals from organizations to foster freedom of expression, access to information, women's rights, development of the rule of law, local governance, and educational reforms in the Middle East.  more

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