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The Open Society Fellowship supports individuals seeking innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges.

Victims and War-Affected Communities: Understanding the Limits of Outreach
OSI-New York
September 28, 2010
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Open Society Fellow Eric Stover and Open Society Justice Initiative Senior Advocacy Officer Tracey Gurd, who have recently traveled to several conflict zones, recount their first-hand observations of the remarkable progress that has been made in reaching out to victims in the aftermath of atrocity.

Beyond Victimhood: Recognizing Resilience in Social Justice Work
OSI-New York
September 16, 2010
audio AUDIO
Open Society Fellows Kung Li and Noy Thrupkaew argue that portraying marginalized communities as oppressed victims can blind us to their resilience.

Solve Kashmir First
OSI-New York
June 30, 2010
video VIDEO   audio AUDIO
Basharat Peer, Pankaj Mishra, and other distinguished panelists discuss the origins of the Kashmir crisis and its hidden role in other regional conflicts.

Who Sold These Weapons? The Accomplice Liability of Arms Vendors for International Crimes
OSI-New York
May 24, 2010
audio AUDIO
James Stewart, an Open Society Fellow and former war crimes prosecutor, explores the implications of attempts to prosecute businessmen who supply weapons to notoriously brutal regimes.

Hishaam Aidi
Hishaam Aidi, a political scientist, will look at how governments in Europe and North America use culture to "integrate" their Muslim communities.

Rabab el-Mahdi
Rabab el-Mahdi is a political scientist from Egypt who will study the prospects for democratization and social change in the Arab world.

Howard French
Former New York Times correspondent Howard French will write an in-depth, journalistic account of Chinese migration to Africa in the past decade.

Ike Okonta
Ike Okonta, a political analyst and writer, will study the failure of democratic and civic institutions in Nigeria almost four decades after the end of the bloody civil war in Biafra.

Ken Silverstein
Journalist Ken Silverstein will look at bribery and graft in international energy markets.

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