Your Middle East Foundation

National Network
Sweden
Address

Box 19552
104 32 Stockholm
Sweden

Telephone
004551914481
Telephone (other)
0708235228
E-Mail
adam@yourmiddleeast.com
E-Mail (2)
david@yourmiddleeast.com
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
2015
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. International/Cultural relations
  3. Media
  4. Youth and education
General Information

Your Middle East Foundation currently has three staff. At the moment, the organization's budget is dominated by a grant from PostkodLotteriets Kulturstiftelse. It also has a partnership with Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University. For more info on mission and projects, see "Mission and Objectives" below.

Mission and Objectives

Your Middle East Foundation strives to share an alternative narrative from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). We do this in order to combat islamophobia and stereotypes about the region in other parts of the world. That objective is achieved partly through the independent platform www.yourmiddleeast.com, and partly through related educational initiatives in Sweden. Through our media platform, events and educational initiatives we connect people within and outside the region and put a spotlight on key issues shaping its future. YourMiddleEast.com publishes stories on politics, culture, arts, society, religion through a diverse global network of some 900+ contributors. We have a monthly readership of 150,000 and roughly 100,000 followers on social media.

Main Projects / Activities

Besides running www.yourmiddleeast.com (launched already in 2011), we are currently focusing our resources on producing a pioneering educational programme targeting high schools in Sweden. The project aims to share a more informed and nuanced perspective on contemporary issues shaping the MENA region, moving beyond what European youth tend to see in the rather static mainstream media. A new platform, published in Swedish, will be launched in 2016, including online portals for teachers and students. A printed teacher magazine will be distributed to every high school in the country. We are now starting to plan for similar efforts in other European countries where xenophobia is on the rise.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

We are currently preparing for more initiatives that focus on issues relating to minorities in the EU, and we believe that our innovative educational approach can provide inspiration and learnings for other member organizations. Although we have up until this point focused on sharing alternative narratives from the MENA region specifically, we are also discussing using similar learning tools/methods that could be useful for other themes, e.g. education on migration, which is probably an area where other member orgs. are active.

Contact (1) Full Name
Adam Hedengren
Job Title
Editor-in-chief & Project Manager
Head of the organisation
Adam Hedengren