Fikra Forum: Online Engagement between the West and the Middle East

Pollock, David; Wenig, Gilad; Raydan, Noam; Barnhard, Gavi

doi:10.5325/soundings.98.4.0501

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Research Article| November 01 2015

Fikra Forum: Online Engagement between the West and the Middle East

David Pollock;

David Pollock

David Pollock is the Kaufman Fellow at The Washington Institute, focusing on regional political dynamics and related issues. He is the director of Fikra Forum.

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Gilad Wenig;

Gilad Wenig

Gilad Wenig, a former research associate at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, previously served as the managing editor of Fikra Forum.

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Noam Raydan;

Noam Raydan

Noam Raydan, a former research associate at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, previously served as the Arabic editor of Fikra Forum.

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Gavi Barnhard

Gavi Barnhard, a graduate of Princeton University, was Research Assistant at Fikra Forum in 2014–15. He is currently an editorial research associate in New York City.

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Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal (2015) 98 (4): 501–514.

https://doi.org/10.5325/soundings.98.4.0501

Abstract

This article introduces Fikra Forum, an ongoing experiment in online engagement that attempts to help fill a serious gap in communication and mutual understanding in both the virtual and the real worlds. It offers a platform for activists, experts, and concerned citizens throughout the Middle East to share their ideas and experiences directly with an interested American audience—and with each other. The focus is on issues of democracy, reform, religious tolerance, and countering violent extremism in the region, all broadly defined.

Middle East, extremism, democracy, reform, U.S. foreign policy

2015

The Pennsylvania State University

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