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New horizons

Canadian businessman Jim Estill put up $1.5m to bankroll the resettlement of 58 Syrian refugee families. Now, he hopes to galvanise others around the world to do the same.

Update

UAE fundraising platform offers legal way to give

Crowdfunding website YallaGive hopes to raise $1bn for charity by 2030.

Update

Arab philanthropy faces hurdles in push to move beyond charity

Giving in the Arab world is evolving, but red tape and a lack of public trust are slowing the shift towards a more strategic model of philanthropy, finds report.

Update

Middle East donors join global pandemic response

Philanthropists, businesses and foundations across the Arab region are stepping up to support the fight against coronavirus.

Spotlight

Boarding school

Inside the nonprofit using skateboarding to get Afghan children off the streets and into education.

In-depth

Lost at sea

The Mediterranean is the world’s most lethal border crossing. As the debate over safe, legal routes rages, NGOs battle to save those at sea.

Update

UAE charity pop-ups supply the needy during pandemic

Grassroots schemes scramble to help those left destitute by the coronavirus outbreak.

Interviews Issue 16

Low-paid migrants keep the Middle East moving, but many face hardship and exploitation. In Bahrain, the Migrant Workers Protection Society works to support the vulnerable by offering help, exposing abuses and lobbying for change.

Update

Art auction boosts 100 Million Meals campaign

More than $37m raised in less than two weeks after donors dig deep to support initiative sending food aid to 30 countries during Ramadan.

Spotlight

Big picture / Gamers without borders

Charity e-sports event pledges $10m for Covid-19 vaccine rollout.

In-depth

Building back: how Beirut mobilised after the blast

The Beirut port explosion devastated the city. It also revealed new ways of funding and mobilising emergency response.

Interviews Issue 15

All at sea

Ships’ crews are the unseen heroes of global trade. When problems arise, the charity Mission to Seafarers offers a rare lifeline.

Update

UN refugee agency plans global expansion of zakat fund

UNHCR to further target Islamic donors through the launch of a legacy giving scheme, and will explore an endowment fund.

Insights

The power of zakat to fight poverty

Better use of Islamic giving could unlock billions of dollars in funding for sustainable development, writes Tariq Cheema.

Update

UAE campaign delivers more than 216 million meals to people in need

Government-led fundraising drive smashes its target, thanks to donations from local philanthropists and private corporations.

Update

UAE nonprofits face tighter fundraising laws

New rules will step up scrutiny of how charities in the emirates raise, use, and manage donations.

Update

UAE Ramadan initiative targets one billion meals

Ambitious campaign comes amid rising global food prices and soaring rates of hunger and malnutrition.

Spotlight

Earthquakes flatten towns and cities across Türkiye and Syria

Gulf donors step up to support emergency response as death toll soars amid freezing temperatures and blocked aid convoys.

Podcasts

The superyacht millionaires who launched a migrant rescue mission

Malta-based Christopher and Regina Catrambrone were so moved by the plight of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, they set up their own aid organisation.

charity

New horizons

UAE fundraising platform offers legal way to give

Arab philanthropy faces hurdles in push to move beyond charity

Middle East donors join global pandemic response

Boarding school

Lost at sea

UAE charity pop-ups supply the needy during pandemic

The working poor

Art auction boosts 100 Million Meals campaign

Big picture / Gamers without borders

Building back: how Beirut mobilised after the blast

All at sea

UN refugee agency plans global expansion of zakat fund

The power of zakat to fight poverty

UAE campaign delivers more than 216 million meals to people in need

UAE nonprofits face tighter fundraising laws

UAE Ramadan initiative targets one billion meals

Earthquakes flatten towns and cities across Türkiye and Syria

The superyacht millionaires who launched a migrant rescue mission

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