Author Archive:
Naila Farouky
The role of Arab foundations in responding to the crisis in Gaza
For the past 11 months, the relentless and ongoing genocide in Gaza has brought a long-standing issue of occupation, colonization, and the subject of much geo-political debate into sharp focus. We’ve watched in horror as …
The Pope, Jeff Bezos, and 100 philanthropists walk into The Vatican
A group of philanthropists – including Jeff Bezos – went to the Vatican to see the Pope earlier this month. The Arab Foundation Forum’s Naila Farouky reports on the inaugural ‘Faith and Philanthropy Summit’ When …
The state of Arab philanthropy and the case for change
The Arab Foundations Forum (AFF) has spent the past two years studying the landscape in which the forum functions. AFF, as a membership-basednet work of philanthropic foundations based in and/or working in the Arab region, …
A game‑changing moment
In Alliance’s September 2015 special feature, Atallah Kuttab, Natasha Matic and Noha El-Mikawy wrote that ‘private foundations, no matter how independent they are of the corporate business interests of the founder, tend to stick to …
