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Yousra Semmache يسرى

@yousrasem.bsky.social
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Policy expert & systems architect. Founder of Mawjud.org: a movement to exist. Formerly: shaped aid system reform agendas @ NEAR (Global South network), led advocacy in conflicts, advisor to UN/INGOs. Algerian-born 🇩🇿 lifelong learner of community power.

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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I've also crossed the ocean this week, but I'm in Colombia where with my amazing hosts otros_futuros.org, we are imagining the future of global policymaking, by and for communities. Read more about @mawjud.org's model and our pilot Zellij x Otros Futuros 👉 mawjud.substack.com/p/unveiling-...
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Unveiling Mawjud's visual identity – Part 2
Introducing Mawjud's cornerstones and Zellij x Otros Futuros
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Do we really need to go to NY during UNGA to make global policy? Maybe a city in a country that excludes those most affected by the policies that are decided there, and an event that exposes us to Netanyahu's genocidal rhetoric isn't the place to be. There are better spaces we can imagine & create 👇
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
📢 @Mawjud.org's website is finally here! Join us at mawjud.org to find out what it's all about.
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Observatoire des armements / CDRPC @obsarm.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Les exportations d'armes israéliennes s'élèvent à un niveau record : 19,2 mds $ en 2025 L'Europe concentre 36% des exportations d'armes isr. Combien pour la France ? Il est temps d'obtenir un rapport sur les importations françaises de matériel étranger israj.media-j.com/article/6114...
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Les exportations de défense israéliennes ont atteint un niveau record en 2025
<p>Les exportations de défense israéliennes ont atteint un niveau record en 2025, avec un volume total de 19,22 milliards de dollars, soit plus de 53 ...
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
"limite" leur visibilité à une expo, mais on continue de leur envoyer des armes : 525 expéditions d'équipement militaire d'octobre 2023 à mars 2026.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
This morning in Lebanon, courtesy of the genocidal Israeli regime (Via Lebanese-French journalist Nada Maucourant Atallah)
An Israeli drone targeted a 12 year old girl THREE times today in Nabatieh. She and her father were on a motorcycle when they were first struck. They both survived, but the drone hit again, killing her father. As the wounded child fled, the drone struck a third time.
The girl survived, but is seriously injured and is being treated in hospital.
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
If you google “Mawjud”, you’ll find references to wahdat al-mawjud. Some might assume my work has nothing to do with it. They’d be wrong. In my newsletter, I explore why I refuse to hide my faith & the tension between the particular and the universal. #decolonial open.substack.com/pub/mawjud/p...
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The Meaning of Mawjud - Part 2: The Universal
Exploring the tension between the particular and the universal
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
"In retrospect, basing the entire global food system on fossil fuels may have been a poor idea." -- @benehrenreich.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/3634...
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Dans un monde où l'universalité est souvent réservée à certains, comment exister sans effacer qui l'on est ? Mon dernier article explore cette tension entre le singulier et l'unité, à travers le concept de "wahdat al mawjud" (l'unicité de l'existence). #Decolonial open.substack.com/pub/mawjud/p...
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Le sens de Mawjud – Partie 2 : l'Universel
Explorer la tension entre le singulier et l'unité
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Ran 5k in the 2026 Palestine Marathon (virtual edition)!! 💪🇵🇸 I had the chance to participate in the 2019 edition in Bethlehem. One day I hope to run the marathon in a free Palestine, when all Palestinians will be able to go 42k without checkpoints. ✊ #RunForPalestine #FreedomofMovement
Photo of me (young woman with curly hair) after running the virtual 5k race yesterday in Rome, holding a Palestinian flag and wearing my 2019 Palestine Marathon t-shirt, with graphics from the Racemate app showing my results and the Palestine Marathon's medal (a green medal with the number 10 and the word Palestine).
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
They may call us 'animals,' deny our humanity, threaten to make us disappear. In their world, we do not exist. And yet, defiantly, we continue to do so. Because in the face of erasure, existence is resistance. Read more in @mawjud.org's latest newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/mawjud/p... 3/3
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The meaning of Mawjud – Part 1: the common
In the face of erasure, to exist is to resist. To resist is to exist.
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
They may call us 'animals,' deny our humanity, threaten to make us disappear. In their world, we do not exist. And yet, defiantly, we continue to do so. Because in the face of erasure, existence is resistance. Read more in @mawjud.org's latest newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/mawjud/p... 3/3
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The meaning of Mawjud – Part 1: the common
In the face of erasure, to exist is to resist. To resist is to exist.
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Lina Mounzer @warghetti.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
400 dead so far, over 1000 injured, dozens and dozens missing. This is one hour into the massacre. I have no idea what the death toll will be in the end. Also, they have announced “another wave” of attacks coming
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Israel called today's operations in Lebanon ETERNAL DARKNESS and we are still being told that this fascist nation can be reasoned with. This is just a fact: either Israel is stopped or expect the war to continue and expand. Those are the options.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
There is no ceasefire in Lebanon. Israel has been bombing Lebanon non-stop since last night. If anything Israel is expanding its war on Lebanon. You are being lied to
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
It's a familiar dissonance many of us – fortunate enough not to live under bombs, but aware enough that this will come to us eventually – have been feeling since Gaza 2023. I don't really have an answer to this. But I find comfort in knowing that tyrants never succeed in erasing our existence. 2/3
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
How to process the past few days? From falling asleep watching AJ live with the anxiety that nukes may be used to "end a civilisation", to waking up to the news of a "ceasefire" (excluding Lebanon), to my morning podcast updating me on the prices of summer holiday flights because of the war. 🧵👇 1/3
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
a thing historians will marvel about when they study this era is the extent to which the "war is a thing that happens to poorer, browner people" class went about systematically dismantling every aspect of the global political order that confined the costs of war to poorer and browner people
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
They considered Mandela a terrorist for 20+ years, and now they make him a standard those demanding freedom today could never attain in their eyes.
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Syria’s liberation in Dec ‘24 had a lot of commentary by Syrian voices here, so it showed me it was possible to follow world events from Bsky. More generally expect less/slower engagement, but more inclusive/meaningful experience. We build the spaces we engage in, & that’s what keeps me here.
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
No worries! I quit X in summer ‘24, when the inflammatory discourse promoted by X led to racist lynching in the UK. Bsky was quieter then, and I focussed on curating my feed, as I had used twitter as my news source since 2008. The post-Trump X exodus helped as that’s when Bsky gained more users.
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
I recommend @escape-x.org they have a tool which helps you transfer your following from x to here. Otherwise, check out starter packs on issues you want to follow, it’s a good way to find your communities. Good luck!
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Mediapart @mediapart.fr · 15/12/2025
Attentat antisémite en Australie : le parquet antiterroriste français ouvre une enquête L’Australie est en deuil lundi au lendemain d’un attentat antisémite perpétré par un père et son fils qui ont ouvert le feu sur un millier de personnes rassemblées pour la fête juive de Hanoukkah.
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Attentat antisémite en Australie : le parquet antiterroriste français ouvre une enquête
L’Australie est en deuil lundi au lendemain d’un attentat antisémite perpétré par un père et son fils qui ont ouvert le feu sur un millier de personnes rassemblées sur une plage de Sydney pour la fête juive de Hanoukkah, faisant quinze morts, dont un Français, et quarante-deux blessés.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial." "Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
Statement on Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Genocide Denial at the Israel Hayom Summit

December 9, 2025

The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security feels called to point out that former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s recent remarks at the Israel Hayom Summit on 2 December amount to outright genocide denial.

During her remarks, the Secretary correctly noted that the recent deterioration of Israel’s standing among U.S. voters is not a “Republican versus Democrat kind of divide” but rather a generational one. Nevertheless, she incorrectly diagnosed the reasons for the shift as a matter purely of optics, stating that “Israel [has] the worst PR of any group” and accusing social media, particularly TikTok, of presenting “pure propaganda” that American youth are uncritically ingesting.

Secretary Clinton’s framing is not at all an accurate reflection of why Americans are growing more critical of Israel. Young Americans of all political stripes have not fallen prey to propaganda, though that is always a legitimate concern. Rather, they have consumed two years of videos depicting Israel’s genocide against Palestinians that have been uploaded by Palestinian journalists, ordinary people trying to survive in Gaza, IDF soldiers, and ordinary Israelis themselves. There has been no convincing refutation of the sheer amount of raw evidence of genocide coming out of Palestine. Young people in the U.S. are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well.

Secretary Clinton appears not to be bothered by the reality of genocidal violence – in fact, she did not mention anything about it. Her concern is, rather, in her words, “the narrative” – the fact that these crimes are no longer hidden and are now being live-streamed and documented in real time, making it harder for her and others to control it. TikTok cannot be blamed for the fact that many members of Gen Z understand that Israel is …It is in fact highly ironic to blame TikTok for the dissemination of content laying bare the realities of Israel’s genocide in Palestine. Like many other social media conglomerates, TikTok has been accused of systematic censorship of pro-Palestinian content. In July of this year, TikTok appointed an ex-IDF instructor as its new manager of hate speech. This person can hardly be accused of pro-Palestinian views given her background and stated opinions. It appears that what Secretary Clinton really means to say is that TikTok is not being effective enough at censoring the truth.

What truly seems to unsettle Secretary Clinton is not “misinformation,” but rather the fact that younger generations are no longer consuming a single, state-controlled narrative. They are accessing unfiltered images and testimonies that challenge decades of political messaging. This helps explain why TikTok has become a target, not because it is misleading students, but precisely because the content uploaded by its users allow them to see beyond official propaganda.

When former Secretary Clinton calls this “a serious problem for democracy,” it sounds less like a defense of democratic values and more like concern for the weakening of a long-standing political and ideological agenda, one that, it must be stated, is highly undemocratic.

Secretary Clinton did get one thing right, although quite inadvertently: When you do not have the truth on your side, all you left with is indeed optics and “the narrative.” But she is wrong to think that any amount of PR – even really great and expensive PR – is going to hide this genocide. Israel would be better served by advice to end the genocide, engage in a transformational process that brings the perpetrators to justice, and build a future with Palestinians. That is the only way to change its image.

America’s young people are no longer fooled by genocide denial – whether it is being presented by Israel, the United States, Sudan, Myanmar, Russia, or Secre…
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/12/2025
RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show
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RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show
Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
That's the 1st thing that came to mind, especially after the Disney "optimising to what the richest is willing to pay" example. If this is the norm, instead of sharing a room, adult family members and friends will have to pay for separate rooms, and those who can't afford it will have to "tolerate"
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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
What's left of Gaza: Black—urban neighborhoods the IDF has fully demolished with earthmovers etc. White—undemolished urban neighborhoods (with varying levels of major damage from 2 years of bombing, artillery, and ground fighting) Yellow—IDF-controlled (white areas liable to further demolition)
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Pay attention to the language that will be used by much of the media. The Global Sumud Flotilla never entered Israeli waters. They are in international waters attempting to reach Palestinian waters. Israel is once again breaking international law
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Marching amongst the blocked cars honking in support and the people getting out their cars to clap and do peace signs✌️along the road was one the most beautiful moments of my life ❤️
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I didn’t expect someone could top GW Bush’s fumbling over the word “entrepreneur” not existing in French. But here we are…
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond...
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Beyond Solidarity: Lessons from Italy’s Strike for Gaza
At the end of August, as much of the world prepared to return to work or school, Palestinian civil society in Gaza called for a global strike from 18th to 22nd September 2025. This time, the call did ...
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
On Monday, like 100,000s of people across Italy, I took part in the #BlocchiamoTutto national strike for Palestine - a historic action organised by Italian trade unions. I've written a reflection on my experience & how the tactics used in the strike can create a global ripple effect for Gaza. 🍉 🔗👇
Images of boats with the Palestinian flag and title of the article.
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Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
1/3 Google and X are accepting thousands of dollars to run Youtube ads by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs that are whitewashing famine in Gaza. Between May and July alone they spent >$138 k targeting Germany alone. #GazaGenocide
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all: “If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.” Israel just killed him.
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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Tough times, shared resolve, determination to deliver for those we serve. Thank you to IASC Principals for unity, creativity and courage. We’ll defend and enhance humanitarian mission. Full statement on phase two of the humanitarian reset bit.ly/4jZSIs7
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
🆕 𝗡𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 – 𝗡𝗼𝘄. As a network of local and national actors from the Global South, NEAR welcomes ERC Tom Fletcher’s call for more equitable funding, decentralisation & inclusive decision-making set out in the #humanitarianreset. Read our statement 👇
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Centre for Humanitarian Action @chaberlin.org · 19/06/2025
"The moment we saw the #FundingCuts happen, very few people were talking about the communities that were gonna suffer; you heard many institutions talk about their own institutions" - Hibak Kalfan, NEAR, is our guest in the CHAtroom. #Humanitarian #Reset #CHA25 www.chaberlin.org/en/news/chat...
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The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
The humanitarian “reset” takes a step forward. But for many, the bigger question is: What comes next?
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Reset, reform, repeat? Key questions about the humanitarian reset
The humanitarian “reset” is taking a step forward. But for many, the bigger question is: What comes next?
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
The #HumanitarianReset asks us to go back to the drawing board. Will it settle for cosmetic measures that recreate the same top-down model? Or finally build a people-centred approach? Local leaders at NEAR have developed clear, actionable proposals - we must listen & act: rebrand.ly/NoEmptyPromi...
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
2 Million Civilians to Be Concentrated in Three Zones 2 Million Civilians to Be Concentrated *Concentrated* *Concentrated* *Concentrated* *Concentrated* *Concentrated* *Concentrated* *Concentrated* *Concentrated* They are ANNOUNCING concentration camps archive.is/Q7klW
"75% of Gaza to Be Occupied in Two Months; 2 Million Civilians to Be Concentrated in Three Zones"
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
‘Who gets a say in the humanitarian “reset”?’ The New Humanitarian covers the civil society statement led by NEAR, asking for a more ambitious reform and an inclusive process.
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The "humanitarian reset" proposed by ERC Tom Fletcher is much needed but it’s only a starting point. This moment demands a bold change to shift power to local & national actors. 26 civil society representatives - including NEAR - call for a transformation of the aid system 👉 bit.ly/4idJ0l1
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
NEAR’s Grand Bargain Sherpa Nadine Saba spoke with Ambassador Köhler for this TNH podcast - a very insightful and timely discussion on what it means to #shiftthepower to realise a much needed aid system reform.
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
And now #Yemen Lab: local leader Asia Al Mashraqi from Yemeni NGO SDF tells us about the shift that happened pre-2015 and during the escalation of the war for international humanitarian actors. #NEARMENA2025
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Nadine Saba from LHDF - representing 95 Lebanese local and national NGOs - talks about the added value of #Localisation Labs in #Lebanon where there are already several networks. It is so that LNNGOs can share their experiences, discuss and co-create solutions together. #NEARMENA2025
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Today PNGO is officially launching the #Palestine #Localisation Lab. Their aim: improve the response and enhance the representation of local and national NGOs. #NEARMENA2025
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
At the MENA Localisation Lab launch with local CSO leaders from Iraq, Lebanon, Syria & Yemen. Palestinian local CSO leaders unfortunately couldn’t leave Gaza, but are joining us remotely to talk about the amazing movement building that PNGO are doing in incredibly difficult conditions #NEARMENA2025
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Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
📢 Are you a passionate leader with a deep understanding of #humanitarian & development issues for local NGOs in Africa? ➡️ This might be the perfect job for you: NEAR is hiring a Regional Representative in Africa. Fully remote, 12-months contract #AidSky #IDSky #hiring www.near.ngo/work-with-us
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