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Civic and Social OrganizationsNew York, United States11-50 Employees
Ideas Beyond Borders is a civic and social organization based in New York City that seeks to empower individuals and communities across the Middle East by providing information, skills, and resources to support societally beneficial initiatives on their own terms. The organization focuses on translating and disseminating knowledge to audiences in the Middle East and North Africa, offering free access to a large corpus of translated materials as a means to foster learning and information sharing. Its work targets communities in a region with limited access to certain types of information, aiming to enable local actors to address societal challenges through self-directed efforts. Founded and based in New York, Ideas Beyond Borders operates as a nonprofit entity and has grown to an organization with a regional impact through its information-sharing initiatives. A recent development noted by the organization is the ongoing House of Wisdom 2.0 project, indicating a continuing effort to expand or enhance its information ecosystem in the Middle East and North Africa. The organization positions itself within the civic and social sector, focusing on knowledge access and capacity-building for communities facing barriers to information and education.