Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Experts discuss the impact of US funding cuts across the #MiddleEast region, with a focus on health and humanitarian aid and development, human rights, and civil society support.

Speakers:

Tamara Kharroub
Deputy Executive Director and Senior Fellow, Arab Center Washington DC
Speakers

Yara Asi
Assistant Professor, School of Global Health Management and Informatics, University of Central Florida; Visiting Scholar and Co-director of the Palestine Program, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University; Non-resident Fellow, Arab Center Washington DC

Nidal Betare
Co-founder and Managing Director, People Demand Change

Amy Hawthorne
Middle East Expert; Editor, Arab Center Washington DC

Alaa Sayegh
Democracy Matters Initiative Advisory Group Member, Middle East Democracy Center; Fellow, Stanford Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law; Founder, Ryzomes Social Enterprise

Arwa Shobaki - Moderator
Managing Director, Middle East Democracy Center