Qarib: The Middle East Media Underpinning the Social Bonds

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An emblematic project of the Minka Middle East Initiative, Qarib aims to foster social cohesion at the regional, national, and local levels, and to promote, through better media coverage, the inclusion of populations, especially women, in society and public debate.More specifically, this project is about stimulating proximity and investigative journalism, leading the media to work on themes that relate to everyone’s daily concerns. This would strengthen the independence of the media and bolster its role in the fight against disinformation, and it would lead the media to become a space for interaction and a sounding board for local initiatives taken by municipalities, associations, and young people.At the regional level, this involves the pooling and dissemination of good journalistic practices. In each country, it would support the production of local content, strengthen media education and anti-disinformation education, support the sustainability of independent media (and the sustainability of journalism that aligns with citizens’ needs), and stimulate public debate.