What SPARKed us? Looking back over 25 years

In 1994, war was raging in southeastern Europe. Yet as the Serbian and Croatian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entered…

“I am a Muslim, am I an extremist?” – Kurdish youth reinventing the narrative

“For years we’ve had ISIS and many people joined [ISIS] because of not having a job”. Sarab Attar is a…

What is the latest agri-tech that over 7000 farmers in Rwanda are using?

With around 72% of Rwanda’s population engaged in agriculture, it is the landlocked country’s main economic generator. However, for smallholder…

Big steps for youth: Running the Gazi Half Marathon

As 2018 drew to a close, a group of scholarship students, SPARK staff, and friends came together in the centre…

A Goal Scored for Integration

Football is a passion for many communities all around the world including the Middle East. Either on or off the…

Involving teachers and parents in deradicalisation

Radicalisation of youth has been a permeating problem in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KR-I) since so-called Islamic State (IS)…