5 Short Courses turning Syrian Youth into Agronomists

Before the conflict, the agricultural sector accounted for 18% of Syria’s GDP, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture…

5 opportunities for graduates in the Middle East

“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…

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…

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)…

Five Palestinian women on the road to entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship tends to be a profession dominated by men, especially when considering entrepreneurship in the Middle East. However, in Palestine,…