Dear Friends and colleagues in the Middle East and North Africa,

Are you working in an Arab-speaking NGO?
…wishing to look critically at how well you are doing?

We have some good manuals in Arabic for you!

Written by Networklearning and translated by the Beirut office of the National Democratic Institute are:

• “How to Build a Good Small NGO”
  (Because it is a big document, you can also download it in three sections)

and:

• “Incorporating Gender into your NGO”

New for 2010:

• "An Introduction to Human Rights in the Middle East & North Africa – a Guide for NGOs"

Also by Networklearning, with volunteer translators:

• “A Guide to Fundraising”
  (with thanks to Maytham Al Zubaidi and Asmaa Gillespie)
• “Networking”
  (our 3-page Key Information Sheet, translated by Asmaa Gillespie)

Another manual, produced by another NGO, will help you look at your money: Mango's "Financial Health Check", also in Arabic. (You may have to register your details with Mango before being able to download)

Colleagues in the Arab world have carried out a study into issues and useful approaches in the field of Domestic Violence. The resulting report is now available in PDF form from our library.

Other websites with which you might want to keep in touch:

• The Project on Middle East Democracy
• The Middle East page of Human Rights Watch
• EEnet - Documents in Arabic on Education and Teaching, Children & Human Rights.

Let us know…

• which manuals you need next in Arabic
• about good websites to which we could link.