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Modern Discussion
Al-Hewar Al-Mutamaden
Established	2001
Founder	Rezgar Akrawi
Type	'Voluntary Civil Society Organization
Official language	Arabic, English and Kurdish
Owner	Civil Dialogue Management Authority
Award(s)	The Ibn Rushd Award 2010
Website	https://www.ahewar.org/eng/main.asp?code=eng

Modern Discussion (Arabic: الحوار المتمدن Al-Hewar Al-Mutamaden) is a non-governmental, non-profit, civil society organization that discusses the issues of culture and media, the propagation of political, social, cultural, human and progressive modern awareness, and democracy in the Arab world. The main website's full name is "Al-Hewar Al-Mutamaden - Modern discussion", and it is the first left-wing-secular electronic daily newspaper in the Arab world. The website won the Ibn Rushd Prize for freedom of thought in 2010 as the best and most influential Arabic site. Due to its bold attitude and his defense of freedom of opinion and expression, the rights of minorities, women, and human rights were blocked in many Arab countries.

Foundation

The Al-Hewar Al-Mutamaden - Modern discussion website was founded on the 9th of September, 2001, by a politician and media figure, Rezgar Akrawi. According to the concept of the electronic left, and then a large number of people with left-wing ideologies joined it.

Goals

The organization is primarily concerned with stimulating left-wing, secular, and democratic thought, and proliferating a culture of respect for opinion. As well as activating dialogues between women and men readers and writers and ensuring the revitalization of intellectual, cultural, political, social and environmental discussions, with the aim of reaching a just humanitarian ground suitable for building a modern, democratic, secular civil society that guarantees equality and social justice. It respects the human right to life, work, decent living, freedom of association, expression, demonstration and strike, freedom of belief and belonging, etc., in addition to activating political, cultural, and intellectual dialogue between different parties, to achieve the goals set by the Al-Hewar Foundation at its first launch. Over the past years, the website has become a public humanitarian platform open to all, especially to all leftist, secular and democratic currents, and even to enlightened religious trends.

Left-Wing Identity

Al-Hewar Al-Mutamaden is one of the most important applications of the electronic left, and the electronic leftist identity is one of the most important pillars adopted by the "Al-Hewar Al-Mutamaden - Modern discussion" Foundation, which is based on it in all the mechanisms and joints of its work. The "Al-Hewar Al-Mutamaden - Modern discussion" was able to promote the concept of the plurality of the left platforms, openness to each other, and renounce the monopoly of the absolute truth. It also focused on the need for effective dialogue and the mutual influence between leftist and democratic parties, organizations, and personalities. He was a tireless advocate and constant promoter of cooperation, coordination, and joint action among them in the Arab world.

At the same time, it differed somewhat from the working mechanisms of the traditional left in the ways of organization, promotion and expression, and the content of the intellectual and political speech. It used and invented new concepts, extracted lessons from the left's setbacks and mistakes, and based its work on technical and electronic progress, complete openness, and respect for the other opinion internally and externally. Addressing all of society, not limited to elites, and engaging them in expressing their concerns and dialogue with them.

All of this led to great success in reaching wider circles of societies that it wanted and sought to convey to the orientations of the left, Marxist thought and the general human and liberation thought. As well as publishing and promoting the struggles of local and international labor and trade union movements, launching hundreds of campaigns in support of freedoms, human rights, women and the masses. Dozens of periodical files were presented on various important issues of leftist and democratic thought.

Foundations of the electronic left

The "Al-Hewar Al-Mutamaden - Modern discussion" and its websites were one of the first and the largest forms of organized electronic left struggling in the Arab world. It proposed a new form of modern left struggle using optimum information technology, the multi-platform left, openness, and respect for opinion and the other opinion, with emphasis and highlighting the left line in all aspects of its work. Many writers and writers have written on the electronic left and its concepts and how it was applied in the "Al-Hewar Al-Mutamaden - Modern discussion" on its Facebook site and in other media organizations.

Defending human rights

”Al-Hewar Al-Mutamaden - Modern discussion” is one of the most prominent left-wing media organizations defending equality and democratic civil society, human rights, nationalities’ rights, against war, against physical and psychological torture, and against the death penalty. In addition, he paid a heavy price, as the main site of the ”Al-Hewar Al-Mutamaden - Modern discussion” and some of its attached sites were blocked in many Arab countries, so that it was classified as one of the most blocked Arab sites, as well as dozens of attempts to sabotage and restrict its work in various ways.

Women's rights and positive excellence

Women's rights have focused on the work, discussion, and struggle of "Al-Hewar Al-Mutamaden - Modern discussion" over the past years. He adopted the struggle for full equality with men in all fields, carried out many activities and events, and presented many files on the liberation of women in the Arab and Islamic worlds. The "Al-Hewar Al-Mutamaden - Modern discussion" believes that the demand for full equality for women in the current stage is not enough and more must be requested, which is - positive distinction - for the benefit of women at the expense of men! This - positive distinction - with an ascending quota that helps accelerate the process of equality and strengthen the role of women and their participation in activities in a different society and overcoming the obstacles that hinder it. The "Al-Hewar Al-Mutamaden - Modern discussion" gave the issue of women's rights and equality a pivotal and essential role in all its activities and established the Women's Equality Center in 2004 to specialize in this field. In cooperation with the center, it launched dozens of campaigns, files, topics to share their opinion and vote to promote the cause of women's liberation and equality, and encouraged female writers in "Al-Hewar Al-Mutamaden - Modern discussion" sites and centers, their topics were given appropriate priority according to the concept - positive excellence - after taking into account quality. He also committed to promoting and supporting women's organizations in the media according to his capabilities.

Secularism and democracy

Secularism and democracy occupied an important place in the tasks of "Al-Hewar Al-Mutamaden - Modern discussion", as it provided a valuable opportunity for all secular and democratic views to be presented freely and discussed objectively. The publication was not restricted to a certain left-wing trend that relies on secularism and democracy that crystallized as a concept among the forces of the left, but also expanded to include different opinions about it, whether it was about democracy or human rights. The open-minded religious supporter and critic also found the opportunity to practice dialogue and debate on the pages of his websites.

Promoting culture of dialogue

The wide candidness of "Al-Hewar Al-Mutamaden - Modern discussion" to various intellectual trends and giving it a large field of publication ensured interaction and discussion, as it contributed to revitalizing dialogue and promoting a culture of difference and respect for opinion and other opinions. Through the open dialogues section, it worked to activate intellectual, cultural, and political dialogues between hundreds of writers and other political, social, and cultural figures on the one hand, and Internet readers on the other hand. In order to promote positive interaction and left-wing, secular, democratic, religious, objective, and "Al-Hewar Al-Mutamaden - Modern discussion" on topics Sensitive and important related to development, modernization, and consolidation of a culture of human rights, women's rights, social justice and peace.

Specialized centers

The "Al-Hewar Al-Mutamaden - Modern discussion" Foundation has a number of specialized centers:

• Center for Secular Studies and Research in the Arab World
• Center for Studies and Research of Marxism and the Left
• The Right to Life Center against the Death Penalty
• Urbanization campaigns
• Women's equality center

Awards

• Awarded Ibn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought Award 2010

References

Category:Internet properties established in 2001 Category:Asian news websites