Arabi Facts Hub
is a nonprofit organization dedicated to research mis/disinformation in the Arabic content on the Internet and provide innovative solutions to detect and identify it.
AFH Announcements
Digital Tools Support Program for Media Organizations and Independent Journalists
As part of our commitment to supporting independent journalism and fostering innovation in the media sector, “Arabi Facts Hub” is pleased to announce the launch of the “Digital Tools Support Program for Media Organizations and Independent Journalists”.
The program aims to empower media organizations and independent journalists across the Middle East and North Africa by providing access to the latest digital tools that enhance the quality and accuracy of journalistic work. These tools will help improve investigative techniques, fact-checking, audience engagement, and digital security.
The program consists of two tracks:
- Media Organizations Support: Providing access to paid digital tools that aid journalistic work, enabling high-quality digital investigations. Organizations will receive direct access to these tools.
- Independent Journalists Support: Offering access to data and information that support digital investigations through the tools available in the program.
What Does the Program Offer?
- Access to open-source investigation tools, fact-checking platforms, and paid data analysis tools.
- Specialized training in using digital tools for high-quality investigative journalism.
- Advisory support to help media organizations and independent journalists improve their digital strategies and journalistic outputs.
What Tools Are Included?
The program provides access to a range of specialized digital tools, including:
- MarineTraffic – Ship tracking
- Meltwater – Social media monitoring and data analysis
- PimEyes – Facial recognition
- Epieos – People search
- FlightRadar24 – Aircraft tracking
- MailChimp – Newsletter management
- Surfshark VPN – Digital security and privacy
- 1Password – Password management
Additional tools may be provided based on the needs of participating organizations.
Who Can Apply?
- Independent media organizations in the Middle East and North Africa engaged in open-source investigations, fact-checking, and data journalism.
- Independent journalists who face challenges accessing advanced digital tools for their investigative work.
How to Apply?
Media organizations and journalists are invited to submit their applications through the application form.
Application Deadline: April 7, 2025.
Candidates will be selected based on criteria such as professional needs, usage plans, and previous investigative work in open-source investigations, fact-checking, and data journalism.
Note: The program provides access to digital tools for one year, with periodic assessments of their usage by media organizations and journalists.
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"Arbi Facts Hub" and "Women Who Won the War" Launch "Uncovering False Narratives" Program for Syrian Female Journalists
As part of the partnership between "Arbi Facts Hub” and "Women Who Won the War," we are pleased to announce the launch of "Uncovering False Narratives: Advanced Training for Syrian Female Journalists" program.
This program aims to enhance the fact-checking skills of Syrian female journalists and empower them to investigate hate speech targeting women.
The program consists of five interactive workshops led by trainers and investigative journalists from various Arab countries. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to produce a story or investigation on false narratives targeting women, with professional editorial supervision and guidance.
Who Can Apply?
The program is open to Syrian female journalists — inside or outside Syria — who are interested in investigative journalism, fact-checking, and data journalism.
Timeline:
- Application Deadline: March 31, 2025
- Notification of Selected Participants: April 5, 2025
- Program Start Date: April 10, 2025
How to Apply?
We invite interested Syrian female journalists to apply through this form.
For more information, please contact us via email:
Training for Kurdish journalists on fact-checking and detecting disinformation
Arabi Facts Hub (AFH), in partnership with The Checker platform, conducted training for journalists in the Kurdistan Region from August 25-29, 2024. on fact-checking and disinformation detection.
Expert trainers guided participants on identifying social media disinformation, understanding digital harms, preemptive fact-checking, and verifying data and ads. The training enhanced skills in using AI and digital tools for fact-checking. Link of the training: https://arabifactshub.com/ar/training/20
Training for Algerian journalists on fact-checking and detecting disinformation
Arabi Facts Hub (AFH), in partnership with Digital Action, held a fact-checking and disinformation detection workshop for Algerian journalists from September 15-19, 2024.
Expert trainers covered social media disinformation, political statement verification, digital ad analysis, and creative visualization. The training aimed to boost skills in combating disinformation and producing engaging, story-driven reports for audiences.
Link of the training: https://arabifactshub.com/ar/training/15
Training for Mauritanian journalists on fact-checking and detecting disinformation
Arabi Facts Hub (AFH), in partnership with Digital Action, conducted training for Mauritanian journalists on fact-checking and disinformation detection from September 15-19, 2024.
Expert-led sessions covered social media disinformation, political fact-checking, digital ad analysis, and creative storytelling to engage audiences. The training enhanced participants’ skills in countering disinformation and verifying trending news effectively.
Link of the training: https://arabifactshub.com/ar/training/16
Join Arabi Facts Hub to Challenge Digital Harms in the MENA Region!
AFH seeks collaboration with activists, technologists, tech workers or ex-tech workers, or researchers passionate about utilizing technology for social good, combating tech harms, and holding tech companies accountable, Labor rights and ethical practices within the tech industry, Open-source intelligence (OSINT) investigations and data transparency.
We offer the opportunity to join a community of researchers and technology activists, along with financial support to implement projects over a period of 3 to 6 months. Link of collaboration offer: https://arabifactshub.com/en/page/challenge_digital_harms
Call journalists, policy analysts, and academics to contribute to our project on “Information Disorder in the Arab World”.
Arabi Facts Hub (AFH), in partnership with The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP), invites journalists, policy analysts, and academics to contribute to our special project on “Information Disorder in the Arab World”.
That aims to produce insightful analysis pieces and research papers that explore themes such as: COVID-19 disinformation, Political manipulation and polarization, AI bias and misinformation, Climate disinformation, Digital hate speech etc. We accept submissions on a rolling basis. Please send us your pitch in the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCnnVbpzqZB7lq1eZEylqALY5bwffwHhvjuUZSxrFtDKCJ4A/viewform
training for journalists from Jordan on Fact-Checking and Detecting disinformation
Arabi Facts Hub (AFH), in partnership with Digital Action, held a fact-checking and disinformation detection training for Jordanian journalists from August 25-29, 2024.
Expert-led sessions covered disinformation detection on social media, understanding digital harms, and using tools for data and statement verification. The training enhanced skills in combating disinformation with advanced digital and AI tools.
Link of the training: https://arabifactshub.com/en/training/21
Training Journalists for the Tunisian Elections Coverage 2024
Arabi Facts Hub (AFH) conducted a training workshop for Tunisian journalists on verifying information related to the 2024 Tunisian presidential elections.
Held from July 29 to August 11, 2024. In partnership with BN Tunisia Check, Digital Action, and She checks, the workshop featured expert-led sessions on countering election-related disinformation, methodologies and tools for verifying social media content, investigating coordinated campaigns, fact-checking official statements, and analyzing funded ads.
Link of the training: https://arabifactshub.com/en/training/22
Invitation to Register
Arabi Facts Hub is pleased to invite our fact-checkers partners to register and participate in a series of specialized training sessions. These sessions are designed to enhance your skills in fact-checking and investigative processes. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to access a variety of useful digital tools that will support your efforts in this field.
Registration Form: https://arabifactshub.com/en/training_form
Call for Contributors on Disinformation and Misinformation in the Arab World
The Arabi Facts Hub (AFH), in collaboration with the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP), is pleased to announce a call for contributors, including journalists, policy analysts, and academics, to write analysis pieces on the topic of Disinformation and Misinformation in the Arab World.
Articles for this special project should be between 2,000-2,500 words long and cover one of the following themes in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, or Yemen.
Please follow the link to apply.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCnnVbpzqZB7lq1eZEylqALY5bwffwHhvjuUZSxrFtDKCJ4A/viewform
