Introduction | ู ูุฏู ุฉ
Here is a collection of resources about community organising in the Arab World. These resources are from an organisation called Ahel.
Ahel works across the Arab region to support people leading collective action for justice, freedom, and equality to build their people power.
Using a values-based community organizing approach, Ahel coaches campaigns, trains leaders in organizing and participatory leadership, and connects changemakers who share a commitment to dignity and justice.
Ahel produces Arabic-language knowledge on community organizing and documents campaign journeys and successesโsharing real stories of how people power drives change.
Ahelโs methodology is based on Marshall Ganzโs work in value based community organizing adapted and expanded for the context of the Arab speaking region.
ุฃูู ูู ู ุคุณุณุฉ ุชุนู ู ูู ู ุฎุชูู ุฃูุญุงุก ุงูู ูุทูุฉ ุงูุนุฑุจููุฉ ุนูู ุชู ููู ุงูุณุงุนูู ูุงูุณุงุนูุงุช ููุชุบููุฑ ู ู ุชูุธูู ููุชูู ูููุงุฏุชูู ูุชุญููู ุงูุนุฏุงูุฉ ูู ูุถุงูุงูู . ุชุฑุงูู “ุฃูู” ุงูุญู ูุงุช ูู ู ุดูุงุฑูุง ุงูู ูุฏุงููู ูุนู ููุง ุงูุฌู ุงุนููุ ูุชุนุฑูู ุงูููุงุฏููู ูุงูููุงุฏูุงุช ูุชุฏุฑูุจูู ุนูู ููุฌ ุงูุชูุธูู ุงูู ุฌุชู ุนู ูู ู ุงุฑุณุงุช ุงูููุงุฏุฉ ุงูุชุดุงุฑูููุฉุ ููุณ ููุท ูุชุญููู ุงูุชุบููุฑ ุงูุฐู ูุจุชุบูููุ ุจู ูุจูุงุก ููุฉ ูุงุณูู ุฃูุถุงู. ูุชุดุจู “ุฃูู” ุจูู ุงูููุงุฏููู ูุงูููุงุฏูุงุช ูู ุงูู ูุทูุฉ ุงูุฐูู ูุชุดุงุฑููู ุงูููู ููุคู ููู ุจูุฑุงู ุฉ ุงููุงุณ ูุนุฏุงูุฉ ูุถุงูุงูู .
ูุฐู ุงูุตูุญุฉ ุชุณุชุนุฑุถ ุจุนุถูุง ู ู ูุฐู ุงูู ูุงุฑุฏ.
ุงุนุชู ุฏุช ุฃูู ูุจุฏุงูุฉ ุฅุทุงุฑ ุงูุชูุธูู ุงูู ุฌุชู ุนู ุงููุงุฆู ุนูู ุงูููู ุงูุฐู ูุถุนู ู ุงุฑุดุงู ุบุงูุฒ ููุงู ุช ุจุชููููู ูุงูุฅุถุงูุฉ ูู ููุชุณู ู ุน ุณูุงู ุงูุจูุฏุงู ุงููุงุทูุฉ ุจุงูุนุฑุจูุฉ.
What is Organising? | ู ุง ูู ุงูุชูุธูู ุ
Community organizing is a collective leadership practice where those directly affected by an issue lead efforts to create change in their own causes.
It is based on organizing the community baseโpeople most impacted by the problemโto mobilize their resources and build people power.
Organizing develops leadership from within the base, uniting around shared values to achieve a common goal and lasting change.
ุงูุชูุธูู
ุงูู
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ุนู ูู ู
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ุงุฑุณุฉ ููุงุฏูุฉ ุฌู
ุงุนูุฉุ ูููุฏ ูููุง ุฃุตุญุงุจ ุงููุถูุฉ ุฌููุฏูู
ูุฅุญุฏุงุซ ุงูุชุบููุฑ ูู ูุถุงูุงูู
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ูุนุชู
ุฏ ุนูู ุชูุธูู
ุงููุงุนุฏุฉ ุงูู
ุฌุชู
ุนูุฉุ ููู ู
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ูุนุฉ ุงูุฃุดุฎุงุต ุงูู
ุชุฃุซุฑูู ู
ุจุงุดุฑุฉ ุจุงูู
ุดููุฉุ ูุญุดุฏ ู
ูุงุฑุฏูู
ูุจูุงุก ููุฉ ุงููุงุณ.
ูุฑูุฒ ุงูุชูุธูู
ุนูู ุชุทููุฑ ููุงุฏุงุช ู
ู ุฏุงุฎู ุงููุงุนุฏุฉุ ุชุนู
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ุนูุง ุนูู ุฃุณุงุณ ููู
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ุดุชุฑูุฉ ูุชุญููู ูุฏู ู
ูุญูุฏ ูุชุบููุฑ ูุนูู ูู
ุณุชุฏุงู
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About the methodology in Arabic | ุนู ููุฌ ุงูุชูุธูู ุงูู ุฌุชู ุนู
Resources about Organising | ู ูุงุฑุฏ ุญูู ุงูุชูุธูู
Videos | ุฃุดุฑุทุฉ ุงูููุฏูู
Leadership Models | ูู ุงุฐุฌ ุงูููุงุฏุฉ
The Extended Teams Structure (Snowflake) | ุงูุจููุฉ ุงูู ู ุชุฏุฉ
Building Relationships 1:1 meetings | ูก:ูก ุจูุงุก ุงูุนูุงูุงุช | ููุงุก
Building Relationships – House meeting | ุจูุงุก ุงูุนูุงูุงุช | ุงูููุงุกุงุช ุงูู ูุฒููุฉ
Commitment to Action | ุทูุจ ุงูุงูุชุฒุงู
Campaign Chart | ู ูุญูู ุงูุญู ูุฉ
Defining Success in Organizing | ุชุนุฑูู ุงููุฌุงุญ ูู ุงูุชูุธูู
Infographics | ุงูุฑุณูู ุงูุจูุงููุฉ

Including | ู ุดุชู ู:
- What is Community Organizing | ุฑุณู ุชูุถูุญู: ู ุง ูู ุงูุชูุธูู ุงูู ุฌุชู ุนู
- Community Organizing Practices | ุฑุณู ุชูุถูุญู: ู ู ุงุฑุณุงุช ุงูุชูุธูู ุงูู ุฌุชู ุนู
- Public Narrative | ุฑุณู ุชูุถูุญู: ุงููุตุฉ ุงูุนุงู ุฉ
- Organizing vs. Mobilising | ุฑุณู ุชูุถูุญู: ุงูุชูุธูู ู ูุงุจู ุงูุชุญุดูุฏ
- Power Over & Power With Campaigns | ุฑุณู ุชูุถูุญู: ุงูููุฉ ุงูุชุนุงูููุฉ ูุงูููุฉ ุงูุถุงุบุทุฉ
- Leadership Models | ุฑุณู ุชูุถูุญู: ูู ุงุฐุฌ ุงูููุงุฏุฉ
- Campaign Chart | ุฑุณู ุชูุถูุญู: ู ูุญูู ุงูุญู ูุฉ
- Building Leadership Teams | ุฑุณู ุชูุถูุญู: ุชูููู ูุฑูู ูุนูุงู
Guides and Manuals | ุฃุฏูุฉ ููุชูุจุงุช

Arabic Translation of Notes on Organizing: People Power Change by Marshall Ganz | ู ูุงุญุธุงุช ุญูู ุงูุชูุธูู ุงูู ุฌุชู ุนู: ู ุงุฑุดุงู ุบุงูุฒ (PDF)
This is the Arabic version of the community organizing notesโreflections on leadership, organizing, and action. They are rooted in lived experience, grounded in academic research, and designed to facilitate the learning process.
You can download the full set of notes in Arabicโincluding all eight chaptersโalong with an introductory letter by Professor Marshall Ganz, in which he shares his personal story with community organizing and his journey with these notes.
ูุฐู ุงููุณุฎุฉ ุงูุนุฑุจูุฉ ู ู ู ูุงุญุธุงุช ุงูุชูุธูู ุงูู ุฌุชู ุนู ุชูุฏูู ุชุฃู ูุงุช ูู ู ู ุงุฑุณุฉ ุงูููุงุฏุฉ ูุงูุชูุธูู ูุงูุนู ูุ ู ุชุฌุฐูุฑุฉ ูู ุงูุฎุจุฑุฉ ุงูุญูุงุชูุฉุ ูู ุณุชูุฏุฉ ุฅูู ุงูุจุญุซ ุงูุฃูุงุฏูู ูุ ูู ุตู ูู ุฉ ูุชูุณูุฑ ุนู ููุฉ ุงูุชุนููู .
ุจุฅู ูุงููู ุชุญู ูู ุงูู ูุงุญุธุงุช ุงููุงู ูุฉุ ุงูุชู ุชุชูููู ู ู ุซู ุงููุฉ ูุตููุ ุจุงูุฅุถุงูุฉ ุฅูู ุฑุณุงูุฉ ุชูุฏูู ูุฉ ู ู ุงูุจุฑูููุณูุฑ ู ุงุฑุดุงู ุบุงูุฒ ูุฑูู ูููุง ูุตูุชู ุงูุดุฎุตูุฉ ูู ุงูุชูุธูู ุงูู ุฌุชู ุนู ูุฑุญูุชู ู ุน ูุฐู ุงูู ูุงุญุธุงุช.
ุนู ูุ ู ุชุฌุฐูุฑุฉ ูู ุงูุฎุจุฑุฉ ุงูุญูุงุชูุฉุ ูู ุณุชูุฏุฉ ุฅูู ุงูุจุญุซ ุงูุฃูุงุฏูู ูุ ูู ุตู ูู ุฉ ูุชูุณูุฑ ุนู ููุฉ ุงูุชุนููู .
ุจุฅู ูุงููู ุชุญู ูู ุงูู ูุงุญุธุงุช ุงููุงู ูุฉุ ุงูุชู ุชุชูููู ู ู ุซู ุงููุฉ ูุตููุ ุจุงูุฅุถุงูุฉ ุฅูู ุฑุณุงูุฉ ุชูุฏูู ูุฉ ู ู ุงูุจุฑูููุณูุฑ ู ุงุฑุดุงู ุบุงูุฒ ูุฑูู ูููุง ูุตูุชู ุงูุดุฎุตูุฉ ูู ุงูุชูุธูู ุงูู ุฌุชู ุนู ูุฑุญูุชู ู ุน ูุฐู ุงูู ูุงุญุธุงุช.
Case Studies | ุฏุฑุงุณุงุช ูุจุญูุซ

Case Studies by Ahel | ุฏุฑุงุณุงุช ูุจุญูุซ ู ู ุฃูู
Including:
- Let Us Keep Our Childhood – Campaign led by refugees in Lebanon to end Child Marriage in their community | ูุง ุชูุจุฑููุง ุจุนุฏูุง ุตุบุงุฑ: ุญู ูุฉ ู ุฌุชู ุนูุฉ ุจููุงุฏุฉ ูุงุฌุฆุงุช ูู ุจูุงุน ูุจูุงู ูููู ุชุฒููุฌ ุงูุทููุงุช ูู ู ุฌุชู ุนูู
- Stand with the Teachers Campaign: After Eight Years, Have the Powers Shifted? Campaign led by female private school teachers in Jordan for their labor rights | ูู ู ุน ุงูู ุนูู : ุซู ุงูู ุณููุงุช ู ู ุงููุถุงู: ูู ุชุญุฑู ู ูุฒุงู ุงููููุ ุญู ูุฉ ุจููุงุฏุฉ ู ุนูู ุงุช ุงููุทุงุน ุงูุฎุงุต ูู ุงูุฃุฑุฏู ููุญุตูู ุญููููู ุงูุนู ุงููุฉ
Podcasts | ุงูุจูุฏูุงุณุช
Athar is a podcast sharing real stories of organizers in the Arab world who built people power and led collective action for justice. Produced by Ahel and the Athar Network, it offers insight and inspiration from lived experience and organizing on the ground.
ุจูุฏูุงุณุช ยซุฃุซุฑยป ููุซูู ุชุฌุงุฑุจ ุญูุฉ ู ู ุงูุญู ูุงุช ุงูู ุทูุจูุฉ ูุงูุญุฑุงูุงุช ุงูุดุนุจูุฉ ูุงูุชูุธูู ุงุช ุงูู ุฌุชู ุนูุฉ ูู ุงูุนุงูู ุงูุนุฑุจู. ูููู ูุตุต ููุงุฏููู ูููุงุฏูุงุช ุฎุงุถูุง ูุถุงูุงุช ุฌู ุงุนูุฉุ ูุจููุง ู ุน ูุงุณูู ููุฉ ูุงุฏุฑุฉ ุนูู ุฅุญุฏุงุซ ุงูุชุบููุฑ. ุชู ุฅูุชุงุฌ ูุฐุง ุงูุจูุฏูุงุณุช ุจุชูุฌูู ู ู ู ุคุณุณุฉ “ุฃูู” ูุดุจูุฉ “ุฃุซุฑ” ููุชูุธูู ุงูู ุฌุชู ุนูุ ููููู ู ุณุงุญุฉ ุชุนููู ูุฅููุงู ู ู ูุงูุน ุงูุชุฌุฑุจุฉ ูู ู ููุฉ ุงููุงุณ ูู ุงูู ูุฏุงู.
Including:
- From Palestine: Prawer Shall Not Pass | ู ู ููุณุธูู: ุจุฑุงูุฑ ูู ูู ุฑ
- From Tunisia: the Jimna Agricultural Movement | ู ู ุชููุณ: ุญุฑุงู ุฌู ูุฉ
- A Special Episode: People Power | ู ู ุงูุนุงูู ุงูุนุฑุจู: ููุฉ ุงููุงุณ
Access Ahel | ุงููุตูู ุฅูู ุฃูู
Ahel offer coaching to groups looking to improve or start their organizing and accompanies campaigns in Jordan, Lebanon,ย Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and Morocco. They also offer training, online and offline, long courses, and short workshops based on demand or as scheduled calls for enrolment.
Follow Ahel on social media for recurring opportunities or contact them at info@ahel.org for direct enquiries.
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ุชุงุจุนุฉ “ุฃูู” ุนูู ูุณุงุฆู ุงูุชูุงุตู ุงูุงุฌุชู
ุงุนู ููุงุทูุงุน ุนูู ุงููุฑุต ุงูู
ุชูุฑุฑุฉุ ุฃู ุงูุชูุงุตู ุนุจุฑ ุงูุจุฑูุฏ ุงูุฅููุชุฑููู:
info@ahel.org
ููุงุณุชูุณุงุฑุงุช ุงูู
ุจุงุดุฑุฉ.
ุชูุฏูู
โุฃููโ ู
ุฑุงููุฉ ูุชุฏุฑูุจูุง ูู
ุฌู
ูุนุงุช ุชุฑุบุจ ูู ุจุฏุก ุงูุชูุธูู
ุงูู
ุฌุชู
ุนู ุฃู ุชุทููุฑูย ย ูู ุงูู
ูุทูุฉ ุงูุนุฑุจูุฉ
ุ ูุชุฑุงูู ุญู
ูุงุช ูู ุงูุฃุฑุฏู ููุจูุงู ูุณูุฑูุง ูุชููุณ ูุงูู
ุบุฑุจ.
ูู ุง ุชูุฏูู ุชุฏุฑูุจุงุช ูุฏูุฑุงุช ุชุนููู ูุฉุ ุทูููุฉ ููุตูุฑุฉุ ุนุจุฑ ุงูุฅูุชุฑูุช ุฃู ุจุดูู ุญุถูุฑูุ ุญุณุจ ุงูุทูุจ ุฃู ู ู ุฎูุงู ุฏุนูุงุช ุนุงู ุฉ ููุชุณุฌูู.
More Resources in Arabic | ุงูู ุฒูุฏ ู ู ุงูู ูุงุฑุฏ ุจุงููุบุฉ ุงูุนุฑุจูุฉ
- The Trifecta of Civil Resistance: Unity, Planning, Discipline | ุงูุนุฑุจูุฉ) ุจููู : ูุงุฑุฏู ู ุฑูู ุงู
- SNAP: Synergizing Nonviolent Action and Peacebuilding | ุชุญููู ุงูุช ู ุถุงูุฑ ุจูู ุงูุช ูุญุฑ ู ู ุบูุฑ ุงูุนููู ูุจูุงุก ุงูุณุงูู
- Community Canvas | ุงูููููุฉ ู ู ูุญู ูู ุง ุงูุฐู ูุคู ู ุจูุ
- Spectrum of Allies | ูุทุงู ุงูุญููุงุก
- Backfire Basics by Brian Martin | ุงุณุงุณูุงุช ุงูุฅุชูุงู ูุงููุชุงุฆุฌ ุงูุนูุณูุฉ
- The Mobilisation Cookbook by Greenpeace | ูุชุงุจ ุทุจุฎ ุงูุชุนุจุฆุฉ
Explore Further | ุงุณุชูุดู ุงูู ุฒูุฏ
- Ahel website
- Leading Change Network
- Definitions of Organising Models
- Guide to Organizing from the Leading Change Network
- How to do Relational Organizing: Video, Tip Sheet and Work Sheet
- What is Organizing?
- People, Power, Change: Organizing for Democratic Renewal by Marshall Ganz
- Organising: Start here

