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By Syrians, For Syria

Mobaderoon isn’t just an organization—it’s a movement.

A movement of Syrian peacebuilders inside and outside Syria, working hand-in-hand to ensure that the next chapter is written by the people, for the people.

Mobaderoon operates within the framework of a clear vision: “Building trust and understanding to support and maintain peaceful coexistence”

Our Vision

Mobaderoon is a pioneering civic organisation, founded in 2009 by Abir Hajibrahim and Ghada Alrifai dedicated to “Building trust and understanding to support and sustain peaceful coexistence”.

Our mission is to foster a culture of values-based and participatory peacebuilding for Syrians and people living in conflict-affected areas. As a women-led organization, we are at the forefront of peacebuilding, grounded in human values and principles. We dedicate our efforts to reweaving the social fabric torn apart by years of war. Since our founding in 2009, we have served as a beacon of hope, reconciliation, and collective healing—firm in our belief that true peace begins with people and exists for their sake.

Today, as Syria enters a critical new phase, our vision is renewed and our mission sharpened: to actively contribute to national peacebuilding through community reconciliation, inclusive dialogue, and bold, authentic storytelling.

We believe that reconciliation is not merely a political file, but a profound societal experience—one that must be lived collectively and nurtured through meaningful human connection. That is why we work through safe spaces for courageous dialogue, trauma-sensitive facilitation, civic education, and ethical media practices.

Our Strategy

Our Strategy for 2024–2027 is Built on Four Foundational Pillars: Mobaderoon is the result fruit of a diverse knowledge gathered since 2009. Mobaderoon shares this knowledge throughout consultations and training programs, which responds to the capacity building needs on several levels. Including programs that support children and teenagers, programs that support youth and individual leaders, and programs that support initiative takers and social projects leaders. Mobaderoon provides its training and advisory services to many entities:

  • dot Transitional justice rooted in people’s narratives and lived experiences
  • dot Empowering civil actors to participate in shaping national policies
  • dot Supporting sustainable livelihoods as a pathway to community stability
  • dot Integrating climate change dimensions into peacebuilding efforts to ensure a safe and just future for Syria

We Achieve this through

As we commemorate Syrian freedom, we renew our promise to stand with our communities, elevate their voices, and never stop building peace—one conversation, one connection, one community at a time.

Capacity-Building

Comprehensive capacity - building programs and specialized training tailored to peacebuilding, dialogue facilitation, and civic engagement.

Leadership

Research initiatives and administrative skill development that strengthen local leadership and institutional resilience.

Dialogue Design

Workshops, studies, and conferences that foster knowledge exchange, dialogue, and multi-stakeholder collaboration.

The Founders of Mobaderoon

The founders of Mobaderoon, Abir Hajibrahim and Ghada Alrifai, have made significant contributions to peacebuilding and urban planning in conflict-affected areas. Their dedication, recognized through numerous awards, continues to inspire and lead initiatives that promote peace, dialogue, and community development in Syria and beyond. Their work demonstrates the power of grassroots initiatives and international partnerships in fostering sustainable peace and development.

Abir Haj Ibrahim

Abir Haj Ibrahim

Co-Founder

Abir co-founded the "Mobaderoon" peacebuilding network, where she engaged diverse groups in dialogue and helped develop tools for community participation and youth empowerment. As the conflict in Syria intensified, she played a central role in conflict resolution by co-leading the Peace Ambassadors program, training over 300 young people to counter sectarianism and foster inclusion across cultural and ethnic divides. Abir’s impact goes beyond Syria. She is an active member of the WASL international network of women peacebuilders, co-founder of Globally Connected in the Netherlands, and a contributor to initiatives like Mobader UAE and DARB in Turkey. She also played a key role in the Syrian Civil Society Room during the Geneva peace talks.

Ghada Rifai

Ghada Rifai

Co-Founder

Ghada is an accomplished architect and urban planner from Aleppo, Syria. She co-founded Mobaderoon, a network dedicated to peacebuilding, and has earned international recognition for her work. Ghada's expertise ranges from rehabilitating Aleppo's Old City to leading urban development projects that focus on creating child-friendly cities. Ghada's current research aims to integrate urban planning with peacebuilding to foster social cohesion, economic recovery, and sustainable peace in conflict-affected areas, particularly in Syria. Her work involves spatial analysis, participatory planning, and policy analysis, striving to make urban spaces more inclusive and resilient.

A New Chapter for Syria: Mobaderoon’s Journey of Peacebuilding and Reconciliation

As Syrians across the world celebrate the spirit of freedom and resilience, we at Mobaderoon stand with every individual dreaming of a peaceful, united, and just Syria.

We are a women-led, values-based peacebuilding foundation committed to weaving the social fabric back together—across communities torn by years of conflict. Founded on courage, trust, and civic action, Mobaderoon has been a beacon for social reconciliation and national healing since 2009.

Today, as Syria takes steps into a new era, our mission is clearer than ever: to contribute to national peacebuilding through grassroots-led reconciliation, inclusive dialogue, and courageous storytelling.

Program Development

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Communication and Partnership

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Facilitation and Exchange of Knowledge

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Effective community projects

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Building capacities of individuals and organizations

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Part of a whole

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Diverse learning and shared achievement

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Sharing resources and exchanging knowledge

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Values reinforcement

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  • Our Values

We're Initiators, and We Motivate Others

We drive change and encourage others to take the lead by providing support and equal opportunities for all. We work under joint responsibility with others to achieve positive change in our communities.

Brave & Responsible

We bear the responsibility towards building a brave and dialogue-safe space, in a way that gathers diverse people, and also towards bringing issues that touch on the needs of Syrians with all their differences, connecting them to decision-makers.

We Choose and Appreciate Trust

Which is the most holistic, deepest, and most sustainable state, which points to defining and supporting structures, with the mission of instilling, activating, and enabling peace, so as not to be drawn into new conflicts, or recur old ones.

Adopting Nonviolence

We work on spreading the culture of nonviolence, supporting nonviolent change mechanisms among all, and reflecting them in all activities as it is a primary cornerstone for building a common future that ensures justice and fairness for all.

Awards Mobaderoon is proud of

Mobaderoon is proud of the recognition by many international bodies for its programs and services, for Mobaderoon has been awarded the following awards:

Livia Award for Peacebuilding 2014

The Livia Foundation Award In 2014 For Its Work In Peace Building.

Global Inclusion Award 2017

Economic Citizenship Education Award 2017 From CYFI (Child And Youth Finance International) For Three Of Its Programs: Journey Of Values, Life Street And Active Citizenship.

2019 Gold Facilitation Award

The 2019 Facilitation Gold Award From IAF (International Association Of Facilitators) For Its Pioneering Use Of Facilitation In Its Programs For Creating A Positive Change.

USIP Women Building Peace Award
USIP Women Building Peace Award 2023 For being a women led organisation working on peace building and having that impact on the Syrian society.
Schengen Peace Prize Award
Schengen Peace Prize Award 2024 For its contribution to peace building and bridging gaps between conflicting Syrians.

What’s next?

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Program development

  • This strategy is considered the largest of its kind in the organization and the main resource for the rest of the strategies. Developing training programs based on the methodology of studying the needs of society throughout testing, feedback, and enhancement. Resulting in knowledge represented by training manuals and key interventions that apply the rest of the strategies

Communication and partnership

  • To create better cooperation with other associations and based on its belief that Mobaderoon is a part of a whole, Mobaderoon is always looking for new partnerships with other associations to achieve maximum impact.
  • Communication with individuals, associations and communities create qualitative common spaces that support the sharing of resources and knowledge exchange, in order to meet communities needs and expectations.
  • Communication also results in projects and activities by sharing resources , knowledge and experiences, to develop and implement new appropriate programs that meet community needs based on common spaces and quality partners.

Facilitation and exchange of knowledge

  • Providing professional consultations for community project teams before and after implementation.
  • Mobaderoon believes in an effective and organized local community that requires the capacities of its individuals to take an active role in the participatory value system using communication channels that lead to understanding the reality and needs of their communities and launching projects that meet these needs. For this purpose, Mobaderoon works to build the capacities of individuals and communities and providing the technical consultation required to create opportunities in different societies.

Effective community projects

  • Believing that actions are stronger than words, Mobaderoon Works to motivate individuals to launch and implement effective community projects which enables participants to invest the tools and knowledge that Mobaderoon promotes. Additionally, motivates community leaders to take effective roles in their communities, and with the support of Mobaderoon we ensure that these projects have achieved the aimed contribution to peaceful coexistence too.
  • Providing professional consultations for community project teams before and after implementation.

Building capacities of individuals and organizations

  • Mobaderoon believes in an effective and organized local community that requires the capacities of its individuals to take an active role in the participatory value system using communication channels that lead to understanding the reality and needs of their communities and launching projects that meet these needs. For this purpose, Mobaderoon works to build the capacities of individuals and communities and providing the technical consultation required to create opportunities in different societies.

Outputs

Building on Mobaderoon’s responsibility towards its members, partners and society, and based on the adopted work strategy, Mobaderoon seeks to achieve an active role for youth in community work based on shared values in civil society, Mobaderoon seeks to achieve the following results:

  • An active role for youth in community work based on shared values.
  • Activating the role of individuals in civil society.
  • Creating safe dialogue environments that contributes to deepening the concept of citizenship and peace.

Part of a whole

  • Cooperate with all organizations working in the field of development and partnership with activists who are in charge of community and development work, whether at the individual or institutional level.

Diverse learning and shared achievement

  • Building a safe space in which everyone interacts through their experiences, knowledge, learning and joint achievement, while ensuring ownership of their ideas and interventions in local communities and reflecting their impact on a national level

Sharing resources and exchanging knowledge

  • Supporting the sustainability of the initiatives impact and building on them and solidify the value of sharing and exchanging knowledge, to enhance creativity and professionalism in meeting the needs of communities, which enhances positive awareness in creating initiatives

Values reinforcement

  • Marketing and practicing the concepts of citizenship, community leadership and peace building, with a focus on believing in the ability of each initiator to be creative and interact with the community.

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