Welcome to INEAS

INEAS is an independent, tax-exempt, educational and cultural
organization geared to educate the public and inform the media
on issues related to Africa and Asia with a focus on the Arab
and Islamic worlds and the non-Arab / non-Moslem
Communities within the Arab world.

April 26th is International Seeds Day
source: www.twinenfp.org

INEAS interviews
Dr. Vandana Shiva

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International Seed Day (ISD)
April 26, 2010
Organizations and activists from around the world will observe April 26 as International Seed Day (ISD) advocating for patent-free seeds, organic food and farmers' rights. ISD will be an educational day for the public to learn about genetically modified food, its health hazardous effects and the monopoly over worldwide agriculture by major US and European agribusiness companies. more
English PDF | Press Release
Iraqi Children Emergency
Launched May 5, 2009 (ongoing)
Since the US invasion in 2003, illicit trafficking of Iraqi children has risen dramatically
source: BBC

Our Institute is launching a campaign to document eyewitnesses from inside and outside Iraq who observed the kidnapping and/or the selling of Iraqi children or those who are able to locate kidnapped and sold children in their new environment. We are working to create a network of communities within Iraq and neighboring countries (Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Iran and Kuwait) to monitor, provide alerts, exchange information and report to NGOs, families, the media and authorities to prevent children from being sold and especially from leaving Iraq. more
PDF: English |Arabic | Release: English | Arabic

The Other Arabs
Scheduled Release: 2010
In The Other Arabs, minorities in the Arab world tell their stories.

INEAS is presently working on this two-part documentary film series; Episode I on Jewish Arabs, Episode II to highlight the Druze Arabs. It is scheduled for release in Winter 2010.

To preview part 1 of The Other Arabs on Youtube, click on "Trailer 1" or "Tralier 2" below. Your generous contributions will help make this film a reality.
read more | Trailer One | Trailer Two | Donate
Documenting Women's Activism
and Boycott

A Call for Information
July 2002: women in southern Nigeria occupied a Chevron oil terminal
source: PBS.org

We live in a world of imbalance and injustice whereby men have nearly all the say and women, by force or sometimes by choice, have a little or no say. As a result, women have not been effective in changing the status quo. Despite the ineffectiveness, three major events had taken place since the 1960s whereby women have challenged...
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