brave new futures: mena strategic imagination labs

Fine Acts is launching the Brave New Futures: MENA Strategic Imagination Labs – a 24-month experiment in bold thinking, radical creativity, and collective transformation. We are looking for a small cohort of just 12 visionary civic organizations from across the MENA region to take part.

Unlike a typical capacity-building program, this is a space to breathe, question the status quo, and rethink what’s possible. Over two years, we’ll explore how imagination, art, hope, and creative play can unlock new approaches to civic work and systems change. In challenging times, imagination can feel indulgent. But it’s not – it’s survival. It’s resilience. It's a strategy. To build the tomorrow we want, we must first imagine it today. And while individual dreams can shape lives, it is the collective dreams that shape reality. So let this be an invitation – to imagine together, to dream beyond limits, and to begin designing the futures we deserve.