Sahar Mechmech

Inclusive Economies Manager @TimepDC | MENA Region Tax Justice, Social Spending, and Feminist Economies

[The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @TimepDC]

في أبريل/نيسان الماضي، زار الصحفي مهدي كريّم منزله في مدينة صور وكتب مقال عن حال مدينته أثناء الحرب، ورفضه لملمة أغراضه تمسكًا بأمل العودة، آبيًا التسليم بأنها ”الزيارة الأخيرة“.

في 31 مايو/أيار، دمّرت إسرائيل المنزل، لتبقى كلماته شاهدةً على ما كان.
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[Sahar Mechmech @SaharMech]

Proud to welcome our incredible new cohort of fellows working on issues as diverse as reconstruction, gender justice, political economy, criminal justice reform, and information warfare! Can't wait to collaborate and see their amazing work!
Learn more 👉https://t.co/LsyiC2TvRY

[The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @TimepDC]

🎉TIMEP is thrilled to announce the members of its 2026-2027 Nonresident Fellowship cohort! Welcome to the team, @RamyRaoof, @KholoudHelmi11, @jadbaghdadi98, @safieddine00, @RaghdanM, @nadoshegypt, @MondherTounsi, @ShoroqSallam, @ShaarH, @leena_b7, @ZakShmaly &Gaelle Abi Khalil!

[Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany]

🚨 LAST CALL: Don't miss the chance to register for @TimepDC's next virtual event taking place tomorrow, May 26!

@SaharMech, @nadoshegypt, @JosephDaher19, moderated by @tekaldas, will reflect on what the future of organizing for socioeconomic rights in MENA looks like.

[Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany]

On Tuesday, join @TimepDC for our next virtual event: Fifteen years since the Arab Uprisings, what have been the greatest successes and obstacles in organizing around socioeconomic demands in MENA? What does the future of “bread, freedom, and dignity” look like for the region?

[The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @TimepDC]

🎉 يسعدنا أن نرحب بالدفعة الجديدة من الزملاء غير المقيمين لعام 2026- 2027 بمعهد التحرير. أهلًا بكم في فريقنا!

Gaelle Abi Khalil
@RamyRaoof
@KholoudHelmi11
@jadbaghdadi98
@safieddine00
@RaghdanM
@nadoshegypt
@MondherTounsi
@ShoroqSallam
@ShaarH
@leena_b7
@ZakShmaly

[Sahar Mechmech @SaharMech]

Curious about socio-economic mvmts in #TUN, 2008 Mining Basin, the Bread Revolution, the current tensions between the gov and UGTT, and what they reveal about the future of socio-economic rights? Register and join our event @TimepDC on May 26 to learn more

[The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @TimepDC]

🔔 Join us on Tuesday, May 26, at 10 AM EST for an online event exploring how the MENA region has organized and is organizing around socioeconomic rights, featuring @nadoshegypt, @JosephDaher19, and @SaharMech, moderated by @tekaldas.

Register here: https://t.co/Oe4tGvFYRm

[The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @TimepDC]

🚨 ICYMI: TIMEP took part in a CSPF panel at the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings on who shapes the political and economic rules of reconstruction and how more equitable recovery pathways can be built, featuring insights from TIMEP's @SaharMech.
https://t.co/MiY9nI0Xht

[The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @TimepDC]

“It’s the state that has to bear the cost.” As tensions in the Strait of Hormuz continue, @SaharMech joins @borzou to discuss the ripple effects on Arab economies, from higher fuel costs to uncertainty around reconstruction in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza. https://t.co/ySLZsgg7l8

[Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany]

Solidarity with Al Khatt (which runs Tunisian independent media and investigative outlet @inkyfada) ahead of their May 11 court hearing on their potential dissolution. Since late 2023, Tunisian authorities have been intensifying their targeting of Al Khatt https://t.co/f8scQvEqqy

[Sahar Mechmech @SaharMech]

A concerning move threatening one of the only remaining serious alternative media platforms in Tunisia

[inkyfada | إنكفاضة @inkyfada]

On 11 May, the Tunis Court of First Instance will hear a dissolution request targeting Al Khatt, the association that publishes Inkyfada since 2014. Our full solidarity with its teams. Whatever the outcome, Inkyfada continues. https://t.co/T6mZUmCJEn

[The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @TimepDC]

🌟 Happening today! Join the TIMEP team in Washington, DC at Exiles, from 5:45 to 8:45 PM for our quarterly MENA Social Night: an evening of community and solidarity with MENA professionals from around the DMV.

RSVP here: https://t.co/cejadH759l

[Project Syndicate @ProSyn]

Timothy Kaldas urges the institution to act on its own findings about austerity and taxation. https://t.co/EQ3NHhuRa5

[Timothy E Kaldas @tekaldas]

As the IMF meets this week, they'll review how they design their programs

In my piece below I show IMF programs rely on counterproductive austerity, at odds with their own research. The IMF should use this review to put its money where its research with a pro-growth alternative

[Sahar Mechmech @SaharMech]

For those at the Spring Meetings, catch the session on reconstruction in conflict affected state and the role of the World Bank in these processes

[Arab Watch Coalition @AWC_MENA]

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Join us at the @WorldBankGroup
#SpringMeetings2026 for "Authorized to Rebuild? Who Governs Reconstruction in #Conflict_Affected_States in 2026?" a conversation about who sets the rules for #post_war #recovery and how #civil_society can shape #equitable #reconstruction.

[Sahar Mechmech @SaharMech]

Friends in DC, I'd love to see you on Thursday at our MENA Social Night next week

[The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @TimepDC]

🔔 In DC for the Spring Meetings? Join us at Exiles on Thursday, April 16, from 5:45 to 8:45 PM for our quarterly MENA Social Night, an evening of community and solidarity with the TIMEP team and MENA professionals from around the DMV.

RSVP here: https://t.co/cejadH759l

[The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @TimepDC]

With extreme urgency, TIMEP calls on the United States and governments worldwide to press Israel to adhere to the regional two-week ceasefire in Lebanon.

[Timothy E Kaldas @tekaldas]

Something that hasn't sunk in, is that these losses in revenue, damage to infrastructure, and cost of defense as well as replenishing and upgrading military supplies, will all likely reduce Gulf budgets for foreign aid and reconstruction in the region that the West relied on 🧵

[The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @TimepDC]

NEW: Early Monday, Lebanon got pulled into the war. How did this happen, what has unfolded in the time since, and how has the Lebanese government responded?

TIMEP's newest explainer lays out answers to these key questions: https://t.co/HziwgtHjXd

[Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany]

The Iranian regime is an autocratic one that has devastated lives at home and abroad. Its people deserve so much better.

So much better does not come through illegal strikes involving a genocidal actor that drag multiple countries into conflict and kill more civilians.

[The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @TimepDC]

🚨 It's not too late to join us! Next Monday, Feb 23 @ 10 AM EST, we'll be hosting @Linaattalah, @HamidMurtada, Samia Errazzouki, and Razan Rashidi as they explore how the Arab Uprisings have shaped and continue to shape the MENA region.

Register here: https://t.co/ogQXDH6gT6