{"id":4410,"date":"2022-06-07T09:24:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T08:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elathar.com\/who-we-are\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T20:11:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:11:05","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elathar.com\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>From volunteering and giving to making impact \u2014 the Arab world&#8217;s leading civil society platform.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-we-are\">What we are<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>ELATHAR is an Arabic-first media platform dedicated to civil society and social action across the Middle East and North Africa. 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