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SMALL IN SIZE,
BIG IN ACTION,
BOUNDLESS IN AMBITION.

WORKING ON
THE GROUND

ARTA for Media and Development has been working on the ground since 2013. It has told stories that no one else would have told. It deployed journalists in every corner of Rojava, in northeastern Syria, as history unfolded in a forgotten region that is now the center of an international struggle fought by the world’s major powers.

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OUR STORY

Besides our journalism, we are socially committed to helping people and giving back to the local community through various initiatives: educational, training, sports, music and cultural scholarships, and financially helping those in need.

Our Story

Achievements

OUR ACHIEVEMENTS

We take pride in all our achievements as an organisation. Explore the tiles below to learn more about ARTA's latest achievements.

Breaking Barriers: The Female Journalists of Rojava

Shining a Light on the Untold Stories: A Day in the Life of Journalist Shinda Muhammad The profession of journalism has always been one...

Radio Arta in 2022

We wake up in the morning, have breakfast, get ready, and go to work. We know with certainty that someone is waiting for us. We listen to...

Visual Radio

Arta FM’s focus will remain for now on what Arta does best, which is radio, but combine that with reaching target audiences on social...

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Projects

OUR PROJECTS

ARTA's core efforts are represented by four main projects.

ARTA FM

Arta FM is an independent, multilingual community radio station broadcasting in the Jazeera region in North-East Syria, also known as the...

Al-Furatiya

Radio Al-Furatiya (formerly Sawt Al-Raqqa) is an independent community radio station broadcasting in the Raqqa and Deir al-Zor regions...

Zîn FM

Zîn FM (formerly Jîn FM) is a community radio station broadcasting in the city of Derik and its countryside, on the Syrian-Turkish-Iraqi...

Values

OUR MISSION
& VALUES

Boundless in Ambition

Our region has been going through some difficult times for the past ten years. The power balance among Kurds, Arabs, Muslims, Christians, and Yazidis, as well as women and men, shifts every day.

ARTA IN NUMBERS

9 Cities
Arta's Radios have 9 FM transmitters in

700k
listeners on FM each month

400k
followers on Facebook

OUR PARTNERS

Arta receives financial and institutional support from various international media support organisations, both governmental and non-governmental. Some are long-standing strategic partners, while others are project-based.

Partners

WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT US

Read Testimonials about our work at ARTA

“Arta’s aims to support democracy, accountability and trust seemed dizzyingly ambitious in a region still reeling from war and threatened by violence.”

BBC Radio World Service

TESTIMONIALS

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We are socially committed to helping people and giving back to the local community through various initiatives: educational, training, sports, music and cultural scholarships, and financially helping those in need.

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