THE 99-SECOND LIMIT - Some of you may ask: Is 99 seconds enough? Yes! 1 minute and 39 seconds is more than enough to make a great argument and lay out some of your own ideas. Experience shows that on average, a debater will say about 200-250 words during this period of time, depending on your style and speed. By limiting the length, we make the challenge the same for all participants and consumption of your videos easier for more people. It’s important for videos to be comparable because we will be choosing winners during the voting period based on these parameters.

When it comes to supporting The Munathara Initiative financially, we have a golden rule: that donors not interfere with the opinions and content posted on this site, nor with the topics and motions for our offline debates. It is critical that Munathara remain a free, fair, and open site where all participants can express their opinions in a respectful way. In order to support that environment, Munathara will never limit the free speech of its participants at the request of a donor, participant, government or other official.

DOs:

• Be open and honest – the best opinions come from what you truly believe.
• Have daring, new, and innovative ideas to inspire others.
• Be energetic and connect with your audience: the people watching your video.
• Present your ideas clearly and in your dialect while trying to avoid English or French vocabulary.

DONTs:

Yes, as long as your contribution is in Arabic.

Anyone can submit a video to Munathara, as long as contributions are in Arabic and respect our rules for video submissions.

At this stage, we only accept submissions in Arabic language.