Counter Narrative Library
The ‘Counter-Narrative Library’ is a collection that provides practitioners and civil society organizations using strategic communications to prevent and counter extremism violent extremism with content and materials from existing or previous campaigns.
The collection includes a broad spectrum of counter-narratives in multiple languages, displayed through informative and emotional videos, articles, blog posts, government campaigns, social media campaigns, comic books, documentaries, books, websites, TV series, cinema and art productions, interviews, events, radio broadcasts, and podcasts.
Counter-narratives often include stories of former foreign fighters and extremists, victims of extremism, and families affected.
The Counter-Narrative Library contains several collections, including regional collections on South East Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), East Africa, and two thematic collections on Daesh Defectors and the Radical Right. Expert workshops support the process of developing new collections drawing on the experience, good practice, and recommendations from experts while identifying and amplifying existing positive alternatives and counter-narratives. Each collection is discussed in-depth below.
The Counter Narrative Library is currently being updated and transitioned to a new format – please check this page for updates.