With political challenges abounding in the Arab region, a number of independent media outlets have risen from the margin with an active progressive political positioning in mind, and an experimental approach to journalism. They found each other and began interrogating how a coalition can improve their individual work, and help them craft acts of solidarity through a bold and sentient modality of collaboration. This panel will address how these media have come together, what sorts of projects they develop jointly, and where their aspirations for further collaborations lie.