ASI is a nonprofit organization that has established itself at the center of the knowledge production map on the Middle East in the United States, Europe, and the region. It serves as an institute in its own right and as an umbrella for five organizations that bring to different audiences unique knowledge, scrutiny, voice, and critique that is seldom found under any one roof: the Arab Studies Journal, Jadaliyya, Quilting Point, Forum on Arab and Muslim Affairs (FAMA), and Tadween Publishing. Academics, students, journalists, activists, artists, and policymakers have made ASI a go-to place for sound analysis and knowledge in English and/or Arabic.