Tebini
Mosul
Damascus
Aden
Erbil
Mogadishu
Samarra
Hama
Sana'a
Baghdad
Hargeisa

Your ear to the ground in Mosul

A platform for learning what people in hard-to-reach places believe, and why: after a story breaks, before an event, and about your own message.

Live in Iraq and Syria. Yemen and Somalia coming soon.

Where people stand, and why, while it still matters

By morning, you know which story is winning

Say an MP is arrested and the government and opposition spin the 'why' differently. Tebini picks up the diverging narratives and pushes automated qualitative interviews to hundreds of people, asking them to describe what they've heard, what they think happened, and why. By morning you know which framing is leading, with time enough to change what you say at noon, not explain it next quarter.

09:40The arrest, with each camp's framing captured
13:00Hundreds of panelists begin automated interviews
Next morningReporting of media coverage and interview responses
Pushed in the media against believed in the street
Government“An anti-corruption case”
Pushed
Believed
Opposition“Punished for speaking out”
Pushed
Believed
Nobody’s line“It’s about his criticism of the ministry”
Pushed
Believed

Hypothetical example.

How an event lands, before and after

Before an election, policy announcement or challenging event, take a reading: what people expect, and what the media is pushing. Afterward, the same people tell you how they see the event, and why. Identify the space between pushed narratives and what is held on the ground while there is still time to act. You walk into the day after knowing which story the street will accept.

“The count will be / was clean” — belief across election day
ELECTION DAY 6 WEEKS BEFORE 6 WEEKS AFTER
Pushed in the mediaBelieved on the ground

The same people, interviewed before and after. The gap after the date is the finding. Hypothetical example.

Your message, tested before you commit

Quickly, at survey scale and in people’s own words, test messages, framings, campaign material and spokespeople against what people already say unprompted. Assess emerging narratives on specific topics to shape communications and policies. Launch the version that lands; shelve the one that backfires, before you commit to either.

Two versions of your message, before launch
Message A: “Protecting public money”
Message B: “Nobody is above the law”
MOST COMMON OBJECTION TO MESSAGE A
“That’s what the ministry says every time.”

Shows who found each version convincing, with the reasons they gave. Hypothetical example.

Tell us the market you care about. We’ll send a pilot report.

See it working