Faisal Saeed Al Mutar (Arabic: فيصل سعيد المطر; born 1991) is an Iraqi-American human-rights activist and social entrepreneur who was admitted to the United States as a refugee in 2013.

As a result of his activism, Al Mutar received death threats from religious militias such as the Mahdi Army and elements tied to al-Qaeda.

[7][8][9][10][11] Due to his conflicts with Islamists over his secular identity and the deaths of his brother and cousin in sectarian violence, Al Mutar fled Iraq and received refugee status in the U.S. in 2013.

After first living for a number of months in Houston, Al Mutar moved to New York City., where he lives and continues to operate Ideas Beyond Borders with the broader aim of making Wikipedia pages, academic articles and seminal works covering science, literature and philosophy available to Arabic speakers in attempt to confront lies with logic and pit critical thinking against propaganda and fake news.

He founded the nonprofit Ideas Beyond Borders (IBB) and has since hired 120 young people across the Middle East to translate Wikipedia pages into Arabic, starting with subjects they thought were most needed: female scientists, human rights, logical reasoning, and philosophy.

The project also supplied 20 computers and 20 printers to "allow the library to access electronic books and journals from around the world and reconnect the university to the global community.

[22] He says the West's inflated sense of moral responsibility, which he calls "the racism of lower expectation," erodes the Middle East's imperative to address its own issues, such as the Syrian refugee crisis.

"[16] Al Mutar criticized President Donald Trump's executive order suspending admission of immigrants for putting refugees "in harm's way.

[1] In 2024, Faisal Saeed Al Mutar won the Beacon Award by the Ellis Island Honors Society that recognizes and celebrates the next generation of professionals, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, artists, and visionary leaders [2].

[30] In 2024, Al Mutar became a non-resident fellow at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, where he contributes to research and strategies to counter disinformation and radicalization.