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The United Nations in the Arab World Program & The Human Rights Research Project coridally invite you to a lecture by Mr. John Pace. John Pace is an international civil servant of long standing in the United Nations. He served as Secretary to the Commission on Human Rights from 1978 to 1994, and was the Coordinator of the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna. He has headed the Special Procedures and Technical Cooperation Programmes and has led fact-finding missions for the Commission in several countries. He was Chief of the Human Rights Component of the UN Mission in Iraq, and...

أصدقائنا الأعزاء، إنَّ موعدنا مع اليوم العالمي لمناهضة رهاب المثلية الجنسية والتحول الجنسي قد حان ونحن سعداء جدا لدعوتكم لحضور النشاط معنا. سوف يكون لدينا نهار كامل لنعرض فيه أهم التطورات التي حدثت في العام المنصرم في لبنان فيما يخص قضيتنا كمجتمع الميم، وذلك نهار السبت الواقع في السابع العشر من أيار (17/5/2014). هذا العام سيتم التركيز على النشاط والعمل الاجتماعي والنضالي في مجتمع الميم. سيكون من ضمن البرنامج حلقتيّ نقاش حول أهم أحداث العام الماضي ومستقبل الحركة النضالية لمجتمع الميم في لبنان. سيتم التركيز هذا العام بشكل أكبر على كيفية جذب الإعلام لهذا الحدث. كما نأمل الوصول إلى جميع الأشخاص...

العنف... مش لعبة!معرض دمى من إنتاج فتيات لبنانيات وسوريات نازحات إلى لبنان تُصوّر أشكال العنف والتمييز الذي في المجتمع يُنظّم المعرض كلّ من مؤسّسة أبعاد ولجنة الإنقاذ الدولية المكان: مبنى جمعية متخرجي جامعة بيروت العربية، تعنايل،الطريق العام الزمان: نهار الجمعة 16 أيار من الساعة 11 صباحاً وحتى الساعة 3 بعد الظهر يتخلل المعرض عرض للدمى ولقاء حواري تثقيفي حول الموضوع الدعوة عامة! “Violence… it’s not a game!” A public exhibition displaying puppets produced by Lebanese and Syrian teen-adolescent girls portraying different types of violence and discrimination in society. This exhibition is...

Due to the lack of appropriate public space, Beirut dwellers lay claim today to a number of open areas in the city, the uses of which are akin to ‘public’ spaces – they are accessed freely and allow for an unconfined range of social activities. This lecture advocates learning from the public by observing several left- over spaces in the city, in order to understand them as public, multicultural, socially just, and open. By focusing on the seafront area of Dalieh in Rawche, the lecture attempts to abandon the modern notion of public space and open new possibilities for understanding public...

Celebrating Colors 2014 is the second fashion show organized by Insan Association at Yukunkun Club - Gemayzeh on WORKERS’ DAY, May 1st 2014 at 8 p.m. Insan Association is a Human Rights organization that acts to protect and promote the rights of the most marginalized individuals, such as refugees, migrant workers, asylum-seekers and non-identities in Lebanon. During the Fashion Show, Migrant Domestic Workers from CONGO, ETHIOPIA, SRI LANKA, PHILIPINES in addition to volunteer models from LEBANON will come together to show the latest trends designed by young Designers. Talented FASHION...

Major Theatre Production "هيدا مش فيلم مصري" (This is Not an Egyptian Film) A collective creation Adapted and directed by Lina Abyad "هيدا مش فيلم مصري" (This is Not an Egyptian Film) Place: Gulbenkian Theatre - LAU Beirut Campus Date: April 28, 29, 30 and May 1, 2, 3, 4, 2014 Time: 8:30 pm The interrupted whistling of the pressure cooker of Manal Al Assi was deafening to me every single day that followed her tragic and senseless death. I absolutely had to provide a testimonial. To all those I’m addressing this project to; those who confided in me, in a whisper, a revisited story: the...

Wael Gamal is an Egyptian economic journalist, columnist, and researcher. He has more than 18 years of experience in journalism with local and international media including CNBC, BBC Arabic Service, and Thomson Reuters. He contributed to the launch of  Al Shorouk, a daily Egyptian newspaper, in 2009 as its economic editor, before becoming its managing editor in 2010. He has studied Political Sciences in Cairo University and Finance and Investment in Middlesex University in London. Ziad Abdel Samad is the Executive Director of the Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) which brings together 30...

Institut français du Proche-OrientSyrie - Liban - Jordanie - Irak - T. PalestiniensObservatoire urbain du Proche-OrientSéminaire La fin des « anciens loyers » : vers une réforme historique ?  Bruno MarotDoctorant à l’Université McGill (Canada)Chercheur associé à l’IEP Paris Discutant : Hisham AshkarArchitecte et urbaniste, doctorant à Hafencity Universität – Hambourg (Allemagne) Séminaire en langue françaiseMercredi 23 avril 2014 à 18hIfpo – Bâtiment G – 1er étageEspace des Lettres - Rue de Damas - BeyrouthTél  01.420 291/293

This event is brought to you by the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs in collaboration with the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies at AUB. The lecture is based on a project that compares Latin America and the Middle East by exploring the role of documentary and fiction films in reconstructing collective identities in the wake of armed conflicts and political transitions. Dr. Riccardo Bocco is a Professor of Political Sociology at the Anthropology and Sociology Department of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies...

Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs cordially invites you to a presentation:  "Arab States and UN Human Rights Mechanisms" by Fateh Azzam Director of Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship and Senior Public Policy Fellow at IFI Wednesday, April 16, 2014 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm  Issam Fares Institute (Green Oval), Auditorium – AUB   The presentation will offer an analysis of Arab engagement with UN human rights mechanisms from 2005-2012. It summarizes issues raised by states and NGOs, and assesses the recommendations of the human rights treaty bodies, and...

Hunger can be eliminated in our lifetimes. CCECS in collaboration with the Lebanese Food Bank invites you to an introductory session to know more about the "Not to waste food" program. Date: Wednesday April 2, 2014Time: 12:00 - 1:00pmLocation: Auditorium B, West Hall The Lebanese Food Bank is a non-profit organization established by a group of Lebanese businessmen to eliminate hunger in all Lebanon by establishing partnerships and cooperation with all those who are concerned. If you are interested to attend, send your details (name, major and contact number) to ccecs@aub.edu.lb.For more info...

The Lebanese Economic Association invites you to the closing event of its project:  “Know, React, Engage" A Public Discussion on Socio-Economic Rights in Lebanon”   Tuesday, March 25, 2014 between 5:30 and 8:00 pm Metro Al Madina- Hamra Agenda: 5:30- 5:40 Welcoming Address 5:40- 6:00 Screening of Project Videos (project trailer) 6:00- 8:00 Discussion on Socio-Economic Rights in Lebanon   Speakers: Youth Unemployment and Cost of Living: - Dr. Sami Atallah, Executive Director, Lebanese Center for Policy Studies Education and Working Women: - Ms. Sawsan Masri, Project Coordinator, International...

Dance, Music & Fun Night at Mar Mikhael Stairs... when we will meet there after 9:00 pm to talk about our next steps, to continue our campaign, to continue our fight vs Fouad Boutros Project; this time we will be with all Lebanese night lovers and we will create a great Nostalgia atmosphere to show our support to this street and the stairs. Please invite all your friends...All NGOs are invited to be there with their members specially all friends of The Civil Coalition against the Highway Project “ Hekmeh-Turk” Axis (“Fouad Boutros” Road). Let's make it Crazy HERITAGE night!Join us on Saturday...

The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs invites you to: Protecting Syrian Refugees: Laws, Policies and Global Responsibility-Sharing The International Human Rights Clinical Program at the Boston University School of Law is completing a two-year research project focusing on the legal issues and problems that are creating barriers to relief and protection for refugees fleeing Syria. This project focuses on the international and regional legal instruments that govern the rights of and obligations towards this refugee flow in the most-affected states: Lebanon, Jordan...

Zahwa. 20 years old. She was 20 years old. She fell in love. Without asking for permission. They killed her, in her bed, one Tuesday night, at 7:30 pm. An honour crime! Let's celebrate “Zahwa’s Wedding” together, the wedding she never had. A theatre performance; a dialogue between Jean-Marc Nahas, Marwa Khalil, Wafaa Halawi and Daline Jabbour. Zahwa, the woman becomes Zahwa the earth and Zahwa the mother. Three segments that speak of women, love, life, death and resurrection. Tickets on sale at Librairie Antoine. Tickets prices: 40.000LL & 30.000 LL Direction: Lara Kanso Paintings /...

Heinrich Böll Stiftung cordially invites you to screening of the film "Dear Lebanon," A Teenage Perspective of Bombings, Religion and Politics by Raphael Schanz and the teenager’s team: Gassia Shadarevian, Ghida Ladkani, Majd Gharzeddine, Marwan Sakr, Mohamad Bsat, Navia Ghawi, Naye Idriss and Omar EI-Salhan. Date & Time: Thursday, March 13th at 7:30 PM - Place: Altcity, Hamra Street, Carre Bldg, between Fransabank and Kababji. About the Film Weekly bomb attacks, an instable political system, a society ruptured and divided along confessional lines, and an ever-increasing level of social...

The Anis Makdisi Program in Literature cordially invites you to a lecture by Malek Sharif The State and the CityUncovering the early history of the municipality of Beirut AUB, Bldg. 37 (behind the Lee Observatory), Thursday March 13, 2014 (5:00pm) The standard literature on the Ottoman Tanzimat period largely ignores or barely touches on the provincial urban institutions. They ignore the formative years of the municipalities in the provinces and the laws by which they were constituted. Consequently they date the foundation of municipalities at a later period of time. They also tend to...

Three active campaigns organizing around sexuality in India have gained international attention. First, the long-term campaigns against honor killing in rural North India have finally reached the Indian national stage. Second, the spontaneous and to many surprising upsurge of young women's and men's protest against the Delhi gang rape of a woman on December 16, 2012 continues to galvanize protests and legal changes. Third, the immediate reaction to the Supreme Court's decision to reinstate section 377 of the Indian penal code, a British-era law that makes gay sex illegal, that was overturned...

Street Performance of "Nes bsamneh w nes bzeit" Sat. March 8, 2014 - 2:00 p.m. in front of the National Museum, Beirut عرض " ناس بسمنة وناس بزيت" يوم السبت 8 آذار 2014 الساعة 2 بعض الظهر أمام المتحف الوطني - بيروت Zoukak’s “Nes bsamneh w nes bzeit” street performance will launch the march against gender-based violence organized by KAFA on Saturday, March 8, 2014 from the National Museum to the Palace of Justice in Beirut إذا بدّها شارع للتشريع... نازلين! “Nes bsamneh w nes bzeit” (“some people are coated in ghee and others in oil”, a Lebanese saying that denounces social discrimination) by...

Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies, and the Center for American Studies and Research   Cordially invite you to a lecture and book launch 'Gender and Neoliberalism: The All India Democratic Women's Association and Globalization Politics' byDr. Elisabeth Armstrong Thursday, March 6th, 2014 | 1:00 - 3:30 pm Building 37 CASAR (Behind the Old Observatory) - AUB In 1991, structural adjustments began in earnest in India. The nation’s leaders reduced social spending and dismantled protections and supports for...