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Zoukak would like to invite to ‘‘Silk Thread”; a site-specific performance investigating social structures that define and shape gender stereotypes as identified through local mythologies, fairy tales, modern legends, contemporary stories and actual events. Borrowing elements from story-telling, live art, installation and movement, the performance will inhabit a site, and the audience will be invited to travel within it, listening to the stories and witnessing events very closely. A fine line between reality and fiction is drawn, allowing the fantasy of the tales and the violence of actuality...

L'Association Libanaise pour la Promotion Humaine et l'Alphabetisation, en collaboration avec l'ecole de Soultanieh et l'amnbassade de France au Liban, a le plaisir de vous inviter a la 6eme KERMESSE DU PRINTEMPS qui se tiendra le dimanche 29 Avril 2012 a l'ecole de Soultanieh  | 10h The Lebanese Association for Human Promotion and Literacy, in partnership with the school of the Liberation of Soultanieh and the French Embassy in Lebanon, is happy to invite you to the 6th SPRING KERMESSE which will take place sunday April 29th 2012 in the School of the Liberation of Soultanieh (South Lebanon)...

Study Trip to Jordan- land of Biblical and Qur’anic Prophets Saturday 28 April 2012 to Tuesday 1 May 2012  As part of its Study Trips program, that joins leisure with non-formal education and aims at fostering personal enrichment and mutual understanding, Adyan foundation is organizing a 4 day, 3 nights trip to Jordan, on the theme of Jordan, land of Biblical and Qur’anic prophets.  The travellers will be accompanied by 2 lecturers Fr. Dr. Joseph Bou Raad (Dean of the Faculty of Theological sciences and Pastoral studies at Antonine University), and Dr. Nayla Tabbara (Director of Cross-Cultural...

SCHEHERAZADE IN BAABDA A PLAY PERFORMED BY THE WOMEN INMATES OF BAABDA PRISON DIRECTED BY ZEINA DACCACHE PLACE: BAABDA PRISON DATE: April 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27 & 28, 2012   May 3, 4, 5, 10 & 11, 2012 At 3PM   Due To The Particularity Of The Location, Access To The Show Is Restricted To Authorized and Confirmed Reservations. Places Are Limited.   For Reservation, Please Call (03) 162 573, at least 10 days before the date of the show you wish to attend.   For More Info, Please Contact Catharsis on:  (03) 162 573 / (09) 914 932 / E.MAIL: info@catharsislcdt.org     With the support of Drosos...

Launch of the “Civic Hub” project for civil society Networking at Zico House We cordially invite you to the launching ceremony of the “Civic Hub” project on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. at Zico House*, Sanayeh. The ceremony will include a briefing about the project and an introduction to the public and the media about the project components, objectives and methods of work, followed by an exhibition of posters for NGOs and campaigns performed in Lebanon from 1990 to 2012. RSVP : 9611-741412 Email : civichub@zicohouse.org   About the Civic Hub The Civic Hub is a civil initiative that...

Spring Festivals are successful celebrations of international modern creativity organized by SHAMS Association and Culture Resource (Al Mawred Al Thaqafy) once every two years to present a wide range of the most prominent contemporary creations in music, theatre, dance, visual arts and literature.  Cengiz Ozek |Turkey| Shadow Puppet Theater &workshops (theater)20 & 21 April 2012 - 18:00 - Sunflower Theater 22 April 2012 - 18:00 - Beit El Fan (Tripoli) Classical Turkish Ensemble |Turkey| Turkish Coffee (Music)22 April 2012 - 20.30 - Sunflower Theater  The Tausi Women’s Taarab |Zanzibar| (Music...

In the framework of activities held by the group "Reddo el Masrah la Beirut" (Translated: Reclaim the Theater for Beirut) to protect Beirut Theater from the risk of demolition and closure, we invite you to attend a theatrical event and protest against the closure of the theater and against the diminishing cultural and public space in Lebanon, participating in the event is a big number of artists and concerned activists.  Following the event is a march towards Beirut Theater in Ain El Mreisseh. All theaters are Beirut Theater. Thank you FDZ and Ramzi Madi for the Video, and Youmna Habboush and...

UNCOVERED is a three-year research-based art and media project under the curatorship of Basak Senova and Pavlina Paraskevaidou. Three terms – “memory construction,” “commons,” and “control mechanisms” – form the conceptual springboard for the project UNCOVERED. Nicosia International Airport. Book 1 documents the first phase of the project that culminated with an exhibition in September 2011, in NicosiaThe publication also introduces the archive that has been initiated as part of the research and includes texts by many international artists and the Lebanese Jalal Toufic and Lamia Joreigevlina...

A woman (/ˈwʊmən/), pl: women (/ˈwɪmɨn/) is a female human. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female childor adolescent. However, the term woman is also sometimes used to identify a female human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "Women's rights". Unlike men, women are typically capable of giving birth. This is the meaning of "Woman" on Wikepedia. *** On Thursday, the 22nd of march, at 8.30 pm, we will show Wikipedia what is a "Woman" and how is it to live in a country such as Lebanon! So.... WOMAN, A live performance by...

A dinner organized by the Standing Commitee on Human Rights and Peace (SCORP) which is a part of the Lebanese Medical Students International Committee (LeMSIC) to be held between visually disabled participants from the Lebanese NGO Youth Association of the Blind (YAB) and blind-folded participants from all over Lebanon.  The aim of this event is to raise awareness about the difficulties that the visually disabled face in Lebanon due to the lack of appropriate facilities, as well as an effort for the participants to step into the shoes of a blind person for the duration of the dinner.  Ticket...

Woman's and Mum's Day - 16th of March 2012 * On the 16th March of 2012, the ALPHA team in cooperation with Tebnine Municipality and UNIFIL contingents from various countries (Malaysia, Ireland, Korea, France, Turky, etc…) will celebrate the Women Day as well as the Mothers’ Day in Tebnine library. The children of our 5 centers will show for their Mums, food & juices will be offered and handmade souvenirs from kids will be gifted to women & mums. Five private schools are also participating to the ceremony and 250 women are expected to join for this day. All ALPHA team would like to invite you...

Nadine Mokdessi, metteur en scène libanaise, présente la pièce de théâtre d’Alberto LOMBARDO, intitulée : "Octave et les valeureuses". «Octave et les valeureuses » est une comédie qui mêle rire et détente.

Come and join us at the Avant-Premiere of "The Iron Lady" on Wednesday the 15th of February at 7.30 in ABC Ashrafiyeh. Don't forget to share with your friends !!! (Tickets are sold for LL50,000) We are counting on your support !!!!!!! Call us on 09-210285 to book your tickets.

Original title: Lakposhtha parvaz mikonand  Near the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of an American invasion, refugee children like 13-year-old Kak (Ebrahim), gauge and await their fate. Directed by Bahman Ghobadi and produced in 2004, Turtles can Fly is a must watch 98 minute drama about war, landmines and love. Screening at Nasawiya, Thursday at 7 pm. Anyone and everyone is welcome.

Calling all campaigners with a cause! Are you still wondering how to get started with social media and which tool is right for your cause or organization? To help newcomers get a grasp on these powerful tools, the inaugural MADskills class, in collaboration with more than a dozen civil society partners, will host Share the MADness: A Social Media BarCamp for Lebanese Civil Society, on Saturday, December 17. During the daylong camp, participants can choose from more than two dozen sessions on social media tools and tactics and how to use them for social change. So far, suggested sessions...

On the occasion of the 63rd Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Lebanese Development Network (LDN) will be launching its new project – Capacity Academy – where its first program on “Democracy, Citizenship and Human Rights” organized in partnership with the “Foundation for Human & Humanitarian Rights – Lebanon” will be announced.

Within the Frame of the National 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women   The Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World The Outreach and Civic Engagement The Office of the Dean of Students at the Lebanese American University, in partnership with KAFA (Enough) Violence and Exploitation   cordially invite you to A Forum Theatre Performance by Live Lactic Culture - لبن Download related document

NO VACANCY The Last days of the Carlton [ I ] By Estefanía Peñafiel Loaiza NO VACANCY is part of The Beirut Experience exhibition taking place at the Beirut Art Center (main venue) and The HANGAR (special venue). Curated and produced by attitudes, Geneva, it brings together 10 international artists selected for their interest in notions that are essential to the dual contexts of Beirut and Lebanon. These include architecture, urban planning, memory, history or cultural identity, as well as their capacity to adapt to the complex but stimulating Lebanese situation. The HANGAR co-produced...