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The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) and the The Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies cordially invite you to a seminar on: Palestinian Neoliberalism and the Regional Context Dr. Adam Hanieh School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Adam Hanieh will examine the political economy of Palestinian neoliberalism and its location within wider regional trends. The talk will discuss the essential contours of Palestinian Authority development strategy, its links to donor-led imperatives and the Israeli occupation, and the connection between...

The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) & The Graduate Programs in Urban Planning, Policy and Design (MUPP-MUD) at the Department of Architecture & Design, FEA-AUB cordially invite you to a lecture as part of: "The Social Justice and the City Lecture Series for Fall 2014" The Paradox of Citizenship and Justice in Divided Societies: Lebanon, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and South Africa Lynn Staeheli Lynn Staeheli is Professor of Human Geography at Durham University in the United Kingdom. She previously held appointments in the Department of Geography and...

Dardashat Jandariya is delighted to invite you to the talk with Sahar Mandour around " Potential Change in Media Discourse on Sexuality in Lebanon" Sahar Mandour is a Lebanese-Egyptian Journalist who works since 1998 for Assafir newspaper. She is currently responsible of “Palestine” – a Monthly independent supplement of the Newspaper. Sahar has in her history a sum of four novels: Hob Beiruty – 32 – Mena (Dar el adeb/Beirut)–Sa’arsom Najma Ala Ra’s Vienna ( La Cd-thèque /Beirut- Dar el shoorook/Cairo) Sahar was the winner of a fellowship scholarship from the "Reuters Institute for...

KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitationhas the pleasure to invite you to the launch of its media and advocacy campaign:"Al hawa ma byinshara" fight prostitution, fight trafficking Monday the 15th of September, 2014From 10:30am until 1:00pmAt Monot Theater, Ashrafieh. Program10:30-10:35 Introductory remarks, Ms. Zoya Rouhana, Director, KAFA10:35-11:15 Screening of the film "The Oldest violence"11:15-11:30 Presentation of the study on "Exploring the demand for prostitution: what male buyers say about their motives, practices, and perceptions", Ms. Ghada Jabbour, Head of the Anti-Trafficking Unit...

The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs and the Arab NGO Network for Development cordially invite you to a book launch and panel discussion on Adib Nehme’s latest book , "The Neopatrimonial State and the Arab Spring." Adib Nehme, Regional Advisor – ESCWA Fawwaz Traboulsi, American University of Beirut Tareq Tell, American University of Beirut Ziad Abdel Samad, Arab NGO Network for Development Rami Khouri, Issam Fares Institute Note: Event will be in Arabic, simultaneous translation will be available Follow this link for the event agenda. [facebook event...

إحتفالاً بيوم الشباب العالمي لعام 2014 تتشرف مؤسسة أبعاد – مركز الموارد للمساواة بين الجنسين ووكالة الأمم المتحدة لإغاثة وتشغيل اللاجئين الفلسطينيين في الشرق الأدنى – الأونروا لدعوتكم للمشاركة في حفل إفتتاح المعرض الفوتوغرافي وإطلاق 3 كتيّبات بعنوان: "أطياف الأزقة" تحتوي الكتيّبات الثلاثة على مجموعة من الصور تمّ إلتقاطها بإستخدام تقنية تصوير ما يعرف ب "الكاميرا المثقوبة" وذلك من قبل فتيان وفتيات في مخيم برج الشمالي في جنوب لبنان. عكس الفتيان والفتيات من خلال هذه الصور جوانب من يومياتهم/ن، ومن واقعهم/ن المعيشي، مسلّطين/ات الضوء على جوانب من أشكال التمييز والعنف القائم على النوع الإجتماعي...

  *** Due to the current situation in Arsal and North Lebanon and for safety considerations, the ceremony is put on hold ***   ANERA (American Near East Refugee Aid) is pleased to announce the double ceremony of ENFE II education program (Enhancing Non-Formal Education in North Lebanon), that will celebrate the graduation of vocational training students and the inauguration of Palestine soccer field. The ceremony will take place August 8, 2014 at 6 pm in Palestine Soccer field, Beddawi camp. More than 130 graduates from the program will receive training certificates. Attendees will also...

PROUD Lebanon is glad to host for the first time, Restart Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture and Violence. Restart's professional team will be delivering on Monday August 4th the sensitive topic of YOUR Mental Health. "State Of Mind, Mental Health Session" came to answer your needs and talk for the first time freely and truly of your psychological needs. Please join us in Proud Lebanon's safe space located on Bauchrieh's highway at 5.30. You may call us for info on 76 608 205 We are looking forward to seeing you among us! [facebook event]

On the occasion of the launching of the activitiy report November 2013 - June 2014 on Syrian Refugee Emergency Response programs, Amel Association International will present a photography exhibition at 392Rmeil393 Gallery. Striving against all odds, is a photographic journey through the eyes of photojournalist Bruno Quentin, following his different field visits at Amel centers. Available for sale, proceeds of the photographs will be donated to Amel Association International. The exhibition will starts on Thursday, 17th July at 6pm and will run until July 24, 2014. STRIVING AGAINST ALL...

The Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service in collaboration with Justice Without Frontierswould like to invite you to a session by Maitre Brigitte Chelebian to know more about: "Women's Access to Justice" Project International Conventions on Women Rights Women rights in Family Status Law in Lebanon Difficulties and challenges that women face in accessing justice On July 9, 2014 at 12:00pm in Auditorium A, West Hall, American University of Beirut If interested to attend, send your details (name, contact number) to ccecs@aub.edu.lb [facebook event]

Under the patronage and presence of His Excellency the Minister of Labor Mr. Sejaan Azzi Insan Association cordially invites you to the launch of its research report entitled: “The Kafala System: When employers also accepted to share their perspective” The report will be launched during a press conference ceremony on Friday the 27th of June from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Tamar Rotana Hotel- Hazmieh. The press conference will be followed by a reception.   الاصدقاء الاعزاء برعاية وحضور معالي وزير العمل الأستاذ سجعان قزي تتشرف مؤسسة انسان بدعوتكم لحضور حفل اطلاق تقريرها حول نتائج البحث حول حقوق عاملات...

حفل ختامي يتخلل:الوقوف على أهم محطات حملة #ع_السكة الإعلان عن الخطوات المستقبلية يوم الخميس الساعة 5:00PM للساعة 7:00 المكان: مسرح بلدية صيدا حضوركم يدعمنا و محبتكم تميزنا للمزيد من المعلومات : 70910520 [facebook event]

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...

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...

KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitationhas the pleasure to invite you to a book launch If not for the system...Migrant domestic workers in Lebanon tell their stories Date: Friday, 2 May 2014 from 11am to 1pmPlace: Monot Theatre - Ashrafieh Program: Welcome and introduction note, KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation Deconstructing the resistance to change the "system", Mr. Roland Tawk, Lawyer Testimonies reading by migrant domestic workers One cause: similarities between stories of struggle, Ms. Myrtle Witbooi, Chair of the International Domestic Workers Federation Discussion For more...

تتشرف منظمة عدل بلا حدود بدعوتكم للمشاركة في حفل اختتام مشروع "تمكين المرأة للوصول إلى العدالة" وهو مشروع اقليمي نفدته منظمة عدل بلا حدود في لبنان بالشراكة مع أوكسفام- بريطانيا وبتمويل من سيدا- السويد، وذلك يوم الأربعاء الواقع فيه 30 نيسان 2014 عند الساعة الحادية عشرة في أوتيل الريفيرا- عين المريسة. برنامج الإحتفال - كلمة ترحيب من مديرة منظمة عدل بلا حدود المحامية بريجيت شلبيان - كلمة اوكسفام بريطانيا السيدة سارة بركات- مديرة برنامج - المعونة القضائية ووصول المرأة الى العدالة:تحديات وآفاق المحامية إقبال مراد دوغان - رئيسة رابطة لمرأة العاملة ورئيسة لجنة الاسرة في نقابة المحامين في...

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...

تجمع "لأ" اشتغل بالفترة الماضية على نشر وترويج حق الرفض وحق كل انسان انو يقول لأ لكل معتقد، ممارسة او حالة. "لأ" بلشت بحملة بسيطة للتعبير عن رفض لقيم ومفاهيم وممارسات عامة. التجمع اللي بلش بحملة صغيرة انتشر وتوسع كفكرة وكمفهوم بشكل كبير ليغطي قضايا وحملات ومواضيع اوسع بكتير من اللي كنا بنطمح الو. "لأ" اللي كانت بدايتا مع بورتريهات بوجوه مخباية, بتدعيكون اليوم لتشاركوها و تقولو لأ، لتكونو جزء من الحملة بمرحلتها الجديدة. إذا اليوم عندك سبب لتقول لأ ... قول وشاركنا بأفكارك... قول لأ وخليّا تعبّر عنّي وعنّك... ونصير كلمة وحدة, صوت واحد بس مو صورة وحدة ... ناطرينكون الخميس 17 نيسان عال 8 ونص المسا...