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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]

من بيروت الى فلسطين، الى أهل غزةنرسل ورود عبر البحر، عند كورنيش الروشة ونرفع أسماء الشهداء على الصخرةيوم الثلاثاء، ٢٢ تموزالساعة السادسة مساءً

FROM BEIRUT TO GAZA...ACROSS THE SEA Join us in solidarity with Gaza. Let us pay tribute to every Palestinian defying Israeli brutality. Let us honor every Palestinian girl, boy, woman, and man murdered by Israel. Place: Ramlet el Bayda Corniche Date and Time: Monday July 21, 2014 from 6-7 PM This event will coincide with two simultaneous vigils in the Nahr el Bared and Rashidiyye Palestinian refugee camps. DONATION BOXES WILL BE AVAILABLE. ALL DONATIONS COLLECTED BY BEIT ATFAL ESSOMOUD DURING RAMADAN HAVE BEEN EARMARKED FOR GAZA. Come, bring others, and spread the word. (Beit Atfal...

Buried Alive... Sit-In of Solidarity with the Migrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees Detained and Tortured at the General Security Detention Center  On July 18, Nelson Mandela International Day, we are calling for a solidarity sit-in with the migrants and refugees of Lebanon at 5:00 pm in front of the General Security detention place in Adlieh, Beirut (on the roundabout). In the General Security detention place, migrants, asylum seekers and refugees are detained illegally in an underground parking lot where they never see the sunlight and suffer terrible detention conditions for sometimes very...

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]

­رداً على مرسوم التجنيس الرئاسي الأخير رفضاً لإنكار حق النساء اللبنانيات في المواطنة الكاملة و "لأنو جنسيتي حقنا ومش رح نشتريها" تدعوكم/ن حملة "جنسيتي حق لي ولأسرتي" للمشاركة في الاعتصام الذي سينظم أمام السراي الحكومي من أجل نصرة حق النساء اللبنانيات بمنح جنسيتهن لأسرهن تحقيقاً للمساواة بين النساء والرجال أمام القانون واستنكاراً للتفريط بالدستور اللبناني وبحقوق المواطنة   تاريخ الاعتصام: يوم الأربعاء الواقع في 25 حزيران 2014 – الساعة 12:00 ظهراً في ساحة رياض الصلح، بيروت

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...

نزهة على شاطىء رملة البيضا الصيف على الأبواب، وبحرنا في انتظارنا. كل شواطئنا في بيروت خصصت. رملة البيضا الأمل المتبقي تعالوا لنحيي المدينة ولنعيد اليها نبضها انضموا الينا في نزهة على الشاطىء لنستعيده ملكا عاما آمنا ونظيفا ننتظركم السبت في 26 نيسان 2014 الساعة الثانية ظهرا تعالوا مع أطفالكم،و أحضروا ألعابكم، آلاتكم الموسيقية، أدوات للرياضة، طعام سنقدم لكم حصيرة ومظلات مع طيارات من ورق وسيكون هناك عرض لمهرجين ملاحظة: هذا النشاط هو جزء من حملة بيضا..رملتنا لاستعادة وتفعيل رملة البيضا كشط عام شعبي. معا فقط نستطيع تحقيق الحلم. ننتظركم جميعا للمزيد من المعلومات: t +961(1)280474 t +961 (71)411883...

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...

Support of Lebanese in Detention and Exile (S.O.L.I.D.E) On the occasion of the ninth anniversary of the sit-in at the tent in Beirut downtown The Committee of Relatives of Lebanese Detainees in Syrian prisons Invites you to express your solidarity with their just cause At 12:00 on Friday 11 April 2014 In the garden of Khalil Gibran - Riad Solh Square in front of the UN building in Beirut --- في ذكرى مرور تسع سنوات على خيمة الاعتصام في وسط بيروت لجنة أهالي اللبنانيين المعتقلين في السجون السورية تدعوكم الى التضامن مع قضيتها المحقة في تمام الساعة الثانية عشر ظهرا وذلك يوم الجمعة...

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...

الصرخة للي أطلقناها بـ 8 آذار بدنا نكمّلها! ورح نكمّلها باعتصام يوم الثلاثاء 1 نيسان بساحة رياض الصلح أمام المجلس النيابي لمواكبة الجلسة التشريعية والضغط لإقرار قانون حماية النساء من العنف الأسري مع التعديلات للي طالبينها. (القانون بند 9 على جدول أعمال الجلسة، فيمكن يطوّل الاعتصام!) نزلوا معنا لنشكّل مع بعض قوّة ضاغطة على المجتمعين بالمجلس ونكون شهود على للي رح يصير.... ومنبقى منحاسب بالانتخابات.

CLOWN AROUND Clown Walk For Laughter VII Friends ..WE live in this city and we all we need a some sort of public place where one can sit, read, dance, sing, play music, eat, and meet people. This time Clown Walk for laughter will stop in the middle of Hamra to make a musical Picnic. "FREE PUBLIC SPACE " , because We Want To " PLAY & LAUGH " Meeting Point : Sanayeh Park "Bring Your Picnic Equipment " :o) MORE CLOWN MORE LAUGHTER :0) Wahid Al- 3ajala : 78915437 Al-shorba Al-Se7reh : 70765706 مهرجون يمشون للمساحات العامة الساعة: 5 بعد الظهر يا مهرجون العالم اتحدوا لأنه ليس هناك مكان...

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...

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...

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...