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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...

Adyan Foundation has the great pleasure to invite you to the Conference on Education on Citizenship and Coexistence in Lebanon, under the Patronage of His Excellency the Minister of Education and Higher Education Professor Hassan Diab, and in partnership with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the American University of Beirut, held on Thursday 15th March 2012 at 4:00 PM, in Issam Fares Hall, American University of Beirut. Looking forward for your participation in this event that portrays the common will of cooperation for strengthening education on coexistence on Lebanon,     Please confirm...

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.

The forum aims to promote social entrepreneurship as a new business model in Lebanon. It will use real cases from Lebanon to enable participants and experts in defining the concept and the criteria for social entreprises in Lebanon, as well as proposing solutions to possible challenges.

The Global Youth Service Days Coordinating Committee and The Learning to CARE Institute Together invite Universities, Schools, School Networks, and Youth Organizations as well as NGOs and Service Institutions to send representatives to The Launching of Global Youth Service Days Lebanon 2012 At UNESCO Palace in Beirut On Saturday, March 10   Schedule March 10: 3:00 pm           Registration 3:30 pm           Launching event and distribution of participation packets 4:00 pm           Training Session on GYSD and How to Plan and Implement a Project We encourage you to have at least one member...

On average, 1 woman dies every month from family violence in Lebanon. To honor their memories and press for the law to protect women from family violence, we will be marching through the neighborhoods of Beirut this Saturday, March 10 starting at 3pm. A protective law is our only hope to stop these murders. Please join us. And please wear black. Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/171190029664659/

تلعب مؤسسات المجتمع المدني دوراً أساسياً وبارزاً في الحد من مظاهر التمييز المجتمعي لا سيما القائم على أساس جندري وتساهم إلى حدٍّ بعيدٍ بإعادة تشكيل منظومة قيمية جديدة قائمة على أساس المساواة والعدالة الاجتماعية.  لذا، وضمن إطار مشروع "تعزيز أوضاع وظروف العاملات في حقل الرعاية الصحية في لبنان"، تنظّم مؤسسة عامل الدولية ومنظمة شيستاس الإيطالية، بتمويلٍ من الإتحاد الاوروبي وبالتعاون مع مؤسسة "أبعاد-مركز الموارد للمساواة بين الجنسين" ورشة عمل تدريبية (مجانية) حول التمييز القائم على أساس النوع الاجتماعي والدور المجتمعي الإيجابي الذي يمكن للإعلام أن يلعبه في مناهضة أشكال التمييز الجندري كافةً وسيما...

The Lebanese Emigration Research Center at Notre Dame University - Louaizé has the pleasure of inviting you to a lecture entitled “Mixed Methods Research: Making the Best of Both Worlds” Lecture This seminar will discuss the value of mixed-method research designs, which combine qualitative and quantitative research strategies.  It will be argued that the research question/s be examined from various vantage points, allowing for greater depth of insight.  Further, through the process of triangulation, researchers are able to validate their findings from multiple vantage points.  It will be shown...

Funding Agencies have recently begun to encourage the use of concept notes as a way for applicants to obtain feedback on their ideas and projects. The major purpose from the agencies’ point of view is to help those applicants develop more competitive projects and to save time by eliminating those that are not likely to be funded. However, the applicants' purpose in developing a concept note is to capture the interest of the funder and demonstrate that the idea proposed is worthy of further consideration. Through it, applicants can tell the reader what the project is, why it is important, and...

Nasawiya and AFE (Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality) are pleased to invite you to the book launch/signing of 3aroos Amman, a novel by young Jordanian blogger, Fadi Zaghmout.  The event will take place at Nasawiya space on Tuesday at 7 PM and will include a few readings from the book followed by an open discussion with the author. Spread the word and join us for an interesting night of reading and debating. Fore more info, call 01 565442. Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/278847705515737/

Interfaculty Graduate Environmental Sciences Program - Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences (FAFS)and the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut (AUB) in collaboration with Arab Group for the Protection of Nature (APN)cordially invites you to a lecture with: Renato S. Maluf - Professor at the Federal Rural University, Rio de JaneiroPresident of the National Council of Food and Nutrition Security, BrazilPublic Policies and ”Institutional Framework for Food and Nutrition:Sovereignty and Security" The Brazilian Experience...

‏A presentation of the report will be held focusing on the context of internal elections of 28 lebanese political parties‪,‬ in addition ‏to the legal context of these elections Date & Time: Thursday February 16th, 2012 @ 11:00 AM Place: UNESCO Palace, Beirut

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.

Institut français du Proche-Orient Syrie - Liban - Jordanie - Irak – T. Palestiniens Le Département scientifique des études contemporaines vous invite à une Conférence de Jad Chaabane (Professeur d’économie à l’Université américaine de Beyrouth) et  Adib Bou Habib (Secrétaire général de la Fédération des travailleurs de l’imprimerie) « La question des salaires une question sociale entre économie et politique » Modérateur Karam Karam, chercheur associé à l’Ifpo en langue arabe avec traduction simultanée  Mardi 14 février 2012, de 18h00 à 20h00 Salle de conférences de l’Institut Français du...

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.

Public forum debate about Opening Horsh Beirut to the publicWe would like to invite you to a public discussion about the challenges that stand against the opening of Horsh Beirut Horsh Beirut, the largest green park in Beirut, is a public property and a right for all. Yet, it has been closed for public for more than twenty years and only few people are granted the right to access it. After designing and re-habilitating Horsh Beirut ten years ago, the municipality still did not open it for public and never provided legitimate reason for this decision.  We demand a clear decision to open Horsh...

This seminar equips team leaders and middle level managers who want to enhance and maximize their management potential with the necessary information and skills that help them begin transforming their groups’ work into teams’ outcome. This innovative one-day seminar is designed to help you discover new methods about how to create synergy, maximize abilities, cope with group’s problems to turn it into a productive unit. Click here for registration  Subscribe here for our newsletter

People from across Lebanon are invited to join a candlelit vigil to remember all the victims of the collapsed building in Achrafieh, and especially those who were not paid proper respects because they were not Lebanese. The vigil, held in Fassouh area next to the site of the incident at 6:30pm on Wednesday January 25, is being held to remember people who died because of negligence, and those who have been discriminated against by our racist community, even in their horrifying deaths. Everyone is welcome to join the ceremony by taking along a torch or a candle that can be lit in memory of those...

The committee of the families of the kidnapped and dissapeared along with the organization for the support of Lebanese in detention and in exile (SOLIDE), are holding a press conference on Friday, the 20th of January 2012 in the Press Syndicate Office in Ain El-Tineh, the objective of the press conference is to update the public on the recent developments concerning the dissapeared and kidnapped, and those detained and in exile, and also to declare a series of actions in support of this cause.   For more information please call: Bassem El-Hajj (03-724214)