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The Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service (CCECS) at AUB presents the musical fundraising concert “One Beat, One Chance” by Michel Rebeiz and his students, April Band and Michel Nassar. Date: November 30, 2013 Time: 7.30 pm Location: Bathish Auditorium, West Hall Ticket price: $10 (on sale at CCECS office) [proceeds will go to support Educational Projects for displaced Syrians] For more info, contact us on 4430 or email us on ccecs@aub.edu.lb. You are also welcome to visit our center in West Hall, Office B03. [facebook event]

ناطرين/Natreen - Danish Refugee Council Photo Exhibition by Leila Alaoui The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is pleased to announce the opening reception of the photography exhibition "ناطرين/Natreen” on Friday November 29th from 6 to 9pm at Station Beirut. Sponsored by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (ECHO), the exhibition showcases portraits of displaced Syrians in Lebanon. French-Moroccan multimedia artist Leila Alaoui, in coordination with DRC staff, toured Lebanon to meet the men, women, and children of the crisis. Their accounts of resilience will...

The Development for People and Nature Association (DPNA), in partnership with the British Council, invites you to attend a variety activity entitled “Hyde Park Saida for Peace”, an event sponsored by the Governor of Southern Lebanon Nicolas Abu Daher and held in collaboration with the Municipality of Saida and the surrounding municipalities as well as the Civil Society organizations in Saida. “Hyde Park Saida for Peace” aims at opening channels for positive dialogue between citizens around the issue of civil peace and the role of the youth in promoting dialogue and building peace. The Hyde...

You are cordially invited to attend TransFocus: A Trans* Film Festival on Friday Nov 29th: AUB-Issam Fares Hall Saturday Nov 30th: AltCity-Hamra: Sunday Dec 1st: Minus1 – Ashrafiyeh: TransFocus is an independent film festival that addresses trans* and gender-variant topics, questions, persons, and politics in Lebanon. Through screening a few relevant international movies and grounding them in our local Lebanese context as much as possible, we're attempting to raise discussions, explore alliances, and create space for empowerment as well as for awareness. Please find a detailed...

L'Institut français du Liban et l'Institut français du Proche Orient ont le plaisir de vous inviter au vernissage de l'exposition Sabracosmopolitede Houda Kassatly le mardi 26 novembre à 17h30 (Allée principale de l'Institut) Le vernissage sera suivi d'une conférence à 18h15:Travailleurs migrants au Liban, situations et modes de vie(Salle de conférence)Intervenantes: Elisabeth Longuenesse & Liliane Kfoury Cette exposition s'inscrit dans le cadre d'un programme de recherche de l'IFPO (Travailleurs étrangers au Liban, Situations, Réglementations, Sociabilités), en coopération avec l'USJ et la...

IFI lecture: "Domestic Violence in Lebanon" Moderator: Dina Kiwan Panelists:  Charbel Nahas -  Jaqueline Hajjar - Rihab - Lydia Farah    Women around the world suffer from domestic violence, including marital rape and assault, and given the highly sensitive nature of this issue, its scale is difficult to ascertain. In December 1999 the United Nations designated November 25th as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in order to raise awareness of the problem, which is why the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs is holding a panel...

FEMED, Lebanese Centre for Human Rights, the Association SOLID and the Committee of the Families of the Persons Kidnapped or Disappeared would like to welcome you to the following event: Fourth Euro-Mediterranean Conference of the Family Associations of the Disappeared on the subject of “Enforced Disappearances, Truth and Fight against impunity” The Euro-Mediterranean Federation Against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED) is organizing, together with the Lebanese associations affiliated to FEMED and with its network of family associations of the disappeared located on both sides of the...

يتشرف منتدى النساء الفلسطنيات في لبنان بدعوتكم لحضور ندوة حول: أثر الوضع الأمني، الاجتماعي والاقتصادي على المرأة الفلسطينية في لبنان وذلك ضمن المشروع: التمكين، التوظيف، المناصرة، ومعالجة عدم المساواة الجندرية للاجئات الفلسطينيات في لبنان الممول من الاتحاد الأوروبي والمنفذ من قبل Association Najdeh الزمان: يوم الخميس الواقع فيه 21 تشرين الثاني 2013 الساعة الثانية عشر ظهراً المكان: صيدا، مخيم عين الحلوة، جمعية النجدة الاجتماعية (مركز التأهيل المهني)  

نظراً لنزوح ما يقرب 12،000 شخص من سوريا إلى عرسال في البقاع خلال الأيام الماضية، سنقوم بجمع المستلزمات التالية و توزيعها خلال الأسبوع المقبل: المستلزمات: فرشات حرامات ثياب كفوف صوف، طواقي(برانيط) صوف، كلساتات، و شالات نظيفية بحالة جيدة و صالحة للاستخدام حليب أطفال (للأعمار المختلفة) حفاضات (للأعمار و الأحجام المختلفة) ملابس أطفال في حالة جيدة سيتم جمع هذه المستلزمات بدءاً من يوم الاثنين الواقع في 18-11-2013 في النقاط التالية: نسوية كافيه: مار مخايل، بعد شركة الكهرباء بـحوالي ١٠٠ متر...بعد محطة البنزين (المنار) شمالاً، ثم يميناً بعد مقهى شابلين للمعلومات، الاتصال على 65 49 62 76 في حال...

The Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service (CCECS) cordially invites to an introductory session about Civic Activism delivered by the Youth Economic Forum (YEF) on November 14, 2013 at 4.00 pm in Room 310, West Hall. If you are interested to attend, kindly send your details (name, contact number, major) to ccecs@aub.edu.lb to reserve your seat. Register now as places are limited! For further information, contact us on Ext. 4430/1 or send us to ccecs@aub.edu.lb

Urgent Call before Bulldozers Demolition of Mar Mikhael’s - Massaad Stairs! This is a call to motivated individuals to join us save our capital’s memory from rampant and barbaric development... To pressure the municipality to reverse its decision of the demolition, the neighborhood’s residents called for a sit-it next Thursday, November 14, at 4 pm. They asked civil society organizations and preservation activists to stand by them in this campaign to defend the Massad stairs. WE WILL SAY: NO for Bulldozers NO for Demolition NO for Mafiosity YES for Saving Beirut Heritage YES for Achrafieh...

القضاة في مصر وتونس، بين قواعد المهنة وضرورات السياسية (2000-2012)   عمل بحثي لنزار صاغية وسامر غمرون من "المفكرة القانونية"   يسرّ المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات – فرع بيروت،  دعوتكم للمشاركة في حلقة نقاشية يعرض فيها الباحثان سامر غمرون ونزار صاغية (من "المفكرة القانونية") دراستهما الميدانية حول "القضاة في مصر وتونس، بين قواعد المهنة وضرورات السياسية (2000-2012)". تُعقد الحلقة في مقر المركز، يوم الثلاثاء 12 تشرين الثاني/نوفمبر 2013، تمام الساعة السادسة مساءً. بعد التعقيب على البحث، يُشارك في النقاش مجموعة من الباحثين والناشطين العاملين في المجالات الحقوقية والاجتماعية والسياسية...

ABAAD - Resource Center for Gender Equality, in collaboration with Dar Al Mussawir and Zakira and with the financial support of the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Lebanon, is pleased to invite photographers in Lebanon to take part in a photography initiative entitled “Picturing Gender Equality”. This initiative is open to all photographers residing in Lebanon and it aims at depicting positive masculinity in everyday life in Lebanon. All selected photographs will be exhibited over a ceremony in December in the presence of more than 250 representatives of UN organizations, International & local NGOs...

MENA+SocialGood: Technology for Social Good in the Arab World An interactive virtual Global Summit on the role of the internet, social media & technology play in enabling Social Good and shaping the future of the Arab World. ~~~~ Main Event Hub: Technology Lab, Microsoft Innovation & Policy Center, Washington DC, +25 speakers participating globally through Cisco partnership, +15 independently organized meet ups around the world, +30,000 participants, +400,000 engaging via social media, active ‘how to' sessions. Join a meet up in your city or join register to join us online! www...

Dear LEA Members and Friends, The Lebanese Economic Association (LEA) and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) are pleased to invite you to attend their conference: “Conference on Socio-Economic Impacts of the Syrian Conflict on the Lebanese Economy” You can find the agenda of the conference on the following link: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4moctUphHLZTTRIOHJZRHcxdGs/edit?usp=sh… Simultaneous interpretation is available for English and Arabic. Kindly RSVP on 03- 74 76 84 or on info@leb-econ.org We look forward to your participation. Sincerely, The LEA Team   تتشرف الجمعية...

Eliane Raheb in collaboration with ASM (Alternative Student Movement) invites you to attend a special screening Sleepless are the nights of Assaad Shaftari, a former high-ranking intelligence officer in the Lebanese Forces, who feels guilt for his bloody acts during the civil war and the nights of Maryam Saidi, the mother who’s still searching for her son Maher, a young communist fighter who disappeared in 1982. While each of them is looking for salvation, the film asks if redemption and forgiveness are possible in a community that seems unable to heal itself. “ليال بلا نوم” هي الجامع...

MCC has moved from Nabaa to Gemmayzeh. Join us to celebrate and learn more about MCC! There will be great music, food, and friends! THIS SUNDAY, November 3, From 3pm to 5:30pm See you there! (free entrance) ** MCC is a community center where migrant workers meet to organize, discuss issues and hold meetings to prepare events. People who gather at the MCC are free to communicate and to work on cases that involve abuses that have been inflicted on domestic workers, such as, physical abuse and non-payment of wages, racism and discrimination and more. MCC focuses on support for migrant workers...

تدعوكم منظمة "عدل بلا حدود" بالتعاون مع "أي ليف آرت" إلى المشاركة في نشاط ميداني تفاعلي في منطقة النبعة تحت عنوان "معاً من أجل وصول النساء للعدالة" وذلك في إطار حملة المناصرة لمشروع "تمكين المرأة من الوصول الى العدالة" الذي تنفذه "عدل بلا حدود" بالشراكة مع أوكسفام بريطانيا وبتمويل من سيدا – السويد. ويهدف هذا المشروع إلى محو الأمية القانونية لدى النساء حول حقوقهن من قوانين الأحوال الشخصية وتقديم الإستشارات والخدمات القانونية المجانية للنساء ضحايا العنف واللواتي هنّ على خلاف مع القانون. وكذلك بناء علاقة شراكة مع قادة المجتمع المحلي ورجال الدين، والأحزاب السياسية والجمعيات الأهلية لوضع...

After a series of national networking meetings in Lebanon and Morocco, the Modern Heritage Observatory’s second regional symposium will bring together experts from the MENA region and beyond to discuss and debate crucial issues pertaining to the preservation of modern cultural heritage in the Arab world and beyond. The symposium will include four sessions: Four regional heritage institutions: case studies Training and regional expertise for preservation and archiving Living archives, living heritage Advocacy opportunities and strategies for modern heritage preservation At the end of each...

For those who missed the first screening of our film “Not Who We Are”: Please join us on the next occasion, October 30, 6pm at AUB: The Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service (CCECS) - Syria Relief Project at AUB, Heinrich Boell Foundation & Forward Film Production cordially invite you for the film screening NOT WHO WE ARE - نحنا مو هيك This feature-length documentary by Carol Mansour in cooperation with Heinrich Boell Foundation focuses on the plight of refugee women from Syria who have fled Syria to Lebanon over the past two and a half years. Through the stories of 5 admirable and...