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In 2000, the law of rights of people with disabilities 220/ 2000 was issued in the Official newspaper. This law came after many struggles and  efforts devoted by the people with disabilities, and it was a dream of ours and  theirs. Everyone believed that once this law is ratified our problems then would be solved, but this law needed implementation practices in order for it to be taken into action. And once more we phased yet another struggle, in order to reach the application of the law, which does not meet the minimum rights of people with disabilities.   After fifteen years of the issuance...

The French Institute for the Near East (IFPO) and Lebanon Support Cordially invite you to a talk on: Trajectories of young Arab and European Islamists: the inevitable jihadist radicalisation? By: Mr Mohamed-Ali Adraoui is a political and social scientist working on contemporary International Relations, the Islamic World, Political Islam and Salafist currents. He completed his PhD in Sciences Po Paris in November 2011. His dissertation, “Beyond Discourse, Salafism in France, Socialization or Rupture of a Social Phenomenon?”, is an analysis of the emergence of a new face of Islam in France...

برعاية الاستاذ الدكتور سعيد ادم مدير كلية الاداب والعلوم الانسانية وضمن فعالياته للذكرى السابعة والستين  للنكبة الفلسطينية يدعوكم النادي الثقافي الفلسطيني العربي-قطاع الجامعيين لحضور اليوم الفلسطيني الثامن عشر في الجامعة اللبنانية- القبة. يتخلل اليوم صور فاسطينية، معارض، طعام فلسطيني ،تطريز، حنة ، صاج، وينتهي اليوم بحفل وطني لفرقة جبل الزيتون للغناء الوطني التابعة للنادي وذلك عند الساعة الثانية بعد الظهر

Lebanon Support Cordially invites you to a round table discussion on: Local actors versus global humanitarian interventions: the case of Samidoun during the July war on Lebanon. A to-be-published case study prepared by Lebanon Support, with discussants: Dr Karam Karam is a political scientist. He holds a PhD from l'Institut d’Études politiques d’Aix-en-Provence, France. He has written several books and papers on civil society and political parties in Lebanon. He served as the head of the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies for several years and is currently the Head of Research at the Common...

A round table with Anna Fernando, Nadim Houry, Nisreen Kaj, Andrea Salvini, Reina Sarkis Identity is always a question of representation, invention, framing or de-framing the familiar and the foreign, this inside of a time frame also.Stuart Hall pressed the fact that what is held as strictly British – the tea drinking ritual – is in fact only made possible through the other, geographically, economically and socially, since the tea plantation has only existed elsewhere in India, Ceylon or China. Hall himself was coming from Jamaica. To him, the British identity could only be constructed, or say...

A jury of respected professionals has the daunting task of selecting prize-winning photographs from over 650 submissions of more than 100 university students for Besme Photo Contest. . Award-winners will be announced on 14 April 2015 at Riviera Hotel with great opening ceremony of Besme Group under the auspices of His Excellency, Minister of Social Affairs, Mr.Rashid Derbas and in the presence of Turkish Ambassador to Lebanon, His Excellency Mr. Suleyman Inan Ozyildiz. The Head of the Jury is Mr.Jamal Saidi, Honorary President of the Lebanese Union of Photographers and chief photographer at...

"Don't ask what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"Be numerous to join us under the Fouad Chehab bridge on Monday 13th of April 2015 starting 1pm, so we can all complete the sentence:"Before I die I want Lebanon to..."There is still hope for this country!This call has been launched by the students of Notre-Dame de Jamhour, in collaboration with five NGOs: Live Love Beirut, Offre Joie, Lezem, The Third Voice for Lebanon (3VLebanon) and Sakker el Dekkene!!We expect all of you to show up and be the first to start building your country's history, a new history...

The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) recommends the following event which is organized by CoVisionMENA (important note: This is not an FES event!): Lebanon and the entire region of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are facing huge humanitarian challenges – the support of many organisations and helpers is urgently needed. Thank you for your most valuable contribution! But having to deal with the fates and stories of many desperate in addition to the challenges of overcoming cultural barriers, working in multidisciplinary teams and negotiating with donors can be very draining for the...

The AMIDEAST Entrepreneur Institute’s next “Start Your Own Business” workshop will start on Wednesday, April 1. Details: 15 weekly in-class sessions of 3 hours each, complemented by an online platform and materials, participant workbook, video resources, and exercises. Sessions will be held every Wednesday night from 6 – 9 pm April 1 – July 8. The workshop is facilitated by a successful local business owner whose expertise is business and financial planning. Local successful entrepreneurs and subject matter experts who want to help you succeed will be available to answer questions and...

Conference on the Syrian Refugee Crisis The Institute for Migration Studies at the Lebanese American University is organizing, in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, a two-day conference on: The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Policies of Receiving Countries and Crisis Impact on Displaced Syrians and Receiving Societies Date: March 27-28, 2015 Venue: Lebanese American University - Beirut, Lebanon The Conference will be in both English and Arabic. Important Dates: Call for papers (Thursday 27, November 2014)Abstract due on January 10, 2015 (250-300 words)Decision on Abstracts by January 18...

In support of ABAAD’s Safe Shelters for Women and Girls Survivors of Gender Based Violence in Lebanon, International jewelry designer Marzio Fiorini and calligrapher Karim Kanj joined hands to design the "Solidarity bracelet", that will be launched on Friday the 27th of March at 6PM, at Al Falamanki. Earnings will be donated to ABAAD’s Safe Shelters* for Women and Girls Survivors of Gender Based Violence in Lebanon. Ending Violence is in YOUR Hands! We look forward to being together and to making women protection from violence, gender equality and human rights a reality! Marzio Fiorini is...

Too many reasons to celebrate! Lebanon Support would like to invite you to a celebration of its almost ten years of existence and work. Since it was founded in 2006, Lebanon Support has launched two online platforms – Daleel Madani, the civil society portal which has over 1,300 organisations registered and on the directory; and CSKC, the Civil Society Knowledge Centre (launched in 2013) which is an online space for original tools, research, and analysis addressing civil society issues in Lebanon. Lebanon Support’s latest endeavour is the Civil Society Review, a yearly peer-reviewed publication...

Under the patronage of the Beirut Bar Association, Justice Without Frontiers will launch  "Women's Access To Justice- Phase 2" program that will be implemented in Lebanon in partnership with Oxfam GB and  funded by the ministry of foreign affairs of Finland. The launching event will take place at Maison de L'AVOCAT- Beirut, 1st floor on 26th of March 2015 at 11 am. This program aims to provide equal and equitable access to formal and informal justice for poor and vulnerables women through interventions at the personal, comunity, systemic and regional level.

The Lebanese Association for History, the Centre for LebaneseStudies, and the Department of History and Archeology at theAmerican University of Beirut cordially invite you to a lecture The Strife for the History Curriculum:The Case of Lebanon and England Presenters:Dr. Christine Counsell, University of CambridgeHistory Teachers as Curriculum Makers: the Shaping ofEngland's National Curriculum for History, 1991 to 2014 Dr. Simon Abdel Massih, Lebanese UniversityThe Making of the Lebanese History Curriculum in Lebanonduring the Transitional Period March 26 ,2015 from 4:00 to 6:00 pmCollege...

  The Centre for Lebanese Studies, The Carnegie Middle East Center, and  the Danish Institute in Damascus cordially invite to a one day conference entitled:   Youth Marginalization and Radicalization Amid the Syrian Crisis     EVENT DETAILS DATE Thursday, March 19, 2015 TIME 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. LOCATION Carnegie Middle East Center, Emir Bechir Street, Lazarieh Tower, Bldg. No. 2026 1210, 5th flr., Downtown Beirut SPEAKERS Mario Abou Zeid, Haneen Al Sayyed, Lars Erslev Andersen, Tobias Gemmerlie, Lina Khatib, Kamel Kosbar, Nizar Saghiyeh, Maha Shuayb CONTACT...

يدعوكم معهد عصام فارس للسياسات العامة والشؤون الدولية الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت  الى ندوة موضوعها الجمهوريّة ورئاستها: بين ممارسة الأمس والتطلّع إلى الغديلقيها فخامة الرئيس العماد ميشال سليمان https://www.facebook.com/events/865232730213626/ 

One can not defend human rights without denouncing the most serious violations. Torture will never end in Lebanon without naming the alleged perpetrators, without proper investigation of allegations, without ending impunity. The first public court session against CLDH members for denouncing torture allegations will be held on March 17, 2015 at 09:00 am at Baadba Palace of Justice (publication court). We would like to invite you to attend the session in order to show support to CLDH, to human rights defenders' work in particular, and to freedom of expression in general. Since its inception in...

في اطار المهرجان اللبناني للكتاب 2015 الدورة 34 يسعد الحركة الثقافية-انطلياس ان تدعوكم الى توقيع كتابين للمؤسسة اللبنانية للسلم الاهلي الدائم اشراف انطوان مسرّه وربيع قيس مرصد السلم الاهلي والذاكرة في لبنان استعادة سلطة المعايير و صياغة الدساتير في التحولات العربية *** منصة دار الاجيال للدراسات والنشر الجمعة 13/3/2015 من الساعة الرابعة الى الثامنة مساء

   

“I never imagined the amount of information that would come out of a small drawing on paper. It was amazing how much did come out of that.. I was given insight that I wasn’t aware of, which gave me a sense of empowerment, and then I was able to make the decision that I wanted to from that.” - Patricia, Breast Cancer Patient (Source) ARE YOU A BREAST CANCER PATIENTS OR SURVIVOR? Give yourself a chance to RELAX, REFLECT and RECONNECT with yourself (and others) through art. Artichoke Studio and One Wig Stand invite you to take part in a unique art therapy workshop to delve deeper into matters of...