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...
A one-day symposium organized by the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) - AUB
The symposium will cover three main themes:
• The evolving role of the UN on the ground and in parallel with the politics of the UN Security Council; • The issue of moral and political accountability, particularly looking into the role of movements such as the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement (BDS), including an assessment of the role of international commissions; and • An assessment of existing and new technical and legal questions raised by the recent assault, and...
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.
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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...
The Refugee Research and Policy in the Arab World Program at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut cordially invites you to a Policy Forum that aims to address the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on Lebanon.
The Syrian refugee crisis has led to social and economic devastation far beyond Syria – more specifically, in Lebanon. The impact on host communities and the country at large has been extensive, and the severity of the situation is immense. Recognizing the obligation and responsibility to assist in addressing this...
The Climate Change and Environment in the Arab World Program at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at AUB
Cordially invites you to a Regional Conference
Building the Case for Sustainable Transportation in the Arab World
May 21, 2014 | 9am-6pmIssam Fares Institute (Green Oval) - Auditorium
Current Arab transportation systems have a significant impact on national energy and transportation policies and on the daily lives of people. This regional conference will shed light on sustainable transportation policies in the Arab world; and the resulting,economic...
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...
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...
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...
