Events

The Word Humanitarian Summit will be held in Istanbul on May 23rd and 24th. Local civil society in Lebanon has been engaged in the preparation process for the past 2 years. One month ago, Lebanon Support and Amel published a call for papers on glocalization of humanitarian action, to produce evidence on Lebanese innovative practices in relation with humanitarian action, availableon this link. Moreover and recently, an open letter was drafted in relation with key concerns which were raised during the consultation and publication processes. This letter is now open for signature and availableon...

International Alert and Lebanon Support have the pleasure to invite you to a roundtable discussion on the local security responses to the Syrian refugee crisis. The roundtable aims to stimulate discussion on the preliminary findings of Lebanon Support’s research on local security dynamics in three locations in Lebanon. It furthers aims to prompt a reflection on approaches to ensuring security at the local level. To stimulate the discussion, speakers from Jordan’s Syrian Refugee Affairs Directorate, Siren Associates and AJEM will share their experiences from initiatives supporting and...

Presentation of primary fieldwork findings by Lebanon Support While Lebanese State policies and measures launched in October 2014 have been initially designed to formalise the presence and control the influx of syrian refugees in Lebanon, these regulations have, in practice, led to a set of incoherent procedures when it comes to obtaining and renewing residencies and/or work permits. This has contributed to further distancing between Lebanese state institutions and refugees. This was intensified by the unclear, supposedly mediating, role of international organizations, as well as the...

Bala Sabab - Arbitrary detention and the flaws of the Lebanese judicial system Lebanon Support cordially invites you to: Screening of “Bala Sabab”, a short movie by Emma Humphris. Synopsis: A Lebanese inmate travels through his memory from a cell, repeating the steps and actions leading to his detention. A  tragic and lonely dance that transformed his life forever.Watch the teaser: https://vimeo.com/155019989 Followed by a round table discussion on Arbitrary detention and the flaws of the Lebanese judicial system With discussants: Emma Humphris, filmmaker, studying Criminology at Oxford...

Lebanon Support is happy to invite you to the launch of the Basic Guidebook for Emerging collectives, Cooperatives and NGOs in Lebanon, our most recent publication within the Humanitarian Knowledge Base project, in partnership with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).   This bilingual guidebook aims to provide the tools and know-how to establish an organisation or collective and operate in Lebanon. The launching event will feature a panel presenting the guidebook and discussing its usability. Panelists are: - Heba Hage Felder, SDC - Leila al-Ali, Najdeh Association - Fadi...

Lebanon Support is happy to invite you to the launch of the Gender Dictionary - قاموس الجندر, our most recent publication within the Gender Equity Network project, in partnership with Diakonia. The book is a practical bilingual tool, based on multidisciplinary research and consultations with local gender actors (academics, experts, activists, practitioners). This bilingual dictionary examines the definitions, history and localized usages of gender terms and concepts. It is constituted of 25 entries, organized in alphabetical order with their equivalent and definitions in both Arabic and...

Lebanon Support cordially invites you to a round table discussion on: “Let’s talk about sex”: Rethinking sexual rights and reproductive health programmes in Lebanon Presentation by Lebanon Support’s consultant, Dalya Mitri. With discussants:Caroline SukkarVice-President of the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering, Researcher in Feminist studies. Rola YasmineCoordinator of the A project, Researcher on reproductive and sexual health, and a registered nurse. Sexual and reproductive rights are a subset of human rights. Reproductive rights could be whether and when to have children, access to...

The French Institute for the Near East (IFPO) and Lebanon Support, With the support of WAFAW, Cordially invite you to a talk on: Uprisings in the Arab world: the consecration of counterrevolutions? By:Frédéric Vairel,associate professor of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa, and co-author of Soulèvements et recompositions politiques dans le monde arabe, PUM, 2014. With discussant:Mariam Younes, PhD candidate, University of Roskilde in Denmark Introduction by:Vincent Geisser, (IFPO/CNRS/WAFAW), “The revolution has just started” During the 2011 popular uprisings, the same thing did...

Lebanon Support Cordially invites you to a talk on: Bordering the Middle East: concepts and challenges By:Daniel Meier,political scientist. He is a research fellow at CNRS, Grenoble, affiliated with the Euborderscapes programme. A former Senior Associate Member at St Antony’s College in Oxford, he also taught at the Graduate Institute in Geneva. His publications focus on Lebanese-Palestinian relationships, border issues, and politics in the Middle East. His forthcoming book is titled Shaping Lebanon’s Borderlands: Armed Resistance and International Intervention in South Lebanon (IB Tauris)...

Lebanon Support Cordially invites you to a round table discussion on: Relief: neutral form of aid or political-communal mobilisation? The politics of aid  during the July war and the humanitarian principle of neutrality. A to-be-published case study prepared by Lebanon Support, with discussants:HebaHage-Felder,Head of Cooperation, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)Raed Ataya, Programme Coordinator, Nabaa. This case study will address the issue of neutrality of aid, a global principle of humanitarian assistance, versus political and local-communal engagements emerging during war...