Events

To all those who hold the refugee cause at heart, إلى كل المعنيين بقضية اللاجئين السوريين Sawa for Dev. And Aid (Sawa4Syria) cordially invites you to its fundraising concert “Firewood.” تتشرف مجموعة سوا من أجل سوريا بدعوتكم لحضور حفلها الخيري: كيس حطب All proceeds collected will be used to buy heaters and petrol supplies for Syrian Refugees in the Beq’aa living in dire conditions. One ticket can do a lot. One ticket = 1 Heater = 2 Blankets = 4 Bags of Firewood = Excellent Music Date: Friday 20 December 2013 Venue: Babel Theater, Hamra Amazing Artists: Khebez Dawleh, Abou Gabi And...

  دعوة عامة لحضور منتدى: "لمن القانون في لبنان؟ مراجعة نقدية للأعمال والتحركات الحقوقية في لبنان، 2013" (الزمان: 20 كانون الأول 2013، المكان: مسرح دوار الشمس، مستديرة الطيونة، بيروت) مع تنظيم هذا المنتدى، تفي المفكرة القانونية بتعهدها الذي قطعته في أواخر 2012 بتنظيم منتدى سنوي يهدف الى تقييم الأعمال والتحركات الحقوقية الحاصلة سنويا وتعريتها والغوص في أعماقها في اتجاه فهم أبعادها وتأثيراتها الاجتماعية. وأهمية هذا العمل تكمن في مزايا أربع: المزية الأولى، موضوعه: فما هي المحاور التي يقوم عليها القانون أو المصالح والاعتبارات التي يخدمها؟ وما هي المقابل مكانة المواطن والمصلحة العامة في هذه...

Al WAFIC for Economic Development and Investment and American Lebanese Chamber of Commerce are cordially inviting you to attend a conference on “Food Safety Modernization Act, a New Paradigm in Food Safety: Lebanese Challenges and Perspective”. And that’s on 13th of December 2013 at Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture of Beirut and Mount Lebanon from 9:30 till 17:30. This event is under the patronage of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Economy and Trade, and in cooperation with Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture of Beirut and Mount Lebanon. Kindly, click on the...

Each year, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day (December 10), embassies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands worldwide screen a documentary film about human rights that has been selected by Amnesty International Nederland. This year, in cooperation with the Swiss Embassy, the documentary Forbidden Voices will be screened at AltCity on Tuesday, December 10 at 7pm. The screening will be followed by a discussion about women's rights and (cyber)feminism in Lebanon. ‘Forbidden Voices’ is a documentary by Barbara Miller, subtitled in English. The film portrays three influential cyber...

Christmas carols by Georges Manoukian & the Choir of Antoine de Padoue.Guest star: Pascale Sakr. All proceeds go to help feeding disabled people. Prices are: 35 & 20 USD December 8th, 2013 at 6:30pmIn Saint Louis des Capucins Cathedral, Downtown Beirut, behind ABC stores. [facebook event]

تتشرف رابطة أصدقاء كمال جنبلاط بالتعاون مع مؤسسة فريدريش ايبرت – لبنان   بدعوتكم لحضور المؤتمر السنوي للعام 2013 تحت عنوان:   خطوط التصدع المستجدة في شرق أوسط متغير    الزمان : الأربعاء 04  كانون الأول 2013     المكان : فندق كراون بلازا ـ الحمرا ـ  بيروت     برنـــامـج المؤتمر   09:00: ـ 9:300 : حضور وتسجيل   09:30 ـ 10:00: الافتتاح   -       كلمة رئيس رابطة أصدقاء كمال جنبلاط ـ الوزير السابق السيد عباس خلف -       كلمة ممثل مؤسسة فريدريش ايبرت ـ لبنان  ـ السيد أخيم فوكت   10:00 ـ 12:00: المحور الأول:  شعب واحد، رؤى متعددة                                      جذور الثورات وانعكاساتها    الهدف...

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]

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...

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)  

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...

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...

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...

Layali Bala Noom (Sleepless nights) Documentary, HD, 2h08', 2012   Director, researcher and executive producer: Eliane Raheb Producer, scriptwriter and editor : Nizar Hassan Director of photography: Meyar Al Roumi and Jocelyne Abi Gebrayel Synopsis: Through the stories of Assaad Shaftari, a former high ranking intelligence officer in a major Christian militia, responsible for many casualties in the protracted civil war in Lebanon and Maryam Saiidi, the mother of Maher, a missing young communist fighter who disappeared in 1982 in the battle of the Science campus-Lebanese university, the film...

Film screening organized by Heinrich Boell Foundation, Lebanon. Not Who We Are is a film that tells the story of five women from Syria who share their experience of shattered lives, their loss and longing for simple daily pleasures. It is a story of continuing to hope when you are displaced and your dreams are ruptured. It is a film about building lives when you cannot build a home. The film will be screened in Beirut at Metropolis Empire Sofil Cinema on October 07 at 8:00 p.m A panel discussion and Q&A will take place after the screening. Our panelists are Ms. Siham Abu Sitta who is one of...

الدعوة باللغة العربية Men In My LifeCall for true stories of empowered women and the men who supported them “his faith in me as a person was my inner force of success.” Rita, 47 years old“It’s only because of his words that I had finally the courage to say no!” Aline, 20 years old …Your story could help thousands of women! Are you a woman living in Lebanon?Did you experience any challenging difficult situation of discrimination, inequality or abuse where a man in your circle had a positive influence in breaking the circle? Share your personal story with us with the below details by sending it...

مسابقة الأونروا للتصوير الفوتوغرافي والفيلم القصير للاجئين الفلسطينيين الشباب 2013    حبل الغسيل يحمل من الرمزية ما يختزل حالة كاملة من اللجوء وفوضى المكان في المخيم. على اسطح المنازل وشرفات البيوت، تحت الشبابيك أو حتى عبر زقاق ضيق في المخيم سيفاجئك حبل غسيل بعشوائيته و جرأته.  حيث المخيم ببيوته المتلاصقة دون أي مسافات فاصلة أو خصوصية ، تماما كما تتلاصق قطع الملابس على ذلك الحبل بألوانها المختلفة و حالتها المتباينة ،البالي منها و الجديد، كأنها تجسيد للهوية الاجتماعية لمخيم تتشابه فيه كل تفاصيل الحياة للاجئين  اختبروا سوية تجربة المخيم بالرغم من اختلاف  قراهم الاصلية و ربما مشاربهم الثقافية و...