Events

Under the Patronage of His Excellency Mr. Patrice Paoli, French Ambassador to Lebanon The French Embassy of Lebanon, the Beirut Bar Association and the Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) have the pleasure to invite you to a conference-debate On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture With the participation of: Ms. Elisabeth Zakharia Sioufi Director of the Beirut Bar Association Mr. Wadih al Asmar Secretary General of the Lebanese Center for Human Rights Mr. Nicolas Declercq Divisionary Commissioner and Attachéof Internal Security at the French Embassy...

The Lebanese Center for Human Rights and the Anti-Racism Movement are pleased to invite you to a press conference entitled: WORLD REFUGEE DAY Violations against refugees in Lebanon should end! On Friday June 21 at 5:00 pm At Nasawiya Since Lebanon did not ratify the 1951 convention on the refugees status, refugees from Iraq, Sudan, and other countries are treated in Lebanon as illegal migrants, prevented from working, circulating freely and sometimes arrested and tortured. World refugee day is an occasion for the refugees re-voice their issues, claim their rights and find means for our...

  Lebanese Association for History (LAH)   Teaching and Learning the civil war   In collaboration with   Centre for Lebanese Studies, The Finnish Institute in the Middle East Open Society Foundation Education The Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies at the American University of Beirut   18-19 June 2013 8.30 am -3:00 pm at The American University of Beirut West Hall Simultaneous translation is provided Places are limited and are booked on first basis by sending an email to info@lebanesestudies.com   For further information please contact 01 741684. Please find attached the programme in...

Lebanese Association for History (LAH)   Teaching and Learning the civil war In collaboration with   Centre for Lebanese Studies, The Finnish Institute in the Middle East Open Society Foundation Education The Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies at the American University of Beirut    18-19 June 2013 8.30 am -3:00 pm at The American University of Beirut West Hall   Simultaneous translation is provided Places are limited and are booked on first basis by sending an email to info@lebanesestudies.com   For further information please contact 01 741684.   Please find attached the programme in...

PERFORMANCE RECEPTION PARTY IN SUPPORT OF ZOUKAK CONTRIBUTE WITH 60$ OR MORE AND BECOME A SUPPORTER OF ZOUKAK 17th of June 2013 | 7 PM T-Marbouta Hamra, Beirut Zoukak Theater Company is launching its Support Zoukak Program on June 17th in order to help the company sustain its activities. This major event is a gathering for all Zoukak’s friends who would like to contribute to the Company’s continuity. By contributing with 60 $ or more, the supporters of Zoukak will have access to: 7 PM - Welcome Reception drink 8 PM - Performances presented by the members of Zoukak 9 PM - Party and dance to...

"في القلب أغنية" لدعم العائلات الفلسطينية النازحة من سوريا، آلاف العائلات الفلسطينية النازحة من سوريا الى لبنان تعيش في ظروف معيشية من البؤس غير المقبول في مخيمات اللاجئين الفلسطينيين التي تعيش هي أيضًا في ظروف حياتية صعبة للغاية. ممّا يستدعي مساندتكم القصوى والحيوية . من الواضح أنّ القضية إنسانية بامتياز. وهي تتوجّه اليكم أينما كنتم للإستجابة لها. أما ما نريده نحن ونسعى اليه فهو أن تمتلئ قاعة مسرح المدينة – الحمراء يوم الأحد 9 حزيران 2013 وتكون عامرة وجامعة بوجودكم لحضور أمسية "في القلب أغنية" تحييها بإحساس صوتها أميمة الخليل. فلا تتأخروا واحجزوا مقاعد لكم ولأصدقائكم عبر الإتصال بمكاتبنا...

The play Return to Haifa, a dramatization of Ghassan Kanafani’s novella, opens at Babel Theatre, Beirut – Lebanon, on Thusday, June 6th, 2013. The play tells the story of a young Palestinian couple forced to leave their city, Haifa, on April 21st, 1948, leaving their infant son behind. Twenty years later, right after the 1967 war, the Palestinian couple return to visit their home in Haifa to discover that an Israeli woman of Polish origin is living there along with her son. Produced byGhassan Kanafani Cultural Foundation. Directed by Lina Abyad Date:  6thJune to 16th June 2013 at 8:30 in the  ...