Events

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...

دعماً للعائلات النازحة من سوريا الى لبنان التي تعيش في ظروف معيشية وحياتية قاسية تنظم Sawa For Syria سوا لأجل سوريا بالتعاون مع Anti-Racism Movement Nasawiya Alternative Student Movement - الحركة الطلاّبيّة البديلة مسرحية "فخامة الرئيس"، عرض مسرحي كوميدي تأليف جلال خوري اخراج فراس بوزين الدين وذلك ليل ٣٠ تموز الساعة التاسعة والنصف مساءً في مسرح المدينة - بناية السارولا - الحمرا (بيروت) سعر التذكرة : 10 $ فلا تتأخروا واحجزوا مقاعد لكم ولأصدقائكم عبر الإتصال ب : 71647663 76624965 أو بمقهى ة في الحمرا إبتداءً من نهار الإثنين In an act of support for the family refugees coming from...

The 21st century will be characterized by changes shaped by climate change. Many scientific results have shown the threats and challenges that climate induced migration poses on population, governments and governance structures. Current climate change projections suggest that the situation could aggravate, thus putting additional pressure on the socio-ecological systems and increasing their vulnerability and reducing their capability to react to any future stressor. This situation may be aggravated in many countries by the lack of state and regional capacity to manage the impacts of climate...

Angels of Spring is a play performed by the Children from Chatila camp. The play was created to raise funds from humanitarian to educational aid for Syrian refugee children staying in Chatila camps in Lebanon as well help the children develop while taking their minds of the misery and devastation that surrounds them as refugees and affected them before leaving their homes. Syrian children will be acting and performing a 35 minutes play, a song, poetry and a charity bazaar in which arts and crafts that were created by the children throughout the rehearsals will be on sale. The children's ages...

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  ...

The Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship is honored to invite you to its inaugural two-day conference on Thursday and Friday May 23-24, 2013 / 8:30 am to 5:00 pm at the American Unversity of Beirut, College Hall, B1 Auditorium. The conference is held in partnership with the Arab Studies Consortium (Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University, Arab Studies Institute at George Mason University) and Legal Agenda Beirut. This inaugural conference aims to commerce a rigorous engagement with matters of civic participation and citizenship, to interrogate the impact of...

Haqqi Alayyi & People's Health Movement invite you to ... "Amandla - Health Now !" ------------------------ A conference & discussion about local & global health system. w/ Pr. David Sanders [ People’s Health Movement, University of the Western Cape-South Africa ] Program includes 2 interventions: - Lebanese health system ( situation / solutions), presented by Haqqi Alayyi. - Global health system & alternative systems of health care, by Professor David Sanders. ( http://www.phmovement.org/en/node/6249 ) Followed by an open discussion. + ( drinks & bites ) ------------------------------...

Join us for an evening of song and support the Syrian refugees in the camps of Beirut! Featuring Ahmad Kaabour, Amal Kaawash, Zeid Hamdan, Sotusura, Ashraf El Chouli, and Afaf Houdaifa Tickets are on sale for a minimum donation of 25,000 LL 20,000LL for students You can purchase your tickets at T-Marbouta cafe in Hamra, AUB @ maingate (Monday-Friday), or at the door but don't come late to make sure you get a seat All proceeds will go to fund a community activities center in Burj el Barajneh offering educational and recreational activities for the displaced families in the camp. Our goal is...