Events

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...

DU ZIEU DANS LES BLEUS عرض مسرحي "شبابنا" في 8 و9 و10 أيّار – مسرح دوّار الشمس، الطيّونة، بيروت.للحجز: 01381290 "شبابنا" عرض مسرحي أتى نتيجة جولة من العمل على موضوع المراهقة وكان تحت عنوان: "إنه جيّد، إنه سيّئ". أخذت الفرقة جولة العمل هذه باعتبارها بحثاً متعلّقاً ومتّصلاً بالجمهور حول موضوع المراهقة. خلال هاتين السنتين من البحث والعمل، خلقت الفرقة عروضاً قصيرة أسمتها "دراسات" وقامت بعرضها خارج صروح ودور المسرح، في مواقع تستضيف المراهقين (مدارس، مراكز اجتماعية، وغيرها)، فأتت كتابة وعملية خلق "شبابنا" كثمرة لهذه التجربة. PERFORMANCE "Notre Jeunesse" 8-9-10 Mai | 20h30 | Théâtre Tournesol En...

Civil Society importance is increasing day by day especially in the developing world where it is becoming the third sector after the public and private sector.Moreover, non-governmental organizations are being indispensable partners to international agencies, regional decision makers as well as local actors by bringing innovative ideas and solutions to various social problems.To a larger extent, the 'World Bank' has considered the participation of these 'agents of change' as a major tool to impact the overall social development process.Acknowledging this important role, the LAU-LDN 'NGO...

Pour la deuxième édition, ALPHA participera au Marche de Noel organise a l’Institut français du Liban du  mercredi 5 au samedi 8 décembre prochain, de 10H à 18H ( samedi de 10h a 14h). A cette occasion, ALPHA vous proposera un vaste de choix de cadeaux, de produits du Sud Liban, de paniers surprises qui raviront vos proches pour les fetes...et encore pleins d'autres surprises! On vous attend nombreux! D'ici la suivez nous sur :http://lebalpha.blogspot.com/ A+ L'equipe ALPHA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

If you don't visualize correctly this event please click here! Let's Comics! 2012   Dear friend of Comics, the 9th Art,   In the framework of the project "Lebanese Comics Festival – A cultural EuroMed window for young comics artists", under the patronage of the Italian Ambassador and the support of the European Union, COSV (Coordination of the Organizations for Voluntary Service) and SPGIL (Syndicate of Professional Graphic Designers and Illustrators in Lebanon) are really glad to invite you to the first-time in Lebanon   Music-Comics Jam   Saturday, 20th October 2012 at 16h30 at UNESCO...

There is currently a lot going on at the Anti-Racism Movement (ARM)! We're working on dozens of activities, campaigns, and projects, and we would love for more people to get involved! If you're interested in joining any of our efforts, or if you have your own ideas you would like to work on with ARM, please pass by for a chat! Give us a call beforehand to let us know you're coming! (01565442) Please circulate to anyone you might think is interested! Here are some of the things we are currently working (or want to work) on at ARM:- Awareness Raising- Advocacy- Promoting the cultural presence of...

Join us with your friends for the special screenings of "Marcedes", in the presence of the film crew. Thursday 14th and Friday 15th of June 2012 Screening hours: 7:30 and 10:00 pm Cinema Metropolis-Empire, Sofil- Achrafieh   Synopsis 60 years of the History of Lebanon seen throughout the story of the Mercedes Ponton (the 180 model) and its German-Lebanese "family" locally called "Marcedes". Marcedes: the story of a car, the story of a family, the story of a country. ستون عاما من تاريخ لبنان من خلال قصّة مرسيدس "المدعبلة" وعائلتها الألمانيّة-اللبنانيّة. مارسيدس: قصة سيّارة وعائلة ووطن.   -Best...

تحاول جاهداً في حياتك أن تكون قوياً من أجل مجتمعك وعائلتك ومن أجل نفسك. تعمل جاهداً وتضحي من أجل من تحب. نجحت أحياناً وأخفقت احياناً أخرى. وفي الأحيان التي كنت تتحلى فيها بالقوة والعزيمة في إتخاذ القرارات، ربما دفعتك الأعباء المجتمعية إلى القيام بأمور لم تشعر بالإرتياح في القيام بها. وحين شعرت أن الأمور قد فاقت قدرتك على التحمل، قد تكون إنفجرت غضباً في وجه من تحب فاقداً بذلك السيطرة على نفسك، أو تفوّهت بأمور قد سببت لهم بالإيذاء، أو هددتهم/هن أو ضربتهم/هن بسبباً بذلك الأذى لنفس الأشخاص الذين أردت حمايتهم. للتعرف على المزيد عنا، وللتعرف على عملنا أو لتحديد موعد، يمكنكم الإتصال بمركز الرجال (7...

Lieu :Théatre du Tournesol, Avenue Sami el Solh,Beirut Date et heure : Samedi 26 mai à 20h30 Metteur en scène : Alain Plisson Acteurs :Troupe d’Alain Plisson   Synopsis : Il se passe quelque chose d'anormal. Les dix personnes conviées sur l'île du Nègre en ont la certitude. Pourquoi leur hôte est-il absent? Soudain, une voix s'élève, accusant d'un crime chaque invité. Commence alors une ronde mortelle, rythmée par les couplets d'une étrange comptine... Alain Plisson, qui a marqué de son empreinte la scène théâtrale Beyrouthine, met en scène aujourd’hui cette pièce écrite avec brio par Agatha...

Zoukak would like to invite to ‘‘Silk Thread”; a site-specific performance investigating social structures that define and shape gender stereotypes as identified through local mythologies, fairy tales, modern legends, contemporary stories and actual events. Borrowing elements from story-telling, live art, installation and movement, the performance will inhabit a site, and the audience will be invited to travel within it, listening to the stories and witnessing events very closely. A fine line between reality and fiction is drawn, allowing the fantasy of the tales and the violence of actuality...

Study Trip to Jordan- land of Biblical and Qur’anic Prophets Saturday 28 April 2012 to Tuesday 1 May 2012  As part of its Study Trips program, that joins leisure with non-formal education and aims at fostering personal enrichment and mutual understanding, Adyan foundation is organizing a 4 day, 3 nights trip to Jordan, on the theme of Jordan, land of Biblical and Qur’anic prophets.  The travellers will be accompanied by 2 lecturers Fr. Dr. Joseph Bou Raad (Dean of the Faculty of Theological sciences and Pastoral studies at Antonine University), and Dr. Nayla Tabbara (Director of Cross-Cultural...

SCHEHERAZADE IN BAABDA A PLAY PERFORMED BY THE WOMEN INMATES OF BAABDA PRISON DIRECTED BY ZEINA DACCACHE PLACE: BAABDA PRISON DATE: April 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27 & 28, 2012   May 3, 4, 5, 10 & 11, 2012 At 3PM   Due To The Particularity Of The Location, Access To The Show Is Restricted To Authorized and Confirmed Reservations. Places Are Limited.   For Reservation, Please Call (03) 162 573, at least 10 days before the date of the show you wish to attend.   For More Info, Please Contact Catharsis on:  (03) 162 573 / (09) 914 932 / E.MAIL: info@catharsislcdt.org     With the support of Drosos...

Spring Festivals are successful celebrations of international modern creativity organized by SHAMS Association and Culture Resource (Al Mawred Al Thaqafy) once every two years to present a wide range of the most prominent contemporary creations in music, theatre, dance, visual arts and literature.  Cengiz Ozek |Turkey| Shadow Puppet Theater &workshops (theater)20 & 21 April 2012 - 18:00 - Sunflower Theater 22 April 2012 - 18:00 - Beit El Fan (Tripoli) Classical Turkish Ensemble |Turkey| Turkish Coffee (Music)22 April 2012 - 20.30 - Sunflower Theater  The Tausi Women’s Taarab |Zanzibar| (Music...

In the framework of activities held by the group "Reddo el Masrah la Beirut" (Translated: Reclaim the Theater for Beirut) to protect Beirut Theater from the risk of demolition and closure, we invite you to attend a theatrical event and protest against the closure of the theater and against the diminishing cultural and public space in Lebanon, participating in the event is a big number of artists and concerned activists.  Following the event is a march towards Beirut Theater in Ain El Mreisseh. All theaters are Beirut Theater. Thank you FDZ and Ramzi Madi for the Video, and Youmna Habboush and...

UNCOVERED is a three-year research-based art and media project under the curatorship of Basak Senova and Pavlina Paraskevaidou. Three terms – “memory construction,” “commons,” and “control mechanisms” – form the conceptual springboard for the project UNCOVERED. Nicosia International Airport. Book 1 documents the first phase of the project that culminated with an exhibition in September 2011, in NicosiaThe publication also introduces the archive that has been initiated as part of the research and includes texts by many international artists and the Lebanese Jalal Toufic and Lamia Joreigevlina...

A dinner organized by the Standing Commitee on Human Rights and Peace (SCORP) which is a part of the Lebanese Medical Students International Committee (LeMSIC) to be held between visually disabled participants from the Lebanese NGO Youth Association of the Blind (YAB) and blind-folded participants from all over Lebanon.  The aim of this event is to raise awareness about the difficulties that the visually disabled face in Lebanon due to the lack of appropriate facilities, as well as an effort for the participants to step into the shoes of a blind person for the duration of the dinner.  Ticket...

Nadine Mokdessi, metteur en scène libanaise, présente la pièce de théâtre d’Alberto LOMBARDO, intitulée : "Octave et les valeureuses". «Octave et les valeureuses » est une comédie qui mêle rire et détente.

The Global Youth Service Days Coordinating Committee and The Learning to CARE Institute Together invite Universities, Schools, School Networks, and Youth Organizations as well as NGOs and Service Institutions to send representatives to The Launching of Global Youth Service Days Lebanon 2012 At UNESCO Palace in Beirut On Saturday, March 10   Schedule March 10: 3:00 pm           Registration 3:30 pm           Launching event and distribution of participation packets 4:00 pm           Training Session on GYSD and How to Plan and Implement a Project We encourage you to have at least one member...