Events

A Photography, audiovisual exhibit of life in Nahr el Bared plus talks with camp inhabitants, activists, and documentary film makers, at Nasawiya Cafe this Wednesday. Come and a get taste for the plight, and for creativity and resilience, inside the besieged community of Nahr el Bared, where the cameras dare not go.  All are invited to attend, observe, participate. This event is meant to challenge the media distortions and long stretches of blackout that Nahr el Bared has endured. To make aware all those invested in civil and human rights in Lebanon about the severe abuses in Nahr el Bared...

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...

Act for the disappeared has the pleasure to invite you to an exhibition of artistic work produced by high school students on the issue of the disappeared and missing in Lebanon. This exhibition is part of a project to promote national reconciliation through developing shared experiences on the issue of the disappeared. Saturday, 9 June 2012, 3pm - 7pm, UNESCO Palace for more information please contact: +961 1 446 497; +961 76 933 306 Email: act4thedisappeared@gmail.com