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...

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]

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...

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...

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...

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...

In light of the hard humanitarian situation of many of the people in Tripoli, and in accordance with its continuous efforts to mitigate this situation on families and especially children, UTOPIA is organizing a Ramadan Relief Campaign, "لوّن بعطاءك", whereby donations will be collected to go for providing one food portion for each family for the price of only $20.   We are glad to recieve your donations in one of the 3 methods mentioned in the poster !   Thank you for your generosity and Ramadan Karim !  

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...

In parallel to the campaign launched by activists in Egypt, we call for a day to blog against sexual harassment and gender based violence in Lebanon, on June 20 On June 20th I’ll put an end to my silence On June 20th I will raise my voice to say no to sexual harassment On June 20th I will blog against harassment and violence On June 20th I will write to learn and to make others learn On this day we will be blogging each on his/her blog or website or Facebook page and sharing our stories, thoughts, poetry, articles, here: http://qawemeharassment.com DON'T FORGET: USE HASHTAG #EndSH

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  ...