Events

Lebanon Support Cordially invites you to a round table discussion on: Relief: neutral form of aid or political-communal mobilisation? The politics of aid  during the July war and the humanitarian principle of neutrality. A to-be-published case study prepared by Lebanon Support, with discussants:HebaHage-Felder,Head of Cooperation, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)Raed Ataya, Programme Coordinator, Nabaa. This case study will address the issue of neutrality of aid, a global principle of humanitarian assistance, versus political and local-communal engagements emerging during war...

The Climate Change and Environment in the Arab World Program at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) cordially invites you to The launching of: The Way Forward to Safeguard Water in Lebanon: National Water Integrity Risk Assessment Report With an opening statement byH.E. Arthur Nazarian,Minister of Energy and Water, Lebanon Follow link for agendahttps://www.aub.edu.lb/ifi/Documents/events/2014-2015/20150515_Water_Re…;

Lebanon Support cordially invites you to a round table discussion on: Rethinking labour rights interventions for women in Lebanon. Presentation by Lebanon Support’s consultant, Dalya Mitri. With discussants: Manar Zaayter, Lawyer and activist at the Lebanese Democratic Women Gathering (LDWG)Tina Holtgaard Oulie, Associate Expert, Gender Equality and Decent Work, International Labor Organization (ILO) Women workers in Lebanon are discriminated against in term of employment opportunities, equality in wages, benefits, and sick and maternity leave. Furthermore, the majority of working women are...

Lebanon Support Cordially invites you to a round table discussion on: Local expertise and global packages of aid: the transformative role of volunteerism and local expert knowledge of aid during Lebanon's July war. A to-be-published case study prepared by Lebanon Support, with discussants: Kamel Mohanna, President of Amel organisation Fayrouz Salameh, Executive director of Mouvement Social This case study will discuss the relationship between volunteerism, political/intersubjective transformation and the emergence of  local expert knowledge during war and emergency. Drawing from different...

Lebanon Support cordially invites you to a round table discussion on: Donor policies and local actors: complementarity or dependency? Women’s organisations in Lebanon and their relationships with international donors. Presentation by Lebanon Support’s consultant, Dalya Mitri. With discussants:Sara Abou Ghazalis a Palestinian-Lebanese writer who mostly works on feminist knowledge production. She is part of the collective Sawt Al Niswa. Stine Hornis the Deputy Head of Mission, Norwegian Embassy in Lebanon. Charbel Maydaais the director of Mosaic organisation. Women organisations are generally...

The French Institute for the Near East (IFPO) and Lebanon Support Cordially invite you to a talk on: Trajectories of young Arab and European Islamists: the inevitable jihadist radicalisation? By: Mr Mohamed-Ali Adraoui is a political and social scientist working on contemporary International Relations, the Islamic World, Political Islam and Salafist currents. He completed his PhD in Sciences Po Paris in November 2011. His dissertation, “Beyond Discourse, Salafism in France, Socialization or Rupture of a Social Phenomenon?”, is an analysis of the emergence of a new face of Islam in France...

Lebanon Support Cordially invites you to a round table discussion on: Local actors versus global humanitarian interventions: the case of Samidoun during the July war on Lebanon. A to-be-published case study prepared by Lebanon Support, with discussants: Dr Karam Karam is a political scientist. He holds a PhD from l'Institut d’Études politiques d’Aix-en-Provence, France. He has written several books and papers on civil society and political parties in Lebanon. He served as the head of the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies for several years and is currently the Head of Research at the Common...

A round table with Anna Fernando, Nadim Houry, Nisreen Kaj, Andrea Salvini, Reina Sarkis Identity is always a question of representation, invention, framing or de-framing the familiar and the foreign, this inside of a time frame also.Stuart Hall pressed the fact that what is held as strictly British – the tea drinking ritual – is in fact only made possible through the other, geographically, economically and socially, since the tea plantation has only existed elsewhere in India, Ceylon or China. Hall himself was coming from Jamaica. To him, the British identity could only be constructed, or say...

The AMIDEAST Entrepreneur Institute’s next “Start Your Own Business” workshop will start on Wednesday, April 1. Details: 15 weekly in-class sessions of 3 hours each, complemented by an online platform and materials, participant workbook, video resources, and exercises. Sessions will be held every Wednesday night from 6 – 9 pm April 1 – July 8. The workshop is facilitated by a successful local business owner whose expertise is business and financial planning. Local successful entrepreneurs and subject matter experts who want to help you succeed will be available to answer questions and...

The Lebanese Association for History, the Centre for LebaneseStudies, and the Department of History and Archeology at theAmerican University of Beirut cordially invite you to a lecture The Strife for the History Curriculum:The Case of Lebanon and England Presenters:Dr. Christine Counsell, University of CambridgeHistory Teachers as Curriculum Makers: the Shaping ofEngland's National Curriculum for History, 1991 to 2014 Dr. Simon Abdel Massih, Lebanese UniversityThe Making of the Lebanese History Curriculum in Lebanonduring the Transitional Period March 26 ,2015 from 4:00 to 6:00 pmCollege...

يدعوكم معهد عصام فارس للسياسات العامة والشؤون الدولية الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت  الى ندوة موضوعها الجمهوريّة ورئاستها: بين ممارسة الأمس والتطلّع إلى الغديلقيها فخامة الرئيس العماد ميشال سليمان https://www.facebook.com/events/865232730213626/ 

“I never imagined the amount of information that would come out of a small drawing on paper. It was amazing how much did come out of that.. I was given insight that I wasn’t aware of, which gave me a sense of empowerment, and then I was able to make the decision that I wanted to from that.” - Patricia, Breast Cancer Patient (Source) ARE YOU A BREAST CANCER PATIENTS OR SURVIVOR? Give yourself a chance to RELAX, REFLECT and RECONNECT with yourself (and others) through art. Artichoke Studio and One Wig Stand invite you to take part in a unique art therapy workshop to delve deeper into matters of...

نقاش كبير يدور حول نضال المثليات و المثليين في العالم و حول الاسباب التي تمنع هذا النضال ان يجتمع في طريق واحد، متى بدات هذه الحركات تفترق و تتصادم؟ و ما هي الاسباب الرئيسية التي جعلت من هذا النضال منفصل؟ هل يرى الناشطين و الناشطات انه من الضروري ان يتوحد هذا النضال؟ تدعوكم جمعية موزاييك لحضور جلسة حوار لمناقشة هذه الاسباب و خاصة في ما يتعلق في التجربة اللبنانية، يدير هذه الجلسة شربل ميدع في مقر جمعية موزاييك يوم الخميس ٥ آذار/ مارس الساعة السادسة.رقم الهاتف : 01/395445العنوان : بيروت-بدارو- شارع سامي الصلح- بناية نادين غريب- الطابق الآول The world is currently witnessing a widespread...

The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) cordially invites you to a panel discussion on: The Impact of the Syrian Crisis on Neighboring Countries with Dr. Şaban Kardaş, Dr. Ferhat Pirinççi and Mr. Oytun Orhan of the Middle East Strategic Research Center (ORSAM) – Turkey Dr. Şaban Kardaş is the President of ORSAM and Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations at TOBB University of Economics and Technology in Ankara. He is Assistant Editor to the quarterly journal ‘Perceptions’ and writes analyses for the German Marshal Fund's on Turkey...

يسرّ جمعية "براود ليبانون" أن تدعوكم للمشاركة في ورشة عمل حول "المثليين (المممم) وحقوق الانسان والاعلام"، يوم السبت في 7 شباط 2015، في فندق "بيلا ريفا"، المنارة-بيروت تجدون مُرفقاً استمارة التسجيل ونص الدعوة يرجى تأكيد الحضور قبل 31 كانون الثاني 2015 عند الساعة 9 صباحا, وذلك عبر تعبأة استمارة التسجيل وارسالها الينا، لكي نتمكن من ترتيب الإجراءات اللازمة   Proud Lebanon is pleased to invite you as a media related entity to a workshop on “Human Rights, LGBTI community and Media.”The workshop will take place in Beirut, at the 7th of February 2015, at 9.00 AM in the Bella Riva Hotel, Bahrain...

خلال ال ٤ سنوات الماضية تفاقم القمع وتكاثرت الانتهاكات ضد المواطنين/ات في العالم العربي ، و لم يسلم من هذا القمع حتى الاطفال. و كما جرت العادة في مجتمعاتنا الذكورية ، اعتمد ذوي السلطة طرق خاصة لتخويف و قمع المرآة . ما هي انواع هذا القمع؟كيف قاومت المرآة في العالم العربي هذا القمع ؟ و هل هناك طرق حديثة مبتكرة ؟ في هذا الاطار تدعوكم /ن جمعية موزايك للمشاركة في مناقشة تدور حول هذه الاسئلة عن خصوصية القمع الموجه ضد النساء في زمن الثورات مع الناشطة الحقوقية النسوية جومانا مرعي  المكان : مقر جمعية موزايك - بدارو- شارع سامي الصلح -بناية الغريب - الطابق الأول   الزمان : يوم الخميس في ٢٢ كانون الثاني...

Masculinity-under-threat: the de- and re- politicization of women’s and sexual rights organizations in Lebanon in the wake of the War on Terror Anthony Rizk has been involved in sexuality and gender activism since 2009 and served on the Board of Directors of Helem in 2010-2011. He works as a research assistant in medical anthropology and social epidemiology at the Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut.   Ghassan Makarem is a civil society and political activist, who had been engaged in LGBT activism in Lebanon and the region since 2001. He is a co-signatory of Helem's...

Feminisms in Lebanon: A dynamic positioning in relation to patriarchy and a renewal within the “Arab Spring” Bernadette Daouis a feminist militant and researcher     Discussant: Vincent Geisseris a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research currently based at the French Institute for the Near East Beirut (IFPO). He leads a research program on "Women and Power in Lebanon." Since 2005, he is the chair of the Center for Information and Study on International Migration (CIEMI) and editor of the journal Migrations Société. The research explores the different waves of the...

The Centre for Lebanese Studies,  Cordially invites you to a round table to discuss the results of its recent study entitled:     Widening Access to Quality Education for Syrian Refugees: The role of private and NGO Sectors in Lebanon 1st December 2pm to 5pm    The round table will bring together representatives of private schools and NGOs  providing education to syrian refugee children to discuss their experiences and challenges of providing access to quality and certified education. The meeting will also invite academics and education specialists as well as representatives of...

Would you like to identify your added value, personal strengths, and unique contribution to your community? Would you like to boost your interpersonal and intrapersonal skills to create positive change? Do you want to be a better team player and achieve better results?  We invite you to participate in a 3-day NGO capacity building workshop organized by the Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service (CCECS) at AUB. This workshop is reflective, interactive and emphasizes experiential learning. Here's what you can expect: DAY 1 Introduction Outdoor Teambuilding ActivitiesTeambuilding...