Events

يسّر برنامج الصحّة النفسيّة في ورشة الموارد العربيّة، بدعوتكم للمشاركة في إطلاق رزمة الدعم النفس-إجتماعي الّتي تتضمّن إصدارات برنامج الصحّة النفسيّة خلال السنوات الخمس الماضية والتي تتوجه إلى المراهقين و الأهالي و المدرسين والعاملين الصحيين والإجتماعيين. سوف يقام الحفل في مركز بيال للمعارض، يوم السي\بت الموافق في 8 كانون الأوّل 2012 في تمام السّاعة السادسة مساءًا، في جناح الورشة.   أهداف رزمة الدعم النفس-إجتماعي تعزيز المعرفة عن الشباب الّذين يواجهون تحدّيات نفسيّة و إجتماعيّة عرض كيفيّة التعامل مع المشكلات بطرق أفضل من خلال إستكشاف أنفسهم بواسطة التفكير و الإختبار و التفاعل مع الأقران تقديم...

In observation of the Open Day on Women, Peace & Security The Union of Municipalities of Tyre, ABAAD Organization and The Gender Thematic Working Group of South Lebanon   announces a photo competition calling upon young women and girls from the South to share a picture around the theme of " Safety… through my eyes" Photo should be sent in electronic format to opendayphotos@gmail.com & abaad@abaamena.org with indication of your village/area in the subject of the e-mail.by October 22 latest The competition will award 3 prizes announced through a public event organized in Tyre on October 30  

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...

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

Mustafa Barghouthi, Keynote SpeakerPalestine and the Arab Uprisings: Repercussions and ReassessmentDate: Thursday, 31 May, 2012Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pmVenue: Habib Aziz Maamari Auditorium, Olayan School of Business (OSB), AUB Arab Uprisings Symposium: Critically Assessing the Changing Landscape of Power and Players Mustafa Barghouthi a nominee of the Nobel Peace Prize is a member of the Palestinian parliament; former Minister of Information under the 2007 National Unity Government; 2005 presidential candidate; General Secretary of the ,Palestinian National Initiative; physician; social political...

The Legal Agenda A non-profit research organization, registered under the number 2360 on 22-12-2009 Cordially invites you to a seminar entitled “Out of Order Judicial Committees: Denying Access to Justice to Vulnerable Social Groups” Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 18:00 “Université pour Tous” building, 107 Saint Joseph University street (Entrance through the Saint Joseph Church parking) In the context of monitoring judicial work, the Legal Agenda will examine the blockage of several Judicial Committees, some of which have been inoperative since their creation. This is the case of the “Committee...

American University of Beirut, The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs And Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Media Studies Cordially invites you to a lecture and open discussion with Francois Burgat, Director of the French Institute for the Near East (IFPO) Political Islam through Arab revolutions Tuesday, March 27. 5:00–6:30 pm Bathish Auditorium, West Hall, AUB   Dr. Francois Burgat is a political scientist and senior researcher at Centre National du Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). Currently based in Beyrouth, Burgat is the Director of the French Institute...

International Symposium:  The Arab Uprisings:Sociological Perspectives and Geographical Comparisons -- 20th and 21th of March 2012   Venue: Auditorium A, West Hall, American University of Beirut   Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Media Studies (SOAM) - American University of Beirut (AUB) Lebanese Sociological Association (LSA) Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (Lebanon) International Sociological Association (ISA) Qatar University     Organizing Committee: Sari Hanafi (SAOM-AUB), Chebib Diab (LSA), Michael Burawoy (ISA), Samir Farah (FES).   Open to Public Languages: Arabic and English...

The Lebanese Emigration Research Center at Notre Dame University - Louaizé has the pleasure of inviting you to a lecture entitled “Mixed Methods Research: Making the Best of Both Worlds” Lecture This seminar will discuss the value of mixed-method research designs, which combine qualitative and quantitative research strategies.  It will be argued that the research question/s be examined from various vantage points, allowing for greater depth of insight.  Further, through the process of triangulation, researchers are able to validate their findings from multiple vantage points.  It will be shown...

Interfaculty Graduate Environmental Sciences Program - Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences (FAFS)and the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut (AUB) in collaboration with Arab Group for the Protection of Nature (APN)cordially invites you to a lecture with: Renato S. Maluf - Professor at the Federal Rural University, Rio de JaneiroPresident of the National Council of Food and Nutrition Security, BrazilPublic Policies and ”Institutional Framework for Food and Nutrition:Sovereignty and Security" The Brazilian Experience...

‏A presentation of the report will be held focusing on the context of internal elections of 28 lebanese political parties‪,‬ in addition ‏to the legal context of these elections Date & Time: Thursday February 16th, 2012 @ 11:00 AM Place: UNESCO Palace, Beirut

Institut français du Proche-Orient Syrie - Liban - Jordanie - Irak – T. Palestiniens Le Département scientifique des études contemporaines vous invite à une Conférence de Jad Chaabane (Professeur d’économie à l’Université américaine de Beyrouth) et  Adib Bou Habib (Secrétaire général de la Fédération des travailleurs de l’imprimerie) « La question des salaires une question sociale entre économie et politique » Modérateur Karam Karam, chercheur associé à l’Ifpo en langue arabe avec traduction simultanée  Mardi 14 février 2012, de 18h00 à 20h00 Salle de conférences de l’Institut Français du...