Events

Lebanon SupportCordially invites you to a talk on:"Lebanese, refugee, and migrant women in Lebanon: From sociopolitical marginality to turnaround strategies" While women’s issues and rights have been at the forefront of public and civil society debate, academic, and activist publications, women’s inequalities and the discrimination women face in Lebanon have been notably undermined, whether as citizens, refugees, or migrants.This talk will address the experiences of women in Lebanon, including refugees, workers, and migrants, providing gender-based analyses of the various forms of engagement...

Lebanon Support Cordially invites you to a talk on: The Electoral Law and Process in Lebanon Within the current debate on electoral reform in Lebanon, a proportional or mixed law – which had been a demand by civil society in Lebanon – is for the first time seriously taken into consideration. This talk will address the different dimensions of the discussion on the reform of the Lebanese parliamentary electoral law, and will look into the necessary measures to ensure democratic elections, the role of civil society and the impact of its past and current mobilisations on the process of electoral...

يتشرف المجلس العربي للموهوبين والمتفوقينوالجمعية اللبنانية للتنمية والتأهيلبدعوتكم لحضور ندوة بعنوان : من التعب العصبي إلى الكاروشي : أسباب ووقايةتُقدّم الندوة الدكتورة نعيمة بن يعقوبسفيرة المجلس العربي للموهوبين والمتفوقين في الجزائر المكان : تأهيل - مركزتوفيق طبارة, ط5, شارع طبارة, الظريف, بيروتالزمان : يوم السبت 4 حزيران 2016 من الساعة 10 حتى 1 ظهراللاعتذار او التأكيد يرجى الاتصال : 01/71/738059 Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/268401170178401/ 

Fushat Amal invites you this Saturday the 16th at the Tent of the Missing from 11am to 6pm to honour the missing and to pay tribute to the struggle of their families.  The stories of 12 missing people will be exhibited, the families of the missing will also be attending, and there will be volunteers ready to interview people willing to share their stories of a disappeared loved one to add to the Fushat ‘Amal platform. Please visit the Facebook Event page at: https://www.facebook.com/events/982553821799770/  Also, we invite you to support the families of the missing by changing your profile...

Invitation for the closing event of the project "Better Together: A Youth-Led Approach to Peaceful Coexistence" The European Union and Search for Common Ground-Lebanon are delighted to invite you to attend the closing event of the project ‘Better Together: A Youth-Led Approach to Peaceful Coexistence’. The event will include the screening of a documentary which captures the journey of those involved in the project over the past year and will be followed by a panel discussion on the successes and challenges arising from the implementation of such projects in the Lebanese context. The...

Freedom is not self-evident. Not even in the Netherlands. Although the Netherlands has a long tradition in freedom and secularism, there was a need to found a secular Humanist organization. Seventy years ago the Dutch Humanists started as a non-religious life-stance organization in a very religious society. It was a plea for equality, free choice, and humanist moral standards. Seventy years later the Netherlands is one of the most secularized countries in the world. What does this do to society? Can humanism be the moral standard for a secular society worldwide? In this lecture I want to share...

  Bringing Vocational Education into Mainstream Schooling  The panel discussion will focus on the tenuous relationship between mainstream 'academic' schooling and vocational education at pre-tertiary level in Lebanon. Moderator: Dr. Anies Al-Hroub, Chairperson of the Department of Education, American University of Beirut Panelists: Mr. Ahmed Diab, Director General of Technical and Vocational Education in Lebanon Dr. Barend Vlaardingerbroek, Associate Professor, American University of Beirut Note: This lecture will be in English & Arabic with simultaneous interpretation

Student activism and the role of youth in democracy   The Political Sciences Institute invites you to join the NGO Day on Thursday, 17th of March 2016 from 11h00 to 15h00 at USJ Social Sciences Campus on Huvelin Street. The objective of this event is to give students the opportunity to discover Lebanese NGOs and to think about their engagement as citizens. It is an opportunity for networking, questions and answers, requests for internships, and discussions about civil society’s role in our country. To participate to this event and book your stand, please fill the online form before March 12...

حضرة أعضاء "التحالف لإعداد وحشد التأييد لتقرير الإستعراض الدوري الشامل الخاص بسوريا"  AWSURAالكرام، حضرة الزملاء والزميلات في منظمات وجمعيات المجتمع المدني، المهتمة بدعم تقارير UPR خاصة بسوريا، الكرام تحية طيبة وبعد، مع إقتراب مهلة تقديم تقارير الإستعراض الدوري الشامل (الدورة الثانية لسوريا- الجلسة 26) لمنظمات المجتمع المدني على الإنتهاء، والتي تصادف في 24 آذار (مارس) 2016، تدعوكم اللجنة المشرفة على إعداد تقرير التحالف للقاء تشاوري لعرض مسودة التقرير ومناقشة التوصيات، على أمل أن نتمكن من إرسال مسودة التقرير (لأعضاء التحالف) قبل موعد اللقاء حيث أنه في مراحله الاخيرة v     سوف يعقد لقاء غازي...

بمناسبة الثامن من أذار يوم المرأة العالمي       يتشرف مركز الأطفال والفتوة بدعوتكم لحضورندوة حول:        وضع المرأة الفلسطينية في ظل المتغيرات الراهنة         تقدمها الأخت المناضلة سـمر العلمي          يتخلل اللقاء بعض الرقصات لأطفال المركز    وذلك يوم الثلاثاء 8 أذار 2016الساعة 3:00 بعد الظهر      في مركز الأطفال والفتوة- مخيم شاتيلا 

Public Lecture by  Professor Yang Jiemian President Emeritus, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies  Monday, March 7th, 2016, 5pm-7pm Issam Fares Institute, Conference Room, 4th floor - AUB (Green Oval) Where do contemporary Chinese diplomatic approaches and practices derive from, and what are the theoretical and historical sources behind its “independent foreign policy of peace"? And how to understand China’s current foreign policy strategy in the light of its founding theories? To what extent is China providing an alternative to the world superpowers conception of a new kind of...

I would like to draw your attention to an upcoming lecture by Dr. Joanne Liu, the International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). It is in collaboration with MSF and it is taking place at the Issam Fares Institute Auditorium, this Friday 4 March, at 5.30pm. Further details can be found in the email announcement below and/or by clicking here for the event poster.   Dr. Liu’s talk, ‘Doctors on the Frontlines: Medical Humanitarian Challenges’, will focus on the challenges that MSF faces in its operations, and special attention will be given to its activities in this region, in addition...

 forumZFD and the Center for Applied Research in Education at the Notre Dame University -Louaize are pleased to invite you to a public seminar entitled "The Power of Remembrance :memory and learning from the past in Lebanon". This event will take place on Tuesday November,24,2015 from 9:00 am till 11:00 am at the Friends Hall,Notre Dame University -Main Campus,Zouk Mosbeh.  The research team will present the main findings of their study which investigates the use of memory by political parties in Lebanon in th political and educational domains.

 forumZFD and the Center for Applied Research in Education at the Notre Dame University -Louaize are pleased to invite you to a public seminar entitled "The Power of Remembrance :Political Parties, memory and learning from the past in Lebanon". This event will take place on Tuesday November,24,2015 from 9:00 am till 11:00 am at the Friends Hall,Notre Dame University -Main Campus,Zouk Mosbeh.  The research team will present the main findings of their study which investigates the use of memory by political parties in Lebanon in the political and educational domains.

In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the end of the Lebanese civil war, the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) is holding a youth photo contest to raise awareness about the importance of truth seeking and truth telling about people’s experiences of the war and post-war violence.The contest will run from October 23 to November 30, 2015. Participants aged 15 to 25 are invited to submit a photo of an object, landscape, portrait, or site that in their opinion represents, or speaks to, the Lebanese civil war, along with a description and a short biography. The three best...

Finding the right words to say when a friend or loved one is sick is never easy, let alone when they are diagnosed with cancer. It’s a struggle for most people, especially when the typical “Get Well Soon” doesn’t capture the true sentiment you wish to express.  That’s why One Wig Stand and A Whole Lotta Love teamed up this year to develop a creative solution through their “Pinking of You” Card Collection of ten custom-designed cards that come in an assortment of messages, such as coupons with quirky things to do that lift a patient’s spirit, temporary tattoos that celebrate kicking cancer’s...

The French Institute for the Near East (IFPO) and Lebanon Support, With the support of WAFAW, Cordially invite you to a talk on: Uprisings in the Arab world: the consecration of counterrevolutions? By:Frédéric Vairel,associate professor of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa, and co-author of Soulèvements et recompositions politiques dans le monde arabe, PUM, 2014. With discussant:Mariam Younes, PhD candidate, University of Roskilde in Denmark Introduction by:Vincent Geisser, (IFPO/CNRS/WAFAW), “The revolution has just started” During the 2011 popular uprisings, the same thing did...

Lebanon Support Cordially invites you to a talk on: Bordering the Middle East: concepts and challenges By:Daniel Meier,political scientist. He is a research fellow at CNRS, Grenoble, affiliated with the Euborderscapes programme. A former Senior Associate Member at St Antony’s College in Oxford, he also taught at the Graduate Institute in Geneva. His publications focus on Lebanese-Palestinian relationships, border issues, and politics in the Middle East. His forthcoming book is titled Shaping Lebanon’s Borderlands: Armed Resistance and International Intervention in South Lebanon (IB Tauris)...

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…;

   ضمن سلسلة نشاطات ذكرى النكبة الفلسطينية ال 67النادي الثقافي الفلسطيني العربي-قطاع الثانويينالمؤسسات الفلسطينية في الشمال يدعوانكم لحضور معسكر النكبة الحادي عشر تراثيات-معارض وطنية-طعام فلسطيني-وصلات فنية الخميس 14 ايار من الساعة الثامنة صياحا وحتى الثانية ظهرا طلعة مدارس الانروا /امام روضة غسان كنفاني / مخيم البداوي  المؤسسات المشاركة : الصمود، النجدة، منظمة الشبيبة الفلسطينية، منظمة الشبيبة التقدمية، رابطة بيت المقدس لطلبة فلسطين، الأنشطة النسائية-البارد، روضة غسان كنفاني، روضة أطفال فلسطيت، مؤسسة الناصرة للتراث، ام نادر شامية