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معهد عصام فارس للسياسات العامة والشؤون الدولية الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت  يدعوكم لندوة حول من حالة الثورة الى بناء الدولة: تعثر الإنتقال في ليبيا د. طارق متري مدير المعهد والممثل الخاص للأمين العام للأمم المتحدة في ليبيا - سابقا الأربعاء ١٩ تشرين الثاني ٢٠١٤ | ٤:٠٠ - ٥:٣٠ مساءً  مبنى معهد عصام فارس، قاعة المحاضرات الجامعة الأمريكية في بيروت  https://www.facebook.com/events/749343851822093/  

The Refugee Research and Policy in the Arab World Program at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) cordially invites you to a Seminar and Book Launch: "UNRWA and Palestinian Refugees: From Relief and Works to Human Development"Edited by Sari Hanafi, Leila Hilal, and Lex Takkenberg Speakers:Sari Hanafi, Professor of Sociology, American University of Beirut  Lance Bartholomeusz, Legal Adviser and Director of the Dept of Legal Affairs, UNRWA  Filippo Grandi, IFI Senior Research Fellow Nasser Yassin, IFI Director of Research  Note: Event will be in English...

 الزميلات والزملاء الأعزاء في إطار لقاءاتنا الشهرية من برنامج "لقاءات"، يسرّنا في "تجمّع الباحثات اللبنانيات" دعوتكم إلى لقائنا الثاني  لدورة 2014-2015؛ وفيه نستضيف الباحثة آيات نورالدين في عرض حول:   الأزياء النسائية في الجنوب اللبناني: ناقِل لأية ثقافة؟   المكان: مقرّ التجمّع: رمل الظريف، شارع توفيق طبارة، مركز توفيق طبارة، الطابق الثاني. الزمان: نهار الخميس الواقع فيه  13 تشرين الثاني 2014، ما بين الساعة السادسة والثامنة. حضوركم  يُسعدنا  لجنة تنسيق اللقاء 

The Climate Change and Environment in the Arab World Program at theIssam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) cordially invites you to a lecture with Ivonne A-Baki, Secretary of State for Yasuni-ITT Initiative, Republic of Ecuador. Ivonne A-Baki is a diplomat, politician, peace negotiator, humanist, and artist. Born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, of Lebanese parents, H.E A-Baki was instrumental in helping Ecuador and Peru reach a peace agreement on October 26, 1998. Minister of Foreign Trade from 2003 to 2005, she helped advance regional integration projects in Latin...

معهد عصام فارس للسياسات العامة والشؤون الدولية بالتعاون مع برامج الدراسات العليا في التخطيط المدني والسياسات المدنية والتصميم المدني في قسم الهندسة المعمارية والتصميمالجامعة الأميركية في بيروت  يدعوكم لندوة حول لمين الدالية؟ نقاش حول مفهوم الملكية، القوانين الحاكمة، والبعد البيئي لمنطقة الداليةهذه الندوة جزء من سلسلة محاضرات بعنوان العدالة الاجتماعية والمدينة لخريف ٢٠١٤  تاريخ الدالية الإجتماعي، نموذج عن العلاقة بين الملكية الخاصة والحق العام | عبير سقسوق - معمارية وباحثة مدينيةقضية الدالية: دروس في القانون | نزار صاغية - محامي الدالية متنفس بيروت وإرث بيئي وجيولوجي وثقافي | ناهدة خليل -...

The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) and the The Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies cordially invite you to a seminar on: Palestinian Neoliberalism and the Regional Context Dr. Adam Hanieh School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Adam Hanieh will examine the political economy of Palestinian neoliberalism and its location within wider regional trends. The talk will discuss the essential contours of Palestinian Authority development strategy, its links to donor-led imperatives and the Israeli occupation, and the connection between...

The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) & The Graduate Programs in Urban Planning, Policy and Design (MUPP-MUD) at the Department of Architecture & Design, FEA-AUB cordially invite you to a lecture as part of: "The Social Justice and the City Lecture Series for Fall 2014" The Paradox of Citizenship and Justice in Divided Societies: Lebanon, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and South Africa Lynn Staeheli Lynn Staeheli is Professor of Human Geography at Durham University in the United Kingdom. She previously held appointments in the Department of Geography and...

Dardashat Jandariya is delighted to invite you to the talk with Sahar Mandour around " Potential Change in Media Discourse on Sexuality in Lebanon" Sahar Mandour is a Lebanese-Egyptian Journalist who works since 1998 for Assafir newspaper. She is currently responsible of “Palestine” – a Monthly independent supplement of the Newspaper. Sahar has in her history a sum of four novels: Hob Beiruty – 32 – Mena (Dar el adeb/Beirut)–Sa’arsom Najma Ala Ra’s Vienna ( La Cd-thèque /Beirut- Dar el shoorook/Cairo) Sahar was the winner of a fellowship scholarship from the "Reuters Institute for...

We have joined forces with Medical Aid for Palestinians and are holding a fundraising event to support their work in Gaza. 100% OF PROFITS WILL GO TO MEDICAL AID FOR PALESTINIANS! Who is MAP? "Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. MAP delivers health and medical care to those worst affected by conflict, occupation and displacement." MAP is leading a programme with specialists now in Gaza working with local teams at Al Shifa hospital. Learn more about their efforts in Gaza here: http://www.map-uk.org...

Music from Palestine, despite... Oriental - modern and classical - music performed by highly skilled musicians from Palestine and the Palestinian camps in Lebanon. A FUNDRAISING CONCERT FOR AL KAMANDJATI ASSOCIATION & THE CHILDREN OF GAZA During the first week of August, Al Kamandjâti association is organizing a musical retreat in the Shouf for its students in Lebanon and musicians coming from Palestine. This musical adventure will end by a final concert at AUB Assembly Hall on August 7 at 8PM. Tickets are available at: Librairie Antoine (available online and in all branches) Maliks...

PROUD Lebanon is glad to host for the first time, Restart Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture and Violence. Restart's professional team will be delivering on Monday August 4th the sensitive topic of YOUR Mental Health. "State Of Mind, Mental Health Session" came to answer your needs and talk for the first time freely and truly of your psychological needs. Please join us in Proud Lebanon's safe space located on Bauchrieh's highway at 5.30. You may call us for info on 76 608 205 We are looking forward to seeing you among us! [facebook event]

Inviting you to an organic potlock iftar with special guest entertainment. Saturday 26th of July, at 7:30pm, at Minus 1, Rue Du Liban, Gemmayzeh Tickets are $35 and will be avaliable at the door If your interested in a meal thats great for the body and for a cause thats great for the soul please join us. All proceeds from the event will go to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF) To find out more about the incredible work of the PCRF please watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2PppIpi_RQ For the fundraising page on PCRF's website, please click here.   [facebook event]

The Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service in collaboration with Justice Without Frontierswould like to invite you to a session by Maitre Brigitte Chelebian to know more about: "Women's Access to Justice" Project International Conventions on Women Rights Women rights in Family Status Law in Lebanon Difficulties and challenges that women face in accessing justice On July 9, 2014 at 12:00pm in Auditorium A, West Hall, American University of Beirut If interested to attend, send your details (name, contact number) to ccecs@aub.edu.lb [facebook event]

Hi everyone! Join our second fundraising concert at Yukunkun for Syrian women refugees! All the money of tickets will be given to Basmeh wa zeitooneh NGO. After the successful first party we organized in February, the NGO has opened a center in Beqaa where women have a specific project to help them earning a stable income. This second event will help the project to be sustainable. Basmeh wa Zeitooneh NGO has a center in Chatila with various activities for Syrian children and women refugees. You can visit their facebook page here. During the night, you can also buy the beautiful handmade...

The United Nations in the Arab World Program & The Human Rights Research Project coridally invite you to a lecture by Mr. John Pace. John Pace is an international civil servant of long standing in the United Nations. He served as Secretary to the Commission on Human Rights from 1978 to 1994, and was the Coordinator of the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna. He has headed the Special Procedures and Technical Cooperation Programmes and has led fact-finding missions for the Commission in several countries. He was Chief of the Human Rights Component of the UN Mission in Iraq, and...

Due to the lack of appropriate public space, Beirut dwellers lay claim today to a number of open areas in the city, the uses of which are akin to ‘public’ spaces – they are accessed freely and allow for an unconfined range of social activities. This lecture advocates learning from the public by observing several left- over spaces in the city, in order to understand them as public, multicultural, socially just, and open. By focusing on the seafront area of Dalieh in Rawche, the lecture attempts to abandon the modern notion of public space and open new possibilities for understanding public...

Wael Gamal is an Egyptian economic journalist, columnist, and researcher. He has more than 18 years of experience in journalism with local and international media including CNBC, BBC Arabic Service, and Thomson Reuters. He contributed to the launch of  Al Shorouk, a daily Egyptian newspaper, in 2009 as its economic editor, before becoming its managing editor in 2010. He has studied Political Sciences in Cairo University and Finance and Investment in Middlesex University in London. Ziad Abdel Samad is the Executive Director of the Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) which brings together 30...

Institut français du Proche-OrientSyrie - Liban - Jordanie - Irak - T. PalestiniensObservatoire urbain du Proche-OrientSéminaire La fin des « anciens loyers » : vers une réforme historique ?  Bruno MarotDoctorant à l’Université McGill (Canada)Chercheur associé à l’IEP Paris Discutant : Hisham AshkarArchitecte et urbaniste, doctorant à Hafencity Universität – Hambourg (Allemagne) Séminaire en langue françaiseMercredi 23 avril 2014 à 18hIfpo – Bâtiment G – 1er étageEspace des Lettres - Rue de Damas - BeyrouthTél  01.420 291/293

This event is brought to you by the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs in collaboration with the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies at AUB. The lecture is based on a project that compares Latin America and the Middle East by exploring the role of documentary and fiction films in reconstructing collective identities in the wake of armed conflicts and political transitions. Dr. Riccardo Bocco is a Professor of Political Sociology at the Anthropology and Sociology Department of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies...

Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs cordially invites you to a presentation:  "Arab States and UN Human Rights Mechanisms" by Fateh Azzam Director of Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship and Senior Public Policy Fellow at IFI Wednesday, April 16, 2014 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm  Issam Fares Institute (Green Oval), Auditorium – AUB   The presentation will offer an analysis of Arab engagement with UN human rights mechanisms from 2005-2012. It summarizes issues raised by states and NGOs, and assesses the recommendations of the human rights treaty bodies, and...