Events

أمام الانتماءات المتضاربة، كيف لمكونات المواطنة أن تكون هوية جامعة ؟Face aux appartenances conflictuelles, comment les composantes de la citoyenneté pourraient-elles devenir une identité fédératrice?In face of the conflicting belongings, how could the components of citizenship be a uniting identity?   Where does national belonging stands in respect of political, religious, communitary and cultural ones?Is there still a way for a citizenship identity?How could it emerge, based on equality in people's rights and duties, and how could it become a reconcialing plateform among all identities? This...

himaya, local NGO founded in 2009, whose mission is to promote an environment suitable for the development of the child, and ensure a global protection of children in Lebanon via fighting and preventing all types of abuse, is proud to invite you to its first annual symposium; Under the Patronage of Mrs. Lama Tammam Salam: "Building and strengthening resilience in child protection: A multisectorial approach" Meet us on Friday June 12 and Saturday June 13 at The Faculty of Medical Science at 8:30 am! We'll be sharing the 2 day Program soon so stay tuned! For more info : himaya@himaya.org 71-802...

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...

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...

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...

Conference on the Syrian Refugee Crisis The Institute for Migration Studies at the Lebanese American University is organizing, in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, a two-day conference on: The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Policies of Receiving Countries and Crisis Impact on Displaced Syrians and Receiving Societies Date: March 27-28, 2015 Venue: Lebanese American University - Beirut, Lebanon The Conference will be in both English and Arabic. Important Dates: Call for papers (Thursday 27, November 2014)Abstract due on January 10, 2015 (250-300 words)Decision on Abstracts by January 18...

  The Centre for Lebanese Studies, The Carnegie Middle East Center, and  the Danish Institute in Damascus cordially invite to a one day conference entitled:   Youth Marginalization and Radicalization Amid the Syrian Crisis     EVENT DETAILS DATE Thursday, March 19, 2015 TIME 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. LOCATION Carnegie Middle East Center, Emir Bechir Street, Lazarieh Tower, Bldg. No. 2026 1210, 5th flr., Downtown Beirut SPEAKERS Mario Abou Zeid, Haneen Al Sayyed, Lars Erslev Andersen, Tobias Gemmerlie, Lina Khatib, Kamel Kosbar, Nizar Saghiyeh, Maha Shuayb CONTACT...

“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...

MUPP-MUD City Debates 2015Other Gentrifications: Urban Change beyond the Core Architecture Lecture Hall, Department of Architecture and DesignAmerican University of BeirutThe Graduate Programs in Urban Planning, Policy and Design (MUPP-MUD)In collaboration with the AUB Neighborhood Initiative THE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DAY 1 – WEDNESDAY, 4 MARCH 2015[INTRODUCTION COFFEE 4:00 - 4:30 PM] 4:30 - 5:00 PM OPENING SESSION• Dean Makram Suidan (Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut)• Robert Saliba (MUPP/MUD-ArD, American University of Beirut). Welcome...

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...

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...

Come and celebrate the International Volunteer Day (Dec, 5th, 2014) at USJ Beirut (Medical Campus, Damascus St) from 2.00 to 7.00. France Volontaires is pleased to invite you to an afternoon to celebrate volunteerism in Lebanon and create links between volunteers and NGO's. There will be stands of NGO's, a free training for the persons in charge of the volunteers in the NGO's and a round table on "what are the prospects and opportunities to host national or international volunteers in your NGO's".   PLease confirm if you wish to attend one of the event or the whole afternoon : ev.liban@france...

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...

The conference will provide a platform for students in Lebanon and Egypt to share their civic engagement projects with the intent to inform and empower one another, to brainstorm more effective means of engaging with communities, to bring community engagement to the forefront of higher education in the Arab world, and to lobby for civic engagement requirements for education. The event is co-hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service (CCECS) at AUB and the American University in Cairo (AUC) and is part of an already established 5 year partnership between the universities...