Events

The Non-Governmental Organizations Initiative at the American University of Beirut is organizing an Open House on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM at the American University of Beirut (AUB), West Hall. The full-day event will bring together organizations from the civil society sector, including local and international NGOs, NGOi member organizations from the region, partners, civil society experts, donors, Embassy representatives, and academia. The Open House aims to strengthen cross-sector collaboration, foster dialogue, promote learning, and spotlight the collective...

في الجلسة الأولى من هذه الندوة، سنعرض ونُناقش بحث الدكتورة ليلى دخلي حول "انتفاضات الخبز" التي اندلعت في تونس في 28 كانون الأوّل/ديسمبر 1983، في أعقاب البرامج التي رعاها البنك الدولي. بالكاد استمرَّ هذا التحرُّك لمدّة عشرة أيّام، لكنَّه أودى بحياة أكثر من مئة شخص. يشرح البحث كيف كانَ ردّ فعل سكّان الأحياء الشعبية على إنشاء شكل جديد من دولة الرفاه التي اهتمَّت بمكافحة الفقر - أو محاربة الفقراء - أكثر من اهتمامها بتكافؤ الظروف أو تقديم الفُرَص للجميع بالتساوي. ستُناقِش الدكتورة دخلي كيف مثَّلَت هذه الاحتجاجات مفترقًا مختلفًا عن الممارسات السابقة لإصلاح الدولة والاحتجاج الشعبي، مُشيرةً إلى أنَّ...

The first session of this webinar cycle will present and discuss the research of Dr. Leyla Dakhli on the “Bread Riots” that broke out in Tunisia on 28 December 1983, in the wake of World Bank-sponsored programmes. This movement lasted barely ten days, yet cost the lives of over one hundred people. The research explains how the inhabitants in popular neighborhoods reacted to the establishment of a new form of welfare state that was more concerned with fighting poverty – or fighting the poor – than with equalizing conditions or offering the same opportunities for everyone. Dr Dakhli will discuss...

The Wide Awake Art Contest, an open call to Lebanese and Tunisian artists as well as artists living in Lebanon or Tunisia to explore the theme “The Sound of Dissent.” The contest will showcase works by those who are documenting and memorializing their communities’ stories in times of instability, resistance, and change.

After the great success of the first Cancer Awareness Village organized by Barbara Nassar Association on February 2019, under the Patronage of the Ministry of Public Health and in collaboration with the Hospitals, Universities and NGOs. We are inviting you to participate in our second Cancer Awareness Village 2020.

Photo Exhibition inspired by the daily life in Ersal captured by the Lebanese and Syrian Youth. 
بسمة أمل...
من عرسال الى بيروت
معرض صور مستوحى من الحياة اليومية في عرسال بعيون شباب لبنانيين و سوريين

Opening Event: Thursday 30th of November at 1:00 pm
Exhibition lasts till Saturday 2nd of December 11:00 am