Events

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...

Join us for a "picnic festival" in 13 locations around Beirut, to demand the reopening of Horsh Beirut to all! A coalition of 12 NGOs will take over specific locations and turn them into a green space for a day! (see list of locations below) Why is Horsh Beirut so important? It is the largest green space in Beirut.It is public property, and belongs to us ALL. Yet it has been CLOSED to the public for more than TWENTY years, and only a few people are granted access to it. After completing the renovation of Horsh Beirut ten years ago, the Municipality of Beirut has not yet opened it to the public...

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