Events

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...

A one-day symposium organized by the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) - AUB The symposium will cover three main themes: • The evolving role of the UN on the ground and in parallel with the politics of the UN Security Council; • The issue of moral and political accountability, particularly looking into the role of movements such as the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement (BDS), including an assessment of the role of international commissions; and • An assessment of existing and new technical and legal questions raised by the recent assault, and...

Festival du Bois des Pins : Le Festival Culturel des Espaces Publics Du 26 au 28 Septembre 2014 POUR LES ENFANTS De 17:00 à 19:30 h: marionnettes, clown, peinture sur visage, échec, théâtre, contes, danse, … POUR LES ADULTES De 20:00 à 22:00 h: concerts, poésie, chant, … Performances de rue par le Collectif Kahraba -Liban, et Moulin Fondu, Centre National des Arts de la Rue Dirigé par la Compagnie Oposito -France Entrée gratuite! Accès au parc: Tayyounneh en face de la pâtisserie Al-Baba Pour plus d’informations: 01664647 مهرجان حرش بيروت : مهرجان ثقافي في الأماكن العامة من 26...

Join us for the opening of "Mixed Feelings: Racism and 'Othering' in Lebanon from a Lebanese Perspective", an exhibition using a combination of images and words to highlight the issue of racism in contemporary Lebanon. The opening will feature an informal discussion with Wadih Al-Asmar, co-founder of the SOLIDA movement (Support of Lebanese Detained Arbitrarily), and CLDH (The Lebanese Center for Human Rights), starting 7 pm. “Mixed Feelings” will be on exhibition from September 24 until October 1 (excluding Sunday September 28). Bring your opinions, thoughts, words, arguments...

Social Good Summit 2014 Connecting for Good. Connecting for All It's that time of year again when we start work on one of UNDP’s biggest events of the year, the Social Good Summit. UNDP will once again co-host the summit, both in New York and across the globe. Are you interested in sharing your opinions and thoughts regarding technology and equality? Join the "Social Good Summit Meetup 2014". The theme for the 2014 Social Good Summit is #2030NOW: Connecting for All Connecting for Good. We are asking every single speaker and attendee to answer one question together: “How can technology achieve...

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...

France Volontaires in collaboration with the Lebanese Ministry of Youth and Sports are pleased to invite you to an info session on the new Euro-med Volunteer Program available in Lebanon. This info session will also inform you on the opportunities to send Lebanese volunteers to Europe or host European volunteers.   All details here : ERASMUS +   and http://www.reseau-espaces-volontariats.org/Invitation-How-to-host The meeting will take place in the Conference Room of the French Institute (French Embassy): “Institut Français”, Damascus Street on: September, 17th at 5.00 The meeting will be...

KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitationhas the pleasure to invite you to the launch of its media and advocacy campaign:"Al hawa ma byinshara" fight prostitution, fight trafficking Monday the 15th of September, 2014From 10:30am until 1:00pmAt Monot Theater, Ashrafieh. Program10:30-10:35 Introductory remarks, Ms. Zoya Rouhana, Director, KAFA10:35-11:15 Screening of the film "The Oldest violence"11:15-11:30 Presentation of the study on "Exploring the demand for prostitution: what male buyers say about their motives, practices, and perceptions", Ms. Ghada Jabbour, Head of the Anti-Trafficking Unit...

Solutions Exist indeed! Participate in our second Information Meeting on September 13 at 4 pm in Qasr Nawfal in Tripoli..  

The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs and the Arab NGO Network for Development cordially invite you to a book launch and panel discussion on Adib Nehme’s latest book , "The Neopatrimonial State and the Arab Spring." Adib Nehme, Regional Advisor – ESCWA Fawwaz Traboulsi, American University of Beirut Tareq Tell, American University of Beirut Ziad Abdel Samad, Arab NGO Network for Development Rami Khouri, Issam Fares Institute Note: Event will be in Arabic, simultaneous translation will be available Follow this link for the event agenda. [facebook event...

Program: - Welcome note - Screening of the animation movie "Dreams for Sale" (5 minutes) - Presentation of the study’s findings and recommendations, Ms. Saada Allaw and Ms. Ghada Jabbour - Interventions by experts on migration issues from Nepal and Bangladesh - Best practices in recruitment processes, Mr. William Gois, Regional Coordinator of the Migrant Forum in Asia - Discussion moderated by Ms. Ghida Frangieh

Solutions exist, and you can help achieve them! ACT and Meet us in Shatila Camp on September 5 at 14:00 pm.

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...