This project aims to (1) bring statistical transparency to youth’s opinions, attitudes, feelings, and perceptions about social, cultural, political, and familial freedom of speech barriers within our society, and find what activities facilitate youth’s freedom of speech; (2) create discussion and widespread accountability by engaging the online and offline community, institutional stakeholders, and youth though an advocacy Call to Action based on our research findings, and (3) provide evidence that creative civic spaces are an integral part of our community and change negative attitudes...
MOSAIC had the pleasure and privilege to speak with activist Gopi Shankar Madurai moments after the Supreme Court in India decriminalized Section 377 of the Penal Code.
It is the mothers’ memory during times of war, the wound that will never heal, a memory that is completely unique, just like their pain… a deep memory; as deep as their pride, it is obviously reflected in the wrinkles of their faces and the natures of their voices.
This memory will be the core of the project; which is an artistic book containing a short introduction and 30-35 artistic black and white portraits, for Syrian women (mothers necessarily), combined with short stories from their real-life during the last four years. Women do not have to be in Syria today, but they must all express...
Summary Booklet | June 2012
Arab Uprisings Symposium Summary Critically Assessing the Changing Landscape of Power and Players IFI by Maureen Ali
This symposium is part of the AUB-wide Arab Uprisings Research Initiative, which
was launched and is supported by the Office of the Provost and managed by the
Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs. AUB has invited over
twenty scholars from the Arab world and abroad to this Symposium to discuss critical
themes that have emerged to date, and to help shape our future research agenda. The
symposium will highlight shifting power...
