As perfect strangers tie themselves to each other for peace in Beirut, Lebanon, some laugh, some cry, others just watch amazed. What would happen If we knew, really knew that we are all connected, that what you do affects me and what happens to me changes your life? Connect for peace. Join the Peacelights at www.peacelights.org ( less )

 http://www.peacelights.org/. Connect for Peace event lights up the city center of Beirut, Lebanon. Strangers - men, women, youth, children - all take a moment to connect to each other with bungee cords and to feel the invisible connections between us all, to start paving the way for peace with the light that is within us all. Oct 2011 Filmed / Edited by Yasmine Sarout & Ely Dagher:  http://www.iamtheladybug.com/ Music: Ben Cocks "Your Firefly" available at itunes:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/ben-cocks/id302959891 ( less )

Opening Speech for the Freethought Society's conference on Homosexuality "Homosexuality: Dispelling the myths, presenting the facts" Source: The American University of Beirut's (AUB) Freethought society Event: "Homosexuality: dispelling the myths, presenting the facts" Location: Bathish Auditorium, AUB Date: April 28 2009 By: Rita El-Haddad ( less )

In opposition to the violence in the Lebanese society targeting the minorities as of homosexuals, women, children, domestic and foreign workers and others, Helem in collaboration with Human Rights organizations active in the Lebanese civil society invites to a sit-in in Sodeco, Beirut. The sit-in is on the 22nd of February 2009 from 5:00pm to 6:00pm." إستنكارًا لأحداث العنف في المجتمع اللّبناني ضد المهمشين والأقليات فيه من مثليين ومثليات, نساء, أطفال, والعمّال والعاملات الأجانب وغيرهم, تدعو جمعيّة حلم بالتعاون مع جمعيات المجتمع المدني اللّبناني الناشطة في مجال حقوق الإنسان لتجمّع سلمي وإضاءة شموع, مساء الأحد الواقع في 22 شباط 2009 في تمام الساعة الخامسة إلى السادسة بعد الظهر في منطقة السوديكو - بيروت ( less )

March 8, 2010 - On this year's International Women's Day, over 100 Nasawiya members and activists took to the streets to take back the night. For roughly two hours, feminists made their way from Mar Mikhael, Gemayze to Ain el Mraiseh, marching past bedazzled passers by, curious drivers who ground to a halt, and wary police officers, and chanting slogans such as: - For freedom, for nationality, a feminist revolution. - One word, shout out loud, feminism won't die. - Feminists against sectarianism, racism, sexism, classism, capitalism, Zionism, rape, harassment, patriarchy. - For Lebanese women in Tripoli, in Byblos, in Saida, in Tyr, in Beirut... a feminist revolution. - For Lebanese, Palestinian, Iraqi, Filipino, Sri Lankan women and women of all nationalities, a feminist revolution. This video was shot and edited by our member Chantal (pomegran8mm@gmail.com) ( less )

TV personalities talking about the Khede Kasra campaign for the Women Empowerment Program by Leo Burnett Beirut ( less )

The Khede Kasra campaign by Leo Burnett Beirut that won a gold Lion in Cannes, 5 gold and 2 silver awards at the International Dubai Lynx Festival and a grand prix at the Cristal de la Mena ( less )

This campaign was produced by Leo Burnett Beirut to raise awareness of gender discrimination and the legal obstacles to women's rights in Lebanon. ( less )

"Bareed Mista3jil" will be launched by the Feminist Collective and IndyAct at Masrah Al Madina on Hamra Street, Beirut on Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 6pm. Selected stories from "Bareed Mista3jil" will be read in English and Arabic at the launch and the book will be available for sale for the first time. The event is open to the public. For more information, please email us onbook@bareedmista3jil.com or check the Facebook event page. "Bareed Mista3jil" is a brave new book published byMeemin Beirut, Lebanon. The book, available in both English and Arabic versions, is a collection of 41 true (and personal) stories from lesbians, bisexuals, queer and questioning women, and transgender persons from all over Lebanon. The introduction to the book is a 30-page analysis of the general themes presented in the stories. What sort of diversities exist in human sexuality? How do bisexuals come out? What kinds of discrimination do lesbians face? How does it affect their self-esteem and their sense of community? What are their relationships with their families, friends, and each other like? How do people of different sexualities deal with religion and faith? Is it a struggle to identify as non-heterosexual? Or do people just know? Are there gender identities other than man and woman? How has life for lesbians in Lebanon changed over the past 10 years? Is emigration their only choice? This long-awaited publication comes to dispel the myths surrounding these questions and to reveal a glimpse of the lives existing invisibly and silently in different Lebanese communities. The stories are about love, pain, identity, suffering, overcoming, and the intricate complexities of the human heart. And above all, these stories are about hope. ( less )

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