Sunday, May 6, 2012 4:00pm until 7:00pm (scroll down for english) (en français ci-dessous) “كل اللبنانيّين سواء لدى القانون وهم يتمتعون بالسواء بالحقوق المدنيّة والسياسيّة ويتحمّلون الفرائض والواجبات العامة دون ما فرق بينهم.” المادة ٧ من الدستور اللبناني نحن مواطنات ومواطنون لبنانيّون نريد أن نعيش بكرامة وأن نتمتّع بحقوقنا وأن نقوم بواجباتنا بالتساوي مع أي [...]
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After the great success of the Girl Geek Camp last summer, we are now happy to announce the 2012 Girl Geek Camp that will take place from July 13 – 18, 2012! The Girl Geek Camp is for girls between 15 and 18 years old who love computers and technology and want to get better [...]
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We are delighted to host Prof. Saree Makdisi at Nasawiya Tuesday night at 8 pm to talk about his latest book Palestine Inside Out: an Everyday Occupation and other current affairs. Dr. Makdisi is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at UCLA and author of several books – you can read more about his work [...]
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Celebrate Workers’ Day! End Slavery! End Sponsorship for Migrant Domestic Workers *** Join us for a cultural parade and festival to celebrate Workers’ Day and demand change of the sponsorship system Time and Date: Sunday, April 29, 2012 starting 11:30 am Location: from Makhlouf Restaurant in Dora to St. Joseph Church in Monot Street Organized [...]
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Join us for a night of live TRIBAL INDIAN beats by Zad & the Band, Jad H. and Juliette – with percussion, vocals, guitar, and trumpet. $10 entry includes 1 drink and all profits go towards activist projects in Nasawiya. Friday, May 4, 2012 9:30pm until 12:30am Don’t miss it! Directions Map: http://www.nasawiya.org/web/contact-us/ For [...]
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This Thursday evening, Nasawiya is hosting an interesting, long awaited discussion on ‘White’ (?) Savior Complex or Solidarity?’ Fb event *** In this discussion, we will focus on questions on ‘the foreigner’, the individual and the government and solidarity. How do we ameliorate the unequal power dynamics in the relationship between the ‘colonizer’ and the [...]
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Episode three from “Words of Women from the Egyptian Revolution” with Evelyn Ashmallah is out. episode 3 English subtitles are available (please click on the cc in the lower bar of the video & choose English) Castellano/Spanish subtitles are underway and will soon be posted. The video is available in HD quality (please click on [...]
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Saturday 6:00pm until 8:00pm Fb event Sexual And Reproductive Rights in Global Politics: A Discussion with Alexandra Garita (IWHC) Organized at Nasawiya by the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR), “Sexual And Reproductive Rights in Global Politics: Where have we been and Where are we going?” is a discussion featuring Senior [...]
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