Lebanon

Arab Theatre Training Centre (ATTC)

National Network
Lebanon
Address

‎Lebanese University of Beirut, Koraytem, Beirut
Beirut 1102 2801
Lebanon

Telephone
+961-3-591433‎
E-Mail
info@arabttc.org
E-Mail (2)
mknio@lau.edu.lb
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1999
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
General Information
The center is managed by four board members, an executive director wand the assistance of several consultants. The board members are Hussein Rifai (Bahrain), Dr. Hanan Kassab Hassan (Syria),Mona Knio (Lebanon),Wassim Kurdi (Palestine),Krystel Khoury(Lebanon)and executive director Raed Asfour(Jordan). Our main funder today is the SIDA and the institutions we cooperate with to organize the workshops. The ATTC established links with organizations who have contributed to the achievement of the center's objectives. Some of them are: SIDA, the Ford Foundation, ALISSAR, AAFA, Jesuit cultural center, the Lebanese American University, Al Madina Theatre, Darat al Funoun, The Swiss Development Agency, the Japan Foundation, amongst others.
Mission and Objectives

The ATTC aims at creating a training and learning environment to develop the technical, artistic, and managerial capacities of young people active in the field of performing arts in the Arab world.
Objectives

Contribute towards creating an environment conducive to creativity in the field of the performing arts.

Motivate and push forward the training movement in the Arab world.

Develop the technical, artistic, and managerial capacities of young artists and animators.

Promote and encourage dialogue and communication amongst institutions, animators and artists in the field of the performing arts.

Contribute to the renovation and establishment of alternative spaces for performance and training.

Compile and provide information on training and activities of interest to activists in the performing arts.

Encourage the translation and publication of books and studies in the fields of training and the performing arts.

Promote partnerships and cooperation with Arab and international organizations working in training.

Main Projects / Activities

ATTC organizes workshops, meetings, and seminars in the performing arts field in the Arab world. The centre also contributes towards supporting organizations and groups focusing on training through providing facilities, services, consultation, or material support. Several workshops in the performing arts were organized in different Arab countries in cooperation with a variety of artistic organizations and groups following needs assessment using various measurement tools. The topics of the workshops vary from lighting design to movment of actors, stage make-up, sound design etc.

Contact (1) Full Name
Dr. Mona Knio
Head of the organisation
Dr. Mona Knio

Arab Union for International Exhibitions and Conferences - under the League of Arab States (AUEIC)

National Network
Lebanon
Address

Cairo, Heliopolis, P.O. Box 2692, Barid el Horiya, Egypt ‎
Beirut 1103
Lebanon

Telephone
+961-3-887621
E-Mail
lakkis2009@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1961
Fields of Activity
  1. Heritage
  2. International/Cultural relations
  3. Religion
General Information
A group of university students representing the Lebanese culture in its diversity of religions and sects, cultures, and education.
Mission and Objectives

Encourage intercultural dialogue among university students with other ALF members

Main Projects / Activities

Exchange cultural and educational experience with similar organisations in Euro-Med Countries. Promote and advance administrative development through training for public and private sectors in the fields of development, administration, and culture,..etc to help increase the efficiency of Arab administration in various development sectors in the Arab region.

Contact (1) Full Name
Ms. Khadijah Lakkis
Job Title
Executive Director
Head of the organisation
Mr. Mahmoud Jarrah

Arab Youth Climate Muster

National Network
Lebanon
Address

Riad Elsolh
Beirut 1107 2020
Lebanon

Telephone
009613047744
E-Mail
aycm.lebanon@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2017
Fields of Activity
  1. Environment/Sustainable development
General Information
The organization has five board members and 26 volunteers. it gets fund from global green grants fund. its budget s 5000$ for the coming year. it works on ground projects by doing workshops in universities and schools. they work with schools in making them green. each project has a different partner.     
Mission and Objectives

Our Mission: Build a generation-wide movement to solve the climate crisis
How:
We do this by educating, inspiring, ideating, mobilising, (and engaging young climate activists in environmental and developmental activities) across the Middle East & North Africa region.
Empowers young people in their local communities to create change on a national, regional and international scale.
Have Youth actively involved, and their presence felt, in COPs and International climate policy sessions, as well as in grassroots solutions in their respective countries.
Take justice and sustainability into account in decisions we make and the policies we support and push for.
Drive formal and informal climate and environmental education, building the capacity of local populations to understand the effects of climate change on their communities and to take action.

Main Projects / Activities

Below are the prokects that appened in 2018: 
Blinking Energy workshop 
Ajyal School workshop
Proposal writing for fundraising workshop  
Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU) 8th NGO annual fair
AUB Ngo fair
USJ NGO fair
Awareness at Phoenix School
Solid waste awareness campaign at USJ
Collaboration with joud Bil Mawjoud on collecting plastic caps.
Workshop in Bara village on solid waste management
Harriri school workshop on solid waste management
Phoenix School collecting Caps project

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

- strengthening the cooperation between civil scoeity in Lebanon and ALf netowrk;
- emphaisze the importance and work of cliamte chaneg NGO insied the netwprk;
- contirbute to the Foundation’s programmes and projects. 

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

 
we are already founders of the Mediterranean youth climate network, a regional network on climate change. we believe in the importance of regional network in strengthening cooperation and learning experiences. Anna Lindh Foundation is a very known network in the region that include NGOs from different background in the same place.  
 

Additional Information
Contact (1) Full Name
Nouhad Awwad
Job Title
national coordinator
Head of the organisation
Nouhad Awwad

ARRAWI

National Network
Lebanon
Address

Ain Enoub Aley Casa
Wajih Humaydan Building
Ain Enoub
Lebanon

Telephone
009613717534
Telephone (other)
0033616304985
E-Mail
culture@arrawiculture.com
E-Mail (2)
arrawilebanon@gmail.com
E-Mail (3)
imanhumaydan@gmail.com
Mobile Phone
+961-3-717534
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2009
Fields of Activity
  1. International/Cultural relations
  2. Others
  3. Youth and education
General Information

ARRAWI aims at supporting culture  and literature mainly among the youth. It is a non profit personal based center that works for encouraging the youth to write and express their ideas and to stand facing censorship and silence. As mentioned ARRAWI is a personal initiative founded by the writer Iman Humaydan. Within Arrawi Iman Humaydan organizes creative writing workshops in Lebanon and Europe in collaboration with universities and cultural centers. In each project Humaydan works with different persons based upon the nature of the project. Partners are Pen Lebanon, Cite Des Arts in Paris, Atelier Mondial in Basel, and university Paris 8 in France. Arrawi had different sources of funding. At present ARRAWI is applying for a writer in residence project in Beirut and Paris to be funded by 1001 titles  project in Sharjah.

Mission and Objectives

Support the youth in bringing them nearer to cultural life and mainly to literature.

Main Projects / Activities

Creative writing workshops.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

By exchange of experience and ideas.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

To be a part of a larger family. To live in diversity that surely enriches any experience.

Contact (1) Full Name
Iman Humaydan
Job Title
Owner and Directer
Head of the organisation
Iman Humaydan

Arrawi for Culture and Development

National Network
Lebanon
Address

‎51, Abdel Hadi street, Fern el Hayek, Achrafieh
Beirut 1100
Lebanon

Telephone
‎+961-3-717534 ‎
Fax
‎+961-1-323234‎
E-Mail
imanhumaydan@yahoo.com
Organisation Type
Private Company
Year of Establishment
2008
Fields of Activity
  1. Gender
General Information

there are only 3 persons in the center. AS it has recently started its activity, its budget is mainly based upon voluntary action and donors. Thus its budget has not been finalized yet. in 2009, it had a very modest budget for activity projects of around 8000$. The people working in the center are part timers and are volunteers. The concrete projects are mainly in the peripheric areas in order to promote culture in areas where the residents do not have an access to the main stream culture in the capital Beirut. In July 2009, Arrawi participated with the public library in Aley in a photography workshop under the theme: cultural, ecological, and architectural patrimony in Aley cluster. The workshop will be followed by a exposition of photos taken by the young students themselves.The exposition is going to take place with the collaboration of Aley club and Municipality of Aley. The second activity is a book festival with the collaboration of La maison de livre along with Women Youth Assembly in Aley, Aley Club and the cultural center in Hermel. This project is funded by ARCI, the Italian association. The third activity, is a long workshop on creative writing with the collaboration of the public library in Aley and Women Youth. Assembly of Aley. Arrawi got a funding from the Lebanese ministry of culture to do a part of this workshop. Arrawi is still trying to find a funding to cover the whole activities that start October 2009 and end March 2010 in Aley.

Mission and Objectives

The mission of Arrawi is to decentralize culture and to establish cultural dialogue locally and internationally. The marginal areas in Lebanon suffer from total absence of cultural activities. Arrawi aims at supporting cultural and artistic activities in peripheric areas such as Aley and Hermel. It also aims at presenting the Lebanese, Arab and Mediterranean writers to the world. It works for establishing a permanent center for creative writing aimed at the youth, mainly young women in Lebanon and the Arab world.

Main Projects / Activities

All the activities of Arrawi are under the title General Information. Please read above.

Contact (1) Full Name
Ms. Iman Humaydan
Head of the organisation
Ms. Iman Humaydan

Art In Motion

National Network
Lebanon
Address

Achrafieh, Shehadeh street, Jardin de Tabaris Bldg., Bloc A, 5th Floor
Beirut
Lebanon

Telephone
+961-3-337336
E-Mail
rania.halawi@art-inmotion.org
E-Mail (2)
rania.tabbara@art-inmotion.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2015
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
General Information
Art In Motion is a cultural NGO with main aim to make Art accessible to all by moving Art to Public spaces. We are 5 persons on the board, from different backgrounds, with all having the conviction that Art could change the world. We have so far more than 20 persons supporting us in terms of connections, PR and their knowledge. Our main source of income is from friends, from the memberships and the fundings from sponsors and other organizations, but unfortunately not from governmental organizations. We will be starting by having 1 event next year, which will be a huge event that we are considering to make it travel to other countries if all goes as planned. We have just started working on this event, and I am attaching for you the presentation of the project and should you be interested, will be sending you later Artist Portfolio (that is not yet completed), for your review.
Mission and Objectives

MISSION STATEMENT
• AIM is a group of individuals engaged in the art scene that seeks to make art accessible by moving it to spaces encountered in everyday life.
• AIM’s mission is to reach Lebanese from different socio-economic backgrounds through visual and performance arts, and to reinforce art as a medium of empowerment, exchange and dialogue within Lebanon, the region and abroad.
VISION
• To promote art as the uniting force in society and to enable it to generate conversations and dialogues across myriad boundaries include socio-economic, cultural and geographic.
GOALS
• To revitalize public spaces through art exhibitions, cultural events and networking platforms;
• To integrate art into public discussion and debate, and to advocate for art as an integral part of national policies;
• To promote and facilitate cultural exchange (programs), both within the country and abroad, through workshops and seminars;
• To run and deliver art projects, which showcase the achievements of the local national, regional and international art scene

Main Projects / Activities

Date:
October 5-12, 2016
 
Venue:
Sanayeh Garden, Beirut Lebanon
 
Concept:
Dialogue between MENA and International Contemporary Artists.
Title:
Resistance and Persistence
 
Curators:
Art in Motion / Valerie Reinhold (redprint:dna discover new art)
 
Organizers:
Art in Motion
 
Mission:
To promote Contemporary Art in Lebanon and to make it accessible by moving Art into public spaces.
To build an exchange and a dialogue between Contemporary Artists from the MENA region and International Contemporary Artists.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

By beleiving that Art is an International language, and by making it accessible to everyone and not only the Elite, we will be educating people of the beauty and importance of having Art encountered in their everyday life.
 

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We would like to join ALF as we beleive that we could make a difference, both on the local and International level.

Contact (1) Full Name
Ms. Rania Halawi
Job Title
Founder
Head of the organisation
Ms. Rania Halawi / Ms. Rania Tabbara
Contact (2) Full Name
Ms. Rania Tabbara
Job Title (2)
Founder

Arts & Communication Dept. - (Lebanese American University)

National Network
Lebanon
Address

Lebanese American University, Chouran 135053
Beirut
Lebanon

Telephone
00961 1 811 964 , ext. 1272
Telephone (other)
00961 3 791314, ext. 1401
Fax
00961 1 867 098
E-Mail
petzy.hage@gmail.com
Mobile Phone
00961 3 805 952
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
1923
Fields of Activity
  1. Media
General Information
This is a full department at the Lebanese American University, employing 5 full-time faulty members, and more than 12 part-timers. In addition, the department employs 6 full-time staff members. The funding is allocated by the university. Funding for the university comes from tuition and gifts. LAU is a non-profit university overseen by a Board of Trustees based in New York, with a yearly turnover averaging 65 million euros.
Mission and Objectives

The arts & Communication Department has as its mission to offer a program of studies in different aspects of media, including a major in Communication Arts with emphases in journalism, film/tv, and theater. It prepares students to enter a career in media and to pursue graduate studies in related areas.

Main Projects / Activities

Over 60 course offering a year, catering to about about 150 students majoring in Communication Arts, in addition courses offered to the university at large. The department also organizes student and faculty productions and oversees the publication of the student newspaper, among other things.

Contact (1) Full Name
Dr. Ramez Maluf
Head of the organisation
Dr. Raed Mohsen, Chairperson
Contact (2) Full Name
Dr. Mona Knio

ASALA Publishers

National Network
Lebanon
Address

Al-Nour Bldg., Al-Safarrat street, Bir Hassan, Beirut
Beirut
Lebanon

Telephone
+961-3-708419
E-Mail
skreidieh@asalapublishers.com
E-Mail (2)
asala_publishers@yahoo.com
Organisation Type
Private Company
Year of Establishment
1998
Fields of Activity
  1. International/Cultural relations
  2. Youth and education
General Information

Mother company is Dar Annahda Alarabiya Have around 6 employees and share others with the mother company Budget comes from the sales that we do during the year and it is increasing yearly by 25-50% Self funded Work on publishing books and other resources. We exchange copyrights Participate in several seminars Consultant in the ministry of culture (comity of books and reading) Invited to international book fairs (third time this year Frankfurt & London) We have been funded by the Goethe institute to print several books Partners: several organizations نشأتنا إن أصالة للنشر والتوزيع كفرع من دار النهضة العربية التي تعتبر المؤسسة الأم. تأسست دار النهضة العربية في العام 1964 على يد المرحوم مصطفى كريدية، وكرست نشاطها منذ ذلك الوقت في مجال النشر الاكاديمي الجامعي على الصعيدين المحلي والعربي.في العام 1999 أسست " اصالة للنشر والتوزيع" وخصصت لنشر قصص الاطفال، ولدى أصالة الآن أكثر من600 عنوان.

Mission and Objectives

Encouraging children’s love for reading and learning in the Arabic language through using simplified Arabic language and beautiful attractive drawing and colors. Keeping up with their educational needs throughout different stages. Enabling a large number of our children to receive our books through careful pricing strategy Improving the quality of children books ? Working with several international and national organizations أهدافنا منذ انطلاقتها، تحرص "اصالة" على اصدار قصصها وفق احدث تقنيات الطباعة والاخراج، وترمي بسياستها إلى تحقيق ثلاثة أهداف: أولاً: تشويق الاطفال للقراءة باللغة العربية وتحبيبهم بها وبالتالي تلبية رغبة الطفل في الاستمتاع  بالمطالعة عبر نص سهل ورسومات  جميلة . ثانياً:  مواكبة حاجاته التربوية والتعليمية في مختلف المراحل المدرسية . ثالثاً: تمكين اكبر شريحة من اطفالنا من الحصول على قصصنا وذلك بعد دراسة متأنية للاسعار بحيث تكون بمتناول الجميع.

Main Projects / Activities

Publishing children books in Arabic Doing workshops for teachers on how to use the books Organizing book signature and reading sessions for the kids Participating in national, Arabic, and international book fair Selling and buying book rights Participate in the national reading week Using new marketing and promotional techniques Speak and be part of different panels in book fairs and in workshops سياستنا في النشر قصصنا موجهة  إلى الطفل العربي في جميع الاقطار العربية، بحيث تقدم له افكاراً جديدة تنبع من صميم بيئته وتراثه العربيين . إن قصص أصالة للنشر والتوزيع حصلت على جوائز لبنانية، عربية، وعالمية عدة منها: جائزة آنّا ليند لأدب الأطفال جائزة النادي الثقافي العربي لأفضل إنتاج 2001   جائزة عبد الحميد شومان 2006 الجائزة الأولى لأفضل إخراج في معرض بيروت العربي 49  للكتاب جائزة أفضل كتاب 2006 الهيئة الوطنية للطفل اللبناني قصص ضمن لائحة الشرف  لمؤسسة الآنا ليند 2009 قصص ضمن لائحة الشرف 2006 الهيئة العالمية لكتاب الأولاد جائزة الكتاب الألماني للناشئين جائزة أفضل كتاب مترجم 2009 الهيئة العالمية لكتاب الأولاد تنويه بالكتاب  2009 مكتبة السبيل جائزة أفضل إنتاج 2009 الهيئة العالمية لكتب الأولاد جائزة الآنا ليند 2010 جائزة آنا ليند أقرأ في كل مكان 2011 جائزة شرفية آنا ليند أقرأ في كل مكان جائزة (كتابي) ضمن مشروع (عربي21) لعام 2013 جائزة أفضل إخراج (اتصالات) 2013 جائزة الشارقة لكتاب الطفل 2014 عن الفئة 3-5 سنوات جائزة الأولى لأفضل إخراج في معرض بيروت العربي" 58"  للكتاب 2014 جائزة الملتقى العربي لكتب الأطفال الرتبة الثالثة 2014 جائزة الشارقة لكتاب الطفل 2014 عن الفئة 6-8 سنوات جائزة (كتابي) ضمن مشروع (عربي21) لعام 2015 جائزة الملتقى العربي لناشري لكتب الأطفال 2015 جائزة خليفة التّربويّة 2015 جائزة التّميّز في فئة الإبداعات التربوية ضمن مجال التأليف التربوي للطّفل على مستوى الوطن العربي بالإضافة إلى وجود فريق تربوي متخصص يشرف على صياغة  النصوص وعملية النشر.

Contact (1) Full Name
Mrs. Shereen Kreidieh
Job Title
General manager
Head of the organisation
Dr. Shereen Kreidieh

Ashkal Alwan - The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts

National Network
Lebanon
Address

Jisr el Wati, street 90, Bldg. 110, 1st foor
Beirut
Lebanon

Telephone
+961-1-423879
E-Mail
christine@ashkalalwan.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1994
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
General Information
The Ashkal Alwan team is comprised of 3 full-time employees and 1 part-timer. Furthermore the association has an It-consultant, web-master, editors, accountant, lawyer and cleaning personal. Ashkal Alwan collaborates with a number of partners in relation to our programs and events. Among our partners are Metropolis Art Cinema, Zico house, Beirut Art Center and many more. Ashkal Alwan has a strong international network with other institutions internationally among those are the Townhouse Gallery in Cairo and Platform Garanti in Istanbul. Ashkal Alwan is funded by the Ford Foundation, the Heinrich Boll Foundation and the Foundation for Arts Initiatives.
Mission and Objectives

The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts, Ashkal Alwan is a non-profit organization based in Beirut, Lebanon. Over the past 15 years, the association has been committed to the production, facilitation and diffusion of artistic practices across a range of disciplines and media, such as installation, video art, film, photography, performance and written works, and to the documentation and compilation of an archival record of contemporary intellectual and creative endeavors. Ashkal Alwan’s program includes the Home Works Forum on Cultural Practices, curated projects in Lebanon and abroad, producing literary and artistic books and publications, artists in residency programs, art production grants and compiling its own library and archive.

Main Projects / Activities

Home Works Forum Artist-in-Residency Program The Research Archive Hub Publishing Video Works and the Production Grants and Commissions Curating The Home Works Academy www.ashkalalwan.org

Contact (1) Full Name
Ms. Christine Tohme
Job Title
Director
Head of the organisation
Ms. Christine Tohme

ASSABIL

National Network
Lebanon
Address

Naoura Bldg., Mohammad el-Hout street, Ras el Nabeh, Beirut
Beirut 1106
Lebanon

Telephone
+961-1-664647
E-Mail
ali.assabil@gmail.com
E-Mail (2)
ali.sabbagh@assabil.com
Mobile Phone
+961-3-398033
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2000
Fields of Activity
  1. Others
General Information

1- ASSABIL is a nongovernmental organization that is managed by a seven-member Administrative Committee. It has a three-person paid staff : a director and two assistants. 2- The 2005-06 budget is approx 250 million Lebanese Pounds. 3- Regional Council of Ile de France (CRIF), Heinrich Böll Foundation, Open Society Institute, Ford Foundation, Lebanese Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR), etc. 4- We manage Beirut’s two municipal public libraries; organize training sessions; distribute books; host cultural and educational activites; provide consultancy services; etc 5- We work with public libraries, schools, NGOs, governments, private individuals, funders, etc.

Mission and Objectives

Assabil is a Lebanese nongovernmental organization (NGO) that has been working since January 1997 to promote the development of public libraries in Lebanon. Our mission is to establish public libraries; organize events around books; write and publish reader guides, children’s books, and educational games; produce audio-visual materials to encourage an appreciation of books and reading among parents and children; and set up mobile libraries in schools. In addition to providing access to information, we seek to establish public spaces—places where people from different socioeconomic, religious, and sectarian groups are encouraged to come together.

Main Projects / Activities

Assabil opened Beirut’s first municipal public library in February 2001, established Beirut’s second municipal public library in November 2004, has distributed more than 100,000 books to public libraries and schools throughout Lebanon, organizes activities at libraries, conducts training sessions for those who work in libraries, and has been asked by the Municipality of Beirut to establish an additional ten municipal public libraries in Beirut. Assabil also coordinates a network of more than 25 public libraries in Lebanon that includes a library for the blind and an association that brings the benefits of a public library to children in hospitals.

Contact (1) Full Name
Ali Sabbagh
Job Title
Executive Coordinator
Head of the organisation
Ali Sabbagh