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Outlook Arabic Supplement
Outlook is now recruiting new writers for its Arabic supplement. Those
interested should contact Outlook at
maa121@aub.edu.lb
AUB Yoga
Club welcomes new and old members to tone, de-stress, concentrate,
harmonize and become more flexible. Join us on Wednesday at 4 pm and
Friday at 3 pm. Location: Mary Dodge Hall, Murex Dorms.
Do
you have old Photographs?
Are they stored away somewhere collecting dust? Donate them to the
Arab Image Foundation (AIF)
The photographs you donate to the Arab Image Foundation will remain in
your name and we will provide prints in place of the images you loan us.
We will make sure your collection is preserved for the future
generations and will make it accessible through our on-line database and
other activities we initiate.
The Arab Image Foundation is a not-for-profit organization established
in 1997 in Beirut by a group of leading photographers and filmmakers.
AIF’s mission is to preserve and promote the photographic heritage of
the Middle East and Arab world. Its objective is to locate, collect,
preserve, interpret, exhibit, publish and disseminate the Arab
photographic treasures by making its collection accessible and
generating a series of activities.
To date AIF’s collection has grown to include 150,000 photographs from
Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Iraq, Iran, Senegal,
Argentina and Mexico covering a period of over 100 years of photography
from 1860 through 1980. The collection is unique in its kind, being
exclusively composed of photographs produced by resident photographers
of the region. It represents the sole effort to document the
modernizing of the Arab world and the photographic practices in the
region. AIF is committed to the collection and preservation of this
heritage that is at serious risk of disappearing.
AIF makes its collection available to the public through diverse
channels including publications, films, exhibitions and a free access
online database. The database is an important reference and tool for
researchers, scholars, artists, journalists and the general public.
To find out more and view our already existing collection visit our
website http://www.fai.org.lb
If you
are interested in contributing negatives/photographs contact us the Arab
Image Foundation at 01 362 373 or
info@fai.org.lb
Off
Campus Events:
Jan. 26 to Feb. 28 - Agial Art Gallery, 63 Abdel Aziz Street, Beirut
* Art exhibition of Mohammad Omar Khalil. You can have a preview of the
show on Agial website: www.agialart.com
Thursday Feb. 16, 5:00 pm – Near East School of Theology (NEST)
* Public lecture by Najib Awad, (M. Phil. – King’s College, London):
“Religious Inclusivism, Universal Salvation and the Holy Spirit”. All
are welcome.
Monday Feb. 20, 8:30 pm – Irwin Hall, LAU Beirut Campus
* Concert by Charbel Rouhana. Tickets: 15,000 L.L., 30,000 L.L.
Organized by LAU – Alumni Association Beirut Chapter.
Feb. 23, 24, 25, 26, 8:30 pm- Sunflower Center Avenue Sami Solh Tel:
01-381290
* Jinaynat Assanayeh, directed by Roger Assaf.
Friday 24, 6:00 pm - Haigazian University Auditorium, Kantari
* Lecture by Dr. Martin Accad (Academic Dean, Arab Baptist Theological
Seminary): "The Gospels as Read by Muslims". Organized by the Cultural
Hour.
Coming
soon: The Arab Thought Foundation is preparing for the Third Education
Conference and the Second International Translation Conference to be
held in Beirut. The former is to be held from 24- 26 April 2006 and the
latter from 18- 20 September 2006. For more information call: 01-997100
– Fax: 01-997101, or visit the Foundation's website at:
http://www.arabthought.org
Physical Plant Help Desk Call 2015 or e-mail:
pphd@aub.edu.lb
Cover Photo Contest!
40th Anniversary MESA Bulletin
Announcing an opportunity to have YOUR photograph grace a front cover of
the MESA Bulletin,
40/1(June, 2006) or 40/2 (December, 2006)!
To enter the contest:
1. Send an original photograph (one photo per person, please), AND a
single-page essay discussing the significance of the photograph to
understanding the Middle East, or Middle East studies, or MESA, no later
than March 1, 2006.
2. Photographs must be black & white, with “portrait” (vertical)
orientation, in jpg format, 72 dpi, sized no more than 5x7. Please send
your photograph as an e-mail attachment to
bulletin@newpaltz.edu,
subject: Cover Photo Contest. Contest finalists will be expected to
submit a copy of the photograph in .tiff or similar format (300dpi).
3. All photographs and essays must be original, free of any and all
copyright restrictions, and must never have been published before. MESA
reserves the right to reproduce the photograph, publish it on the MESA
website, and use it for promotional purposes, without remuneration to
the photographer.
4. All entries will be judged for quality, originality and significance
by a panel of professional photographers and Middle East scholars. All
decisions are final.
5. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND ESSAYS: MARCH 1, 2006.
Al
Bustan Festival
Mostly Mozart
February 22 - March 26, 2006
February Program
Wednesday 22
Vienna Chamber Soloists
(Very Viennese)
Thursday 23
Sergey Khachatryan, violin
Luisine Khachatryan, piano
(Astonishing talents)
Friday 24
Linda Bustani, piano
From Mozart to Villa Lobos
(From Brazil to Beirut)
Saturday 25
The Swingle Singers
(A Cappella Amadeus)
Sunday 26 5:30 pm CRYSTAL GARDEN
Les Grooms
“La Flûte en Chantier”
(The flute under construction)
Monday 27
The Swingle Singers
(Swinging Mozart)
Tuesday 28 - ASSEMBLY HALL (AUB)
Linda and José Bustani, piano
The St Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra
Juri Gilbo, conductor
(Two pianos, an orchestra and a night in Beirut )
All performances start at 8:30 pm at Emile Bustani Auditorium unless
otherwise stated
Contact Us
We would like to hear from visitors to the Festival as well as guests
who have visited our site! e-mail us in London or in Beirut.
Festival Administration Office
P. O. Box 11-3764
Riad El Solh-Beirut 1107 2150
Lebanon
Telephone
+961-3-752000 (10 lines)
+961-4-972980/1/2
Fax
+961-4-972439
E-mail BEIRUT
festival@albustan-lb.com
or
Al Bustan Festival
Mail Box 343
56 Gloucester Road
London SW7 4UB
United Kingdom
Fax
+44-207-937 2633
E-mail LONDON
festival@albustan.co.uk
The
AUB Calendar is a semi-monthly publication, issued by the Office of
Information and Public Relations and covering extra-curricular
activities on AUB Campus. For information, contact Mrs. Hassana Tabbara,
Office of Information and Public Relations, Ada Dodge Hall, ext. 2670,
2671, tel: 01-353228, fax: 01-363234,
e-mail:information@aub.edu.lb or
ifkhoury@aub.edu.lb or
ht10@aub.edu.lb.
Pick up your AUB Calendar at your Department or at the following
locations: Office of Information and Public Relations, Post Office, AUH
Coffee Shop, Alumni Club, AUB Museum, Faculty Lounge (Ada Dodge Hall),
Visitors’ Bureau and via E-mail. To subscribe, just send a message to:
aub-calendar-request@aub.edu.lb with the word ”subscribe“ in the
body of the message. You can also view it on the World Wide Web at the
following URL: http://www.aub.edu.lb/
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