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Peace Education in Lebanon: A Case Study in the University Context
“Research is meant to be disseminated far and wide and not to be shackled by copyright restrictions that benefit nobody except the coffers of publishing houses” (Mark Bridge) Announcing the publication of my paper ‘Peace Education in Lebanon: A Case Study in the University Context’ in the refereed International Journal of Arts and Sciences, Volume…
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The Importance of General Knowledge
AUD’s Dr. Pamela Chrabieh presents at several conferences in Lebanon 06/01/2016 General Knowledge, as explained by Dr. Pamela Chrabieh, Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at AUD, is the progressive building of one’s knowledge in diverse areas of knowledge production through multiple means and channels, including reading, traveling, watching movies, listening to music, socializing, cooking…
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AUD Professor Leads Discussion on Religion-State Relations in the Middle East
Dr. Pamela Chrabieh talks democracy, democratic institutions, citizenship and advocacy Dr. Pamela Chrabieh, Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at AUD and a member of the Christian Academic Forum for Citizenship in the Arab World (CAFCAW) Executive Committee, met her peers during a workshop on Lebanese Youth and Citizenship held in Beirut recently. Dr. Chrabieh…
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My ‘Go Home!’ Movie Review
‘Go Home’ by Lebanese director Jihane Chouaib is a powerful statement about the difficulty that many members of the Lebanese diaspora face when they go back to their homeland, with a particular focus on war memory, post-traumatic syndrome disorders and identity crisis. I watched the movie two days ago at the Dubai Film Festival and…
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Voices Against Violence. Voices for Peace
I launched the “Peace Art in Dubai” Online Exhibition almost a year ago. There are so far 100+ published artworks about Islam and Peace, produced by my students at the American University in Dubai, from poetry to architecture, calligraphy, digital art, cartoons, videos, etc. Sub-themes include but are not restricted to: deconstructing stereotypes, women’s rights,…
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My Peace Education (Japan)
Academic Virtual presentation about my pedagogical approach and my research in three Lebanese universities from 2007 till 2014. The 7th Asian Conference on Education, Art Center of Kobe, Kobe, Japan Wednesday, October 21 – Sunday, October 25, 2015 http://iafor.org/conferences/ace2015/ This virtual presentation is published here: Conference Programme – View on issuu via a web browser:…
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One Coffee Bean at a Time
I was born and raised in a war zone, where the culture of war prevailed – and still is -, along with sectarianism, State paralysis, militias’ laws, negative media propaganda, hatred, conflictual identities, etc. I spent enough time in shelters or in displacement. I avoided snipers and land mines. I faced the destruction of our…
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Innovation Week: The Diplomacy of the Dish – Culinary Festival
Source: American University in Dubai News AUD Faculty, students and staff who are interested in learning about the cultural diversity of the Southwestern Asian and North African regions through food, as well as in having a visceral experience of the unknown/ inexperienced while participating in an intercultural dialogic platform, are invited to attend one of…