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Achrafieh, Independence street, Habis Bldg., 1st floor
Beirut 1100
لبنان
Maqamat Theatre Dance aims at establishing a platform for innovation, experimentation, and continuous development of contemporary dance culture, in Lebanon and the Region. Through introducing new ideas and concepts of dance and ''the body'', the company anticipates a new phase of artistic and social productivity, creativity, modernization, and free expression.
The artistic and cultural activities organised by Maqamat are divided into three categories. Firstly, artistic and creative dance performances, events and collaborative projects. Secondly, Project Zero, a development work project targeting young dancers/choreographers and supporting these artists through funding and organising artistic dance residences, workshops, lectures, and meeting. Thirdly, organising an annual contemporary dance festival, BIPOD (Beirut International Platform of Dance).
Hamra, Souraty street, Shartouni building, 7th floor, Apartment 36 & 37
Beirut 01135979
لبنان
Masar has 7 staff members divided across 3 units: Management, Administration, and Programs. In 2022, Masar’s budgetary resources were 234,592.09 USD. In 2021, budgetary resources were 658,448.96 USD.
Some of our donors over the past few years have been the Asfari Foundation, The National Council of Swedish Youth Organizations (LSU), UNICEF, Swiss Embassy in Lebanon, and Norwegian Embassy in Lebanon, among others.
Our modalities of action are concrete projects spanning awareness and outreach activities, advocacy meetings and campaigning.
The main partners involved in our modalities of action are youth initiatives from all over the country, youth NGOs and political groups, and Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
Masar Association was founded in 2005 with the aim of contributing to local and national development processes and the advancement of society. Masar operates at the community and policy levels, enabling wide access to information and emphasizing empowerment and advocacy as cross-cutting approaches. We envision a secular and inclusive State where every human being is actively engaged, enjoys public freedoms, and where the rule of law is respected and abided by.
Masar has three programs: Youth for Community Development (YCD), Youth Policy & Governance (YPG), Rights for Palestinians in Lebanon (RPL). Any project/activity needs to fall under one of these programs. Some of our latest projects are: “The Provision of Economic, Social and Legal Protection & Security for Palestinian Nurses at the Workplace in Lebanon” project in partnership with the Swiss Embassy in Lebanon; “Youth Citizens of Today” project, in partnership with UNICEF; “Advocating a National Youth Policy” in partnership with The National Council of Swedish Youth Organizations (LSU).
Masar has extensive experience in community mobilization, and in networking among diverse groups over specific issues and causes. It has created and acted as the Secretariat of the “Youth Forum for Youth Policy” that gathers youth from across the different colors of the Lebanese political spectrum to advocate collectively a youth policy, and “Qindeel – The Network of Palestinian Nurses in Lebanon” that gathers Palestinian nurses from across Lebanon to advocate their rights at the workplace in Lebanon. Masar can share best practices in networking and in forging win- win scenarios based on concrete experience.
Masar association is interested to join ALF Network to reach out to new partners and opportunities and expand its work with youth, adding new dimensions to it. Masar is interested in particular to enhance its work on intercultural dialogue which is highly needed in Lebanon and the MENA region, and even beyond, which would strengthen citizenship practices and social cohesion.
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132 California street, Kronfol Bldg., Ras Beirut
Beirut 1103
لبنان
Mashallah News is a new online platform for the Arab world, Turkey, and Iran, that is collective, independent, grass-root, dynamic and cross-cultural. The perspective is social and cultural and the project aims to describe events, circumstances and developments in the daily life of people in the region. Mashallah News tells stories that have important societal implications, artistic value, cultural bearing and regional and global dimensions. The core of Mashallah News is an engagement with contemporary societal change and cultural developments. We believe that Middle Eastern cities are dynamic places, rich with stories that rarely make it to conventional media. Mainstream news coverage of the Middle East is largely focused on geopolitics, something that creates a single-minded conception of the region. Mashallah News aims to describe a different side, and sets out to move beyond narrow categories and such single-minded focus.
Mashallah News has a regional and urban outlook and publishes stories, articles and visuals describing life, society and change. Fourteen cities are covered at the moment but Mashallah News aims to gather writers from all major urban centers between the Moroccan coast and the Iranian shores. Since the start, we have published more than 100 articles, video reports and photo essays from places like Cairo, Jeddah, Istanbul, Ramallah, Algiers and Beirut. This way, the platform contributes to both cross-cultural understanding and inter-regional connections, and to the creation of a new, independent and people-focused media outlook.
Mtayleb, Bldg. 660, Lot 15
Metn 2426
لبنان
Masrah Ensemble is a nonprofit theatre company and organization that aims to reconfigure audiences and to encourage transcendent, riveting theatre. The Ensemble also aims to cultivate new talent from the margins, to champion artistic and cultural exchange, and to challenge prevailing ideas of what theatre should be, where it should take place, and to whom it belongs.
Masrah Ensemble pursues its mission by making and developing formal and informal performances (usually presented free of charge), by conceiving and implementing projects embedded in and emerging from activist networks and spaces, and by initiating radical education initiatives that aspire to artistic excellence. Furthermore, our strategies include prioritizing translation and literacy, creating new axes of exchange and unprecedented collaborations, and fostering research and criticism of theatre that is engaged with the public sphere, with the life of the street, with both contemporary and historical narratives.
Highlights of our work since inception include a three-month Amharic-Arabic-English theatre festival with audiences and artists of socio-economic diversity in performances of works-in-progress in Beirut and New York. Last year, we also produced a two-month playwright residency program to develop new Arabic drama (first initiative of its kind in the Middle East) in collaboration with theatre makers in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon.
In 2013, we presented an Arabic-English production of Mud (1982) by María Irene Fornés in a salvaged, derelict Ottoman mansion, presenting more than a dozen free performances to audiences of migrant workers and standard Beirut theatregoers. We have conducted workshops with preteen Syrian refugees in Lebanon and college students in the United States and performed staged readings of plays in Arabic, English, French, and Amharic. The organization launched in 2012 with an international educational and artistic theatre series around the book Doomed by Hope: Essays on Arab Theatre (Pluto Press) in Lebanon, United States, The Netherlands, and Australia.
Masrah Ensemble can facilitate collaborations between artistic and cultural organizations and activist institutions serving minority groups such as migrant workers and refugees.
We can also advise members of the network on international collaborations and exchange as well as publications and translation intiatives.
We woudl like to join the ALF Network in order to particpate in a Euro-Mediterannean movement of civil society and cultural activism and also to apply to grants in order to further such initiatives.
Caracas st. Garnet bldg. 1st Fl.
Zalak 55511966
لبنان
MEADOWS - Mediterranean Endeavors Advancing Development Of Widespread Sustainability, founded in Beirut registration No 229/AD is an International ngo with representations in 5 continents. Its headquarters is in Beirut - Lebanon, and consists of 22 volunteer members. It gets personal funding mainly from its board members, international patrons and project partners.
MEADOWS engages in programs collaborating with the governmental and non-governmental sectors, as well as with all kinds of specialized international organizations by organizing seminars, exhibitions, and orientation programs within the cultural and sustainable development realms. MEADOWS ngo has over the years grown and spread with its regional and national representations worldwide creating a network engaged in cultural dialogue through a wide spectrum of cultural and social activities that promote art, free outside the box thinking, art therapy, awareness to the importance of safeguarding the environment, social activities in collaboration with talented and established artists worldwide, using the arts as one of its major tools.
Art Therapy workshops & TOT for trauma victims (2007-present) Organizing & curating International Art Exhibitions & Biennials in Venice-2018-20-22, Civitanova-Novara-Verbania, Louvre-2017-18 Paris, Miami-2017, Tijuana-Mexico 2019-21, Jakarta-Bali 2010-12-13-15-16-18, Beijing-Shanghai-Hubei-Dafen-Changzhou-2008-10-12-13-14-15-17-19 China, Palma de Majorca 1997, Dhaka-2015-17-19-22, Mamaia, Constanta- Cluj 2015-16-18, UAE 2016, Sarajevo-Banjaluka-2004-06-08-10, Beirut-Sidon 2003-07-10-14-18-19-20-21, Barcelona 2015, Jollabuk do 2012 S. Korea. Partners: UNESCO Beirut office, European Cultural Centre, Paint Pals-Art Reach-USA, SNBA-Paris, FAM ngo Greece, CETYS University Mexico, AmericanUniv-Beirut, DAK University- NABAD , AMEL ngo, St. George Hospital, CMC Hosptl affiliated with Johns Hopkins, One Design Lebanon, RestArt Beirut, Hamazkain ngo, Beirut & BH Municipalities
Caracas st. Garnet bldg. 1st Fl.
Zalka 55511966
لبنان
MEADOWS - Mediterranean Endeavors Advancing Development Of Widespread Sustainability, founded in Beirut registration No 229/AD is an International ngo with representations in 5 continents.
Its headquarters is in Beirut - Lebanon, and consists of 22 volunteer members. It gets personal funding mainly from its board members, international patrons and project partners.
Main projects: Art Therapy workshops & TOT for trauma victims (2007-present)
Organizing & curating International Art Exhibitions & Biennials in Venice-2018-20-22, Civitanova-Novara-Verbania, Louvre-2017-18 Paris, Miami-2017, Tijuana-Mexico 2019-21, Jakarta-Bali 2010-12-13-15-16-18, Beijing-Shanghai-Hubei-Dafen-Changzhou-2008-10-12-13-14-15-17-19 China, Palma de Majorca 1997, Dhaka-2015-17-19-22, Mamaia, Constanta- Cluj 2015-16-18, UAE 2016, Sarajevo-Banjaluka-2004-06-08-10, Beirut-Sidon 2003-07-10-14-18-19-20-21, Barcelona 2015, Jollabuk do 2012 S. Korea.
Partners: UNESCO Beirut office, European Cultural Centre, Paint Pals-Art Reach-USA, SNBA-Paris, FAM ngo Greece, CETYS University Mexico, American University of Beirut, DAK University- NABAD , AMEL ngo, St. George Hospital, CMC Hospital affiliated with Johns Hopkins, One Design Lebanon, RestArt Beirut, Hamazkain ngo, Beirut, Bourj Hamoud & Sidon Municipalities, Ancol Sea Resort, Jakarta Indonesia, Jimbaran Hub Bali, Indonesia, Civitanova municipality, Italy, Cluj Art Museum, Napoka Romania, Hubei Cultural Center, China, Joelbuk Do Municipality, S. Korea, Sarajevo & Banja Luka Municipalities, Bosnia & Herzegovina
MEADOWS engages in programs collaborating with the governmental and non-governmental sectors, as well as with all kinds of specialized international institutions by organizing seminars, exhibitions, and orientation programs within the cultural and sustainable development realms.
MEADOWS ngo has over the years grown and spread with its regional and international representations worldwide creating a network engaged in cultural dialogue through a wide spectrum of cultural and social activities that promote art, free outside the box thinking, art therapy, awareness to the importance of safeguarding the environment, social activities in collaboration with talented and established artists worldwide, using the arts as one of its major tools.
MEADOWS has been engaged in indirect communal therapy projects both applied indoors and outdoors, by creating a visual environment that has a positive impact on the viewers and indirectly contributing to lowering anxiety levels. Examples of indoors projects are the artwork furnishing of Hospitals in many countries e.g. The CMC - Clemenceau Medical Center affiliated with John Hopkins in Beirut, Dubai and Riyadh. The Bellevue Medical Center, many medical facilities and clinics. As for examples of outdoors projects, The Embellishment project of the Ain Mreisse, Avenue de Paris Corniche Waterfront ornamented with colorful ceramic benches stretching over 3 km. Similarly creation of visually appealing landmarks along public walkways, gardens, in the form of monuments, murals inside and outside tunnels all using colorful cut ceramics thus impacting the general public while walking, jogging or driving by with a visually pleasing elements that has an indirect effect of calming and relaxation. The direct method is through the application of Art Therapy program through workshops for people from all walks of life covering professionals, millennials, social workers, war traumatized children, teenagers and schools children. A program that has helped relieve the anxiety of thousands of people that followed the program. Having extensive presentations, talks about the relationship between city embellishment and Art Therapy and the different methodologies developed and implemented over the years through our team of experts in the field.
Organization and curating of Art exhibitions, as well as participation through MEADOWS in international Biennales, Salons and exhibitions through providing a platform for established and emerging artists to have the exposure internationally.
Through the implementation of joint cultural and artistic projects with ALF would have a positive impact on the Lebanese social fabric and promote the concept of sustainable development championed by MEADOWS.
Joining a reputable international organization like ALF would certainly enhance the credibility of our ngo both locally and internationally. Similarly the exchange of expertise would, without any doubt enhance many aspects of collaboration and improve our performance and broaden our horizon in all the fields of mutual interest.
San Antonios road
Chnanir
لبنان
Mission:
The Mediterranean Design Organization is a non-profit organization established in 2009 in the city of Beirut, Lebanon. Its mission aims at the contribution to the integrated development of the Mediterranean Sea region through a design-led arts and crafts methodology. MeDO concentrates on innovative activities compatible with the environment and the preservation of the cultural heritage of this region. MeDO focuses on a multidisciplinary approach through design, arts and crafts it also encourages research and entrepreneurship.
Objectives
The founding objectives of MeDO are:
- The support of the Design-led Arts and Crafts professions in the region.
- The promotion of the preservation of cultural heritage of the eastern Mediterranean region.
- The promotion of research activities in the fields of Design, Arts and Crafts.
- The promotion of advanced communication networks through the use of new technologies in the areas of creativity, innovation, design development and entrepreneurship.
- The promotion of design-built methodology, technology, ecology and nature science as the rational for exploitation of the natural and human resources in the region.
- The promotion of multidisciplinary educational methods aiming at exploring and developing new design areas.
- The promotion of inter-exchanging skills that consist in the creation of new programs to encourage design and art mobility across the Mediterranean countries.
- The promotion of sustainable design environments that aim at enhancing socio-economical growth in the region.
- The promotion of a new Apprenticeship method as a means of educating under privileged people.
- The promotion of partnership in design research and entrepreneurship amongst the Mediterranean cross border countries.
- The promotion of continuing education programs in the different Design, Arts and Crafts disciplines.
ACTIVITIES:
Main Streams:
1- Marketing
2- Academia
3- Projects
4- Data base
Aspirations:
- Creation of a Design-led arts and crafts production center.
- Promote Arts and Crafts exhibitions.
- Creation of an Arts and Crafts school of Apprenticeship
- Arts and Crafts incubators and entrepreneurship.
RESEARCH CENTRE
Research topics:
- Phoenician Arts and Crafts: Investigation of the path and
the network established by the Phoenicians in the Mediterranean Sea.
Search the Partnership intends to rediscover what lead the Phoenician to travel in the Mediterranean and research the aspect of their endeavor. Emphasis on the Phoenician alphabet, and arts and crafts.
- Revival of the Lebanese tradition and cultural heritage.
- Lebanon: a society’s sustainable life style.
- Arts and Crafts in Lebanon.
- Design society in Lebanon.
- Design Entrepreneurship: A new profession?
- Research and methodology in Design.
- Research and Methodology for designers in the Mediterranean.
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