Projects

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To Parchim

The short film tackles questions of trauma, war and loss and the difficulty of finding a home in a strange country.
Forced-Disappearance-Leb

“Our right to know” On enforced disappearances

“Our right to know” On enforced disappearances: In cooperation with RLS Beirut, the “League for Citizenship” is organizing roundtables and workshops with the “Committee for the Families of the Kidnapped and the Disappeared”
Creative memory

The Creative Memory Of the Syrian Revolution

“The Creative Memory Of the Syrian Revolution”: This online project aims at documenting all forms of intellectual expression, both artistic and cultural, during the time of the Syrian revolution, by writing, recording, and collecting stories of the Syrian people, and the experiences through which they have regained meaning of their social, political, and cultural lives.

Journal of Labour

A bi-annual journal in Arabic exploring different topics and aspects of labor in Lebanon such as the public employment sector, the employment of foreigners in Lebanon, migrant domestic work, etc. The journal will be in published in Arabic by RLS Beirut Office.
Zyara

Zyara Webseries

Zyara presents an innovative and deeply personal approach to storytelling. These exceptionally moving web documentaries unlock the testimonies of individuals who have experienced and overcome a wide range of social challenges through courage, perseverance and resilience. They have a unique role to play in promoting social cohesion, underlining the qualities which people have in common rather than those which set them apart.

R.L.S

Organising for Social Justice- Migrant and Solidarity Movements

“Organising for Social Justice- Migrant and Solidarity Movements”: Exploring alternative possibilities of cross-border solidarity, care and support, this project's goal is to create a communications network between activist groups and initiatives of migrant and solidarity movements in Beirut, Athens and Berlin. It argues that through the exchange of knowledge and applied practices, these movements could hold the potential to transform the international status quo.
equality-before-law

Statelessness

“Statelessness”: One of RLS Beirut Office’s main tasks is to make statelessness visible and support counter measures. While on the one hand, we want to shed light on the topic in the context of our region (especially Lebanon and Iraq), we also approach the topic globally and cooperate with UNHCR in their campaign on “Ending statelessness”, as well as the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Southern Africa
Feminism in Crisis?

Feminism in Crisis? Gender and the Arab Public Sphere

“Feminism in Crisis? Gender and the Arab Public Sphere”: A conference on feminism and gender in the public sphere after the 2011 popular uprisings and subsequent civil wars, held at the American University of Beirut on January 19th/20th, 2018, supported by RLS Beirut.