Like an orphan, each of us kept (in our hearts) some dark memories of those awful days. Yet, we promised ourselves not to forget and we have been determined to – at least – preserve our collective memory. It is that memory that kept us connected despite all of the catastrophes we have lived and experienced for endless nights and endless days.
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Cover photo by Nada Raphael “Scream”
I am not an outsider or a stranger. We are relatives and soulmates. You are my sister in blood, in history, in resistance as existence, in culture, and in fate. I know it has been a while… it has been since 1916 when we were forced to break up — as a result of the British-French brutal mandates.
Cliff Makhoul
Carmen Yahchouchi
Anthony Semaan
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Somewhere – in this place I’m in – understanding escapes me, and reality resides specifically in the (hi)story being told.” Dorine Potel Darwiche
The Beirut Call is Nabad by Dar al Kalima University College of Arts and Culture project of a book on resilience & resistance culture in Lebanon, featuring artists, poets, authors, activists, and academics testimonials, analyses, narratives, and stories of initiatives for social change.
The Beirut Call brings together individuals who think, do and create to inspire and communicate diverse approaches in facing wars, crises, instability and despair; people who are turning to the arts and culture as a way to engage audiences through deep and emotional connections to bring about change, and who are imbuing their work with social and political messaging to advance the issues about which they feel most passionate.
The Beirut Call presents diverse perceptions and expressions that speak to Lebanese in their homeland and in the diaspora, but it also transcends the borders of Lebanon as contributors address glocal (local-global) issues — war, peace, memory, history, identity, creativity, cultural resistance, resilience, artistic activism, human rights, feminism, social justice, intercultural dialogue… — which can be discussed in a range of settings such as in schools and universities, arts & culture workshops and learning programs, youth and community centers, women’s groups, NGOs, as well as alternative education programs.
Proceeds will help Nabad continue to fund artists, arts NGOs, and small creative enterprises’ projects in Lebanon.
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Edited Book: THE BEIRUT CALL: HARNESSING CREATIVITY FOR CHANGE.
Editors: Pamela Chrabieh, Roula Salibi.
Publisher: Dar al Kalima University College of Arts and Culture, Bethlehem – Palestine.
Production, Printing, and Distribution: Elyssar Press, Publishing company in Redlands CA
Main Target Audience: North American.
Date of Publication: April 2021.
Language: English.
No. of pages: max. 150
Availability: The book will be available in Digital Format and Hard Copy with hardcover
Cover photo by Nada Raphael “Scream”
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Sponsored by Dar Al-Kalima University College of Arts & Culture
Dar Al-Kalima’s mission is to
“To build a country;
stone by stone
To empower a community;
person by person
To create institutions
that give life in abundance.”
The Beirut Call” book is sponsored by Dar Al-Kalima University, College of Arts and Culture, located in Bethlehem. Dar Al-Kalima University, headed by Dr. Mitri Raheb, supports Nabad, is an innovative program that aims at empowering artists, arts organizations and creative enterprises in Southwestern Asia and North Africa.
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