Under the Patronage of the Lebanese Minister of Culture Me. Tarek Mitri , Beirut International Documentary Festival invites you to the openinig of its 8th edition with the film Beirut Diaries : Truth, Lies and Videos directed by Mai Masri.
Date : Sunday November 5, 2006 – 8:00 pm
Place : Unesco Palace Theatre.
This new report from Landmine Action provides a detailed analysis of the impact of cluster munitions in Lebanon. It shows not only the ongoing casualties caused by these weapons but also the severe impact of cluster munition contamination on agriculture, water supply and reconstruction.
Experts* sent to Lebanon by UNESCO to assess the state of the country's cultural heritage sites have called for urgent measures to clean up the oil spill from the World Heritage edifices along the Byblos shore line. However, they found that major components of Lebanon's cultural heritage had been spared by the recent conflict. The experts' findings were presented at a press conference at UNESCO this morning by the Organization's Assistant Director-General for Culture, Françoise Rivière, and Mounir Bouchenaki, Director-General of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), who led the mission, 10 - 15 September.
03/09/2006: Cinema Libanon: at Balie film Festival Amsterdam
Lebanon, and more specifically Beirut, still conjure two very dichotomous and cliché images in the West: either the lamented former glory of the pearl of the Middle East, or the atrocities of a 15-year protracted civil war. With the media saturation of the recent war between Israel and Hizbullah still fresh, and the shaky promise of a brittle ceasefire, Lebanon once again risks to fall prey to stereotyping. In defiance of the war and in solidarity with the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon, De Balie organises an evening of films, documentaries and videos by Lebanese makers, in collaboration with the Lebanese production house and film festival Né à Beyrouth.
31/08/2006: Kelekian Gallery : The Sacred Art
In her Gallery's website Lena Kelekian identifies her work and talent :
" I use the tradional Byzantine technique in painting my icons, in egg tempera using natural pigments that I extract from minerals and plants. With a golden or silver background on gessoed wood, I embellish them with precious and semi precious stones and pearls."
18/08/2006: Ahmadi Nejad Web Blog
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has joined a burgeoning international community - by starting his own weblog.
The launch of www.ahmadinejad.ir was reported on state TV, which urged users to send in messages to the president.
Mr Ahmadinejad's first posting, entitled autobiography, tells of his childhood and Iran's Islamic revolution,
The blog includes a poll asking if users think the US and Israel are trying to trigger a new world war.
There is a postform for users to send in questions for the president, and a picture gallery containing a series of images of the blogger himself.
Blog : http:// www.ahmadinejad.ir
13/08/2006: SPIT !!!
The Official banner for the demonstration which took place at Midan Tahrir- Cairo in support to Lebanon and Palestine....ETFOU !!!
and during demonstration
13/08/2006: TheUNcampaign Website
As stated in their website, TheUNcampaign aim is to give the Free in the world visual weapons against UN shameful inexistence. The website provides high-resolution artwork, the ability to read and comment on their blog.
www.theuncampaign.org
Geroge Galloway Our RESPECT to you and your party.
Click here to WATCH
Geroge Galloway's Party ( RESPECT- The Unity Coalition ) website : http://www.respectcoalition.org/
08/08/2006: Berlin's Demonstration Against Israeli Aggresion
Demonstrations against the continuous inhumane Israeli aggression on Lebanon are raging in different cities of the world. Beirutlemons.com received the following pictures of a demonstration that took place in Berlin, Germany last week. Several persons took their shoes off and
06/08/2006: From Beirut to ... those who love us
About the Video
This video letter was made on July 21, 2006 at the studios of Beirut DC, a film and cinema collective which runs the yearly Ayam Beirut Al Cinema'iya Film Festival. This video letter was produced in collaboration with Samidoun, a grassroots gathering of various organizations and individuals who were involved in relief and media efforts from the first day of the Israeli attack on Lebanon. It was also broadcasted at the Biennial of Arab Cinema, organized by the Arab World Institute in Paris.
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05/08/2006: Sometimes the World's Eye-Sight is too Narrow
Sometimes the World's Eye-Sight is too Narrow
Out of the dead: 45% are children
Out of the injured: 33% are children
Out of the displaced: 45% are children
Save Childhood
Call of an immediate cease fire to stop the Israeli massacres against Lebanese civilians.
Human Life First Campaign
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