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Aweek after the resig-nation of Hosni Muba-rak, echoes of the cel-

ebration in Tahrir Square reach AUB. On Friday, Feb-ruary 18, two large canvases were laid out in front of Col-lege Hall and AUB students were given the opportunity to send a message to the Egyp-tian people, who have so com-pellingly sent out a message to the entire world. With cap-ital letters and exclamation points, smiley faces and car-toons, members of the AUB community scrawled proud

AUB’s very first annu-al basic biomedical re-search day launched

successfully last Saturday February 19 at the Charles Hostler Student Center (CHSC) Auditorium aimed at uniting members of differ-ent AUB faculty under one roof and, as per the annu-al basic biomedical research day pamphlet, “showcase the basic biomedical research [...] performed at AUB.” The event started off with short welcome notes delivered by three key figures, namely As-sistant Dean for Interdisci-plinary Programs at AUB’s Faculty of Medicine Dr. Ayy-ad Jaffa, followed by Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Vice President for Medical

The minute Nada S., a junior student, set foot in the West Hall com-

mon room at the American University of Beirut (AUB) to cast her vote, her body froze, her mouth dropped, and her ears could not believe what she had just heard. Nada said that she was approached by two of her friends who announced the name of her hometown, her religious sect, and her polit-ical affiliation for everyone in the crowded room to hear. “It’s very disappointing. What does any of that have to do with electing a student body?” she said. Over the last decade, many AUB students have been gripped by a similar rush of

disappointment as Student Representative Committees (SRC) elections have been marked by political influence from various parties. In an informal poll conduct-ed on campus on November 22, with a sample of 70 stu-dents, all agreed that can-didates are influenced by political parties, and approx-imately 78 percent said they would like to see a decrease in politics’ interference in SRC elections. The Office of Student Affairs supervises the SRC elections in which the five faculties and the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business elect their own committees which then join forces and appoint their

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messages of love, solidari-ty and congratulations. The messages were similar in their content, calling it an inspiration and a “wake up call,” the feeling of an ongo-ing revolution calling out, “Let Egypt be one of many.” The event was organized by FHS’s Health and Society group, in the hopes of sending the “two canvases to Egypt, hopefully before the 25th for the one month anniversary… as a sign of solidarity,” says

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2 feBrUAry 22, 2011 oUTlook cAmPUs newsGreen building course to be offered at AUB

Enjoy the soft feeling of saving a child’s life

The American Univer-sity of Beirut has re-cently signed a mem-

orandum of understanding that will allow it to provide engineering students a spe-cialized course on green building concepts and spec-ifications. AUB Provost Ah-mad Dallal and Acting Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (FEA) Fadl Moukalled were among the signatories. A one-year green building training program will be giv-en by the Education for Em-ployment Foundation (EFE) and financed by the Consoli-dated Contractors Company (CCC). During March 2011, up to 12 AUB faculty mem-bers will attend a workshop on Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification theories for environmentally friend-ly construction. They will be certified by the United States Green Building Council (US-GBC). As of April 2011, the two credit technical elec-tive will be regularly offered to Engineering students at AUB. During the first year,

Aworkshop was held on Tuesday February 15 at St Jude’s Cancer

Center with aimed at debrief-ing attending volunteers on how to cooperate with child patients and what rules and regulations must be ad-hered to in such a position of responsibility. The Chil-dren’s Cancer Center of Leb-anon (CCCL) was founded as a non-profit children’s re-search hospital during April 12, 2002 by Danny Thomas also known as Muzayad Yah-koob, who is also the founder of the original St Jude Chil-dren’s research hospital in Memphis, Tennessee that was created in 1962. He at-tributed the name St. Jude to the research hospital because he believed in his cause, as St

the EFE will be responsi-ble for training up to 50 stu-dents. Green buildings are environ-mentally friendly buildings that responsibly incorporate resources in their design, construction, operation and maintenance. LEED certi-fication criteria include site sustainability, water efficien-cy, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, in-door environmental quality, and innovation and design process. The Charles Hostler Student Center (CHSC) and the Olayan School of Busi-ness (OSB) at AUB are both examples of green buildings abiding by LEED’s sustain-able building specifications. Most students are enthu-siastic about the course due to the positive impact green buildings have on the envi-ronment. Second-year Civ-il Engineering student Jad Eid said in this regard that “the course is essential with regards to the pollution lev-els in Lebanon.” Third-year Civil Engineering student Issa Saab added that “it is very important nowadays for

Jude was the one who said, “If you show me the way in life, I’d build you a shrine.” CCCL is unique in that their vision is to provide treatment and care to all children with-out discrimination and that their mission is to support children and their respective families in providing psycho-social services and securing funds for enrolment in up-to-date treatments despite the families’ inability to pay. It has been found that the re-covery rate of children under-going chemotherapy is much faster and more effective if children are given special attention and are provided with opportunities for emo-tional interactions with a sig-nificant other. One example of this is in the case of chil-

a construction to be environ-mentally friendly. In our re-gion, we are not very aware of that and we still don’t have many green buildings. This makes the course very impor-tant and interesting.” Other students are eager to take the course because of the job opportunities it offers. Second-year Civil Engineer-ing student Rouba Onaissi

dren inflicted with Leuke-mia. In retrospect, its treat-ment efficacy used to be 20% whereas today, with the new-found recognition of child care as the most essential in-gredient alongside the prop-er and timely administration of medication, has increased treatment efficacy to an as-tounding 90%! In addition CCCL’s involve-ment in various blood disor-ders, the cancer center is cur-rently recognized as the first highly specialized center for treatment of pediatric cancer in Lebanon. Since it was first established in 2002, CCCL has treated more than 700 children, among which 57% have successfully finished their treatment while 24% are still undergoing active

for example said, “The course is important not only because it will help improve the en-vironment, but also because it will offer me better chanc-es in my career.” Third year Mechanical Engineering stu-dent Samer Bou Jawde com-mented, “I would take this course because the future of engineering is tending to-wards greener construction

treatment and with a yearly admission of 80 newcomers. In addition to the run-off pa-tients still undergoing treat-ment from previous years, this averages out to 250 pa-tients a year, leaving the can-cer center’s hands full. Medical costs on average per patient per year is around $40,000, this is apart from the $70,000 fee that would be required in cases where the child needs limb salvage and $100,000 if a bone marrow transplant is recommended. That said, the cancer center relies heavily on generous do-nations in order to meet these expenses which explains their many fundraising pro-grams such as the ‘’rainbow of hope’’ where each dona-tion of $40,000 is rewarded

and engineers familiar with green buildings are on de-mand.” In closing, third-year Mechanical Engineering student Sleiman Hilal said, “Such a course is very impor-tant; it will be very useful for our career. There is an ener-gy crisis and we need to save energy, we need more people to be aware of that.”

with the person’s name be-ing placed on this rainbow. The other fund raising pro-gram they have is called the ‘’Tree of life,’’ which is solely for donations summing up to $50,000or more. The center’s most recent fundraising initiative in-volved a total of 42 restau-rants and certain companies such as Mimosa (a private company specialized in the manufacture of tissue pa-per products) and carried slo-gans such as ‘’Enjoy the soft feeling of saving a child’s life’’ in which 10% of restaurant proceeds are targeted to-wards the cancer center. “No child should die in the dawn of life,” said Thomas.

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On Thursday, Febru-ary 17, College Hall Auditorium B1 was

booked for a long day of post-er presentations and project discussions as Ibsar, in col-laboration with the Univer-sity of Ottawa, organized a retreat and an Open Poster Forum for one of Ibsar’s major programs entitled “Food and Health in Rural Lebanon.” This program, sponsored by the International Develop-ment Research Centre, aims at “Improv[ing] Dietary Di-versity, Food Security, Live-lihoods, and Ecosystem Man-agement,” as mentioned on Ibsar’s official website (www.Ibsar.org), in local communi-ties, more precisely in the vil-lages of Aarsal, Kwakh and Batloun. The website also mentions that this research project is multidisciplinary in the sense that it focuses on “12 different aspects af-fecting ecohealth and has en-

gaged a total of 15 faculty, 10 research assistants and 11 graduate and undergradu-ate students from various ac-ademic units.” The event started at 3 p.m. with a poster forum open to the AUB community reflect-ing the multidisciplinary na-ture of the research project, plans and preliminary find-ings of the various research teams involved. A fine selec-tion of professors from vari-ous departments, along with their research assistants and students went over their re-spective posters. A brief, yet notable presence of Presi-dent Dorman and Provost Dallal pointed to the impor-tance and impact of the event on academics and on the sub-jects of the research, namely rural villages of Lebanon. The event was followed by a three-hour retreat where-by research teams from AUB and University of Ottawa

went over a series of topics covering the progress of this three-year research pursuit to be terminated next year, in February 2012. Topics em-phasized by the University of Ottawa included method of

engaging local communities in the research project and on pragmatic ways of relaying findings back to the commu-nities. According to project coordinator Ms. Dima Ous-ta, the event was of utmost

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importance in regard to mul-tidisciplinary research as it encouraged discussions be-tween the various disciplin-ary teams and facilitated their integration for a more solid and holistic outcome.

Ibsar holds open poster forum

Biology juniors among first to register for the MCAT in Lebanon

Despite the techni-cal difficulties that had occurred with

the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) website, junior premed mem-bers of the Biology Student Society (BSS) were able to register on time for their Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), thanks to the quick actions of a few cabinet members. The MCAT is a standard-ized exam that all premed students must take prior to applying to medical colleges, preferably during their ju-nior year. It is given world-wide by the AAMC and the registration and test dates are published online. This year, like the last one, the BSS gave an orientation lec-ture to junior members. On January 17, the lecturers explained the concept of the MCAT and gave tips on how to study and register. They

also announced that they would be emailing junior members clear instructions on how to register and would notify them approximately one week ahead of the start of registration. This year, however, on February 14, the table with the registra-tion dates kept saying “TBD” (to be determined), even as a new, small note on the side said registration would be opening the very next day.

“We had less than 24 hours to react,” said BSS Vice Pres-ident Amjad Kanj, explaining that they had to reach almost 150 students during vaca-tion. Unable to determine if most students had even pre-pared the proper credit card accounts, President Ali Hai-dar and Junior Representa-tive Mohamad Raad, called fellow students and gave them online assistance via Facebook. Kanj used the BSS

Facebook group as a medium through which to walk stu-dents through the steps and provide real time assistance and several hotlines. Haid-ar said he was surprised by the date of registration this year, saying he was “never expecting it to be that ear-ly.” His cabinet had called the AAMC office in the US and had received a response along the lines of “table can-not be updated, there has

been an error,” thus confirm-ing the inconspicuous note’s announcement. “I registered the minute it opened,” said Raad, who was mostly satis-fied with the registration; “I got my place, it was perfect.” Premed students from other Lebanese universities were not prepared and most were not even aware registration had opened. In consequence, AUB students could regis-ter smoothly without hav-ing to endure the character-istic long wait due to traffic congestion, which is usually associated with MCAT reg-istration. Raad added that, thanks to the BSS lecture, most junior members had al-ready prepared their cred-it cards, and the vast major-ity of them could, with the online and phone assistance, register uneventfully. “We’re very proud of the fact that we managed to tell more than 100 students,” said Kanj, adding “the BSS took advan-tage and turned a problem into a solution.”

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4 feBrUAry 22, 2011 oUTlook cAmPUs newsTahrir Square at AUB

all walks of life, Copts and Muslims… In Lebanon it’s possible too.” As expected by many, this event aimed at solidarity was marked by sectarian comments, as stu-dents took the experience as an opportunity to declare po-litical sides and slogans on a canvas that was on its way

to Egypt when the people of Egypt who stood side by side as equals seem least to care about what sect students be-longed too. Following Egypt’s example, however, Elzein says, perhaps “people will start thinking about their ability to affect change in the world differently.”

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Insight club hosts an Islamic concert

The event included a se-ries of oral presentations that were divided into two sessions, one presided over by Muhtasib and Zyadeh, the other by Drs. Ali Bazer-bashi and Samira Khoury. The presentations includ-ed the research work of pre-senters from different fields: PhD, MD and students from the Biology, Mechanical En-gineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering de-partments. These were fol-lowed by world renowned researcher, keynote speak-er and AUB Trustee Huda Zoghbi, who gave a 45 min-

role in accordance with the current revolutions in the Arab world against the cor-rupt leaders and regimes. Later in the celebration, Mir-na Badr, another member of Insight club, stressed in her speech that the real celebra-tion of Prophet Muhammad should be through following his teachings every day. At the end, the host announced the rest of the celebration campaign’s upcoming events while members distributed sweets to the audience.

utes talk entitled “A mul-tidisciplanary approach to study pathogenesis of neu-ropsychiatric disorders: in-sight from Rett Syndrome.” Rett Syndrome is a neu-rodevelopmental disorder of the brain affecting females for the most part and Zogh-bi shared her personal expe-rience of years of research in this field. Spectators re-marked that Zoghbi was rather eloquent, as she ex-plained her research in collo-quial terms and talked about the influences of chance and motivation, ensuring that the pursuit of dreams is a no-

ble task, regardless of how they may be. Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry Fouad Zyadeh was recently named “third Lebanese-based member of the Lebanese Academy of Sci-ences” in reward for his re-search on diabetic kidney dis-ease. Along with Muhtasib, he chaired the oral presen-tation sessions that spanned seven presentations total, each running at an estimat-ed duration of 15 minutes. A poster presentation followed, during which students and laboratory workers present-ed the results of their work in different biomedical issues.

Kareem Elzein, a graduate member in the group. More importantly, however, the event was meant as “a non-threatening way of introduc-ing politics, good politics, into the discourse on campus,” says Elzein. More Egypt-re-lated events are planned for next week and Elzein ex-plains that “a revolution isn’t just one moment—it’s a pro-cess.” On the possibility of change in Lebanon, he adds, “the truth is that the only an-swers are going to come from us, from ourselves and only by our involvement in poli-tics and action and working

through the problems that we have as a society, when we start to move our own peo-ple.” Farah Kobaissy, a student at St. Joseph, who had actu-ally participated in the first week of protests in Tahrir Square itself, describes the feeling as one of high hopes, “the hope that all people can get rid of dictatorship in all its forms.” She too seemed to believe that Lebanon was awaiting change as well, say-ing, “Lebanon’s next, wheth-er they [the leaders] like it or not.” A participant in the event, Ali Al-Jaberi, graced the spectators with his voice, singing famous revolution-

ary songs with oud accom-paniment, and creating a pleasant atmosphere of com-munal solidarity. He is a po-litical science major, and re-grets the way most campus politics is sectarian since, “students and people in gen-eral share extra-sectarian interests…there’s certain-ly no difference in our inter-est in a better environment or social justice or better la-bor conditions.” He asserts that “the organization of this event hoped, as well as I do, that by organizing this per-haps there could be a politici-zation of campus beyond sec-tarian borders, as happened in Egypt in Tahrir Square, where there were people of

affairs Dr. Mohamed Sayegh who touched base on the im-portance of interdisciplinary research, which, according to him, was the reason he had selected Jaffa for the post he currently holds. University Provost Dr. Ah-mad Dallal welcomed the au-dience of students, acade-micians, and researchers to what he hoped would become a custom of AUB’s quest for scientific recognition and dedication to research. AUB President Peter Dor-man was also present during

Insight Club launched “Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday” celebration

campaign by hosting an Is-lamic concert by the Almadi-hin group on Wednesday Feb-ruary 16th in Bathish, West hall. The event was held in collaboration with The Sau-di Cultural Club, The Syr-ian Cultural Club and The Youth Club. Throughout an hour and a half, the ten mem-

the opening speech. The ba-sic biomedical research day organizing committee was chaired by Jaffa and consist-ed of seven AUB research-ers spanning several depart-ments. Among those present were Biology Professor Hala Muhtasib, Chemistry Profes-sor Kamal Bouhadir, Human Morphology Professor Mar-wan Sabban, Faculty of Ag-riculture and Food Sciences Dean Nahla Hwalla, Elec-trical Engineering Profes-sors Fadi Karameh and Za-her Dawy and Dr. Ghassan Dbaibo of the Pediatrics De-partment.

bers of the band entertained the audience by presenting a medley of “Nasheeds” prais-ing Prophet Muhammad and enumerating his dis-tinguished qualities. Before starting the first segment, Louna Fakkas, a member of the Syrian Cultural Club, read a poem in which she ex-pressed her infinite love to Prophet Muhammad. Mo-hammad Bazzi, a member of the Insight Club, shed light in his short speech on Proph-et Muhammad’s leadership

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President Dorman displays solidarity for Egypt (Photo by Mohammad Azzam)

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officers who are the vice pres-ident (VP), the secretary, and the treasurer of the Univer-sity Student Faculty Com-mittee (USFC) whose official purpose is to safeguard the interests of the student body and ensure the betterment of the university as a whole. Dean of Student Affairs Ta-lal Nizameddin finds that as a result of Lebanon’s active political environment, it is healthy for political parties to play a role in AUB elections, thus inspiring students to adopt democratic principles and practices. “There are a lot of political parties that have specific political agendas and if a student really believes in that cause, there is no sin in that. The key is not to force your opinion on anyone else,” said Dean Nizameddin. But many AUB students see things differently. According to them, external political in-terference should be banned from campus, particularly since politicians are falling short of the public’s expecta-tions. “SRC elections haven’t been serving their true pur-pose. Candidates are blind-ly following politicians and [mimicking] what’s going on outside instead of working to-gether to change the political situation we’ve been suffer-ing from,” said Rana El Jar-rah, an AUB junior. Hilal Khashan, a political science professor at AUB, believes that “political par-ties are taking advantage of AUB’s good intentions of in-culcating democratic values among students. If it were up to me, I would certainly sus-pend the elections.” After the assassination of Prime Minister Rafic Hariri five years ago, a sectarian po-litical environment emerged on the national scene. SRC elections were sure to follow suit. Two big camps were in control, now under the name of Students at Work, who be-lieve in the so-called March 14 agenda, and the opposing group, who represent the so-called March 8 coalition (this year’s “We Will” campaign at AUB).

This year, motivated sub-stantial number of indepen-dent SRC candidates, such as members of the Alterna-tive Front, emerged in re-sponse to electoral politiciza-tion. Their main goal was to respond to student demands and represent the students instead of political parties. “What is going on at AUB is not the practice of politics and democracy . . . [but] po-litical sectarianism,” said Fouad Badaoui, an Arts and Sciences senior and an in-dependent candidate, add-ing that politically-affiliated candidates “filter their votes based on a student’s religion first, [then] their political af-filiation.” About 50 percent of those polled considered that SRC candidates merely run to en-hance their CVs while the other half thought that can-didates run to support and claim victory for a certain po-litical party. Mario Abou Zeid, president of the AUB Secular Club, said that “many of the candidates are concerned about the fol-lowing day’s headlines in the national newspapers or on blogs rather than the actual work they are supposed to do in the SRC.” Abou Zeid was referring to how national newspapers re-port on the winners of stu-dent elections as though they are actual representatives of a certain political group and thus, their victory represents some kind of increase in pop-ularity for the political group they are ostensibly affiliated with. Representatives of the two opposing political groups on campus both admit that their main concern is to win the elections to show that their political views are more pop-ular. A senior student represen-tative of Amal movement in charge of the elections summed it best. “Each political party has one goal when it comes to univer-sity elections: to claim victo-ry by showing the number of its supporters,” he said. Inevitably, internal prob-

lems in the USFC have breached out during last year’s tuition strike due to the division of the members from different political par-ties and their inability to compromise, which frustrat-ed many students who felt that their demands were not being well-represented. As fingers are pointed back and forth among candidates, many students fail to see any benefits for the student body from this politicization. While critics hold the AUB administration responsi-ble for failing to curb exter-nal political interference in student elections, Dean Nizameddin defends the ad-ministration, saying it is not possible to control the fund-ing of campaigns through po-litical parties or any external meetings held outside cam-pus with student representa-

tives and official political rep-resentatives, or the chanting from opposing groups during the announcement of results which turn extremely politi-cal, disrespectful, and sectar-ian. As SRC fever arrives every November, AUB students are confused which candidate to believe. Are the independent candidates truly indepen-dent? Can the SRC elections be carried transparently and fairly through healthy polit-ical participation, or will the USFC imitate the role of the Lebanese national cabinet by postponing and pointing fin-gers? More students are re-alizing the importance of not acting as a political tool to serve political parties, that change must come from in-side the university, and that the only thing to be learned from the external political

environment and troubled political parties are their mistakes. Until then, ac-countability post-SRC elec-tions plays a prominent part as it reveals the masks of all candidates who stand facing each other and two separate screens on election day, man-ifesting a microcosm of Leba-non’s divided political world. If the SRC elections remain strongly influenced by polit-ical parties, many students are to agree with Khalil Gi-bran who had once said, “Pity the nation divided into frag-ments, each fragment itself a nation.”

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Community Development:Several projects go under community development, such as: leadership training workshops, communication skills training work-shops, conflict transformation and peace building training workshops, clubs and small NGOs management coaching, students committee training, AieMag.Community Service:Aie Serve works on bonding and cooperating with other NGOs to strengthen the general civil society. Aie Serve works on and as-sists with environmental and social community service activities such as: Reforestation, Beach Cleaning, Recycling, Entertain-ing Orphans and Elderly, Books and Clothes Donations, Helping People in Need.Awareness Campaigns:One of Aie Serve’s main goals is to spread awareness about issues such as the environment, health, social responsibility and vol-unteerism.Research:The Lebanese Evaluation of the Burden of Ailments and Needs Of the Nation L.E.B.A.N.O.N. Study. Results from this study on prevalence and effect of war exposure on mental disorders have already been published in international and scientific journals. More research is being currently conducted related to temperament, suicide, childhood adversities, burden and treatment of mental disorders and the elderly.Substance Use and Misuse in Lebanon: The Lebanon Rapid Situation Assessment and Response Study (RSA), 2001. RSA Study assessed the prevalence and pattern use of a variety of substances, both licit and illicit.Community interventions:Assessment Study of Psychosocial Status of Children and Adolescents in the South of Lebanon and Southern Suburbs of Beirut af-ter the July 06 War, 2007. Needs of all children and adolescents residing in war affected regions was evaluated and a comprehen-sive mapping of all psychosocial resources in these regions was conducted. IDRAAC was also active in the emergency relief effort during this war and in the post-war phase.Advocacy:The Burden of Mental Disorders: Towards a Mental Health Act in Lebanon. The objectives of the project were to assess the burden of mental disorders in Lebanon and to develop a proposal for a law (Mental Health Act) to be adopted by concerned officials at the national level to guarantee the rights of individuals with mental disorders to seek and receive appropriate treatment and care.TrainingIDRAAC is also the official regional training center for the Arabic CIDI (Composite International Diagnostic Interview), the in-strument used in the World Mental Health Surveys.

Monitoring parliamentary, municipal syndicates and university elections including AUB electionsIssuing reportsOrganizing workshops on electoral reforms and monitoring techniques2006 : Drug education in public schools targeting youth, their parents and teachers all over Lebanon (Oxfam Quebec)2005 - 2007 : Teachers training and implementation of life skills curriculum in Lebanese private schools and community centers (Lions Clubs International Foundation)2007 - 2009 : Protect human rights of drug users and promoting a better implementation of the drug-related law (European union - Afkar II program)2010-2011: “Filling the Gap”- Meeting the Needs for Treatment and Treatment Centers in Lebanon (MedNet, Group Pompidou)

-Conduct and promote research in mental health on national, regional and international levels-Increase public awareness and implement community intervention programs addressing various aspects of mental health in Lebanon-Train professionals in the practice and research of mental health and reach out to policy makers to address mental health on the national level.-Ensure free fair transparent elections in Lebanon.-Improve the Lebanese electoral laws in compliance with international standards-Increase voter awareness and commitment to their electoral rights and duties-Treatment: Helping people with addiction problems claim their lives by providing a nonjudgmental, caring environment of cli-ent-centered treatment and counseling. -Prevention: Skoun supports and prepares Lebanese schools and community centers to adopt and implement life skills educa-tion and substance abuse prevention program targeting youth.-Lobbying: Advocacy for the rights of people who abuse drugs by lobbying to improve the application of the 1998 law that de-criminalized addiction but is not properly implemented in Lebanon.

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2011 Communication and Leadership Convention

Do you know anyone without a Facebook account? I doubt it.

Our generation is THE gen-eration of social media tools and simplified communica-tion as revealed by Facebook, Twitter, BlackBerry Messen-ger, YouTube and others. So-cial media is usually a ve-hicle to exchange opinions and to discuss social, politi-cal and even philosophical is-sues. In this age of blogging, an interesting question con-cerns the application of social media specifically to the sen-sitive field of health. Accord-ing to the Center of Disease Control (CDC) based in the United States, “the use of so-cial media tools is a powerful channel to reach target au-diences with strategic, effec-tive and user-centric health interventions.” One success

Toastmasters invites you to immerse yourself in viewing a variety of exciting public speaking competitions and enrich yourselves from the leadership lec-tures that will be given in this year’s Toastmasters National Convention

hosted by the three Toastmasters clubs in Lebanon

story of CDC with social me-dia goes back to 2009, where-by their H1N1 flu-related videos were viewed over 2 million times, and also gath-ered over 700,000 Twitter followers. The CDC has even produced its own set of guide-lines for the use of each type of social media when raising awareness in public health. The term “e-patient” is be-coming more well-known, as empowered patients are seeking answers to medical questions online, discussing the course of their treatment, and also providing support to each other, and advocat-ing for certain health causes. An example of that is the net-work: www.dailystrength.org, whereby patients blog with real doctors to ask ques-tions, share details of their experience with illness or

treatment, chat with others with the same conditions, and even send people “virtu-al hugs” as a form of support! Some hospitals are even us-ing social media. For exam-ple, a few hospitals in the US are tweeting their wait-ing time in emergency rooms. One hospital has created an interactive fitness program that integrates user stories, Facebook and Twitter. The 50-day program includes blog entries and videos that are generated and posted by the users themselves. An-other innovative idea used by hospitals—having live-tweeted surgeries—was first implemented in February 2009. The rationale behind this is that live-tweeting “ad-vertises doctors’ expertise in performing the particular op-eration.” For future patients

preparing for the same sur-gery, the tweets “demysti-fy the process” and ultimate-ly decrease anxiety about their forthcoming operation. These examples raise ques-tions about the intersection between social media and the marketing/business devel-opment strategies of health care organizations. Even physicians themselves are using social media in dif-ferent ways. Websites like Sermo and SocialMD offer physicians a chance to com-municate with others in their field in a guarded environ-ment. Moreover, lots of phar-maceutical companies have their own websites providing complete information to phy-sicians and also supplement-ing them with patient educa-tion packages, not to mention the fact that many medical

journals are going “exclusive-ly” online. The results of a certain clin-ical trial study will make a good conclusion for this ar-ticle, providing some evi-dence. The study proved that people receiving daily sun-screen awareness messag-es along with a weather fore-cast SMS on their cell phones were more likely to apply such protection. Interesting-ly, it is important to keep in mind that despite the great potential, online campaigns and websites are better com-plemented with offline cam-paigns. Finally, social media contains less empathy than face-to-face communication, in a field where empathy is an essential feeling.

Lynn ItaniStaff Writer

8 feBrUAry 22, 2011 oUTlook AlUmni news

WAAAUB second MENA regional meeting

On March 11, the Worldwide Alumni Association of the American University of Beirut (WAAAUB) and AUB is organizing a session focused specifically on “Young alumni and career prospects: Building a better path to a brighter future.” Our goal is to bring AUB alumni and students together with business leaders and entrepreneurs in Lebanon and the MENA region to explore innovative ways to create employment opportunities for young AUB alumni today

and in the future. We have invited several speakers working in business and entrepreneurship in the region to participate in this event along with AUB faculty members and admin-istrators. More information on the event https://e-surveys.aub.edu.lb/menaregional/

Young alumni and career prospects: Building a better path to a brighter future

As the Chief Technol-ogy Officer of one of Canada‘s foremost

telecommunications compa-nies, AUB alumnus Ibrahim Gedeon frequently makes headlines at home in Cana-da and around the world. The past two years he appeared on the cover of the Global Telecommunications maga-zine and on Billing and OSS World – a remarkable recog-nition not only for him, his family and company, but also for AUB, its students and graduates. If you‘ve had the chance to meet Ibrahim, you‘ll know it‘s not the title or the seniori-ty of the position that attracts the media to him. Rather, it‘s the unique skills he has mas-tered: back office technical wizardly, front office sales and marketing savvy, and the ability to rise above the intricate technical details to focus on strategy and vision. An amazing sense of humour tops it all, making him the ideal speaker at industry and networking events! At a WAAAUB Toronto Chapter dinner last Octo-ber, Ibrahim was one of our keynote speakers and he of-fered career tips and advice

to the young alumni in the city, sharing highlights of his career journey, including a brief stint as a restaurateur. Ever so proud of where he comes from, ―”hummos” is frequently served at TELUS‘ executive meetings. Along with Hassan Eltaher, Ibrahim started the Ottawa/Montreal AUB alumni chap-ter back in the 90s. He cur-rently sponsors many AUB activities in Canada mak-ing it possible for chapters to host speakers and organize events that promote AUB and its alumni in this region. As a strategist with strong loyalty to AUB, Ibrahim thinks long-term when he contributes to his Alma Mater. For the past few years, he annually sponsors about 3-5 AUB en-gineering students for sum-mer internships with TE-LUS in Canada. In addition, he is working with the School of Engineering and Architec-ture to provide TELUS spon-sored courseware to the Fac-ulty of Engineering at AUB at no cost. TELUS‘ research-ers continually contribute to the curriculum at top Cana-dian universities to provide students with leading edge technology and practices. AUB will have access to such advanced curriculum by vir-tue of having Ibrahim Gede-on as an alumnus. Still, Ibrahim feels there‘s significant room for improve-ment. ―We as alumni need to do more. Giving is not mere-ly about financial support; it should extend to sharing knowledge and innovation to ensure AUB benefits from the expertise of its alumni and their access to the latest and greatest in their respective fields. For example, Doctors can share information about new medical procedures and policy makers can present the latest thought leadership in public administration and policy making.

During his time at Cana-da‘s telecommunication gi-ant Nortel Networks, Gede-on sponsored a conference at AUB where leading Nortel experts gave keynote speech-es. Mr. Gedeon began his ca-reer in telecommunications engineering and research in 1990 when he joined Bell Northern Research design-ing signal-processing soft-ware in the cryptographic systems division. He moved to Nortel Networks in 1994 as a network design engineer, where he provided technical network design expertise to Nortel Networks customer

base globally. He was named vice president and director of Data Network Engineering at Nortel in 1996, and vice president of Internet Brand Management in 1999. Ibra-him was appointed senior vice president of Wireless Engineering in 2000 and led the global engineering team responsible for operations, sales support, and systems engineering. As CTO of TELUS, Ibrahim is responsible for technology strategy, network and servic-es architecture and network support systems. He‘s also responsible for the Wireless-Wireline service and network

convergence, enterprise ap-plications and network infra-structure strategies and evo-lution. Ibrahim has received nu-merous professional awards, including IEEE Canada‘s Outstanding Canadian En-gineer Award. He graduat-ed from AUB in 1986 with bachelors in electrical engi-neering and later obtained a Masters in Electronic Engi-neering from Carleton Uni-versity.

This profile was original-ly published in Al Jamea (WAAAUB E news letter) in July 2009

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Ibrahim Gedeon, BE, ’86Chief Technology Officer, TE-LUS Communications Inc.

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so! On one hand, it slowly and subtly digs in between your ribs and relentlessly clutches your heart making you feel so closely with the main char-acter’s struggles. On the oth-er, it stuns you with its capti-vating picture, mind-blowing acting, and mesmerizing mu-sic. It is, for a change, a true piece of art; you may love it or absolutely hate it, but you cannot but appreciate the high dose of artistic value it incarnates. Most interesting in Black Swan is the deep and tense dissonance lurking behind almost every detail of the film. Nina is compelled to re-ceive personal, and arguably genuine, care from her envi-ous colleague, abusive direc-tor and over-protective moth-er; compelled to live through delusional visions in order to reach a visionary and glo-rious reality; and ultimately compelled to tread the path of self-destruction in order

Black Swan depicts the story of Nina Sayers (Nathalie Portman),

a young and ambitious balle-rina in a New York City bal-let company and her horrify-ing quest for glory and fame. The opportunity of a lifetime emerges when the role of the “Swan Queen” in the high pro-file retelling of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake is announced va-cant and open for auditions. The eccentric director Thom-as Leroy (Vincent Cassel), however, requires the balle-rina to perform both the roles of the White Swan, with the innocence and fragility which Nina naturally fits in, and the Black Swan, with the se-duction and guile Nina lacks. Before watching Black Swan, one should know what to expect: it is an R-rat-ed movie with obscene and brutal language and imag-ery, and the end result is ul-timately, and purposefully, disturbing. But beautifully

to reach perfection. The lines separating these dissonanc-es are blurred at best, and toward the end become ab-solutely and movingly shat-tered. The more Nina strives to perfect her performance, the more one confuses her friends and enemies, her de-lusion and reality, her mad-ness and sanity, her stage persona and personality, and, perhaps, her predica-ment and one’s own individ-uality! This is not your average en-tertainment film. It is easily one of the most emotionally impactful movies of the year and it promises a unique ex-perience, one that could en-dure well after the credits start rolling. Just make sure you are interested and go watch it in the theatres while it’s still there, you don’t want to bring such an experience to your own residence!

Movie Review Black Swan Amir Bitar

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What were your reflections on Jafet’s first time 24/7 opening hours during last semester’s

reading period?1) Mohammad Nasser (Medicine): It was great for us Med students because we had exams every Saturday. I preferred studying there than rather than at DTS. One recommendation is to open Main gate 24 hours during that time as well to facilitate movement of the students in and out of the library.

2) Ahmad Basma (Medicine): Jafet was quite crowded, we couldn’t find places! I am defi-nitely for the Jafet opening 24 hours a day again, though I ask for better student seating, monitoring and management.

3) Roula Saksouk (Biology): It was stuffy, hard to breath, crowded and roudy. I’m for it happening again with better student management.

4) Laura Al Jabri (Freshman): It was nice and quite, even upstairs. The only drawback was they wouldn’t allow us to bring food with us upstairs. Students are bound to get hungry after all that studying.

5) Ibrahim Farah (Access Services Librarian): It will definitely be repeated next se-mester. The 24/7 opening hours received a lot of student satisfaction. The only problem is that Jafet is a small library holding something like 500 students. We may be able to slightly amend the situation by creating more free seats in the stacks study area.

6) Batoul Abdallah (Business) and Zeinab Abdallah (Biology Student): It was a good start for Jafet and we hope for it to continue next semester.

7) Samir Ballouz (Nursing): I was not informed! As a nursing student, I use SML. I’m definitely for the idea and next time, I’ll be sure to take advantage of it.

8) Ahmad Alrazim (Biology): I visited it once at night during the reading period for a group study. Yves Helou (Biology): Some students prefer studying at home and I am one of those stu-dents. The library is great, but you can’t stay there all day and night.

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11feBrUAry 22, 2011oUTlook sPorTsHistoric match-up shines spotlight on rugby

On Friday evening, February 18, a new kind of rugby game

was played on the American University of Beirut’s Green-field. AUB’s official rugby league team played against the Palestinian rugby league team in an event present-ed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), entitled “Dignity for All.” The event received ample coverage and hosted notable guests such as PLO Representative Abdullah Abdullah, Head of the Euro-pean Union Delegation An-gelina Eichhorst, UNRWA Commissioner-General Fili-po Grande, Palestinian Rug-by League founder Rabie Al Masri, and the Director of UNRWA Affairs in Lebanon Salvatore Lombardo. As well as hosting these spe-

cial guests, the seats of the field were filled with excit-ed spectators, more than the usual rugby game witness-es. President Dorman wel-comed the esteemed guests in his opening speech high-lighting the importance of the event. “This occasion also presents us the opportuni-ty to strengthen the bonds between AUB students and the Palestinian communi-ty in Lebanon, which is evi-denced throughout our cam-pus, from students groups and activities, to academic research and community en-gagement,” said Dorman. The event was not only im-portant to the AUB commu-nity, but to all members of the Palestinian culture as a whole. In Al Masri’s com-pelling opening speech, his words struck a chord in much of the audience, moving some to tears. “We are the new generation…the past was

some of their weaknesses on the field. “The Palestinians played with a lot of heart, which was why we struggled to dominate the game dur-ing the first half. They have a massive forward pack which was their strength and they utilized it very well during the game, breaking through our lines. However, they have weaker backs (back po-sition players), which was no surprise because of the short-age of players to choose from, leading them to recruit play-ers from the under-16s. We took advantage of this and managed to score.” Al Taher spoke as both a member of AUB’s team and a potential member of the Palestinian league team, “I want to thank Rabie Al Masri for making all of this possible and, on be-half of the AUB team, we are very honored that you picked us to help you bring the Pal-estinian name into the rugby

very hard for our parents and grandparents; the present is our chance to learn from their courage and their mis-takes. The future is an open space, a brave heart, people you can trust and count on, a big jump with all that we be-lieve in toward our targets. This is rugby.” The match started out with the Palestinian team leading with a score of 4-0 however reached 6-4 for AUB’s official rugby league as AUB players brought up the score. By the end of the first half, the score was 12-10 for AUB, though the Palestinian team bat-tled with their forwards (for-ward position players). AUB then brought the score up to a victorious 22-10, ending the game in their favor. Hooker (front row player) of AUB’s team, Ramzy Am-mar Ventura Al Taher, spoke of the Palestinian’s resil-ience, as well as mentioning

league. This game was more than just about the rugby league...I am looking forward to start training with the Pal-estinians.” The intensity of the match can be attribut-ed to the sheer determina-tion and teamwork present in both teams. Azikiwe Coo-per-White, captain and lock of AUB’s team, spoke of the adversary’s willpower, say-ing “both teams played with a lot of heart, but enough can’t be said about the tenac-ity and vigor exhibited by the boys of Palestine. Their per-formance was remarkable to say the least, especially when we consider that many of their number are new to the game. They are warriors and their performance last night was an adequate reflection of the resilience of the Palestin-ian people as a whole.”

See picture below

Heather JaberNews Executive

(All photos by Hasan Nisr and Neshan Simonian - Office of Communications) AUB’s official rugby league team vs.Palestinian rugby league team (Photo by Mohammad Azzam)

AUB departments (staff and faculty members) play for health: Basketball, football and volleyball

Mini-Football scoreboard: Volleyball scoreboard: Basketball scoreboardFirst place: Material Team → 13

points

Second place: Facilities Team → 10

points

Third place: Radiology Team → 9

points (+7 goals)

Fourth place: Development Team

→ 9 points (+5 goals)

First place: Secret Police → 119

points in 3 sets.

Second place: Facilities Team → 116

points in 2 sets.

Third place: Radiology Team → 91

points in 2 sets.

First place: Facilities Team → 10 points

Second place: Surgery Team → 8 points

Third place: FHS Team → 6 points

Fourth place: Comptroller Team → 4 points

Fifth place:Protection Team → 2 points

Sixth place: OSB Faculty Team → 0 points

12 feBrUAry 22, 2011 oUTlook viewPoinTOpinionEditor’s Corner

Opinion

Entrepreneurship at AUB

You know what this university could use more of is some stu-

dent leadership, no doubt. That’s not to say that we don’t have any, but what universi-ty can refuse a more influen-tial student body? Activism reflects a sense of maturity and appeal to matters defin-ing our existence. By volun-teering to clean up beaches we display an open recogni-tion for the worth and vir-tue of a clean environment. Similarly, by participating in and organizing events as well as innovating and up-holding new student organi-zations, we are paying back our community in full as we raise high the torch of social reform in the process. Why student leadership? Well, simply because it de-fines our very lives and is thus bound to have a great influence on our current and future days. Take a moment to consider that the way we carry ourselves will very much influence the way oth-ers will go about carrying us. By making leaders of our-selves for instance, by becom-ing kings of the action, we not only ensure our long-sought-after glory but also secure pristine personality traits for us as well that are likely to carry on into our adult life. Keep in mind, activism need not be that strenuous. Any-one can be active it’s just about the easiest thing that can be done and simply in-volves an increased con-

Emile ZankoulStaff WriterRami Diab

Editor-in-Chief

Whether it’s the start of the Fall Semes-ter, the start of the

Spring Semester, or even that of the Summer Semes-ter, many AUBites take a common vow. “This semes-ter I’ll start studying dai-ly and seriously! This time, I’ll be raising my cumula-tive GPA!” Sound familiar? Well, that resolution sounds great. We start by printing our new schedules, attend-

I speak to myself:

The individual is a mirror and Truth is the sun. There are two conditions for the bright light of the sun to shine off the mirror, namely purity and correct orientation. The more polished the mirror is, the more purely it is able to reflect the light of the sun. However, when the mirror is dirty, the light of the sun cannot penetrate the thick layer of dust, which has collected on it, even on the sunniest of summer days. On the other hand, if the mirror is sparklingly polished, yet is oriented towards the floor all that will be reflected is the muddy ground. The mirror needs to be both clean and directed towards the sun. How do we clean the mirror of the individual and how do we orient it towards the sun of Truth? Only the waters of good deeds and righteous actions, can clean the dust of vice off the mirror of the individual. While, only concentration on Truth and love of the Real, turn the mirror of the in-dividual towards the sun of Truth. When the individual is both polished and correctly oriented, only then will her/his heart reflect the Light of God.Is the beginning of this term a good time to clean our dirty hearts with good deeds and orient our confused selves towards Truth, so that we may reflect Light? I leave that for you to ponder.

Wissam Nuwayhid is an AUB History Undergraduate

scious efforts engagement in day to day activities. Let’s put it this way, almost any-one will tell you that being an active student is a lot sim-pler than living up to the rep-utation of a straight A stu-dent. But here’s the thing, once we begin to live active-ly academically speaking as well as physically, the ac-tions we take suddenly take on more value, life and vigor as we struggle to add drama, color, spark and meaning to our lives. The most important com-ponent of student leadership would have to be priming oth-er students to follow in our footsteps in assuming lead-ership positions themselves both in and beyond univer-sity walls. Let’s not forget, leadership is creating ample opportunities for other stu-dents to exhibit certain tal-ents, skills and long-held in-terests. As such, our student body suddenly grows to earn more ownership over its fate and its destiny will be of its own making. In closing, student leader-ship deepens our commit-ment to excellence and in-creases the likelihood that we will continue to strive for and learn by leadership. AUB has set the environment and created countless opportuni-ties for us students to become leaders and now it’s up to us to follow through and fulfill our end of the bargain. What more could one ask for than to graduate amongst the elite students of both worlds, academic and extracurricu-lar? Sure, the stakes are high and the price to pay is mag-nanimous, but take it from me, the stakes will be higher and the price only more cost-ly if we fail to make active liv-ing a matter of habit and sec-ond nature.

The vow of every semester

How to start the new semester: The mirror and the sun

ing classes regularly, tak-ing notes and buying our new books. You will never see anything as positive as these attitudes. You could hear all sorts of resolutions, such as “I’ll be spending my breaks in the library,” “I’ll be review-ing the class material ev-ery night” and “I’ll be taking notes in every session.” But it is not too long before those resolutions become missed targets. The breaks become spent in the cafeteria, the lounge or just the outdoors. Attendance rates slightly de-crease. Studying daily turns out to be studying weekly, monthly and sometimes even less frequently. Suddenly, taking notes becomes equiv-alent to photocopying notes from a friend. Then, the ma-terial of every course starts accumulating progressive-ly and weighing increasing-ly on our shoulders, a pound at a time. This goes on till the pressure becomes way too heavy one week before the finals, to a point where your shoulders will get tired

and even hurt. So much for the vow! This is when over-nights become a necessity, long series of studying start to be a habit and eventual-ly, the final semester GPA turns out to be not as high as expected—or at least hoped. At this point, the circle clos-es and the cycle returns to its starting point and here we are, at the starting line again with nothing in hand but the same vow: “This semester I’ll start studying daily and seri-ously! This time, I’ll REAL-LY be raising my cumulative GPA!” Now be careful, you’ve got to remember that at some point, there won’t be “a next semester,” so I hope this arti-cle will help you avoid falling again and again in this unfor-tunate cycle and prevent you from leaving this universi-ty with a transcript full of re-grets! I can only wish you all, and myself, all the luck for this new semester. Let us all take that vow, but this time for real.

Wissam Nuwayhid

“Activism re-flects a sense of maturity and appeal to mat-ters defining our existence.”

13feBrUAry 22, 2011oUTlook oUT of The Box

Everywhere you go, and wherever you look, Lebanon is full of red roses and all sorts of Valen-tine’s day gifts, so I thought it was inevitable to write an article somehow related to love and re-lationships. There seems to be a close relationship between love, food, and sex. One way to look at this rela-tionship is that when you eat and when you are having sex, you are using the same senses: taste, smell, sight, and touch; however, this topic addresses foods that increase one’s wellbeing and in turn increases one’s sexual drive. Researchers have listed some foods that people have to smell or see to think about sex such as: Chocolate has long been thought of as an aphrodisiac, which means a substance that increases one’s sexual drive. Interestingly, religious leaders used to ban chocolate from monks and nuns in the 1600s because they believed that it was such a powerful aphrodisiac. Briefly, chocolate contains a chemical called PEA which causes the release of dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated with many “high” feelings including, orgasms and drug use. Dark chocolate seems to have the most PEA chemicals. Other foods that include the PEA include: ap-ples, avocado, and tomatoes. Bananas are also considered to be important because they contain high levels of B vitamins and potassium and hence are important for the sex hormone Moving on, some foods might be considered sexy because they make people think erotic thoughts. Spices were also discussed; ginger and ginseng also increase circulation and excite the nervous system. Finally, for a romantic evening, wine seems to be a good idea because, in moderation, wine in-duces a relaxed state; however, excessive wine is troublesome and problematic.

Reference: Psychology Today (2011). The relationship between sex and food. Retrieved from: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/loves-evolver/201102/the-relationship-between-sex-and-food

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Psyched OutFood and sex

Rita Obeid

14 شباط 22, 2011 وجهة نظر اوتلوكثورة ثورة حتى النصر

فلسطني تنادينا فهل نلبي؟

ثورة لبنانية افتراضية

مدى الدبس

خضر أبو ديةكاتب صحفي

”أم سنان“, الغربية“,“أبو ”باقة هذه أسماء الفحم“...المست في مؤملا وترا الفلسطينية القرى على طويلة ساعات بعد نفسي تأثير حتت ”الفيسبوك“ شبكة ”زوايا من فلسطني صفحة سميت املصورة الذاكرة“. تفقد أن قبل سهر روحانا تنقل بعدستها ابداعات ألبومات في الفلسطينية األرض عيوننا اليه آلت ما أقرب هي صور املظلومة من أرض األقصى والقيامة. كنائس الى ”البقيعة“ قناطر من ”عيلون“ وبرتقال ”جفنا“ ومساجد ”معليا“ وبيوت ”كفرسيف“ وينابيع ”حيفا“ سواحل الى ”شفاعمرو“ و ”الطنطورة“ وشواطئ ”عكا“ و ”قرية الزيب“ وغيرها الكثير من املدن والقرى حيث نعيش في زمن نسمح له أن يحصر زياراتنا ألرضنا املقدسة

في حدود الصفحة االكترونية.ونسوا األردن و ولتونس ملصر ثاروا

العلوم طالبة هي الدبس مدى في العامة واإلدارة السياسية

اجلامعة األميركية في بيروت

رام وأمهات احلجارة وأطفال القدس اهلل وصامدات يافا .فهل يكون النصر والفساد الظلم رموز سقوط في النظام في والعمالة عن مناصبهم تزول وكيف فقط؟ العربي الرسمي وصمة العار بغير جهود فعلية تهدف الغاصب ومقاومة األرض حترير الى املصير وصناعة االنتفاضة وتوحيد ألن احلال بطبيعة املنتصر املنير فلسطني قضية حق ال قضية باطل.

”الثوار“ بعد مجزرة يتحرك لم ملاذا القدس عام 1937 حتى اليوم مرورا مبجازر حيفا وبلدة الشيخ والعباسية بعد يثوروا لم وسميراميس؟ملاذا واللجون ياسني ودير الرملة مجزرة يونس وخان واجملدل الزيتون وعني والقليقلة ؟ لقد حوصرأهل غزة ومنع ايصال األكل واألدوية اليهم ولم نثراال في بعض بيانات االستنكار! نحن في 2011 واجملازر مستمرة واإلستيطان زوايا نرى ونحن ينتشر السرطاني

سوءا املعيشي الوضع إزدياد بعد غنى، واألغنياء فقرا الفقراء بإزدياد مع الوسطى الطبقة اختفت العادل للتغيير أمل بصيص أي والشامل. نزل كل شاب غاضب إلى وجيرانه. أهله أمام ليصرخ الشارع امضاها التي الساعات في يصرخ يقرأ الكتب وينجز اإلمتحانات. يبكي نهارا ليال عملوا الذين أهله ألم وإلخوته. له التعليم أفضل لتأمني يندب قلة حيلته وضعف عزميته التي الطائفية الزعامات نظام أحبطها

في بلده.ليس لبنان في الثورة هذه مطلق جلد محروق أو جسد مدهوس وممزق من شدة الضرب. إنه الوعي الوطني والتربية املدنية الصاحلة التي توسع

جو في اليوم العربي العالم يعيش املستمرة، الشعبية النضاالت من التي لم يشهد مثلها من قبل، ولم يتوقعون املتفائلني أكثر حتى يكن وهذا األيام. من يوم في حصولها نست العربية الشعوب ألن كله مصدر أنها تناست األصح رمبا أو وأن البائسة، األنظمة هذه شرعية من حقها أن تقول »ال« في وجه كل تتوضح ولكي إستغاللها. يريد من الرؤية أكثر ال بد لنا أن نبحث أوال عن الشعوب هذه أجبرت التي األسباب على إلتزام الصمت، ثم ينبغي علينا التي شجعتهم الدوافع البحث عن

ودفعتهم للثورة وطلب النصر.إللتزام دفعهم ملا بالنسبة أما

”الفيسبوك“. على فلسطني واحلزن البكاء وننبذ نستفيق متى الثوار تنادي فلسطني واالستجداء؟ نبضات من يصعد املقاومة ونشيد

آفاق الشاب اللبناني من حلاق مصالح طائفته إلى مصالح بلده. واملضحك املبكي أن مصلحة البلد هي مصلحة

كل طائفة. جتمع الشباب في مجموعة من لون طائفي واحد أمام منزل زعيم الطائفة ليطالبوا بدولة مدنية يتساوى فيها اجلميع. لكن سرعان ما حضرت قوى األمن و ظهرت امليليشيات املسلحة لتفض املتظاهرين. حتدث عمليات كر وفر متتالية إلى أن صعد كل زعيم إلى وعوده. ووعد احملتجني وخاطب املنبر األغلب لكن وانتظروا، العديد صدق أدرك أن ما حصل ذاك اليوم ال يحتاج إلى وعود بل إلى بعض من الصبر. هم يعلمون أن الزعامة الطائفية تسقط الطائفة ترفضها التي اللحظة في

أنهم هو الفترة هذه كل الصمت ما قول على يجرؤون يكونوا لم داخلهم. وهذا ليس من يختلج في من بل وإستسالمهم، ضعفهم خوفهم من ردة فعل حكامهم وما قد يكون مصيرهم إذا ما إعترضوا على ال الظالم العرب فاحلكام يجري. ما يرحمون أبدا، فقرارات القتل والظلم السلطة ألن وهذا فيهم تؤثر ال وأبصارهم، قلوبهم أعمت قد واملال وأمات كل ذرة إنسانية في داخلهم. املوضوع يحسب العادي فاملواطن على هذا النحو« ماذا لو إعترضت ولم أجد من يساندني في موقفي هذا؟ وما قد يكون مصيري؟« فاجلواب الواضح في السجن أو »املوت هو والبسيط

كما مطلقا يخفق ال الذي الفؤاد العودة الى األرض أهل مناديا يخفق

املظفرة.

املعنية.إتباع عن منزل كل يتخلى حني حاجة ال سلطته. تنتهي الزعيم للشعارات والقنابل املسيلة للدموع، ليس اللبناني الشعب فعطش واإلستقرار. البال لراحة بل للدموع في هو اللبناني التحرير وميدان انتخابات يقوم الشعب فيها بانتخاب إنتخابات ينتخب. أن يستحق من أن اللبناني الشريف فيها يتجرأ أمريكي، بدعم ال نفسه يرشح سوري، أو سيرالنكي بل بدعم معنوي يخلص الشعب. كل الشعب من إلى ترتقي حكومة النتخاب األمر للوطن تعيد مستوى مجلس خبراء

اللبناني مكانته. السيناريو اآلخر هو أن ال يتجرأ أحد

للمقاعد نفسه يرشح أن صالح هذه في والتمثيلية. القيادية املشاركة في الشعب يرفض احلالة، الكامل رفضه ليبرهن اإلنتخابات النظام ورفض الطائفي. للنظام بل للطوائف رفضا ليس الطائفي نظامنا يحميه الذي للفساد رفضا اللبناني احلالي. فحني يصل شخص نظامنا، في املسؤولية موقع إلى هذا وصلب تربية كانت مهما الشخص، يصعب عليه اإلمتناع عن إستثمار غرائز من ينتمي إلى طائفته. أفعال ومواجهة إنتقاد فيصبح الطائفية للفنت مسبب الفساد وإنقسام البلد. وبصراحة، أن تصبح

عصيا عن اإلنتقاد مغر جدا.

املنطلق هذا فمن األحوال«. أفضل أن له األفضل أنه من املواطن يفكر يلتزم صمته وبيته ليحيا حياة ال قرار محمد جترأ أن بعد ولكن فيها. له أمام نفسه بإحراق وقام عزيزي البو الوضع أن وأثبت العام، الرأي أنظار لم يعد يسكت عليه وأن على اجلميع ويستنكر صوته بأعلى يصرخ أن كل ما يجري. فعندها كانت عندها »ثورة الياسمني« التي أعادت لتونس إستقاللها وسيادتها احلقيقية. ومن ثم مصر كانت الدولة العربية التالية الـ شباب « شبابها إستطاع التي نصرا يحققوا أن « Facebookميدان في صمدوا حقيقياعندما التحرير ملدة 18 يوما إستطاعوا من

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حسني نظام يخلعوا أن خاللها مبارك اجلائر والفاسد الذي وقف مع

الصهاينة في حربهم ضد غزة.أن سو يسعنا ال كله هذا وبعد نتمنى لكل الشعوب العربية: األردن، البحرين، ليبيا، اليمن، اجلزائر، وغيرها ونضاالتهم ثوراتهم في ينجحوا أن ضد أنظمتهم الفاسدة والتي باتت العربية. الشعوب على عارا تشكل هذه من أي السؤال يبقى ولكن الدول ستكون السباقة في نضالها ونصرها؟ هذا ما ستكشفه لنا األيام

املقبلة.

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كاتب من هذا الزمان علي بدر جغرافي الرواية

لن أنتحر عن ظهر جسر !

منذ بها يتمتع التي األهمية من انطالقه في النصف األخير من القرن

التاسع عشر«. على أمل ان يتبلور مفهوم األمة روائيا وعقائديا.

وصف دقيق لألماكن واملدن، تفاصيل البيوت عن الصغر ومتناهية كبيرة ميزة واملالهي. واحلانات واملقاهي ان حتى بدر علي روايات بها تتميز الليل« منتصف »خرائط عمله لألدب بطوطة ابن جائزة ألجله نال حصل .2005 عام في اجلغرافي، جائزة منها: أخرى جوائز عدة على العربية للرواية الشابي القاسم ابو لآلداب الدولة تونس 2001،جائزة في األدبي اإلبداع جائزة ،2002 عام في من . العربية2002 اإلمارات في 2001،شتاء اعماله: بابا سارتر أهم اورشليم 2002،مصابيح العائلة - (كولونيا العارية 2003،الوليمة بيروت - بغداد ) 2004 ،صخب ونساء وراء 2005،الركض مغمور وكاتب الذئاب 2007، اجلرمية، الفن، وقاموس بغداد 2010. روائي عراقي نذر نفسه مثل اعمل (انا : يقول فهو للرواية العبيد.. استيقظ فجرا مع العمال والعتالني واحلمالني والصنايعية في التقع ومصادري البناء، وعمال وامنا وحدها االدب وكتب الروايات ابحث عن الوثائق والصحف القدمية وتدوين احلكايات من االشخاص قبل موتهم والسفر من مكان الى مكان من اجل معلومة او مقابلة شخص او

أنا أبي، يا تقول كما حقا رمبا النشوء...ال زالت رجل في طور ضميري، تداعب الشهامة تعاتبني. الوطنية األفكار و

طور في رجال زلت ما حقا رمبا النشوء، ألنني ما زلت أكتب على جدران طريق املطار حلم العروبة فيقرأه زوار املدينة فيخافون ولو يزال ما الذي العربي من قليال

ينبض في اجلذور. رجال زلت ال أبي يا حقا رمبا أغضب ألنني النشوء طور في دما تبكي األطفال أرى حني أكفانهم لبسوا وقد غزة في كحلناه سوادا إتشحت التي بصمتنا املتواطئ مع الرصاص.

فالرصاصصوته أبشع حني يكون املتكلم الوحيد، و نحن ال نسكت إال حتت

وطء الرصاص. وحني

التحقق من موضوع او قضية، واتابع بشكل حلظي مايدور بني السياسيني احلديث بالده تاريخ واملثقفني).تناول الفترات تفند روائية أطر ضمن بابل أرض التي طغت على الثقافية رافقتها التي السياسية واملتغيرات الفلسفي التهكم من قالب في وروح الدعابة السريالية. فعلي يتمتع مبوهبة الكتابة الروائية بأساليب فنية الثقافي الفكر بعد تظهر متعددة العميق التحليل على وقدرته لديه واالفكار املعلومات شالل جانب الى فالنقد به. يغرقنا الذي النابضة فهم على يساعد لديه التقويضي الشائك. العراقي اجملتمع تعقيدات نسيج من شخصياته يعرض فهو اجملتمع العراقي بطريقة غير مباشرة. االنسان على تقامر شخصيات وتلمس مرونة القاع اإلنسانية.تتميز للوثيقة الطاغي باحلضور رواياته ولألفكار البحثية أي أن الرواية ترتكز علي أطروحة بحث معينة فتشكل األطروحة واألفكار الهيكل العظمي وتكسى بجلد احلياة والواقع. لكن البناء غياب مشكلة هناك يبقى احلرة. الكتابة واعتماد القصصي يتوازى يعتمده الذي السردي فاخلط متآلفة أخرى خطوط عدة مع

نتكلم يا سادة أنفسكم فقط، ما أجمل صوت الرصاص.

حق على دائما أنت طبعا ألن رجال زلت ال فأنا أبي، يا مصاصي الرجولة في هذا البلد يغتصبوا كي بعد يتفرغوا لم يحط لم الليل رجولتي...ألن لهم تخلو كي كياني على فعلتهم ليفعلوا الساحة السوداء. فأنا ال زلت شابا يا أبي،

ال أملك املال كي يسرقوا مني ونصف يأخذوا كي أعمل ال

مدخولي...أنتخب كي مخوال لست أنا بعد، إطمئن، فهم لن يشتروني يتدهور لم جسمي االن...و االن كي يكسروا كرامتي حتى مستشفياتهم أبواب على إستثماراتهم و احلكومية معاجلة من خلوفهم و اخلاصة، حالتي الصعبة يرفضونني ...و

فيبتعد البطل لعدة صفحات ليحل محله شخصية أخرى مع حياة أخرى انها ميعن الكاتب في تفاصيلها مع ال تصب في في مسيرة القصة األم. الف شفاهي حكائي اسلوب انها ليالئي جميل ال يعجب البعض الذي الشخصيات احدى تقمص يريد والعيش معها حتى النهاية. وبعض بتفاصيل بدر اندماج يعجبه آخر احلياة الصغيرة الواقعية لألشخاص تالعب عبر الروائيني من املهمشني ويناقش التاريخ كتابة يعيد فني بصورة واجلنس الثورة مفهوم السوسيولوجية للسياقات نقدية فالتداخل اجملتمع. في والثقافية وزمن احلكي وزمن احلكاية زمن بني بني الهوة الغاء في يساهم التلقي النص والقارئ. فعلي يعتمد حامالن العراقي التطور تاريخ هما سرديان فقد العراقية. الهوية واستبطان الهوية معنى روائية أطر عبر قدم وقناعة معرفيا مستوى بوصفها أساسها على اإلنسان يبني عقلية عالقته بنفسه واجملتمع. يؤمن علي فيه تتحول يوم سيأتي بأنه بدر سردية علوم الى االنسانية العلوم الرواية »مفهوم األمة في ان ويعتبر العربية مازال مفهوما فقيرا بالرغم

نهاد غازي عوادكاتبة صحفية

علي بدرانخاص بأوتلوك

االخر اجلانب على الكالب كما من الطريق

عندهم وزارةاملالية يرمونني... تنقطع الطاقة وزارة و فارغة،

الكهرباء عن مكاتبها كل يوموزارة كانت عندما باملداورة...و ال التي الوحيدة هي الداخلية

تعلم ما يجري في الداخلو وزارة الدفاع عاجزة عن الدفاع عن أركانها، فهم لم يؤسسوا

بعد وزارة للبناء و أناالبناء... ثقافة أبي يا أدرس

حني يرفضوني لن فاطمئن أقصدهم للعمل في وزاراتهم،

فمكتب إستالم الطلبات مغلق عندهم ألجل غير محدد بغرض

الصالة... يا أبي أنا لن أملك سيارة في لذا فقير، ألنني القريب الغد تتوسط أن مضطرا لست كي الدركي اخلال إبن عند

أجتاوز حدود الضبط حني يلغي يا سيارة أملك ال أنا السرعة.

أبي، لذاملا القدمية إطاراتي أحرق لن أستيقظ جائعا كل صباح، و لن

يحبسوني الليلة ألننياحلي، في األخر الديك هاجمت سيارة إستلم قد فالشرطي

جديدة، وهو مشغول جدامبعاكسة إبنة اجليران.

يا أبي أنا ال أريد أن أنخرط في املدرسة احلربية فليس مطلوب للعميد رأسك حتني أن منك

الذي يسكن اخر ضيعتنا.جسور اليوجد مدينتنا في للمشاة، فاطمئن لن أنتحر عن ظهر جسر حني أضيق ذرعا من عندنا يوجد ال و الغباء. هذا ال لذا فيها نخيم كي غابات تنتظر عودتي بقلق حني أذهب، ألنني لن أذهب، فال يوجد مكان

عودتي تنتظر ال إليه. أذهب بصمت ألن أبعد مكان سأذهب

إليه هو املقهى في احلي االخر. أنا لم أقع في احلب اجلدي بعد، فاطمئن الليلة يا أبي لن أطلب اجليران إلبنة تخطبني أن منك التي تنتفض بشعرها احلسناء شباكي نافذة على اجلميل أن منك أطلب كل مساء...لن منزل لشراء اخلليجي تنافس في لألرق أو للنوم فيه أخلد

مدينتنا...ماليني عشرة معي يوجد ال الشعب عن نائبا ألصبح دوالر تنزعج ال الفقير...لذا اللبناني

منكلماتي ...

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معمر القذافي سيطروا على املدينة أفراد من عدد إنضمام بعد البيضاء الشرطة إليهم. وتستمر ثورة الـ 17

من شباط أمال آخر للحرية.كان لألخبار جتديد آخر : مالحظة

الساعة 20 – 02 – 2011 بتاريخ اخلامسة فجرا.

يو بي أ ف ب، رويترز، (اجلزيرة،األخبار، أي)

البحرين .. ثورة الورود تقبل الرصاصفجر عند وقعت التي اجملزرة برغم اجلاري الشهر من عشر الـسابع ضد متظاهرين إختاروا النوم في دوار دوارهم إلى البحرينيون عاد اللؤلؤة، ليطالبوا بحقوقهم وبتغيير النظام الذي حتكمه وتسيطر عليه عائلة آل خليفة منذ عقود. وأظهرت شاشات هذه بحق إعالميا املقصرة التلفزة، اقتربوا ملتظاهرين مشاهدا الثورة، أسلحة أي بدو اجليش قوات من منادين »سلمية سلمية ال سنية وال عليهم. الرصاص بإطالق شيعية« وإلى اليوم لم يعرف مصير من كانوا الكثيرين قول برغم الدوار في نياما تختفي ال صغير بلد البحرين أن يرجح مما طويلة ملدة الناس فيه شهود بحسب موتهم إمكانية عيان ومسعفني. الشعب رفع سقف أما امللك رأس طلب حلد املطالب القيادات فمعتدلة حتاول التوازن في البحرين واقع صعب فرض على ظل

أجرى نادي الصحة واجملتمع في بيروت في األميركية اجلامعة نشاطا يوم اجلمعة الواقع في 18 من هذا الشهر إحتفاال بانتصار مصر جمهورية في الثورة شعبها مع وتضامنا العربية اإلنتصار. أوجه تكتمل حتى وجرى هذا النشاط بني الساعة بعد والرابعة صباحا العاشرة

الظهر.العاشرة، وضعت الساعة عند األرض بيضاء على ورقية الفتة الرئيسي املدخل درج أمام وألوان أقالم مع للجامعة في الطالب يتردد لم متنوعة. الكتابة، حتى امتألت االفتة كليا لتضاف الفتة أخرى الحقا وتختم كسابقتها. كتب الطالب بكل األلوان وكثيرا ما كتبوا بنكهة ظهر اللبنانية. السياسة لثورة هنا اللبنانيني عطش أحدهم الدنيا فكتب أم كثورة .. »صعبة وآخر »عقبالنا!« وترى عقبالنا«. الء، ليش بس في الشابي القاسم أبو أبيات العصر. شاعر كأنه مكان كل

اخلطوة اجلغرافي. موقعها ظل في هي األن حلد الوحيدة السياسية غستقالة نواب كتلة الوفاق الوطني. في الدخول رفضوا املعارضون سحب حلني احلكومة مع مفاوضات اجليش وإيقاف اجملازر، برغم مطالبات ويذكر الهدوء. بفرض العهد ولي األسطول تستضيف البحرين أن قوة أهم وهو اخلامس األمريكي األحمر. والبحر اخلليج في أجنبية أيضا يذكر أن البحرين مساحتها 750 كلم مربع وأن عدد سكانها مليون و مئتي ألف أكثرهم ( 60 باملئة ) من باملئة الشيعة والباقي سنة وتسع اليهود. وعشرات املسيحيني من وتستمر ثورة الرابع عشر من شباط

بال وكيل إال اهللليبيا .. ثورة حتاصرها ثورتان

بني الثورة التونسية والثورة املصرية بدأ الزلزال بالتسلل إلى ليبيا لتهتز القذافي معمر الزعيم حتت األرض الذي تربع على عرش ليبيا بال دستور مدينة وتذدرت . عاما 40 من ألكثر مصادر فتحدثت املواجهات بنغازي لقناة اجلزيرة عن حصول مجزرة هناك

السياسية التوجهات وظهرت الطالب كتب ما في والفكرية احلياة هي »الشيوعية مثل اهلل حفظ و« متوت« فكيف حتيات مع اللبنانية اجلمهورية في اإلسالمية اجلمهورية لثورات حريرية و«حتية إيران« أن الكثر ومتنى الياسمني«. ينتشر داء الثورة في كل مكان »ال و البقية« »عقبال فقالوا حتى البحرين »مع و ملعمر« لكل »شكرا كتبوا النصر«. شكرا« قدوتنا و«يا املصريني« العروبة«. مصر و«مبروك الثورة بإكمال الكثر وطالب العبودية « ثورة تكون وأن األميركي«. للمنطق بعدها عن الفكاهة حس يغب ولم هيفاء »نريد فقالوا البعض رئيسة جلمهورية مصر« وهبي و » بكير لترحل، تالتني سنة يا زملة!«. وهناك من كتب خارجا أن ميكنني »اآلن السرب عن

أحلم بفلسطني«.وعند إنتصاف الساعة الواحدة أحد حضر الظهر، بعد من عمر وهو النشاط منظمي كلية في وأستاذ جي الديوه عن ليعرف والغذاء الصحة

فجر العشرين من شباط حيث قامت الرصاص بإطالق املسلحة القوات الكثيف على املتظاهرين مما أدى إلى سقوط ما يقارب املئتي قتيل و مئات

اجلرحى بحسب شهود عيان.وحدات أن ليبية مصادر وذكرت ليبيا شرق في املركزي األمن املتظاهرين على إطالقالنار رفضت الفرق األمنية وساعدتهم على طرد استقدمت أنها قيل التي اإلفريقية أن كما مسلحني. بلطجية مع السلطات تفرض تعتيما إعالميا بعد

إعتقال العديد من الصحفيني.الغذائية اإلمدادات وقطعت كما تقع التي املناطق عن والصحية املواقع وحجبت املظاهرات، فيها وتويتر فايسبوك مثل اإلجتماعية يوتيوب إلى إضافة الشبكة عن ومواقع املدونات الرئيسية. وإنتشرت عدوى الثورة في باقي املناطق ورفعت ألول القذافي معمر ضد الشعارات تكون لعلها ليبيا، تاريخ في مرة لليبيا. جديد مستقبل إلى إشارة وقالت جماعتان ليبيتان في املنفى أن الزعيم حلكومة املناهضني احملتجني

أحد القادمني من ميدان التحرير الطالب مع جتربتها لتشارك ولينظم احلوار ويوضح األهداف قبيسي فرح النشاط. من السياسية العلوم طالبة هي كانت اليسوعية اجلامعة في التحرير ميدان في موجودة وحتدثت عن جتربتها. فأوضحت تراكم نتيجة هي الثورة أن الصعبة املعيشية للظروف واحلركات احلكم وفساد بني والشبابية العمالية اإلنتفاضة حني 2000 عام اآلن. وحتى الفلسطينية وحتدثت عن إختيار يوم 25 يناير ألنه ميثل رمزية معركة تصدت خاللها من املصرية الشرطة وقدمت البريطاني لإلحتالل الكثير من الشهداء للدفاع عن فهي ضده؟ اليوم أما الشعب، أن خالد سعيد وقالت فبيسي إختير رمزا للثورة لكونه تعرض حتدثت املوت. حتى للتعذيب مشاركة إيجابية عن قبيسي مع تعاملهم في املواطنني حملاوالت وتصديهم الثورة قاموا حني خاصة التفرقة الشعبية في اللجان بتشكيل ومساعدة البلطجة مواجهة

األهالي للمتظاهرين عبر توزيع عينات غذائية وغيرها من على عن وأجابت أحيانا. الشرفات قيادات حول أوتلوك للـ سؤال الثورة بأن الثورة أنتجت قياداتها من خالل الشباب املتواجدين في حرة ثورة التحريرلتكون ميدان التعقيدات عن بعيدة شبابية خاصة واملذهبية السياسية واألقباط. النساء مبشاركة أشرف بعود النشاط واختتم أنشدا حيث علي وحنجرة املرتبطة األغنيات من العديد و درويش لسيد ومبصر بالثورة خليفة ومارسيل إمام الشيخ

مثل »بني ريتا وعيوني« و«شمس الشموسة« و«البحر« وغيرها مع تفاعل اجلمهور املتواجد في محيط الـ كولدج هول و املدخل

الرئيسي.منظمي أحد زين كرمي وقال النشاط للـ أوتلوك أن الالفتات على وأكد مصر، إلى سترسل إلظهار النشاط هذا أهمية داخل السياسي النشاط أن إيجابيا يكون أن ميكن اجلامعة إلى اجلامعة إدخال سبيل في جو النشاط السياسي الصحي متفاعال مركزا اجلامعة وجلعل

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