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“Syrie, Mon Pays Qui N’existe Plus” An exhibition by Ammar Abd Rabbo

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  • Talk | Lebanese Copyright Laws in Visual Arts and Photography

    19:00 -21:00
    06/03/2019
    Beirut Center of Photography
    Art Nub Beirut

    85 Elias Medawar street, Abou Jaoude building, 2nd floor, Achrafieh, Lebanon

    85 Elias Medawar street, Abou Jaoude building, 2nd floor, Achrafieh, Lebanon

    Beirut Center of Photography – BCP and Art Nub Beirut cordially invite you to attend Lebanese Copyright Laws in Visual Arts with a particular emphasis on photography a talk by attorney and photographer Serge Najjar.

    In an era where the abundance of visual material is easily accessible, users often neglect the legal risks involved in using images protected by copyright.

    Many creators are either unaware that laws protecting their creations exist or do not know them well.

    Serge will discuss the moral and patrimonial copyright laws and will create a debate around the subject as well as the society’s need for fair access to visual material in various domains including the internet, television, cinema, and print.

    Date and Time:
    Wednesday, March 6, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

    Location:
    Art Nub Beirut
    85 Elias Medawar street, Abou Jaoude building, 2nd floor, Achrafieh, Lebanon

    Important: The number of seats being limited, kindly reserve by writing to info@bcplebanon.org

    Biography:

    Serge Najjar, Ph.D. (Paris II – Assas) is an attorney at law and a senior associate in Ibrahim Najjar Law Firm. He is specialized in property and commercial law. He has worked on various projects
    aiming to modernize Lebanese laws related to copyright, intellectual and industrial property. He is also an award-winning photographer.

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  • Exhibition | International competition of women photographers

    18:30 -22:00
    07/03/2019
    Institut français du Liban

    Institut Français Du Liban, Beirut, Lebanon

    Institut Français Du Liban, Beirut, Lebanon

    MARCH 2019
    Month of the Francophonie in Lebanon
    In the feminine!

    International competition for women photographers
    / International Women Photographers Award
    From Thursday 7 to Saturday, March 30
    Gallery French Institute of Lebanon
    Free admission

    Opening Thursday 7 March at 18:30

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    The International Association of Women Photographers aims to promote women photographers around the world. It acts as a global platform to increase their visibility to an international audience, professional or amateur. As part of this mission, the IWPA Prize offers a traveling exhibition to major cities and capitals in the Middle East, Europe and Asia, presenting the work of the laureate and finalists.
    In order to promote and encourage the expression of the new talents of women photographers, Dubai, Beirut, Amman, Paris, Delhi and Riyadh wanted to associate to host exhibitions in 2019 of this photography prize. The exhibition is inaugurated every year in March, the month of women in the world.
    The IWPA exhibition presents a selection of images from each photographer’s series. In 2019, participants had the choice between the “free theme” or the theme “Brotherhood”. The diversity, richness and quality of their works speak for themselves.

    Winner: Wan Chee Chan (China – HK) –
    Finalists: Solmaz Daryani (Iran – UK) – Sydney Lea Lebour (France) – Olya Morvan (Ukraine) – Olga Kukush (Ukraine) – Maryam Firuzi (Iran) – Mahsa Ahrabi Fard ( Iran) – Liliana Velasquez (Mexico) – Laura Pannack (United Kingdom) – Maria Contreras Coll (Spain) – Felicia Simion (Romanian)

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    Opening hours
    Monday – Friday | 10am – 7pm
    Saturday | 10 am – 3 pm
    Closed on Sundays.

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    # mdlf19lb #IFLiban

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  • The sea leaves us when we leave – البحر يغادرنا عندما نرحل

    19:00
    15/03/2019-29/03/2019
    Tree of Art

    Elias Medawar, Beirut (347.93 mi) Achrafieh, Lebanon

    Elias Medawar, Beirut (347.93 mi) Achrafieh, Lebanon

    Marwan Tahtah is a professional photographer who has been working in the Lebanese press since 2000. Besides his own projects, he has worked on projects of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Goethe Institute, and other organizations. Marwan’s works have been exhibited in several photo galleries in Beirut, Paris, and Berlin. In June 2016, he received a master’s degree in photography from the National Higher School of Photography in Arles, France.

    مروان طحطح مصوّر محترف يعمل في مجال الصحافة اللبنانيّة منذ العام 2000. إلى جانب مشاريعه الخاصّة، عمل ضمن مشاريع خاصّة باللجنة الدولية للصليب الأحمر، معهد غوته، ومنظّمات أخرى. عُرضت أعمال مروان في العديد من معارض الصور في بيروت، باريس، وبرلين. في حزيران 2016، حاز على شهادة ماجستير في التصوير الفوتوغرافي من المدرسة الوطنية العليا لفن التصوير في آرل، فرنسا.

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  • C’est Beyrouth

    18:30 -21:00
    27/03/2019
    Institut des Cultures d’Islam – France

    56 rue Stephenson Paris, France

    56 rue Stephenson Paris, France

    From March 28 to July 28, 2019, the Institute of Cultures of Islam presents “It is Beirut”, the exhibition curated by Sabyl Ghoussoub.

    The works of sixteen photographers and videographers testify to the place of the community, the religion and the individual, in Beirut since the Israeli-Lebanese conflict of 2006.

    The exhibition proposes to discover Beirut differently, through a route that takes place on the two exhibition spaces of ICI, rue Léon and rue Stephenson.

    Exhibition with the works of Mohamad Abdouni, Hassan Ammar, Ziad Antar, Patrick Baz, Myriam Boulos, Roy Dib, Christopher Donner, Fouad Elkoury, Sirine Fattouh, Cha Gonzalez, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Vianney Le Caer, Randa Mirza, and Natalie Naccache.

    Curator: Sabyl Ghoussoub
    Art Director: Bérénice Saliou
    General Management: Stéphanie Chazalon
    Scientific Committee: Dimitri Beck, Marine Bougaran, Ziad Majed, Tarek Nahas, Rasha Salah

    With the support of the Lebanese Embassy in France and the French Institute of Lebanon

    Associated media: Artistik Rezo, The Candy, Liberation, L’Orient le Jour, Radio Nova, Polka, Salamnews, Saphirnews.com, TV5MONDE

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    Du 28 mars au 28 juillet 2019, l’Institut des Cultures d’Islam présente “C’est Beyrouth”, exposition curatée par Sabyl
    Ghoussoub.

    Les œuvres de seize artistes photographes et vidéastes témoignent de la place de la communauté, de la religion et de l’individu, à Beyrouth depuis le conflit israélo-libanais de 2006.

    L’exposition propose de découvrir Beyrouth autrement, à travers un parcours qui prend place sur les deux espaces d’exposition de l’ICI, rue Léon et rue Stephenson.

    Exposition avec les œuvres de Mohamad Abdouni, Hassan Ammar, Ziad Antar, Patrick Baz, Myriam Boulos, Roy Dib, Christophe Donner, Fouad Elkoury, Sirine Fattouh,
    Cha Gonzalez, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige,
    Vianney Le Caer, Randa Mirza et Natalie Naccache.

    Commissariat : Sabyl Ghoussoub

    Direction artistique : Bérénice Saliou

    Direction générale : Stéphanie Chazalon

    Comité scientifique : Dimitri Beck, Marine Bougaran,
    Ziad Majed, Tarek Nahas, Rasha Salah

    Avec le soutien de l’Ambassade du Liban en France et de l’Institut Français du Liban

    Médias associés : Artistik Rezo, Le Bonbon, Libération,
    L’Orient le Jour, Radio Nova, Polka, Salamnews, Saphirnews.com, TV5MONDE

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