صحبة creates theatre-based peer education workshops where performers representing two unnamed political parties start a scenario that quickly escalates. The scenario pauses, and youth in the audience are invited to participate and re-create the scenario to avoid the clash.
January 22, 2012
8:56 pm
Politics & Friendship Team
Contact Politics & Friendship team: politicsfriendship@imaginationstudio.org
Jana Bou Reslan
Cedric Choukeir: With a Masters degree in Local Human Development and International Cooperation from the University of Florence, Cedric invests his experience in consulting, management, and NGOs to develop the Lebanese society in a sustainable way.
Joanna Choukeir: Communication designer who founded Imagination Studio because she believes that co-creation can improve our society. She is currently doing her PhD and lecturing at the University of the Arts, as well as working with Uscreates.
Halla El-Ahmad: I graduated from York University, Toronto - Canada in 2004 with a BA in Political Science. Upon graduation, I worked with Amnesty International in London (UK) as a Junior Campaigner with the Stop Violence Against Women Campaign as well as with the Individuals at Risk Program as a Refugee Caseworker Assistant. I later moved to New York where I also joined the USA branch of AI and worked as a Research Assistant with the Stop Violence Against Women Campaign researching case studies and reports on domestic violence within the Native American communities in the U.S. In 2010 I decided to permanently move to Lebanon because i felt a strong need to share the skills i acquired while studying and working in the West with humanitarian organizations in Lebanon. Presently, I work as a De-mining Operations and Community Liaison Assistant with Handicap International’s de-mining program in North Lebanon (Toula, Batroun). Being a humanitarian activist has always been a passion of mine and a huge part of my life. It is a blessing for me to have the opportunity to be a part of positive change in my country, helping to clear up Lebanon’s beautiful villages one landmine at a time.
Andre Francis
Charbel Gemayel
Charbel Naim: With a background in Advertising, Marketing, HR, Hospitality Management, Tourism and the Performing Arts, Charbel Naim is currently VAPA’s communication officer and a member of Improbeirut acting group. He is also a news editor/writer, actor and trainer in body language and creative writing.
Zeina Saab: Zeina grew up in the US and received her M.A. in Urban Planning from MIT, where she focused on integration between Christians and Muslims. After spending time working with USAID and the UN, she moved back to Lebanon in 2011 to start an NGO focused on youth empowerment and integration of youth from various religious and political affiliations.
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