Iloubnan - Act for the Disappeared - September 1, 2010

Act for the Disappeared : a 2-day event on sept 3&4

BEIRUT - "HELP ME FIND MY CHILD". This call is not that of a single mother but that of thousands of Lebanese mothers whose children have disappeared during the civil war.

There will be concerts, exhibitions, artistic installations and screenings of documentaries to support the families of the disappeared on September 3 and 4, 2010, at Gibran Khalil Gibran garden, in front of UN House/ESCWA, Downtown Beirut.

Program :

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
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5pm OPENING OF THE EVENT
6pm LIVE GRAFFITI PERFORMANCE
7pm-11pm CONCERT featuring Youmna Saba, Hiba Mansouri, The Incompetents, Zeid and the Wings, RGB 961, Malika and Zoog
11pm-1am READING OF THE NAMES OF THE DISAPPEARED
On view EXHIBITIONS and INSTALLATIONS


SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
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6pm LIVE ARTISTIC INSTALLATION
7pm-11pm DOCUMENTARIES:
- Seven projections by the International Committee of the Red Cross (Total duration 45 min, English)
- 17 000 by Sandra Abrass (52 min, Arabic)
- The last picture: while crossing… by Wadad Halwani (15 min, Arabic, Subtitles English)
- Chanson pour Amin by Alberto Bougieux (53 min, French and Arabic, subtitles Arabic)
- Echoes on the streets (approx. 15 min, Arabic)
On view EXHIBITIONS and INSTALLATIONS


EXHIBITIONS and INSTALLATIONS
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INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS: photo exhibition, Missing Lives
ELSIE HADDAD: photo exhibition, Coffee Monologues
RAYYA HADDAD: photo exhibition, The disappeared Truth
HANNINE SOBH: painting – collage exhibition, Faded
MOKHTAR BEYROUTH: photo exhibition, Ghosts from the past
THE FEEL COLLECTIVE: activity
YAZAN HALWANI: graffiti installation, The wall of the disappeared
KIKI BOKASSA: artistic installation

And…
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* THE LEBANESE RED CROSS YOUTH DEPARTMENT: interactive information stand
* Information Desk on the issue of enforced disappearance
* The public will have the possibility to address messages on camera during the event.

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