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Najib
Jun 01, 2018 09:25
Lebanese-Palestinian Lina Rafeh, director of the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World at the Lebanese American University, was included on the world’s 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy in 2018, a report published by Apolitical, an international platform for governments that gathers and produces research on topics relevant to civil servants. The list "honors and celebrates women and men making the world more equitable, whether they exert their influence through policymaking, research,…
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Najib
May 01, 2018 08:49
The "Jezzine Hub" is a youth-led community center that organizes workshops, cultural activities and offers support for innovative ideas in an attempt to strengthen the involvement of Jezzine young citizens in the socio-economic development of their communities. It's one of those initiative aimed at keeping "small towns" alive and it's working out quite perfectly. Ever since it was founded, the Jezzine Hub has helped fresh graduates approach universities and pushed them towards the most needed…
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