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Record breaking AUB Annual Job Fair 2011 that wouldn’t stop students and alumni from attending. Precautions were taken beforehand and stands were set up on the first and second floors of West Hall, accommodating multinational and regional firms prior to the arranged starting time. By 11 am, the weather had improved significantly and firm representatives returned to their designated outdoor stands. Nonetheless, recruitment presentations, individual interviews and case analyses all proceeded as scheduled.

Some 237 job vacancies were available, including full-time and part-time jobs, summer jobs, and internships, a majority of which were entry to mid-level, requiring minimal to relative experience in the related fields.

Moreover, 36 recruitment presentations were carried out in addition to on-campus individual interviews, business case analyses, and aptitude and numerical data tests.

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onths of preparation culminated in the AUB Annual Job Fair, held on Thursday, May 12, and Friday, May 13 at AUB ‘s Upper Campus. The two-day event pooled together 156 multinational, regional and local firms with the aim of providing AUB students and alumni the opportunity to seek exceptional employment and experience.

The opening ceremony held on Thursday in West Hall at 12 noon by Dr. Talal Nizameddin, Dean of Student Affairs and Dr. Maryam Ghandour, Head of the Career and Placement Services and Coordinator of the Job Fair, launched the start to a truly successful day. Students were able to submit their CVs and forge connections with firm representatives well into the evening. The unexpected weather proved to be a bit of an obstacle on Friday, but nothing

Students protest satisfactory sports accommodation, A growing concern at AUB Ali Kassem Staff Writer

student body.

But the shortcomings of sports at AUB are not limited to that. Indeed, it has recently become obvious that student athletes are not treated the way they should be as “Ambassadors of AUB.” The complaints are many, from lack of proper uniforms

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t seems that, in the words of Yehya Abbas, AUB mechanical engineer major and member of the AUB swim team, sports at AUB are “not sufficiently looked after.” Indeed, AUB sports events seem to lack proper support, especially from the

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and Engineering, a significant majority of the vacancies were open to students of all majors as firm representatives repeatedly emphasized their interest in recruiting AUB students for their long-standing impeccable reputation.

The Fair ended on a high note with a Gala Dinner hosted in honor of the participating firms at the Mistral Ballroom of the Movenpick Hotel and Resort and in the presence of AUB Deans and VPs. Each participating firm was recognized and

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awarded for its part in making the AUB Job Fair a success. Entertainment for the evening consisted of AUB Students playing the piano, singing, performing Latin dance and ballet. Notably, the proceeds of the dinner went toward funding the AUB Financial Aid Program.

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any students may have noticed the vibrant and numerous posters that crammed the American University of Beirut’s (AUB) campus. What has really gotten the students’ attention is the $10,000 prize that these fliers promised. Organized annually by the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture Student Representative Committee

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(FEA-SRC), this event covers a very wide scope of topics: It encompasses many ideas of well-

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The AUB Music Club in collaboration with Roadster Diner cordially invites you to “Mending Beats,” a fundraising concert for children with congenital heart disease taking place this Wednesday May 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Assembly Hall. Tickets will be sold outside West Hall.

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This year, AUB’s annual Outdoors committee will be bringing old Beirut back to life. So come on down to AUB this Saturday and Sunday May 21 and 22 and join the crowds of people indulging in games, music, and great food. Beirut is “Sett El Dunya,” and the Outdoors committee has worked long and hard to provide an opportunity for everyone to get a glimpse of its glory and beauty!

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ed students with the opportunity to market themselves and a starting point from which to launch their careers, but also provided them with a realistic take on the job market. The industries of firms represented at the fair were numerous, with a concentration in the fields of Architecture & Construction, Banking, Engineering & Contracting, Finance, and Marketing. Though the majors in most demand were Architecture, Business Administration, Computer Science, Economics,

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First remote controlled boat competition at AUB

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he Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and The American Society for Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) organized the annual Remote Control (RC) Boat Competition for the first time at the swimming pool of the Charles Hostler Student Center (CHSC) in AUB. Several teams from AUB and BAU (Beirut Arab University) participated in this competition, all aiming to win the $1000 first prize followed by the $600 second place and the $ 400 third place.

Before the competition started, Ahmad Ghalayini, president of the SME, and Maya Amro, a graduate civil engineering student, made the necessary examinations to check whether each boat is restricted to the designing conditions or not. For instance, a boat’s weight must not exceed 4 kg; its length must not exceed 60 cm; the boat must contain a hook for stage 2; and so on. In addition, teams were subjected to judging by Elie Kfoury, a mechanical engineering

faculty member teaching manufacturing and instrumentation courses. Kfoury is well experienced in knowing whether the boat was really designed and manufactured by students or not, and points were awarded based on the construction, finish, neatness, added details, motor, and so on. To be specific, 10 points are awarded for Basic Build Quality/Framing/Layout, 10 points for electronics and hardware installation, 10 points for details, and 10 points as Bonus for Innovation.

Teams completed four different stages. Stage 1, the “Drag Race,” which required each boat to cross the pool in a straight line within two red barriers, whereby touching the side barriers would result in a three-second penalty.

Stage 2, the “Criss-Cross,” required the boat to move in a criss-cross path through a series of floaters across the pool, whereby touching any of the floaters would result in penalties. Stage 3, the “Tug of War,” required that two boats, chosen by a draw, faced in opposite directions and tied up with a rope so that each boat pull the other to the opposite

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After three hours of competing interrupted by a small lunch, teams “Sakasiko,” “AAA”, “Solo,” “Rabba,” “Lady Chuck Norris,” and “BAU ASME 1” were eliminated. The remaining teams had to compete in Stage 4, “The Battle of the Ships,” the last stage of the competition. In this stage, boats played football game; the first boat to score two goals will win the

stage.

The final results came up with AUB Teams “TJT” winning the first prize, and “TAZZ” winning the second prize, whereas BAU team “BAU ASME 2” won the third place. Subsequent to the distribution of prizes, the audience enjoyed the helicopter show performed

by Imad Abdelnoor, an LAU technician.

Paul Khoury, SME Public Relation, assured that

the SME “thank the USFC for their sponsorship to this successful event,” and that they “worked according to the AUB’s pool regulations and policies throughout the event.”The event was attended by a big number of students from different engineering majors as well as AUB professors such as Fouad Azizi, Alain Shehade and Christopher Bauer.

“Blue AUB” group for a better environment Rayane Zahreddine Staff Writer The following is an interview with Erik Vincenti Zakhia, mechanical engineering student who founded the “Blue AUB” blog (blueaub.blogspot. com) and Facebook group.

What is “Blue AUB” and how did it start?

Blue AUB is originally a blog that I have created several months ago to write about the environment. I have always been an “environmentalist” but I didn’t know how to share my ideas with others and contribute to change things. Now “Blue AUB” is also an interactive group on Facebook where members can share their views and de-

bate environmental issues.

Usually the color green is associated with the environment so why did you call the group “Blue AUB”?

I initially called the blog “Green AUB” but the common reaction was: “AUB is already green…” which is true and false. AUB has a very green (and beautiful) campus, but the mentality of most of the students and staff has to change. Much progress could be done on energy economy policies, recycling … Blue is the color of nature, the sky, the sea, so I opted for it instead of the classical green.

What sort of actions do you wish the members to do towards the environ-

ment in Lebanon and specifically in AUB? We should begin to act concretely individually; it is very easy to adopt eco-friendly habits such as turning off the lights when not needed, using the AC only when needed, recycling (it is now possible for each of us to recycle almost everything in AUB!), trying to walk/bike/take the bus instead of using the car.

Then we should encourage our family and friends to apply these small acts that can have a huge impact on a big scale. It is essential, vital to change our habits if we don’t want Lebanon (and the world in general) to become an unlivable place.

What are the obstacles you face regarding saving

the environment?

The worst obstacle is indifference, apathy. I wrote very often in the blog for two months, but few people showed their interest, which is not very motivating.

But now it is different, people get involved more easily via Facebook. Social media can be a very powerful tool as the revolutions in the Arab world have shown. We need a “green revolution,” a change of approach at 180°. Ignorance about the environment is another obstacle. Very often people talking about the environment are not very well informed about the matter. In the blog, I try to keep things as simple as possible, but I explore the problems in depth. Moreover, my vision

of an eco-friendly world goes toward improving our quality of life.

Do you have any specific message you would like to say to AUB students?

Each of us should take this issue personally. Recycling is as important as the nonsmoking campaign, or the other social issues that are much publicized in AUB. You lose nothing by recycling, reusing and reducing; instead, you actively contribute to slow down the destruction of the earth. During one or two weeks you will feel weird, but then it will become a natural instinct and you will wonder why you never did that before. We have the power to change things!

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IESEC is the largest student run organization in the world & the 2nd largest Nongovernmental Organization (NGO) after the United Nations. AIESEC aims at helping fresh graduates and undergraduates find internships abroad spanning around 110 countries, both short and long term (between 6 weeks and a year and a half).

It started in 1948; AIESEC is a global, non-political, independent, not-for-profit organization run by students and recent graduates of institutions of higher education.

Last week, Expansion Manager and soon to be AIESEC (Lebanon Branch) President Hadeer Shalaby, soon to graduate with a BA in Business Administration from The American University in Cairo (AUC), has made her way to Lebanon from Egypt where she hopes to open the first AIESEC branch in Lebanon at AUB. Consequently, Outlook sought to have a one on one talk with Shalaby in an attempt to learn more about her noble endeavour to serve AUB, AIESEC and the region.

What is AIESEC’s mission statement? Tell us a bit about your history with the NGO (your work experience at AIESEC, why you joined and how it had enriched your life).

Our mission statement is: Peace and fulfilment of human kind’s potential. Our main goal is youth development through leadership and sending youth abroad.

I have been in AIESEC for three years, I was a member responsible for sending students abroad for internships, then the vice president responsible for bringing interns from abroad to Egypt dealing with companies and the welcoming of these interns, and then I organized an international conference last year that held 300 delegates from all over the world. I travelled to countries like Switzerland, India, Kenya and Italy through AIESEC whether to give sessions, attend conferences or went on an internship. And now I’ll be spending

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next year working in Lebanon to start AIESEC there.

AIESEC totally changed my life and developed me more than anything else. It made me realize what I want to do with my future and helped me develop my weaknesses.

And now I can say that I have at least one friend from every country around the world.

Who are some of AIESEC’s most renowned alumni?

Famous AIESECers around the world are: Bill Clinton, CEO of PWC (Dr. Tarek Mansour), CEO of Vodafone (Dr. Hatem Dewidar) and the minister of communications in Egypt. Kofi Anan always talks about AIESEC and the fact that all youth should join it.

What prompted you to open up a branch in Lebanon? Why did you choose AUB as your location?

We have always wanted to start AIESEEC in Lebanon especially that we are found in 110 countries and we felt that it is our responsibility towards the Middle East to start there. But the main reason was that Lebanon has a lot of potential and a high calibre of students who are multilingual and would be interested to travel and develop their skills and network around the world. AUB was our 1st choice because of its history and the amazing potential of its students that makes them the best to start such an organization.

During your stay in Lebanon, how did you pave the way for this progress of launching an AIESEC branch in Lebanon?

We started by legalizing AIESEC as an NGO in Lebanon, we recruited 8 AUB students to start as a club on campus. They were given trainings about AIESEC and how to start it and might be sent abroad soon to take more trainings. We also started recruiting students and recent graduates who want to travel for internships abroad. We have also approached AUB to start as an official club on campus to be able to recruit more members.

How do you hope to influence AUB students with the initiation of AIESEC

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at AUB? Will the services you offer be available to non AUB students as well and what age groups are permitted?

Anyone can apply to join AIESEC Exchange program, but only AUB students can apply as members and leaders. You can apply as long as you are younger than 30 years old and have finished studies at a maximum of two years ago.

I hope to influence AUB students by changing their perspective about life, to make them global citizens and to give them the platform to explore themselves whether by going abroad for an internship or by taking leadership roles in Lebanon.

How does AIESEC promote leadership and experiential learning?

In AIESEC, we don’t give you trainings about how to be a good leader or how to be culturally sensitive but we put you in a leadership position or send you abroad and guide you through the process. All our processes work as if we are a multi-national company which guarantees professionalism for our members.

AIESEC hopes to send a handful of students abroad to represent AUB in some 110 countries. Some internships include awareness campaigns whereby students

hold presentations in undeveloped countries to give awareness on matters such as HIV. What sorts of internships does AIESEC offer?

AIESEC offer 4 types of internships?

Management: You work in a company in the field of management e.g. marketing, finance or accounting Technical: you work in a company in the field of web development, IT or engineering… etc.

Some of the companies we deal with are Microsoft, PWC, P&G, Alcatel Lucent & Ericsson Development: you work in an NGO or on a project for something that can help develop the society Educational: You work on a project or an NGO but it’s mainly about teaching a language or a subject How long do internships at AIESEC last? What other details can you provide us with concerning the internship?

They last between 6 weeks to a year and a half.

Management & Technical internships are paid and development & educational internships provide accommodation and food for their interns.

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senting AIESEC on May 12 and 13 as part of AUB’s annual job fair organized by the Career and Placement Services office headed by Dr. Maryam Ghandour. What activities will be taking place as part of the fair? Will students be able to apply for internships directly and if so based on what factors will acceptances be judged?

Yes, we will be a part of the fair having a booth in the NGO section. We will be recruiting people who want to go on internships abroad.

They will be interviewed throughout the two days of the fair and the week after. We will also give a session about all our activities and the history of AIESEC and the current available internships. Factors affecting our judgement would be the potential of those students or recent graduates and if they will be good representatives of Lebanon abroad and if they are culturally sensitive enough to be able to live abroad and be independent.

For those inteerested in applying for an internship, kindly contact AIESEC at aiesec. aub@gmail.com or for more information contact AIESEC Expansion Manager Hadeer Shalaby at hadeer.shalaby@ aiesec.net

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Fear Factor, includes trivia games as well puzzles, and even boasts a scavenger hunt.

The students interested in participating were briefed about the event Friday, May 6 in West Hall’s Bathish Auditorium.

Fady Fadel and Emile Zankoul, both Civil Engineering students and prominent organizers of the event describe the event as a road trip composed of a series of checkpoints, which the team has to find. “At each check point there are challenges”. Each team has to register a car for a $50 fee. The car is used as the main mode of transport to and from checkpoints.

Many challenges, similar to challenges in Fear Factor included an eating contest where participants were to eat garlic and Tabasco Sauce, a race in a mud lake, and having the contestants completely shave their hair and eyebrows. Trivia questions included general knowledge topics such as sports, music, history, logic, math etc. The

scavenger hunt involved the finding of difficult-to-obtain or rare items called “treasures.”

Amongst these items were a pair of size 46 high heels, three frogs, an official NBA jersey, and a 1998 World Cup ticket.

The competition was divided into two days: Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8. It started on Saturday at 7 AM in the girls’ dormitory parking lot. Stickers of sponsors (Roche, Jammal Trust Bank, Consolidated Construction Company (CCC), Online Money Transfer (OMT), Orange Television (OTV), Sawt El Mada, Dunkin’ Donuts, The Gate Magazine, Radio One, Jarir Printing Center, Aley Equi Club, Red Bull, Kunhadi, and the University Student Faculty Committee (USFC) at AUB) were all over the cars. Special care was made to ensure that all participants driving had their driver’s licenses and their car registration. Locations of Saturday’s checkpoints included Jiyeh, Bkessine, Aishiye, Mazraat Douiat, Deir Mimes, Bfaroua, Maghdouche, proving that

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this “rally paper” was more than just a mere “paper,” but rather, a full-fledged safari across Lebanon. The day ended at 10 PM. Sunday was similar, this time the checkpoints included Aley, Riyak, Baalbek, Ras El Ain, Bechouet, Afqa, and Hamet.

The winners, UCO, were announced Monday, May 16 during a ceremony at Charles Hostler Auditorium at 7 PM.

The prizes included the grand prize of $10,000, second prize of $5,000 by the Skiing Society, third prize of $3,000, won by SSCC Kfarhbab, fourth prize of $2,000 won by the MEAB and the fifth prize of $1,000, won by the Inglorious Basterds.

Overall this highly anticipated event was a success. There were 1500 participants from various universities, with 70 cars on the

run at a time. Third year Civil engineering student, Joseph Dib, recounts his experience: “I liked how other teams were afraid of ours, especially after having well performed in the mud game.” Serge Sofian, also a third year Civil engineering student, “liked exploring Lebanon.” This event accurately met its high expectations being one of the emblems of the FEA.

The Biology Student Society Trivia Night Anis Kadado Staff Writer

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uestions, answers, suspense, and ultimate winners; not a soccer game, nor a fashion show, but the Biology Student Society trivia night.

The night of Tuesday, May 10 witnessed yet another outstanding event by the BSS, entertaining both competitors and viewers present at the newly renovated Zaabri Lecture Hall. Senior Biology students Fouad Badaoui and Tatiana Hawat hosted this event that covered topics ranging from sports to history, film and politics, and ironically, the least subject involved was that of Biology. Groups were made of three students, with a minimum of two biology students per group. A total of 43 questions, some of which were chosen by Dr. Sawsan Kuraydiyyah and Dr. Colin Smith, summed the first round that involved 16 groups, followed by an intense second round made of three groups of students. Those in first place were 500 points away from those behind them, owing

it to one question that made the difference, which was “Give the exact dates of the beginning and end (Moubarak’s resignation) of the recent Egyptian revolution.”

Senior Biology students seemed to dominate the floor, with three different groups of senior biology students (and one math major student) coming in at the top three places. The winners, Ali Shamas, Hassan Beydoun, and Cedric Kseib, went home with 300$. Ziad Ghazzaoui, Omar Nawfal, and Mohamad Khalil (math major) came in at second place, winning 100$; Talal Seoud, Khaled Janom, and Serge Geara came in at third.

Given the nature of the questions asked, Amjad Kanj (director of this event) claimed “I was really surprised at how the three groups that made it to the final knew questions like: What’s the real name of the actor playing Muhanad on the Turkish show Gumus (Nour)?” Not only did those participating have the chance to go home as winners, but so did the audience. Dr. Colin Smith drew out three numbers that gave away 100,000L.L.

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to Nassib Abou Haidar, and 50,000 L.L. each to Emane Abdallah and Elie Finianos. At the end of the night, Kanj stated “It was a very interesting night, done only for the second time

and turned out to be more successful than last year. It was great seeing that a larger audience showed up and more groups were present.” Coming close to the end of the spring semester,

the Biology Student Society has proved to live up to its standards and meet the students’ expectations by hosting a wide range of events that has kept students enthralled

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The playwright’s cooperative spring showcase

Rayane Zahreddine Staff Writer

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n Friday, May 13, the Playwright’s Cooperative’ first stage performance took place at 6 pm in the Charles Hostler Student Center Auditorium. Three short plays written, directed and acted by AUB students were presented to AUB students in an hour and a half.

Dr Michael Dennison, faculty advisor of the Playwright’s Cooperative, introduced the show and each play.

The first play, “The Waltz” was written by Rasha Salem and directed by Ian Gibson. It told the story of a girl “Alex” talking about her wedding and her fairy-tale ending with the perfect guy, when it was all in her head. The second one, “Guillemauve,” was written and directed by Ghiwa Sayegh. It was a feminist play where all the men were played by women. The third play, written and directed by Ian Gibson was titled “The Writer.” It was a dramatic comedy about a writer struggling with his imagination and fighting for his career.

The audience enjoyed the

show and the actors’ performances on stage. Sara Obeid, an AUB alumna said that “it was so surprising! I know many of the actors and they were different people on stage! Some were acting for the first time and it didn’t show. The plays were innovative, and I think this is an opening step for the revival of theatre culture in AUB.” Michael Oghia, a Master’s student in sociology added, “The acting was good, the directing was good, but I didn’t quite get the plots.” Lynn Sharafeddine, a graphic design student commented, “The plays were deep and touched on life’s major philosophical issues in an interesting way.”

Some complications preceded the performance, like the stormy weather which forced the organizers to change the venue from the CHSC roof gardens to the auditorium on the same day of the event. However, the quality of the plays was not affected and some even enjoyed the change, like actor Marwan Jaffal, who said, “We had to change the venue at the last minute, but it was a nice experience to do [the plays] in

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an unconventional theater.”

The team seemed very happy after the show as Mayssa Al Ajjan, one of the actresses declared, “The one hour of joy on the stage is worth all the grueling hard work of rehearsals!” Deedee Jilani, an-

other cast member said that the experience was “so much fun! I wish we can do it again.”

Also, Tarek Jisr, an actor said he had an “unforgettable experience with the cast.” Ian Gibson, writer and director said, “I am glad approximate-

ly 175 people showed up despite the rainy weather and the change of venue. I am very happy with the performance and I couldn’t have hoped for anything better. I’m glad it’s over, khalas!”

World Press Photo 2011 Opens to the Public Caterina Belardi Staff Writer

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hursday, May 12 saw the opening of Beirut’s World Press Photo 2011 exhibition at the Beirut Souks in Downtown. An international, prestigious event that has been absent in Beirut for 10 years, has returned in 2010 and this year again under the Patronage of The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Beirut, the Faculty of Architecture, Art and Design at Notre Dame University and in collaboration with Solidere.

The World Press Photo is an independent non-profit organization whose cause is to support and promote internationally the work of professional press photographers since 1955. A worldwide contest is held yearly and an international

independent jury made out of elite photographers and photo reporters then judges the pictures according to several categories.

In a very raw and crude way these snapshots are just meant to shake you and bring you back to the struggles, pains and lives that shape our world today. Every picture is a moment in our history, it’s dictatorship in North Korea, it’s scandal with WikiLeaks’ Julien Assange, it’s disaster with Haiti’s earthquake. Every snapshot is also a life tale, a person’s story, a young African girl being mutilated, a teenager in Liberia being wrongly tortured in prison, or Bibi Aisha, who to escape from her marriage’s despair and violence, was deprived

of her ears and nose because of Taliban law, making her portrait shot by Jodi Bieber the World Press Photo of the Year 2010.

“These are alarming photos, horror stories, destruction, it does tell al lot of our world today” tells and Diana Pearce and Shirine Modad rallies on “it’s refreshing that something like this would come to Beirut, it opens us Lebanese to so much more.”

NDU students George Melhem and Ralph Diab both agree that “these pictures capture a moment in time that just doesn’t come back; it does make you curious about what is happening in the world.” AUBite Malak Kefel concludes “It’s a really scary world; you’d think it’s

safe but there is a terrible world out there, and we have to acknowledge that.”

On the other end of the exhibition area, this year’s edition offered a new twist to the event. In collaboration with the An-Nahar archives, a highly respectable Lebanese share of photography was displayed. Noel Nasr, Chairperson of the World Press Photo 2011 Beirut Organizing Committee, explains how the “collaboration with An-Nahar is meant to give a panoramic look at the history and reality of what is and was Lebanon, Beirut. It’s a way to merge the past and present, bring the old generations to the new generations.” Pictures of the Civil war reality, the daily struggles of living un-

der fire, but not only, mythical Fairouz, and Dalida, and our own Lebanese train, “How many have ever seen the train running in Lebanon?” jokes Nasr. Visitors all agree that “it is indeed a great platform for Lebanese photography and a good way to compare where we Lebanese are at” as states Diab.

And while you’re there you might as well chill around catching clips of International Digital Emmy Award Winner, and proudly Lebanese, Shankaboot or take a glimpse at Skoun Lebanese Addiction Center’s photography contest Beyond a Snap that aimed to share the youth’s perceptions of Life, Health and Hope.

Indeed a pretty packed exhibition with more events to web into the picture, so stay tuned for so much more to come till June 1!

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May 17, 2011

Alumna profile: Nadine Chahine

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AUB alumna Nadine Chahine

AUB alumna Nadine Chahine is an award winning type designer with a special interest in Arabic typography. She studied Graphic Design at AUB from 1996 to 2000, and Typeface Design at the University of Reading, UK. At Reading, she focused on the relationship between the Arabic and Latin scripts. She taught Arabic type design as a visiting lecturer at the American University in Dubai and then joined Linotype, a Monotype Imaging company based in Germany, where she is now in charge of Arabic-related projects and business development. As of September 2007, she is also a PhD candidate and her topic is legibility studies for the Arabic script.

Here she reflects on her time at AUB and highlights in her

The years at AUB were the most formative of my life.

I was shy and reluctant to speak in public, but AUB gave me the skills and confidence so I can now address a large audience without breaking a sweat. The Graphic Design program offered us world class education, and this became even more apparent once I left Lebanon and came to know more about design education in other countries.

Also, it wasn’t just the curricula; it was more about the great teachers and students we had in the program as well as the discipline and effort. We worked hard; we had unbelievable talent in the classroom, and although we competed regularly, we also helped each other along the way. I am especially thankful to our Arabic Typography teacher Samir Sayegh, who initially got me interested in this field, and has been my mentor since then. My classmates were there for me at a difficult time in my life. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer during my first year, and passed away from lung cancer two months into my third year. If it had not been for the support of my classmates and the faculty

(and my family of course), I would not have been able to pull through. It is as simple as that.

I am especially thankful to our Arabic Typography teacher Samir Sayegh, who initially got me interested in this field, and has been my mentor since then. My classmates were there for me at a difficult time in my life. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer during my first year, and passed away from lung cancer two months into my third year. If it had not been for the support of my classmates and the faculty (and my family of course), I would not have been able to pull through. It is as simple as that.

Edward Said’s speech at our graduation was a most memorable event. He advised us not to hide behind our professions and forget about the world around us adding that it was our duty to be proactive to help shape a better world.

The late Said also talked about “the dialogue of civilizations rather than the clash of civilizations.” This idea of dialogue has been the basis of all my later work as a designer as I persevered to find dialogue rather than clashes. Opposing entities, in de-

sign or in life, do not need to clash if we were to acknowledge and accept that they are different.

Some career highlights that are very dear to my heart.

My typeface Koufiya, which is the first typeface to combine Latin and Arabic characters that are designed by the same designer at the same time. Koufiya embodies the dialogue of civilizations concept and is more about politics than design.

Working for Linotype, home to most of the big names in typeface design.

At Linotype, I had the amazing opportunity to work with the two “gods” of type design, Adrian Frutiger and Hermann Zapf. One of my best moments was when I received a handwritten note by Adrian Frutiger himself saying that my work has a touch of genius; it made me cry.

Working alongside Hermann Zapf on Palatino Arabic for which we won an Award.

Most recently my blog post for The Guardian and learning that three of my typefaces are going to be featured in Meggs History of Graphic Design. I’m still getting over that.

I have ideas for designs that I can’t keep to myself. I want

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to draw and create letterforms that will one day take a life of their own, and I will meet them again on a poster in Hamra (this happened a few weeks ago). A typeface, most people simply say font, is not an entity in itself but a design ingredient. Most people can’t believe that my job is to draw letters but that is the beauty of design. It holds so much power and even controversy while most people are not even aware it exists.

The head of the Graphic Design program, Leila Musfi, used to tell us that presentation is 90% of the grade.

Works the same in real life.

My advice to graduating students: Work hard, and try to find something that you love doing. Work is not just a way to earn a living. It is how we spend a significant portion of our lives. People can give you money but they can’t give you back your time (Paulo Coehlo said that) so better to spend it doing something you care about.

The original text for this article was adopted from issue 6 of Al-Jame’a, the enewsletter of WAAAUB and can be found at http://www.waaaub. org/news.html

AUB Alumni to celebrate their class reunion at AUB this July Maynard; they have two children, Maddie and Tarek. He writes: “AUB has filled my life with special memories of affection and friendship.”

[Yamani.Mohamad@mayo. edu]

(Left) Nagib Batloun (BA ’81) is senior manager at Credit Libanais SAL in Beirut and the head of the Central Operations Department.

He is also treasurer of Saint Elias Church in Rabieh. He is married to Mona Suidan (BBA ’81); their children Salim and Karim are both AUB students. [nbatlouni@ cl.com.lb]

Mohamad H. Yamani (MD ’81) is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association. He is the director of the Heart Failure Clinic at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Yamani is married to Bonnie

’86) is the head of the Bank of Beirut office in Abu Dhabi.

She is married to Wehbe Said and they have two children, one of whom entered AUB in fall 2010. [massarakabbani@ hotmail.com]

ceived her medical degree from the University of Michigan in May 2010.

She is currently doing her internal medicine residency at Washington University in St. Louis. [fkaraki@dom. wustl.edu] Saouma BouJaoude (BS ’71) is professor of science education and director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at AUB. He is also the director of the Science and Math Education Center at AUB. [boujaoud@ aub.edu.lb]

Massara Kabbani (BBA

Fatima Karaki (BS ’06) re-

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‫بيروت ست الدنيا‬

“‫ من قلبي سالم لبيروت‬،‫”لبيروت‬

Outlook interviews Outdoors CEO: Promises this year will be fun and socially conscience Tala Kardas Senior Staff Writer

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utdoors, as all AUB students and the community have come to know, is the annual festival held on upper campus, benefiting the student clubs and societies.

The entire fete which center around one theme- this year celebrates Beirut Heritage- is organized by students, divided into several teams. So whether it’s the decoration that adorns campus over the two days, the games and rally paper the attendees partake in, the music performances that are enjoyed by all, or even getting sponsors for the event, it’s all the hard work of people who also have to attend classes and sit for exams at around the same time as Outdoors.

At the helm of things is 3rd year Business student, Rawad Hassanie, who for this year’s Outdoors, is the Chief Executive Officer, whom Outlook had the chance to sit with recently.

When asked about what first got him interested in Outdoors, Hassanie replied that he had been influenced by his older brother, who took part in the organization committee during his time at AUB and worked his way upward, as well as attending the Hawaiian-themed Outdoors in 2007. This is very

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similar to the path he later took on, starting with work on the décor, sponsorship, and safety teams, before being given the coveted position this year.

Though he stated it was a lot of consistent work, he is proud of his achievements and for having made it this far and that Outdoors defines his AUB journey. He has also attributed this experience to bettering his management skills, especially given daily dealings with the administration, sponsors, and the teams, and increasing his patience.

This year the theme, perhaps, has generated the biggest buzz of all.

Promising to bring back the Beirut that all our grandmothers used to speak of, the event will not solely be about entertainment, but according to Hassanie, will carry a social dimension.

“Initially, we had a brainstorming session after the cabinet was chosen, and all members who proposed a theme had to give a presentation. We narrowed them down to Paris, Hollywood, and Beirut,” he explained. “The current movement in the country is now towards saving Beirut’s heritage, with all the older structures being torn down. Since Outdoors is open to everyone, and a large number of people can be targetRawad Hassanie Chief Executive Officer Miriam Assad Chief Operations Officer

ed, we decided to set the standard high and show that we have a responsibility towards this cause as well.”

Though he preferred to keep most of what people could expect from this edition a surprise, Hassanie did reveal that many of the changes implemented over the past two years, such as ticket booths, roofs for the stands, and lights across the Green Oval, will be featured once again. He also said the stands this year will be designed as arches, and unlike previous years, will be closed, so the attendees will interact with the students through them.

Another addition will be the addition of a new area, facing the cafeteria, “Beirut Underground,” and will feature an old style coffee shop, backgammon, and card competitions. The kids’ area has been enhanced based upon people’s feedback.

Leading up to the announcement of the theme, however, an interesting and viral marketing campaign was launched, under the direction of the Vice Executives for Sponsorship, Marketing, and Entertainment Nael Halawani and Hasan Rifai.

“Shu 2esem Settak?” prompted people to visit a website, watch a few videos shot in black and white, and then input in

Ziad Kachmar V.E Construction, Decoration,and Safety

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their grandmothers’ names to help in compiling a “teta index.” A 24 hour countdown clock was then added, before finally revealing that his had all been for Outdoors, and a link was provided to direct visitors to the main website.

On the other hand, a photo competition in collaboration with Samsung was conducted through Facebook, garnering 36,000 likes in two weeks, achieving the exposure the team had aimed for.

Over the course of the past few months, many challenges were faced, given the large-scale nature of Outdoors and the many different people, having varying mentalities and ideas, working on making all the plans a reality.

The main interest, however, remained the clubs who are benefiting from the event.

When asked about enforcing the non-smoking policy on campus during the weekend, a

concern raised by many of the previous attendees, Hassaine noted that while it is indeed difficult to keep an eye out for any rule breakers given such a large audience, safety officers have strict officers to enforce the rules and issue warnings to those who violate them.

Hassanie wishes to thank all the cabinet and team members for their hard work and dedication, and extends a special thank you to Chief Operations Officer Miriam Asad, Secretary Nour Jalloul, Treasurer Khaled Ghrawi, VE of Games and Food Jawad Kamel, VE of Construction Ziad Kashmar, Ramzi Taybeh, andRami Araji, who were the people he interacted with on a day-to-day basis throughout this process.

He also promises that all the hard work will pay off on May 21 and 22 when Outdoors revives the heritage and memories of Beirut in her glory days.

Lilian El- Haddad Decoration Team-Leader

Yara Berjawi Marketing Team-Leader

Mai Khattab Entertainment Team-Leader

Imad Sabbagh Sponsorship Team-Leader

Rana El-Jarrah Food Team-Leader

Majd Rbaihat Concert Coordinator Tariq Buhilaigah Photographer & Publicity

Ramzi Taybah Operating Officer

Nael Halawani ` & Hassan El-Rifai V.E. Entertainment, Sponsorship, and Marketing

Nour Jalloul Secretary

Jawad Kamal V.E. Foods and Games

Nadim Mansour Safety Team-Leader

Khaled Ghrawy Treasurer

Kamal Hasan Construction Team-Leader

Serena El-Shoufi Games Team-Leader

Bliss Street, West Hall 302 Tel: 01 350 000 or 01 374 444 Ext.3190

outdoors@aub.edu.lb

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“‫”بيروت خيمتنا بيروت جنمتنا‬

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Ramzi Taybah Operations Officer

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lthough it is only my second year in Outdoors, I am thankful that I had this amazing opportunity. Being a part of the Sponsorship and Safety teams last year was crucial to my Outdoors experience.

It was a great year, and we are looking forward to set the new standards of Outdoors

this year. I’m glad I had the chance to contribute towards Outdoors as I’m the Operations Officer this year, and I must admit that it is a highly demanding and tiring position, but it’s worth it.

Past and current experience in Outdoors was very vital and the best thing about Outdoors is the team spirit we have every year. As Outdoors comes closer and closer, all the teams become integrated on a high level to make this event as successful as possible. It is always nice to see something you have worked on for months becoming a huge success.

Outdoors is different than any other club or event as it teaches you something valuable that I have learned from, most importantly time man-

agement and making sure that everything is done the way it is supposed to be done, on both quality and time basis. These little details make a huge difference later in life.

I would like to thank all our members this year for putting this extra effort to making this year’s Outdoors like no other. Without their hard work we wouldn’t have been able to do anything. And I would like to advice them to work as hard as they can during the remaining time because there is nothing better than the feeling that you get when you see all people enjoying the event that you have worked so hard for to make it a success.

I also want to send a big thanks to the cabinet members who really did a great

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job this year and justified their selection and made the office a great place to be. Special thanks to Rawad and Miriam who guided me all

the way through this year.

Finally I’m looking forward to seeing you all at Outdoors because this year is going to be exceptional.

Our home...

Nour Jalloul Secretary

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s the secretary of the Outdoors, I have to say that Outdoors was an amazing experience for me.

Emailing, organizing, and screaming at everyone for leaving their personal stuff at the office, after telling them a million times not to, became a hobby for me. Working with such a talented and devoted group of people made my experience in Outdoors unforgettable, especially those funny and silly moments we shared at the office or I would like to say: our home. As the count down for the Outdoors begin, I get more and more excited to

see the end result of our hard work, but at the same time it gives me the chills since it

also marks an end to a great experience with a wonderful committee. I would like to

thank everyone in Outdoors for making our hard work a great challenge!

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Outdoor Supplement ‫ فرحة أكبر من مساحة قلبي“ نزار قباني‬،‫”ألن العودة إلى بيروت‬

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Together we will revive Beirut, “Sit el Dunya!”

Miriam Assad Chief Operations Officer

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hen I signed up this year, my post was Chief Operations Officer (COO); that does sound sophisticated… Don’t you think? It’s definitely not about sitting behind a desk and sending emails; rath-

er, it’s about knowing all the bits and pieces of Outdoors, anticipating and trying to eliminate any problems that may arise while you juggle from team to team… Its four months of continuous hard work and everyday is unique in its own way; everyday is a new encounter holding its own surprises. AUB Outdoors is a unique experience in every single way; where members evolve from perfect strangers to a loving family...You meet all types of people: the masterminds, the know it all, the creative, the fun and the passive. In the end, the team turns out to be a perfect combination…AUB Outdoors is a place where you work so hard but laugh like there is no tomorrow; we are a team with one vision:

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to offer you an unforgettable experience. AUB Outdoors 2011 with its unique “Beirut

El Addime” theme will mark the best we have ever offered providing you endless enter-

tainment and fun. Together we will revive Beirut, Sit el Dunya!

Third year, and I wish I could be there for more

Ziad Kachmar V.E of Construction, Safety, and Decoration

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he first Outdoors experience for me was two years ago. I started as a construction team member, then applied and had the position as a construction team leader, and this year I applied to vice executive of Construction, Safety, and Decoration.

In Outdoors, I like to focus on few assets of Outdoors such as gaining experience and disseminating it along the hierarchy of Outdoors, achieving results higher than goals set, having fun, and developing strong relations with other team members; these components of Outdoors are what

make it special. Outdoors offers to its team more experience in communication with others, decision making, and taking responsibility.

My work as a vice executive is to push team leaders and members to innovate in their duties, advice them from personal experience and knowledge, and monitor their progress. I think that this position is more about passing the experience to members and team leaders. I enjoy my work in Outdoors, because I know what experience I am passing, based on the experience passed to me in the past years.

I am proud that for two years, in construction, safety, and decoration, we are achieving higher success, and we are learning from our mistakes.

Every year our plans are updated with a wider vision to the upcoming event, for that I believe as part of the committee that our visions have extended broader with high expectations to meet our work devoted for the sake of this event.

In Outdoors, the bulk of experience we gain, relations we build, and memories we have

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are priceless. I know that everyone with whatever taste,

gender, and age will enjoy this year’s Outdoors. Hope to see

you all on May 21-22 for an exceptional AUB event.

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“‫ و مضى‬... ‫ أين أول حب ضمني‬،‫”بيروت‬

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Outdoor-algic: Why we keep coming to Outdoors every year

Loulwa Kalache Outdoors 2010 Food TeamLeader

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hen my friends ask me why did you work in Outdoors when there is no actual “gain”? Or when you ask any member in Outdoors why do you work for Outdoors for 5 consecutive months for a 2 days event?

I would simply answer them for the FUN. I believe Outdoors is the only event in AUB

that we work solely for the fun of it!! But that’s not all, it’s the team work, the skills you learn, the friendships you built, the memories you store and the pictures you take. Years will pass and we will still talk about Outdoors and what we did to make it happen! We will talk about the games we played instead of working, about the unique cloth we wore, about the food we ate, we will talk about the mistakes we did and definitely about how successful it was.

It has become a legend, for me at least.

It is something to be proud of. Proud that we made something that made people smile and laugh and go crazy for two days. This is my impression from the years passed that I worked in Outdoors from a

member to a food team leader. This is the spirit that Outdoors members share together through their work, and then eventually share it with the visitors attending the event. And this spirit will get me excited every time “Outdoors” come in May! And it is not just the members that get excited. It is also all people living in Lebanon. Outdoors is not just an “AUB” event, it is an event for all people in Lebanon, for the children, for the parents, for the teenagers, for the students, for the alumni. It is a two day event only that unites all those people in just one place. Isn’t it amazing come to think about it? Outdoors will always stay this entertaining tradition in AUB. Though I wasn’t part of the

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Outdoors this year, but I am having Outdoors “blues”. Yes, I am kind of nostalgic to be part of this great team. I even had a dream a couple of days ago about Outdoors when they announced the event on facebook. Say it is a hallucination, but I truly believe that Outdoors is in my blood (as we say in Lebanese).

I bow to all the great efforts of the year’s team, and their

strenuous preparations. But I can’t deny that I am as nervous as them that I want Outdoors to be great and even greater than all years before.

But I am sure that it will be amusing, startling and spectacular!

P.S: Food team; Make people drool.

And I am very grateful for giving me the opportunity to write about Outdoors.

What’s in a name ?

Yara Berjawi Marketing Team-Leader

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UB Outdoors has always been the most anticipated event on my calendar. Ever since I was a teenager, Outdoors was something I looked forward to several months prior to its date. I never missed it and basically immersed myself in the ‘awesomeness’ of its music. I rarely played games because, to me, enjoying the live music while sitting on the green grass of our beloved AUB was enough

to boost my energy to over a 100. I then got accepted at AUB and it wasn’t until my junior year that I joined the Outdoors family as a member in the Marketing Team. I enjoyed working with everyone and especially learned how to be part of a non-academic team, with all its ups and downs. Working during the two days of Outdoors was hectic, but the outcome made it all worth it.

This year, as Marketing Team Leader, Outdoors is a totally different experience.

Getting the inside scoop on everything and spending time with cabinet members really brings the experience to the next level. You feel you’re creating the event with your own two hands, a great responsibility that brings on new challenges and new experiences. It’s nothing you can learn in a course at AUB. This year’s marketing team had some special tasks not usually done. For instance, a team was assigned to videotape footage for Outdoors that we don’t usually have. We decided to introduce more online content this year

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because we have realized the importance of the digital and cyber world in Marketing.

We had two very successful online projects: The AUB Outdoors 2011 Samsung Photo Competition held through Facebook and the Shou 2esem Settak teaser campaign held through its very own website. The photography competition managed to raise over 35,000 likes in the form of votes for the participants in two weeks time. Prizes were as follows: The all-new NX10 for the

first prize, and three PL100s for the three other winners.

The Shou 2esem Settak campaign was launched through www.shou2esemsettak.com whereby people anonymously entered their grandmothers’ names. The aim was to build a Teta Index, but our true aim was to say the Teta Index will never be complete without “Beirut Sett El Dunya”. The website got over 300 Likes and was tweeted about very often using the hash-tag (#TetaIndex). We then had a countdown for

the revealer which drove a lot of traffic to the website, then linked to www.aubOutdoors2011.com.

I’m looking forward to seeing what this year’s Outdoors will bring. We have new games, great artists and entertainers, and a whole new floor plan that will create an even better event for everyone! Thanks to everyone who attended Outdoors and will attend; we wouldn’t have made it without you!

“Sealed with the biggest smile”

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“‫مرة‬ ‫احلب‬ ‫قاسمتك‬ ‫قد‬ ‫و‬ ‫أنساك‬ ‫كيف‬ ،‫”بيروت‬ ‫غادة السمان‬

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Mai Khattab Entertainment Team-Leader

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he entertainment team has a vision of transforming AUB Outdoors into a lively Old Beirut environment that is both cultural and fun. This year’s Outdoors has a mixture of stand-up comedy shows, all kinds of dance, poetry, food competition, and a talented spray artist. For the very first time, we have a

new area called Beirut Ta7t el Ared; which is a typical “sha3bi” café. The area will host a poetry event in the morning and cards and backgammon tournaments throughout the rest of the day. And of course, let’s not forget the Kids’ Area dedicated for kids to enjoy puppet shows, story-telling, cartoons, and lots and lots of other games!

Also Nemr Abou Nassar will be coming on Sunday to per-

form live!

My experience with the Outdoors has been absolutely amazing. I had the chance to meet lots of wonderful people from within AUB and outside AUB. I am graduating this year and this was my first experience at Outdoors. I should have joined during my first year. The Outdoors experience is a MUST! See you all on the 21st and 22nd of May!

Majd Rbaiha Concert Coordinator

s concert coordinator I felt that this year Outdoors experience was very fruitful. Every year the concert serves as a crucial part of the event, and the team and I have put so much work into this year’s line up to make sure we give you a spectacular show. I had the opportunity to meet such great and new talent, and I have also learned so much more about music. The team and I aimed at presenting you with variety and diversity in this year’s show. It’s going be great and awesome.

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Unique!

Serena El Choufi Games Team-Leader

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always wondered about why AUBites that join Outdoors get so involved in it, in their statuses, pictures, life styles, and even personalities! They change!

They even make new intimate friends who get to spend time with more than their old friends. I didn’t realize why until I was one of those under that same effect…

Outdoors is one of its kinds among all AUB activities and clubs. Despite the fact

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that it is annual, its influence on me started before it even did. Being in charge of things and responsible for a big part (games/rally paper) of such an important event have put me in a new position re-

garding my social surrounding. Although leadership is not new to me for I had similar previous experiences; yet, this one is indeed unique! It helped me invest my knowledge in how to manage my

time, move gradually in accomplishing things, coordinate with other teams responsible for different fields, view things from different aspects, lead people in my age and above, commit to de-

cisions, and consider every single detail because each can make an enormous difference if not properly looked upon. All in all, it’s a breathtaking experience to be saved in my memory.

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AUB OUTDOORS SPONSORS Bank Audi Sal Crepaway Tamer’s Holding Cupcakery Batal Body Art Red-Bull Barista Baskin-Robbins Krispy Kreme Siblou Sno-Biz Mix-FM Bankers Insurance Nu-Yu

Kindly note that the current schedule may be subject to change

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The Outdoors family

Kamal Hassan Construction Team-Leader

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utdoors is the most amazing experience that you can experience in A.U.B. The more you give it and work for it the more you enjoy it. It is a voluntary act, an experience that through it you make hundreds people happy, and host thousands of people in

a festival that attract people from all around Lebanon. It took us four months to prepare this huge event; which we’ve met many people and friends. All these people who work in this event have the same passion, the passion for giving without asking, just for the sake of “Outdoors” and making people happy. For this reason every single person in the Outdoors will become a member in a big family, “the Outdoors family”.

This loving and respecting family made me participate for two consecutive years in the Outdoors, fist year as a construction team and safety team member, and it the second year as a construction team leader. It is one heck of an experience I really advise everyone to be part of it.

Nadim Mansour Safety Team-Leader

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t will be my second experience with AUB outdoor; the first was as a safety team member and the second is as a safety team leader. Students with different interests, cultures, majors, talents, and backgrounds are all engaged with this once in a year event which makes it

very pleasurable to get introduced and deal with all these varieties. As a safety team, all the necessary preparations, trainings, and precautions have been worked on to provide you with a safer environment while you are enjoying this amazing event. It is purely entertaining, cultural, and get-together event that is why we all work for it whole-heartedly to make it succeed and make you enjoy it to the maximum. For Outdoors 2011, I expect it to be fun for all ages especially that its theme “Old Beirut” is one of its kind and new and far from the conventional and overused ones. So, you must not miss this great opportunity to enjoy this experience.

Since I was a teenager ing with, and most importantly it is a way to make new friends. I personally feel that being the sponsorship team leader is a privilege and honor to me because through this responsibility and position I was capable of implementing what I learned

through my business courses from various skills that aid the team when approaching potential sponsors. Furthermore, I cannot set aside the degree of how much Outdoors have made me see that even though we go through hard times

when working as one unit, even though we might receive rejection from certain clients, we can never forget our skills, our determination to get the job done, our confidence and the purpose that reminds us why we were chosen to lead the out-

doors to its extreme success. And finally I cannot forget the mentoring and support I received from my fellow colleagues in the Outdoors committee, because if it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t be where I am today.

Imad Sabbagh Sponsorship Team-Leader

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eing part of the AUB Outdoors mainstream, specifically leading the sponsorship and finance team, is more than just work and reaching certain objectives, but instead it is way to boost up your confidence when speaking with team members, a way to improve your communication and presentation skills with the clients that you are work-

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Outdoor Supplement “‫أعيشهاأكثرَممّاأراها‬،‫اليوم‬.‫أيت بيروت أكثر مماعشتها‬ ُ َ ‫ ر‬،ً‫”قبال‬

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More responsibility

Lilian El Haddad Decoration Team-Leader

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ere is something you shouldn’t really hear: more responsibility = more FUN! But it’s only valid when you are the decoration team leader; a) because you have the master plan of how it’s going to look and b) whoever is higher from you has to do what you say because they are all…well…artistically challenged. Granted you

spend nights upon nights just planning what to do! How much time this takes, what materials you need, will this be enough, need him and her and the list goes on and on.

But put me in my work shoes and soak me up in paint and everything will be ok! Decoration is by far the BEST part of Outdoors because it is in our hands that the theme comes alive! I am unbelievably lucky to have such a wonderful team this year.

Even those who never held a brush in their hands are now able to turn a plain boring piece of wood into a full 3-D car! They were patient and understanding amidst all the dilemmas that happened and when the work got tougher they came down to Kerr and painted it out of the way! But the best thing about being a team leader, is watching how important every other team is to the production of Outdoors, one alone cannot make it work, and if one is missing, it’s not the same. Having all the Cabinet in the Outdoors office is one experience that will not be forgotten, true

masterminds in one room.

You should see the conversations that go on in there. I

honestly do not know how we managed to stay friends, let alone become closer after this

amazing experience!

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Because it has something special

Rana El-Jarrah Food Team-Leader

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orking with Outdoors has been an exciting experience.

I have learnt to have fun and be serious. I have learnt to get through stressful time and stay positive. This experience has taught me to work with different kinds of people and learn to get along with

others. Through Outdoors I met new people and made new friends. With my busy schedule I still managed to carry out my responsibilities and get things done thanks to the help of the Outdoor people who are very supportive and cooperative. Preparing for Outdoors is an amazing experience and along the way you make friends, you have fun, you disagree, but in the end, it all becomes worth it when you see the result of what you have been planning and working for. It seems like a couple of days ago we had our first Outdoors meeting. So much work has been put into this year’s event.

The theme is amazing and the ideas being implemented will impress everyone. I hope that people of all ages will enjoy Outdoors 2011 because it has something special for everyone.

ViVa Outdoors

Jawad Kamal V.E. of Foods and Games

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s a Vice Executive for Food and Games in AUB Outdoors-2011, it is really hard to describe such a great experience in few words. As we all know the Outdoors is the biggest event fully organized by AUB students, and I am proud to be part of it for the second year. I learned a lot of new habits and skills in different fields that include planning, supervision, teamwork and communication. We ended

up being a new family with one unified spirit that is behind all the success we have achieved so far. I hope that Outdoors’s attendees would enjoy their time during the 2-days event, and appreciate our efforts in maintaining the best conditions and atmosphere for all our guests. As for my specific tasks, I had to work closely with the food and games team leaders, with the clubs, societies, and SRCs in order to distribute the stands

and menus, and with the safety department at AUB so we can assure a high level of food standards and fire safety. Finally, I would send a big thanks to Hiba Hamadeh, the coordinator of students’ activities, and the safety department at AUB. I would, as well, like to thank my “Outdoors’ brothers and sisters”, Rawad, Khaled, Ramzi, Miriam, Nour, Ziad, Yara, Kamal and all the others. Viva Outdoors.

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Movie Review Ex-convict Dom (Vin Diesel) partners with ex- cop Brian (Paul Walker) in the breathtaking action sequel Fast Five. Moving the action scene to Rio de Janeiro, both Brian and out-of-custody Dom must overcome one more barrier to gain their freedom. With the well-renowned racing techniques and the elite team of top racers, Dom, Brian, and Mia along with their talented side-kicks, confront the most powerful tycoon, Hernan Reyes, who wants them dead. But not only does Hernan have them on his mostwanted list, big-shot federal agent Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson “the Rock”) is assigned to track them down and capture them.

Director of this movie, Justin Lin, has also directed the third and fourth of the Fast and Furious movies, and out of all, this is by far the best.

The main purpose of this movie is to entertain its viewers with fight scenes, beautiful locations, and crazy car chases; all done so perfectly. It is of no surprise if one gets the

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goosebumps on multiple occurrences and sounds of “Oh my God” are heard from people around. This jaw-dropping movie takes its action scenes to the extreme, keeps away from drama and definitely makes no room for slow spots and useless talk.

An ensemble cast of the great actors today does a great job, with Walker acting as a charming “Romeo,” Diesel as the boss, and Johnson as the unstoppable fighting machine. Definitely noticeable were the multiple instances where characters must have ended up dead, but not for action lovers, not for those that watch movies to enjoy rather than criticize. All that Lin is trying to do in this movie is make it as entertaining it as possible for his viewers. Every single action scene in this movie is memorable, from the opening train robbery, to the vault heist. A fun, complete, and well studied plot, this movie does a great job and is most certainly a perfect beginning to a summer of epic movies to come.

Why are female scientists unknown?

Sarah Al Dirani Staff Writer Can you name some female scientists? Most probably you either named one or none. According to an ICM poll almost in all publics, people are unable to name at least one single female scientist, either current or historical. However, most of them are able to name at least one famous male scientist, such as Albert Einstein Isaac Newton. This raises an important question: “Why are female scientists unknown?”

Many female scientists have passed in our history leaving very significant achievements in different domains. For example, Marie Curie was one of the most important physicians in the 19th century since she developed ways to separate radium from radiation leading to many current practices, including chemotherapy. Also,

Dorothy Hodgkin was one of the most intelligent physicians in the 19th century who discovered the protein crystallography, which is a method of x-rays that can determine the arrangement of atoms. Another example of a current female scientist is Sally Ride, who was the first American woman in space.

However their fingerprints were buried in the darkness of ignorance. Many reasons enabled the males to take all the fame and glory for themselves exclusively. The first reason is the previous lack of women engaging in the scientific field, since in the past women were prevented from obtaining education and going into the work field. Another important reason that prevents women from entering the scientific field is the large responsibility that is put on their shoulders, so it’s not easy to be very dedicated to a career and be a moth-

er also, for example. Women do it, but it’s just not that easy. Moreover, females have a special challenge to be successful when entering a maledominated field that operates on male cultural norms and requires male traits such as assertiveness and aggressiveness. To illustrate, long ago females needed the support of male, father or husband, to be able to enter the science field. For example Marie Curie worked with her husband and Ada Byron was supported by her well known father Lord Byron.

Since many people are still unaware of the contribution made by women to science in the past more attention must be given to this issue in media. This may help shed lights on the role of women in the progress of humankind and at least give those great women some of the respect, honor and fame they really deserve.

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Out Loud

May 17, 2011

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2 3 Q: What are your best and worst memories concerning the AUB Rally Paper 2011?

Brought to you by Outlook staff writers Emile Zankoul & Nour J Kachicho

2) (Right) Fouad Farah, Civil Engineering, 3rd year (Team: UBER) Best Memory (BM): “I really had fun in the muddy football field getting dirty and having fun at the same time.”

Worst Memory (WM):( “The garlic game. I kept around 10 pieces of garlic in my mouth, spat them out and then got disqualified!”

(Left) Joseph Dib, Civil Engineering, 3rd year (Team: Groupe SSCC Kfarhbab) BM: “I liked how other teams were afraid of ours, especially after having well performed in the mud game.”

WM: “I don’t have any bad memories.”

3) (Middle) Marcel Prince ECE 4th (Team: AUB Skiing Society) BM: “It was so cool seeing my teammate, Rawad, eating garlic and Tabasco!”

WM: “Our car got stuck in Baalbek for about an hour because of a technical problem!”

(Base) (Right) Elias Charara, (Base) (Left) ECE 4th year Mher Panossian, ECE 4th year 4) Michel Nassar, Mechnical Engineering 4th year (Team: Inglorious Bastards) BM: “The south was beautiful.”

WM: “My worst memory was Emile Zankoul for making me eat garlic, Tabasco, raw eggs and all sorts of things!!”

5) Serge Sofian, Civil Engineering 3rd year (Team: Monkey Pimps) BM: “I liked exploring Lebanon.”

WM: “I had to eat garlic which I then vomited!”

6) Rudy Boutros, Mechanical Engineering 3rd year (Team: At7addak) Best Memory (BM): “Running on the muddy football field.”

Worst Memory (WM): “When I went back home and looked in the mirror, I realized all the crazy things I had done.”

7) Joe Nehme, Civil Engineering, 2nd year (Team: AUB Skiing Society) BM: “Running 15 minutes along the track and also the game that happened in the football field.”

WM: “The game where our hair had to be cut was meaningless!”

8) Raymond Karout, Mechanical Engineering, 3rd year (Team: UCO) BM: “The organization was very good.”

WM: “Some challenges were a bit lame which created a lack of competition. I think some of them should have been eliminated.”

9) Peter Barbarah, Business Junior (Team: UCO) BM: “In general, the rally was very exciting and if we win that would be the best memory!”

WM: “The radish game. I had the taste of vomit in my mouth after putting my head inside the bowl! But luckily, I managed to get the full score.”

10) Zeina Bsaibes, Construction Engineering 2nd year, (Team: BUSENG) BM: “The whole thing was a good memory whether it was the road trips or the challenges. I also liked discovering villages I had never heard of. My team and I spent a lot of time laughing as well.”

WM: “I wouldn’t call it a worst memory, but the Afqa road was difficult.”

11) Ohannes Bedrossian, Mechanical Engineering, 4th year (Team: The Armenoids) BM: “I enjoyed the game where we had to run 1.5 km. The southern regions were beautiful too. As for a funny memory, I got interviewed at the “Hajez” and they asked to photocopy my AUB ID.” WM: “No worst memory.”

12) Jonathan Dagher Mechanical Engineering, 3rd year (Team: At7addak) (Right) BM: “Splashing around in the muddy lake.”

WM: “Forgetting my shoes at one of the checkpoints. Hey it could happen!”

Christian Bou Khater, Mechanical Engineering, 3rd year (Team: At7addak) (Left) BM: “Victoria, our cellphone’s GPS, her smooth voice guided us through the long lonesome roads.”

WM: “My friends betrayed me and splashed two eggs on my head!”

13) Georges Tannoury, Civil Engineering, 3rd year, (Team: UBER) BM: “The Tyrolienne.”

WM: “We got lost on our way back!”

14) Gregory Codouny, Mechanical Engineering, 4th year (Team: UCO) BM: “The Muddy football court.”

WM: “I didn’t enjoy the apple game in Afka.”

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Sports

May 17, 2011

Why AUB Students are discontented with the CHSC

Hadi Mehio Staff Writer

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hree years ago, the AUB community was overjoyed when the Charles Hostler Student Center (CHSC) opened its doors. The facilities the center provides are many: Three full size basketball courts for indoor sports (Basketball, Handball, Volleyball, and Futsal), a fitness area for weight training and cardio machine exercise, a 25m six lane indoor pool, two squash courts, and an activity room for dancing, yoga, martial arts, and aerobics.

There are also lockers for the AUB teams and showers that are supplied with hot water.

In addition, the center has an auditorium and a cafeteria. The CHSC building even won the prestigious Institute Honor Award for Architecture of the American Institute of Architects for the year of 2009. Published by GreenSource Magazine, Architect Sarah Amelar’s Case Study on the CHSC labeled it as “one of the region’s first strong attempts at modern sustainable design.”

This spring semester, CHSC operates on Weekdays from 6:30 am to 10:00 pm, 9:00 am

to 10:00 pm on Saturdays, and 10:00 am to 6:00 pm on Sundays. A few facilities (such as the Pool) operate on slightly different schedules.

The center offers four types of membership: Students, Faculty/Staff, Paying Members and Paying Alumni. Members can schedule events on AUB facilities with the University Sports Department if the facilities are available for use. They can also bring guests for a fee. The university sporting programs are not limited to the CHSC building. Rugby and Football are played on the Green Field, Track and Field is played on the Green Field Track, and Tennis is played on the Nadim Khalaf Tennis Courts.

So with all the luxurious facilities at disposal of students, why are they unsatisfied? Here are some of the reasons: 1-A Claustrophobic Fitness Area: The Weight-lifting section of the Fitness Area is surprisingly small for such a large building. Hostler cafeteria occupies at least twice the size of the fitness area. Construction Engineering Sophomore Karim Khansa thinks that “The fitness area lacks ventilation.” Moreover, there are

no two identical weight-lifting machines. This can only mean that if a machine is occupied, one has to take turns to complete their returns.

There are two full sets of dumbbells, and many weight plates-but unfortunatelythere isn’t much room in the fitness area to use the dumbbells, and only a few benches to utilize the weight plates.

2-The Scheduling of Activities: Credit must be given to the University Sports department because it is a very uncommon benefit that the CHSC opens its doors at 6:30 am on weekdays. However, this decision might suit staff/ faculty members better than it suits most students. After all, many students don’t take classes at 8 am and 9 am because they sleep and wake up late. On the other hand, faculty and staff members have the option of using the center before and after their working hours. Many students can only fit their gym visits between classes, which can sometimes be very uncomfortable. This is because the University Sports department assigned the 5pm-7pm time slot in the fitness area for members, faculty, and staff. This decision is high-

ly unpopular among the majority of students who use the gym. As far as they’re concerned, it did them more harm than good: Not only are they not allowed from 5 pm to 7 pm, but they also have to deal with it being madly over-occupied in the evenings (from 7 pm to 10 pm).

However, Agri-business student Ibrahim Mahmassani simply disagrees: “When I use the fitness area between 7 pm and 10pm, I don’t find it that overcrowded.” However, there are complaints concerning other areas of the center. Students sometimes cannot use the facilities for recreation in the afternoons and evenings because of team practices (Refer to the schedule below this article).

3-Activities on the Indoor Courts: All of the University Sports Teams trained three times per week last year. Most of the teams that use the indoor courts are training only twice a week this year. This administrative effort reduced the occupation of the indoor courts, but it might have reduced the affected teams’ performance levels.

4- Basketballs and Handballs: The quality of equipment in

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the CHSC fitness area is undeniably superior, but the same cannot be said about the equipment used in the indoor courts. The basketball teams use different sets of basketballs in their trainings than the ones used by other members for recreational purposes. The latter set of basketballs has deteriorated due to use-wear, and new basketballs should be purchased. The handball varsity players also suffer from the same problem. They complain about worn-out handballs that have surpassed their useful life.

Finally, one must admit that the CHSC is a rare benefit for AUB. But the center that cost 30 million U.S. Dollars was –whether directly or indirectly- paid for by the tuitions of students, and the value of the benefits it provides for them is depreciating. Many students do not care at all about Architecture awards, nor about activities that are scheduled when their classes are held. If the Charles Hostler Student Center was designed for students, its operations must be primarily designed for their convenience, and then to the convenience of other members of the AUB community.

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to lack of financial support.

Lately, in light of a trip organized to Turkey as part of an international sports tournament held there, many flaws surfaced and the voices of many student athletes rose.

The players travelling to represent AUB in this tournament had plenty of complaints to make. While each, according to their conditions, found certain facts uncomforting the protest against a “lack of organization” was voiced by most, if not all, the student athletes interviewed.

One of the main problems would seem to be a lack of planning ahead. Indeed, the students revealed that many changes of plans were last

minute. Furthermore, this lack of pre-planning, in the particular case of this trip to Turkey, led to an increase in the financial cost of the trip, a cost that, in its majority, will be provided for by the travellers themselves. Indeed, the athletes were asked to provide the money in too little time; especially for those living in the dorms. Another problem faced in regards to this latest trip was the very small number of spots allowed from the different teams, a number that many perceive as too small.

This latter point could be explained by a lack of budget but AUB students were not satisfied by such an explanation. As expressed by a certain AUB student and previous member of an AUB

sports team that preferred to remain anonymous, student athletes should unite and petition to a higher authority in order to get to the bottom of this matter. Hence, if it is found that the sports department is not properly funded then let there be demands for better funding. On the other hand, if the funding is already sufficient then let there be an examination and a redistribution of the sources available.

Ali Badran, member of the AUB volleyball team, voiced a “lack of minimum respect towards athletes” expressed by the athletics department.

An example to this would be the non-availability of water bottles. While two water fountains exist in the lobby Badran feels that this is not

enough and explained how having the whole team drinking from two water fountains would lead to a disruption of training; such a disruption would definitely “not serve the wellbeing of the practice.”

Another recurrent complaint was that of the sports uniforms. Many students voiced concerns that the athletics department only provides each team member with one set of clothes and that proper sizes do not exist. An ex-member of the track team explained that the sports suit she was given did not fit and that it was “not built for a girl.”

Moreover, while many expressed their belief in the need of “sports scholarships” at AUB other students ad-

mitted to the improbability of this happening but still demanded better monetary support of athletic activities.

Sports are a very important part of life in general and extracurricular student life in particular. This importance is further amplified when speaking of AUB; the university with the most vibrant of student lives. The facilities are present, commitment from the students is present and commitment from almost all coaches, according to the students interviewed, is also present. The problem does not lay there; it lies in the student body that does not sufficiently care for athletics at AUB from one end and with an administration that students claimed to be unprofessional, disrespectful

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May 17, 2011

Opinion

Letter to the editor

I Want a Job Too!

Jad Jabbour Dear fellow AUB Students, Despite being Lebanese, I had never lived here until coming this past September to pursue a Master of Public Health degree at AUB. In ways I never could when only visiting, I have experienced and even formally studied various cultural characteristics, one of which is the phenomenon of migrant domestic workers in the home. Studying this topic has exposed some surprising, disturbing, and disappointing realities.

Numbering about 200,000, migrant domestic workers are a significant and vulnerable segment of the Lebanese population. They endure stressful work conditions, deficient basic rights (e.g., withheld passports), and inadequate social or legal support. Beyond the sensational abuse stories, the strain of everyday living situations—e.g., constant monitoring by employers and inability (for 80%) to leave the house— takes a toll on their physical and mental health, manifested, for example, in high rates of depression and suicide (over one per week, according to Human Rights Watch).

The problem largely results from the virtual absence of laws protecting these women. Even existing regulations are not adequately enforced. Though a recent labor contract called for 10-hour workdays and a guaranteed day off, a 2010 study commissioned by the Kafa organization suggests nearly 60% of homes do not follow these rules.

Granted, these women did not come here to be loved and cherished. They came to work. And some are actually happy; my aunt and uncle’s domestic worker does not want to return home—even when offered a one-year paid leave. But even in “good” situations, there are often unrecognized denials of rights: unrealistic work demands, invasion of privacy, and prohibition of mobility (for “protection”), just to name a few.

But how does this affect you? I realize not all AUB students have domestic helpers; but many do. That is why I am writing. We all know the speed of political action in Lebanon.

Policy enforcement for these neglected women will not come from the top down; it must come from within.

So, while many see no need for change, I ask you to see it differently. I am not suggesting a Martyr’s Square protest for the system’s immediate abolishment. I am not suggesting you launch a tirade against your parents for employing a domestic worker. But I am suggesting at least this: ask them their opinions on these policies, on these rights (e.g., work hours and demands, passport possession, time off), and on how your family fares in upholding them. And, where you note deficiencies, discuss how the family could improve its practices.

But why stand up for these women? It is fundamentally a matter of human rights and human dignity. But beyond that, it is also an ugly stain on a beautiful culture. Call me biased, but the Lebanese are easily some of the warmest, most hospitable people on earth. Furthermore, we often celebrate Lebanon’s tolerance and progressiveness. How cold, how inhospitable for domestic workers to be treated this way. How intolerant and backwards Lebanon seems when ethnic differences define people and dehumanizing norms remain unchallenged. If change will not come through government, then why not through us? Take a stand for the domestic worker in your own home, and, even if just one situation improves, perhaps it will set an example for many more.

Sincerely, Jad Jabbour Master of Public Health Candidate, 2011 Department of Health Promotion and Community Health Faculty of Health Sciences American University of Beirut

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Dalia Hosn Staff Writer There’s really only one question that’s been running through my head all week… Why in the world is the Job Fair held on upper campus?

Not that I don’t appreciate it and all, but is it really necessary to have all those firms stationed right outside the Humanity departments. I mean, we already know what we’re going to do and it’s not business, it’s not marketing, it’s not engineering, or any of that stuff. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve got nothing against them, but I really don’t see how a Philo-major’s going to turn Corporate all of a

sudden. I appreciate the efforts to reform us, but it’s not going to happen.

If we wanted to work for a business firm we would’ve signed up for business.

Rubbing all those job offers in our face… that’s just mean! I get enough of that from my family, thank you very much.

We already know that there’s a high chance we’re all just going to end up teaching in a rundown school in the middle of nowhere and living in a cardboard box. We’ve resigned ourselves to that fate. But seriously, Job Fair: totally not helping. It’s awkward enough when everyone just assumes that we’re all going to be teachers. Not that that isn’t true, but I’ll aim higher myself: professor.

Okay, okay, it’s not that much better. But still, at least we get summer vacation!

The point is that I find it highly counterproductive for all the engineering and business job offers to be parading all over upper campus, when all the business and engineering students are in lower campus.

Like it isn’t enough that they get the pretty buildings with actual sofas and automatic opening doors, while we get moth-eaten furniture from the sixties and chalk boards. No, they have to set up camp on our turf.

It’s not that I’m inhospitable or something, by all means use upper campus.

But how about catering for the students who actually study in upper campus.

I think all of the English, Philosophy, Education, Fine Arts, PSPA, Psychology, Anthropology, and Sociology majors would seriously appreciate having some stands that have anything remotely related to our subjects. We don’t all have to be teachers; there are other job opportunities and internships available to us, especially when it comes to educational institutes. I just don’t get why our majors are made out to be some sort of secondrate joke. It’s AUB’s duty to treat us all equally and help us find better futures.

That’s only fair.

Opinion

Religion: Relative or absolute?

Wissam Nuwayhid Staff Writer Why don’t people wage war over the fact that the closest distance between two points is a line? Why don’t people have conflicts over the fact that 2 + 2 =4?

Why don’t people engage in long clashes over the speed of light? How could all religions claim to have the simple Absolute Divine Truth when they are constantly engaged in violence and aggression against one another?

Does the conflict between religions mean that the religious message is not Absolute? No, the message of religion is Absolute though

in a sense that differs from line being the closest distance between two points.

From a religious point of view, the whole of the universe is a mirror in which the Divine is reflected.

The mysterious indefinite star-pierced spaces of the cosmos are only the dimmest reflection of the Infinitely Mysterious Light of the Divine while the beauty of the sunset is only a faint echo of Its Beauty.

Why should we stop here?

If love and peace on earth are a reflection of the Divine’s Mercy and Compassion why couldn’t war and conflict in the world be a reflection of Its Might and Power? When the world is

seen as a mere reflection, Religious conflict itself is transformed from a relativistic struggle of two opposite sides into a manifestation of the Absolute/ Divine.

In this article I did not condone cruelty or injustice in any way but I rather tried to transform all things I see in the world, be it good or evil in my eyes, into channels to the Infinite Love of the Divine.

Wissam Nuwayhid is a history undergraduate student at AUB.

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May 17, 2011

The Outlook team

Out of the Box

Five myths about Psychology you need to grow out of

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Chairperson

Talal Nizameddin

Faculty Advisor

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Responsible Director

Antonios Francis

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Editor at Large

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Lynn Itani Nour Jane Kachicho Anis Kadado Tala Kardas Wajiha Jurdhi Kheir Hadi Mehio Marie Nakhoul Rita Obeid Rami Panayoti Yasmine Saab Joseph Saba Christine Saliba Amer Sare Mohammad Yaghi Emile Fares Zankoul Rayane Zahreddine Lama Zakharia

1) Psychology is a field solely based on theories and assumptions that theorists have formulated based on their subjective opinions and philosophical views of the world. · The scoop: Psychology is actually a Science based on empirical evidence and research. While the way it began may have had a philosophical path with theories such as Monism and Dualism, modern psychologists are trying to make it as objective and scientific as possible throughout evidence and research to come up with conclusions that lead to facts.

2) Psychologists can read minds. · The scoop: While psychologists do study people’s personalities in a scientific way, it takes more than intuition to know a person’s personality, let alone read a person’s mind even if psychologists study the ‘science of mind and behavior.’ So next time you meet a psychologist or a psychology student, please refrain from asking them to read your mind or analyze your personality.

3) Opposites attract. · The scoop: While many movies such as Twilight and A Walk to Remember have shown that similarity is not a condition for falling in love, facts prove otherwise. According to the social homogamy theory in psychology, one tends to be attracted to someone similar to oneself. So, a compatible boyfriend/girlfriend for you is one who is more likely to share the same interests, likes, tastes asyou.

4) Schizophrenia is Multiple Personality Disorder. · The scoop: Schizophrenia is a disorder characterized by a detachment from reality.

People with schizophrenia tend to suffer from delusions, hallucinations, in addition to an inability to think logically and respond normally to emotional events. Multiple Personality Disorder on the other hand is a disorder characterized by a detachment from oneself.

People with MPD (also referred to as Dissociative Identity Disorder) tend to have more than one distinct personality. As you can see, the two disorders are very different yet they are commonly mistaken as one.

5.Freud is the father of psychology. · The scoop: While Freud’s theories were very prominent in the twentieth century, most of his conclusions were based on specific case studies and thus we there is not enough research to support his theories. Nevertheless, we can say that Freud is the father of the psychodynamic (or psychoanalytic) perspective that remains one of the perspectives in psychology. Many modern psychologists are psychoanalytically oriented. So, however interesting you may think that we are all governed by our “innate sexual drives,” this is just one theory among many others that lacks supportive empirical evidence.

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‫ايار ‪2011 ,17‬‬

‫علي علوية‬

‫احلمد للقدوس األحد الذي ال‬ ‫قدسية إال له ومنه وبه تعالى‬ ‫عما يتوهم املشركون‪ ،‬وينكر‬ ‫الظاملون املسرفون‪ ،‬احملجوبون‬ ‫بحجاب أنفسهم عن ساحة‬ ‫كبريائه‪ ،‬واملنعزلة عقولهم‬ ‫خلف أستار املقدسات الوهمية‪،‬‬ ‫من أنداد اجلاهلية‪ ،‬وأمت السالم‬ ‫على املقدس بقدس اجتبائه‬ ‫واصطفائه‪ ،‬احملمود ملا أدى‬ ‫للحمد أدائه‪...‬‬ ‫أما بعد‪...‬‬ ‫وقد كثر الكالم في التقديس‬ ‫وص ِب َغ ْت بهالة‬ ‫واملقدس‪،‬‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫التقديس أقنعة مزيفة‪،‬‬ ‫واجتاهات مضللة‪ ،‬وديكتاتوريات‬ ‫مقنعة‪ ،‬وتجَ َل َب َب ْت عرش السطوة‬ ‫على اإلنسانية‪ ،‬ال تستند إال‬ ‫إلى شعارات املقدس‪ ،‬شعارات‬ ‫نفذت من باب القلب املتأثر‪ ،‬إلى‬ ‫عقل حجبته العواطف‪ ،‬ونالت‬ ‫منه العناوين اجلوفاء‪ ،‬فلم يدرك‬ ‫حقيقة املقدس‪ ،‬وأين املقدس‬ ‫من املقدس؟‬ ‫قد تقمصت اسم املقدس‬ ‫حركات وتوجهات‪ ،‬وبدل أن‬ ‫تتنزل القدسية تنزل البهاء‬ ‫والصفاء‪ ،‬هبطت من عرشها‬ ‫املعصوم املنزه‪ ،‬إلى عرش تدنس‬ ‫ومرتكبات لم يُق َّدر لها‬ ‫بأفعال‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫أن تكون‪ ،‬إال ألنها باسم املقدس‪،‬‬ ‫غير أنه األجدى باإلنسان أن‬ ‫ينظر في أين املقدس‪ ،‬وأين معيار‬ ‫القدس والتقديس‪ ،‬وما يحق له‬ ‫أن يتسم باملقدس‪ ،‬وكيف يبقى‬ ‫املقدس خالدا رغم كل انقالبات‬ ‫الدهور وتداول األيام والشهور؟‬ ‫كثيرا ما تسمع أخي‪ ،‬بنهج‬ ‫مقدس‪ ،‬ومسيرة مقدسة‪،‬‬ ‫وأمنوذج مقدس‪ ،‬وسلوك‬ ‫مقدس‪ ،‬وشخص مقدس ولكن‬ ‫هال سألت أين املقدس في هذا‬ ‫النهج وهذه املسيرة وهذا‬ ‫السلوك‪ ،‬ولعلك إن تطلعت‬ ‫وجدت أن هذا كله ليس إال‬ ‫وصفا بالتبع والعرض‪ ،‬ال أصالة‬ ‫لقدسية أي من هذه األمور وال‬ ‫ألي فعل من ذاته على اإلطالق‪،‬‬ ‫إمنا القدسية أوال وآخرا وبشكل‬ ‫أوحد للغاية‪ ،‬للهدف املنشود‬ ‫«حقا»‪ ،‬نعم بتبع الغاية يكون‬ ‫النهج مقدسا‪ ،‬وتكون املسيرة‬ ‫مقدسة‪ ،‬والفعل مقدسا‪ ،‬فال‬ ‫تتقدس املسيرة بشخص أبدا‪،‬‬ ‫من غير أن يكون متحدا مع الغاية‬ ‫وإال إن صار الشخص والغاية‬ ‫أمرا واحدا ال تنفصل أجزاؤه‪،‬‬ ‫فاكتنه الشخص الغاية صدق‬ ‫أن يكون هو هي وهي هو فيتحد‬ ‫املقدس والقديس‪ ،‬فيكون كل‬ ‫ما اتصل به مقدس‪ ،‬وال يكون‬ ‫هذا إال ملن عصمته الغاية عن‬ ‫رؤية ما سواها‪ ،‬وقد قل نظيره‬ ‫واحتجبت أمثاله‪ ،‬وهذه الغاية‬ ‫ال تكون مقدسة إال إذا كانت‬ ‫في سهمها صوب القدوس‬

‫وجهة نظر‬

‫رأي‬

‫القدسية واملقدس‬

‫املتفرد األحد‪ ،‬وبهذا تكون‬ ‫الغاية بنفسها مقدسة‪ ،‬فكل‬ ‫قدسية تنشأ من هذا اإلخالص‬ ‫اإللهي والتوجه إلى خدمة‬ ‫ساحة القدس الربانية‪ ،‬فعندها‬ ‫تتقدس الغاية وتعلو عن دركات‬ ‫الشخصانية والقبلية‪ ،‬وتترفع‬ ‫عن سمات الدنو واألنانية‪ ،‬فهذه‬ ‫الغاية الناظرة بعينها إلى‬ ‫ساحة القدس‪ ،‬تصبح مقدسة‪،‬‬ ‫ولكنها حيثما تلتفت عن‬ ‫ابتغاء وجهه جل اسمه‪ ،‬تخلع‬ ‫عنها ثوب قدسيتها‪ ،‬وتتدنس‬ ‫هي‪ ،‬ويبقى املقدس مقدسا‪،‬‬ ‫وتبقى قدسية الغاية‪ ،‬وتبقى‬ ‫قدسية املنشود‪ ،‬فما تلوث‬ ‫رهن غاية جديدة لم تكن أصال‬ ‫مقدسة‪...‬‬ ‫ومن هنا نأتي إلى ما نصبغه‬ ‫على مسيرات من تقديس‪،‬‬ ‫هذه املسيرات وهذا النهج أو‬ ‫يدعي في آن‬ ‫الشخص الذي ّ‬ ‫أنه مقدس فإنه ليس له إلى‬ ‫التقديس سبيل بالشعارات‬ ‫وكثرة األنصار‪ ،‬إال مع نفوس‬ ‫ضعف فيها البصر الثاقب‬ ‫وأسرتها شعارات قد حتمل‬ ‫عمقا وقد ال حتمل‪ ،‬إمنا السبيل‬ ‫الوحيد للقدسية هو للغاية‪،‬‬ ‫وهذا النهج ليكون مقدسا‬ ‫يجب أن ال يجد لنفسه خارج‬ ‫الغاية املقدسة وجودا‪ ،‬فهذا‬ ‫النهج يجب أن يؤخذ مبعنى‬ ‫حرفي ال مبعنى اسمي‪ ،‬فال‬ ‫أصالة له‪ ،‬وإمنا األصالة للغاية‬ ‫وحسب‪ ،‬عندها يتحد النهج‬ ‫والغاية‪ ،‬ويصبح املتحقق‬ ‫الغاية‪ ،‬وصورتها النهج‪ ،‬وعندها‬ ‫ميكن أن يكون النهج مقدسا‪ ،‬ال‬ ‫ألمر من نفسه‪ ،‬بل ألنه لم يجد‬ ‫لنفسه بعد الغاية وجودا وال‬ ‫حتققا‪.‬‬ ‫فحقيقة املقدس ال بأمر من‬ ‫ذاته‪ ،‬وإمنا بلزومه لتلك الساحة‬ ‫املقدسة‪ ،‬وخلدمة هذه الساحة‪،‬‬ ‫فمتى ما كان ذلك‪ ،‬كان املقدس‬ ‫مقدسا‪ ،‬صغر أثره أم عظم‪،‬‬ ‫ولكن لألمر هاهنا بعدان‪:‬‬ ‫أولهما أنه ال يتصف أمر بثبات‬ ‫القدسية له‪ ،‬طاملا أنه عرضة‬ ‫اإلنفصال عن غايته‪ ،‬وطاملا أن‬ ‫أفراده ليست جتليات القديس‬ ‫الكامل‪ ،‬فمن هنا ي ُ َق َّي ُم النهج‬ ‫بجميع أفعاله‪ ،‬ال ببعضها‪،‬‬ ‫وال بشعاراتها وعناوينها‪ ،‬بل‬ ‫مبضمونها‪ ،‬فإن كان مضمون‬ ‫أفعاله‪ ،‬كل أفعاله‪ ،‬في طول‬ ‫هذه الغاية كان صورتها‪ ،‬وكان‬ ‫متعلقا بها تعلقا حقيقيا‪ ،‬وإن‬ ‫كان لبعض السلوك وبعض‬ ‫الفعل خارج الغاية توجها‪،‬‬ ‫سقط عنه ثوب القدسية‪ ،‬ألنه‬ ‫وجد لنفسه خارج الغاية حتققا‪،‬‬ ‫فاستقل عنها‪ ،‬وخلع عنه رداء‬ ‫القدسية‪ ،‬ومن هنا ال تكون‬ ‫القدسية لعنوان وال لنهج عام‪،‬‬ ‫القدسية أكبر من أن يحويها‬ ‫الوصف‪ ،‬وأدق من أن ترادف‬ ‫العموميات‪ ،‬فمن هنا ليس‬

‫عليك أخي أن تنظر إلى نهج عام‪،‬‬ ‫فتقول أنه مقدس‪ ،‬أو ثورة شعب‪،‬‬ ‫وتقول هي مقدسة‪ ،‬وال حاكم‬ ‫وامبراطور وتقول هو مقدس‪،‬‬ ‫إمنا املقدس احلقيقي من لم يجد‬ ‫لوجوده خلف الغاية وجودا‪ ،‬وأما‬ ‫إن وجد‪ ،‬فإن هذا النهج حاد عن‬ ‫القدسية وتأرجح بينها وبني‬ ‫غيرها‪ ،‬فاعلم أن غايته نفسه‪،‬‬ ‫وما تالقى منها مع غاية أخرى‬ ‫مضى به‪ ،‬وإال فال‪ ،‬فال يغرنك‬ ‫وصف أبيض‪ ،‬لليل أسود‪ ،‬فهذا‬ ‫كالم شاعر‪ ،‬وال يصنع الشاعر‬ ‫حقيقة وراء املشاعر‪ ،‬وال يغرنك‬ ‫كثرة الناس حوله فتتوهم‬ ‫صدقه‪ ،‬فإن احلق من الطريق ما‬ ‫عسر على الكثيرين‪...‬‬ ‫ثانيهما‪ ،‬هذه الغاية املقدسة‬ ‫أكبر من أن تدنسها مرتكبات‬ ‫قادة الشعوب‪ ،‬هذه اخلدمة‬ ‫للساحة الربانية‪ ،‬وهذا الوفاء‬ ‫لألمانة اإللهية‪ ،‬ال ينزلها عن‬ ‫عرشها قول قائل حاد‪ ،‬وفعل‬ ‫فاعل ضل‪ ،‬وسلوك نهج انحرف‪،‬‬ ‫إمنا تبقى هي هي‪ ،‬ويستقل‬ ‫النهج‪ ،‬فال تقل – أي أخي –‬ ‫لنهج انحرف أن هذه الغاية‬

‫ال تصلح‪ ،‬ففساد النهج دليل‬ ‫فساد غايته‪ ،‬نعم هو كذلك‬ ‫للغاية احلقيقية ال الغاية‬ ‫املتخذة شعارا وشتان عندها‬ ‫بينهما‪ ،‬إن كانت الغاية في‬ ‫وجهتها الصحيحة فإنها أكبر‬ ‫من أن يدنسها فعله‪ ،‬فللغاية‬ ‫املقدسة احلقيقية بقدسيتها‬ ‫اخللد‪ ،‬ولها األحدية بتوحد‬ ‫القدوس‪...‬‬ ‫وهنا قد يظهر أن هذه الغاية‬ ‫املقدسة بعيدة عن اإلنسان‬ ‫وكالم في املثاليات ال كالم‬ ‫في واقعيات‪ ،‬غير أن معنى‬ ‫خدمة الساحة املقدسة‬ ‫هو أسمى معاني اإلنسانية‬ ‫والسلوك‪ ،‬معنى خدمة‬ ‫الساحة املقدسة‪ ،‬هو معنى‬ ‫خدمة اإلنسان اآلخر لوجه‬ ‫القدوس‪ ،‬هو معنى أن ترى في‬ ‫اإلنسان آية القدوس‪ ،‬هو معنى‬ ‫أن يتساوى في نظرك اخللق‪،‬‬ ‫وأن تستجيب لنداء القدوس‬ ‫في خدمة اخللق‪ ،‬ودافعك أكبر‬ ‫من أن حتده اإلمكانات‪ ،‬أو تلهيه‬ ‫اإلغراءات‪ ،‬أو أن يحسب باملنافع‪،‬‬ ‫هذه الغاية التي عينها على‬

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‫العدالة اإلنسانية احلقيقية‪،‬‬ ‫وعينها على محبة اإلنسانية‬ ‫احلقيقية‪ ،‬احملبة لإلنسان ال ألنه‬ ‫األخ والصورة‪ ،‬بل ألنه آية الهدف‬ ‫املنشود‪ ،‬وهنا يأخذ احلب بعده‬ ‫األحدي‪ ،‬فيصبح احلب لألحد‬ ‫حبا لكل أحد‪ ،‬وحبا ال يجتمع‬ ‫فيه بغض إال ابتغاء وجه األحد‪،‬‬ ‫فيكون نفس البغض في مكانه‬ ‫الصحيح حبا لألحد‪ ،‬هذا معنى‬ ‫غاية مقدسة‪....‬‬ ‫أخي‪ ،‬تأمل في حقائق الشعوب‬ ‫وانظر لتعلم صدق النهج إلى‬ ‫سلوكه‪ ،‬فإن رأيت فيه من ذلك‬ ‫شيئا‪ ،‬فاعلم أنه بتبع غايته‬ ‫مقدس‪ ،‬وإن استقل عنها في‬ ‫بعض فعله‪ ،‬فاعلم أنه لم يعد‬ ‫مقدسا أو لم يكن‪ ،‬وال يغرَّنك‬ ‫وصف القدس واملقدس‪ ،‬فلم‬ ‫يَخ ُلق الشعار أبدا واقعا‪ ،‬وإمنا‬ ‫كان شأنه محو الواقع وستره‪...‬‬ ‫فاستعن بالقدوس وكن أنت‬ ‫قبل تقييم غيرك مقدسا‪...‬‬ ‫فإن كنت مقدسا لم حتتج‬ ‫إلى شعار لتخدم القدس‬ ‫والقدوس‪...‬‬

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‫منوعات‬

‫حبيبي أبدا ً يا جنوب‬ ‫تتمة من ص‪16‬‬

‫العدو واستراتيجيتها‪ ،‬الى‬ ‫وثائق االعترافات االسرائيلية‬ ‫باخفاقات «اسرائيل» في‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫شرح للطالب‬ ‫حرب متوز‪.‬‬ ‫من قبل اخملتصني عن تعقيد‬ ‫الهندسة وتبينّ لنا العبقرية‬ ‫في هيكلية التشكيل‪.‬‬ ‫ورأينا الدبابات والقنابل‬ ‫االسرائيلية‬ ‫واملدرعات‬ ‫املتبقية معروضة تهزأ مبن‬ ‫كان يحملها‪.‬‬ ‫مبسط عن‬ ‫مت توزيع شرح‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫تاريخ القرى اجلنوبية على‬ ‫ومع األغاني‬ ‫الطالب‪.‬‬ ‫مجمع‬ ‫الثورية انتقلنا الى‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫«أكاسيا» الذي مت ّيز بكرم‬ ‫األكل البلدي وطيب مذاقه‬ ‫وبإطاللة رائعة على سهول‬ ‫اجلميلة‬ ‫وتالله‬ ‫اجلنوب‬ ‫وخاصة «وادي احلجير» الذي‬ ‫شهد انهزامات متتالية‬ ‫للعدو‪ .‬فاستمتع الطالب‬ ‫بالهواء اجلنوبي الذي تغلغل‬ ‫الى الصدور وأبى اخلروج‬ ‫فاتسعت به قلوبنا‪.‬‬ ‫وصحيح أ ّن املنظر ال يحجب‬ ‫ٌ‬ ‫والعني ال تشبع لكن بعد‬ ‫جلسة الراحة انطلقنا‬ ‫باجتاه «احلدود» التي تفصلنا‬ ‫عن فلسطني احملتلة‪.‬وبعد‬ ‫أن قطعنا حاجز العديسة‬ ‫سار الطالب على األقدام‬ ‫وعيونهم صوب فلسطني‬ ‫التي باتت أقرب مما آلت اليه‬ ‫قدرتهم‪ ،‬كان أخذ الصور‬ ‫والتعبير احلر عن ظلم‬ ‫ميثله اجلندي االسرائيلي‬ ‫الذي يقف وراء ِمنظاره ال‬ ‫يستطيع سماع تعليقاتهم‬ ‫‪« :‬قريبا ً منشي في اجلليل»‪,‬‬ ‫«أنظروا اليهم خائفني‬

‫ايار ‪2011 ,17‬‬

‫اوتلوك‬

‫‪ Google‬و‪ Microsoft‬وجها ً‬ ‫لوجه‪ ،‬و‪ 8.5‬مليار دوالر‬

‫ونحن مرتاحون واثقون‬ ‫بالنصر»‪« ,‬أه ما الفرق‬ ‫بني تراب اجلنوب اللبناني‬ ‫الفلسطيني»؟‬ ‫والتراب‬ ‫واندفع بعض الشباب الى جاد شمس الدين‬ ‫شبك االيدي والدبكة ورفع مساهم صحفي‬ ‫حركات هندسية بأجسادهم‬ ‫حاملني رايات املقاومة‪.‬‬ ‫تال ذلك توزيع الورد األحمر فبعد ان أعلنت شركة غوغل‬ ‫واألكاليل على نصب شهداء العاملية عن شرائها شركة‬ ‫اجليش اللبناني في العديسة «غيزمو ‪ »5‬لالتصاالت‪ ،‬بهدف‬ ‫وتالوة النشيد الوطني ضمها إلى مجموعة خدمات‬ ‫اللقاء ‪ ،Google Voice‬والتي ميكن‬ ‫اللبناني‪.‬وختم‬ ‫منافسا قويًا لسكايب‬ ‫بكلمتني‪ :‬األولى ترحيب أن تكون‬ ‫ً‬ ‫بطالب اجلامعة والتأكيد (‪ ،)Skype‬برنامج االتصاالت‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫الشهير عبر اإلنترنت‪،‬حيث‬ ‫على دور املقاومة‪ .‬والكلمة‬ ‫الثانية للنادي وكان فحواها بلغت قيمة الصفقة ‪ 30‬مليون‬ ‫معادلة دوالر‪ ،‬وفقا لـ ‪،TechCrunch‬‬ ‫على‬ ‫التشديد‬ ‫«الشعب اجليش املقاومة» التي كشفت النقاب عن‬ ‫كما في الرحلة‪ ،‬ابتداء من التفاصيل‪ ،‬لتعود غوغل وتفصح‬ ‫شعب يحيا بقيم مشتركة عن عملية البيع‪.‬‬ ‫أعلنت شركة مايكروسوفت‬ ‫كما رأينا في مغدوشة‪ ،‬الى‬ ‫املقاومة املنتصرة في مليتا‪ ،‬أنها اشترت شركة سكايب في‬ ‫الى حصن اجليش اللبناني صفقة وصفت باالضخم في‬ ‫احلامي لالستقرار الوطني‪ .‬التاريخ حيث وصلت قيمتها‬ ‫ومت اهداء درع تقديرية إلى ‪ 8.5‬مليار دوالر‪ ،‬ما جعلها‬ ‫باسم النادي لرئيس بلدية واحدة من كبرى الصفقات‬ ‫العديسة‪ .‬جتدر االشارة الى التي سعت عمالق البرمجيات‬ ‫ان قناة املنار ممثلة باملراسل العاملية إلبرامها‪ ،‬في إطار‬ ‫املناضل علي شعيب ّ‬ ‫غطت مساعيها الستعادة مكانتها‬ ‫احلدث ورافقتنا في اجلنوب‪ .‬االقتصادية البارزة في أسواق‬ ‫ولن ننسى كون الرحلة متيزت االتصاالت العاملية‪،‬بل محاولة‬ ‫بتن ّو ع خلفيات الطالب وهذا منها للسيطرة على هذا‬ ‫ساهم في اغناء النّقاشات السوق‪.‬‬ ‫املفيدة التي تصارحوا فيها وتعتزم مايكروسوفت‪ ،‬من‬ ‫و استفادوا منها‪ .‬وكان وراء هذه الصفقة‪ ،‬توسيع‬ ‫منهم جميعا حتية شكر نشاطها إلى قطاعات أخرى‪،‬‬ ‫و تقدير للنادي الثقافي مثل االتصاالت والترفيه عبر‬ ‫اجلنوبي الذي تزامن تنظيمه اإلنترنت‪ ،‬وليس مجرد إنتاج‬ ‫للرحلة مع ذكرى النكبة برامج «ويندوز» لتشغيل أجهزة‬ ‫الفلسطينية‪ ،‬و الذي يغذي احلواسب اإللكترونية‪.‬‬ ‫في اخلامات الفتية ثقافة وعن الصفقة التي قامت بها‬ ‫‪ ،google‬يقول أندي أبرامسون‪،‬‬ ‫احلق و روح املقاومة‪.‬‬

‫املستشار في مجال اتصاالت‬ ‫اإلنترنت‪« :‬فجأة‪ ،‬أصبح هناك‬ ‫شركة تقدم خدمات أكثر من‬ ‫سكايب‪ ،‬فلديك اآلن كل ما‬ ‫حتتاجه في مجال االتصاالت‪،‬‬ ‫من دون أن تدفع فلسا واحدا‪.‬‬ ‫وبال شك‪ ،‬فهي فرصة ملهندسي‬ ‫التكنولوجيا من أجل تقدمي‬ ‫خدمات جديدة تناسب مع ما‬ ‫يطرح‪».‬‬ ‫وعلى صعيد آخر‪ ،‬ال تزال غوغل‬ ‫في صراع مع القوانني األمريكية‬ ‫إلقناعها بأن خدماتها اجلديدة‬ ‫ليست بديال لهاتف املنزل أو‬ ‫الهاتف النقال‪ ،‬وأنها لن حتتكر‬ ‫مجال االتصاالت في الواليات‬ ‫املتحدة‪.‬‬ ‫فأحد قوانني احلصول على‬ ‫خدمة ‪ Google Talk‬تنص‬ ‫على وجود هاتف أرضي أو خلوي‬ ‫لدى املستخدم‪ ،‬وبالتالي لن‬ ‫تكون( ‪ )Google Talk‬اخليار‬ ‫الوحيد أمام املستخدمني‪.‬‬ ‫يذكر أن ‪Google Voice‬‬ ‫يتوافر اآلن في الواليات املتحدة‬

‫شهرة مليونية‪ .‬والشيخ كان‬ ‫على ذمتي أكثر املوجودين‬ ‫أحس بسعد‬ ‫فرحا‪ ،‬فهو أكيد‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫احلظ الذي جعله يشرف على‬ ‫مثل هذا الزواج الذي يُقام في‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫كل ثورة مصرية م ّرة! وما كان‬ ‫أع ّز الثورات العربية وأندرها!‬ ‫انتهت األدعية‪ ،‬واستلمت‬ ‫«ست» مصرية‬ ‫امليكروفون‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫أص ّرت أن تعلن الزغرودة‬ ‫وتعممها بصوت أعلى من‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫صوتها العادي‪ .‬صار وقت‬ ‫الشاربات‪ّ .‬‬ ‫لبل ريق املدهوشني‬ ‫باملراسم التاريخية تلك‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫وبكل‬ ‫وبوقفتهم في امليدان‬ ‫شيء‪ .‬الشراب األحمر احللو‬ ‫واملصبوب في «قنينة»‬

‫متواضعة‪.‬‬ ‫بالستيكية‬ ‫لكنه في أفواه الشاربني كان‬ ‫أحلى من أفخر شراب ملكي‪.‬‬ ‫األمهات جميعهن أصررن‬ ‫على تقبيل العروس‪« .‬بنتي‬ ‫بتتج ّو ز» هكذا قلن لها‪ ،‬وهي‬ ‫حتاول أن حتبس دمعة تعاندها‪.‬‬ ‫الشاب يسير من‬ ‫كان عريسها‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫أمامها‪ .‬ناولها وردة س ّلمتها‬ ‫له يد مجهولة‪ .‬فتك ّثفت‬ ‫في داخلها في تلك الهنيهة‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫كل املشاعر اجلميلة‪ ،‬وو ّد ت لو‬ ‫يت ّو قف الزمن لوال أ ّن الرجاء‬ ‫بانتصار الثورة كان يحتّم‬ ‫زمنًا إضاف ًيا بعد‪.‬‬ ‫انتصرت الثورة‪ ،‬وتنحى الرئيس‬ ‫حن إلى يوميات‬ ‫إ ّياه‪ .‬أحمد ّ‬

‫األمريكية فقط‪ ،‬ولديه ‪580‬‬ ‫ألف مستخدم‪ ،‬ونحو ‪ 1.5‬مليون‬ ‫مسجل في اخلدمة‪.‬‬ ‫اما عن االمور التي ميكن‬ ‫ملايكروسوفت ان تقدمها‪ ،‬بدء‬ ‫احلديث عن دمج اخلصائص‬ ‫الفيديو ّية لسكايب في بريد‬ ‫الهومتيل‪،‬وكما ايضا إضافة‬ ‫سكايب إلى أجهزة إكس بوكس‬ ‫التي ميكن أن تزيد من مبيعات‬ ‫اجلهاز‪ ،‬ورمبا تضاعفها‪.‬‬ ‫وبني غوغل ومايكروسوفت‬ ‫ياخذ الفيسبوك مكانته ‪،‬حيث‬ ‫كانت شركة فايسبوك من بني‬ ‫الساعية المتالك‬ ‫الشركات‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫سكايب من أجل تطوير برنامج‬ ‫احملادثة على موقعها‪.‬كما ان‬ ‫فكرة شراء مايكروسوفت‬ ‫للفيسبوك طرحت و مازالت‪.‬‬ ‫فعالماالحتكارااللكترونيمت ّوج‬ ‫بشركتي غوغل ومايكروسوفت‪،‬‬ ‫وبالرغم من ان االحتكار يبقى‬ ‫احتكار‪،‬املستخدم ينتظر دائما ً‬ ‫شيئا ً افضل‪.‬‬

‫أوتلوك تروي حكاية من دفاتر الثورة املصرية‪ :‬هكذا تز ّوج أحمد وعال‬ ‫في ميدان التحرير‬ ‫التتمة من ص‪24‬‬

‫الباهظ حضرت رمبا في بال‬ ‫الكثيرين أثناء تلك املراسم‪.‬‬ ‫يسيل دم‪ ،‬وتسيل دموع‪،‬‬ ‫ويتصل ماء البدن مباء العني‪،‬‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫يطل بينهما‪ .‬كان‬ ‫والفرح‬ ‫العروسان‪ّ ،‬‬ ‫وكل من شاركهما‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫يفكرون بنهار الغد‪.‬‬ ‫الفرحة‬ ‫سيحد ثون به أطفالهم‪.‬‬ ‫مبا‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫عن يقينهم بعد كتب الكتاب‬ ‫ذاك بنهاية قريبة لعهد كان‬ ‫تدريجا‪ .‬فمع‬ ‫يأخذ بالتالشي‬ ‫ً‬ ‫دعوات الشيخ باملباركة وباخلير‬ ‫للعروسني‪ ،‬ر ّد د املصريون‬ ‫كلهم دعا ًءا صامتًا آخر في‬ ‫دواخلهم‪ ،‬دعا ًء ا بتعجيل‬

‫الفرحة الكبيرة للبلد‪ ،‬تيمنًا‬ ‫بهذه الفرحة الصغيرة‪.‬‬ ‫وللحظة صار العروسان‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫لكل شاشات التلفاز‪،‬‬ ‫جنمني‬ ‫كان األهل في منازلهم‪،‬‬ ‫وإذ بهم يشاهدون قامتي‬ ‫ولديهما تناطحان قامات‬ ‫املمثلني والفنانني واملشاهير‪.‬‬ ‫على الفضائية يشهران كتب‬ ‫كتابهما في بحر من الرجال‬ ‫والنساء؟ خافوا عليهما‪ ،‬قد‬ ‫يالحقهما أزالم النظام! لكن‬ ‫من الحقهما باحلقيقة هم‬ ‫أولئك املمثلون الذين كانوا‬ ‫خ ّيموا مع الناس في امليدان‪.‬‬ ‫أصبح العروسان معل ًما‪،‬‬ ‫بسرعة بنيا لنفسيهما‬

‫التحرير التي لن تكون بعد‬ ‫اليوم‪ .‬لكنه وعال حفظا منها‬ ‫حكايًا كثيرة‪ .‬عن زفافهما‬ ‫الذي حضره من غير بطاقة‬ ‫دعوة ّ‬ ‫كل شريف مصري‪ ،‬وعن‬ ‫شهداء ورفاق وبلد خلع على‬ ‫نفسه غص ًبا عن ّ‬ ‫كل من أراد‬ ‫به شرًا‪ ،‬رداء احلرية األطهر‪.‬‬ ‫خفي ‪ ،‬كانت‬ ‫بترتيب إلهي‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫املراسم واخلواتيم واألنفس‬ ‫ك ّلها سعيدة في يوم مشهود‬ ‫واحد ال يشبه األيام‪ .‬فمبروك‬ ‫ملصر ‪...‬ولعروسيها‪ ،‬أحمد‬ ‫وعال‪.‬‬

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‫اجلامعة األميركية في بيروت‬

‫إلى جميع قراءنا ‪ :‬صحيفة االوتلوك ترحب بالراغبني لإلنتساب إلى فر يقها‪.‬‬

‫للمزيد من املعلومات‪ ،‬أدخلوا على موقعنا االلكتروني (‪ )www.aub.edu.lb/outlook‬أو راسلونا على ‪readoutlook@gmail.com‬‬

‫املنشورة الطالبية املستقلة منذ عام ‪ | ١٩٤٩‬األربعاء ‪ 27‬نيسان ‪|2011‬‬

‫مدى الدبس‬ ‫مساهمة صحفية‬

‫عكف شباب النادي الثقافي‬ ‫اجلامعة‬ ‫في‬ ‫اجلنوبي‬ ‫األميركية في بيروت منذ‬ ‫أسابيع على اجناح رحلة «يا‬ ‫حبيبي يا جنوب» وبالفعل‬ ‫أثمر جهدهم في رحلة من‬ ‫العمر جت ّلى فيها التنظيم‬ ‫اجلماعي‬ ‫العمل‬ ‫وروح‬ ‫واالميان برسالة املقاومة‬ ‫التي استجاب لها الطالب‬ ‫بكامل الفرح واحلماس‪.‬‬ ‫حملت ال ّر حلة عنواني لبنان‬ ‫وفلسطني فكانت املقاومة‬ ‫اعتزاز ا ً يبثُ ثقة في نفس‬ ‫شعبنا ورعبا ً في صفوف‬ ‫العدو‪.‬‬ ‫انطلقت أربع حافالت‬ ‫من احلمرا الثامنة صباحا ً‬ ‫ترافقها س ّيارة اسعاف‬ ‫مواكبة طيلة النهار‪ .‬وقد‬ ‫حرص النادي على تقدمي‬ ‫وجبة الفطور للمشاركني‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫الكل مرتاح‬ ‫والتأكد أن‬ ‫قبل البدء بالنهار احلافل‪.‬‬ ‫انطلقنا الى أ ّو ل محطة‬ ‫«مغدوشة»‬ ‫وهي قرية‬

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‫‪ Google‬و‪ Microsoft‬وجها ً‬ ‫لوجه‪ ،‬و‪ 8.5‬مليار دوالر‬

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‫القدسية واملقدس‬

‫حبيبي أبدا ً يا جنوب‬

‫الد ير‬ ‫‪ .‬فقصد الطالب‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫الكنائسي واملزار وأخذوا‬ ‫الصور التذكارية واستمعوا‬ ‫الى محاضرة الكاهن عن‬ ‫الد ير‬ ‫رحلة مرمي العذراء في ّ‬ ‫و عن أعجوبة حصلت منذ‬ ‫مدة‪ .‬تالها كلمة مسؤول‬ ‫النادي‬ ‫في‬ ‫األنشطة‬ ‫الثقافي اجلنوبي «علي رزق»‬ ‫شد د فيها أ نّنا نشعر‬ ‫الذي‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫بقدس ّية املكان مهما كان‬ ‫السياسي‬ ‫انتماؤنا الديني أو ّ‬ ‫وشكر مسؤولي الدير على‬ ‫ا الستضافة‪.‬‬ ‫احملطة الثانية كانت‬ ‫ ‬ ‫معلم مليتا التي زارها حتّى‬ ‫اآلن ‪ 900000‬زائر وتعتبر‬ ‫من أكبر املعالم السياحية‬ ‫في العالم العربي‪ .‬مليتا‬ ‫فهي تقع في‬ ‫أدهشتنا‬ ‫قلب الهضاب اخلضراء على‬ ‫مدى العني وحتوطها أشجار‬ ‫السنديان واخلروب ‪ .‬وكان‬ ‫ترحيب بـ»غسان بن جدو»‬ ‫الذي ألقى كلمة امام‬ ‫الطالب ذكر فيها جتربته‬ ‫اخلاصة في تقهقر العدو‬ ‫عام ‪ 2000‬وأفشى س ّر كونه‬

‫بجانب األمني العام حلزب‬ ‫اهلل الثالثة فجر ا ً في ‪ 25‬أيار‬ ‫عربي يعلن‬ ‫‪ ،2000‬فكان أ ّو ل‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫التحرير دام ًعا من كثرة‬ ‫شعوره بالنّخوة و الفرح‪.‬‬ ‫وقال أ نّه منحاز للمقاومة‬ ‫التي ش ّر فت العرب و ّ‬ ‫أكد‬ ‫أن عيد املقاومة عيد افتخار‬ ‫ال يستطيع احد أن يحذفه‬ ‫وقال نحن على أرض مقدسة‬ ‫‪.‬‬ ‫تال ذلك فيلم قصير‬ ‫ومكثف عن اجنازات املقاومة‬ ‫في لبنان بصوت األمني‬ ‫العام حلزب اهلل السيد‬ ‫حسن نصراهلل‪ .‬للمكان‬ ‫في مليتا رهبته‪ ،‬فكنّا‬ ‫من ّر جنب مجلس السيد‬ ‫عباس املوسوي ووقفة‬ ‫الشهيد عماد مغنية‪ ،‬كنّا‬ ‫ندخل أنفاق املقاومني‪ ،‬تلك‬ ‫األنفاق التي بنيت بأيديهم‬ ‫فحضنتهم وحمت كرامتنا‪.‬‬ ‫سارت مجموعتا الطالب‬ ‫بالدليلني االنكليزي والعربي‬ ‫في منحدر طوله ‪650‬‬ ‫مترا يختصر مسار تواجد‬ ‫اجملاهدين في تلك البقعة‬

‫احلرج ّية‪ .‬كما م ّر الطالب‬ ‫مبعرض لوحات للمعلومات‬ ‫االستخبارتية التي حصلت‬ ‫عليها املقاومة وبلوحات‬

‫أحد األصحاب‪ ،‬الذين كانوا‬ ‫ممن دُعوا عبر الفيسبوك‪،‬‬ ‫مرسال الثورة السحري‪ ،‬إلى‬ ‫احتفالية أ ُ ّسس لها لتكون‬ ‫شبابية ض ّيقة‪ ،‬سأله‪ :‬عريس‬ ‫بال «بدلة»؟ حسنًا العروسان‬ ‫كانا من غواة «املشاكسة‬ ‫اليومية» في التحرير والتي‬ ‫حد املبيت فيه‪،‬‬ ‫قد تصل‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫ومعهما مصريون كثر لم‬ ‫حتصرهم «زوم» وال كاميرا‬ ‫بحدها‬ ‫حتى‬ ‫فضائية‪،‬‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫األقصى‪ .‬نزال ذلك الصباح‬ ‫بثياب اليوميات الصاخبة‬ ‫تلك ذاتها‪ .‬لم تكن عال‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫تلف منديلها‬ ‫لتتخ ّيل وهي‬ ‫الزهري على رأسها وتنظر‬ ‫إلى وجه العروس اجلديد‬ ‫الطالع قبالتها في املرآة‪،‬‬ ‫لم تكن لتتخ ّيل أنها بذلك‬ ‫املنديل ستجمد «ديجيتال ًيا»‬ ‫بعدسات تصوير كثيرة‪،‬‬ ‫وصحون ّ‬ ‫بث فضائي ستنقل‬

‫البهي فيه إلى بيوت‬ ‫وجهها‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫عروسا‬ ‫ستجمد‬ ‫بعيدة كثيرة‪،‬‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫للميدان إلى أبد طويل‪.‬‬ ‫«ط ّيب» فلنحتفل بكما في‬ ‫امليدان‪ .‬هكذا اتفق الرفاق‬ ‫بعد أن متّ عقد القران مع األهل‬ ‫حددا موعد‬ ‫في البيت‪ .‬كانا ّ‬ ‫املناسبة السعيدة تلك‪،‬‬ ‫قبل أن تبدأ يوميات التحرير‬ ‫التاريخية‪ .‬وصار اخللط بني‬ ‫األمرين‪ّ .‬‬ ‫وكل أحمد أحدهم‬ ‫بـ»الشاربات»‪ ،‬واتصل بأحد‬ ‫آخر إلعالم شيخ من مشايخ‬ ‫امليدان‪ ،‬وما أكثرهم! أئمة‬ ‫مساجد أزهريون كثر‪ ،‬كانوا‬ ‫اختلطوا بالناس أيامها‬ ‫وسكنوا معهم إلى حني‪،‬‬ ‫ميدانهم الشهير ذاك‪ .‬كان‬ ‫من املفترض أن يكون ذلك ّ‬ ‫كل‬ ‫شيء‪ .‬أن تبدأ املراسم وتنتهي‬ ‫في زاوية ما وتنتهي على‬ ‫خير بهدوء‪ :‬شيخ وأصحاب‬ ‫وجمع قليل من الفضوليني‬

‫رمبا! لكن فاعلة خير واحدة‪،‬‬ ‫من أولئك الرفاق أنفسهم‪،‬‬ ‫أشاعت اخلبر على التويتر‬ ‫بالليل‪ ،‬ليأتي الصباح امليداني‬ ‫ويد عال على كتف أحمد‬ ‫ص» وهي تشير‬ ‫تقول له «ب ُ ّ‬ ‫بيدها األخرى إلى شاشة‬ ‫التلفزيون العمالقة في‬ ‫امليدان‪ .‬في الشريط اإلخباري‬ ‫أسفل الشاشة نبأ يقول بأ ّن‬ ‫في امليدان اليوم عند الرابعة‬ ‫كتب كتاب‪« .‬هل يقصدوننا‬ ‫نحن؟» هكذا سألته وسألها‪.‬‬ ‫وصلهما جواب بشري ضخم‬ ‫واحد من مليوني مصري‬ ‫حضروا ذلك اإلشهار بعد‬ ‫ظهر يوم األحد ذاك‪ .‬وجدا‬ ‫نفسيهما في حلقة من‬ ‫الشباب‪ ،‬بوجوه مألوفة وغير‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫شقت‬ ‫مألوفة‪ ،‬حلقة واحدة‬ ‫لهما ممرًا إلى املنصة‪ .‬هناك‬ ‫متدد حيز وجودهما في‬ ‫وقفا‪ّ .‬‬ ‫االجتاهات األربعة‪ ،‬وانحشر‬

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‫الشاب‬ ‫حلظة اعتلى الدكتور‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫أحمد زعفان منصة ميدان‬ ‫التحرير وفي ظ ّله عروسه عال‬ ‫عبد احلميد‪ ،‬تعالت زغاريد‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫كل‬ ‫مصرية بلدية أصيلة‪.‬‬ ‫فن‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫«ست» مصرية تتقن ّ‬ ‫حتريك اللسان السريع ذاك‬ ‫إلعالء صوت الفرحة رفعت‬ ‫صوتها بزغرودة شعبية‬ ‫خالصة‪ .‬صار الصوت ذاك‬ ‫بعلو السماء‪ ،‬حيث انتبهت‬ ‫روح مصري قدمي عالي‬ ‫الصوت من زمان ثورة آخر‬ ‫أيام‪ .1919‬هو سعد زغلول‪،‬‬ ‫جد أحمد زعفان ألمه‪ .‬أُعلن‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫عريسا‪ .‬العريس الوارث‬ ‫أحمد‬ ‫ً‬ ‫جد ه األولى َق ِدم‬ ‫«لثورجية» ّ‬ ‫إلى احتفالية إشهار كتب‬ ‫كتابه العفوية بك ّليتها‬ ‫بالسويتشر الرمادية‪ .‬سأله‬

‫هذا اجلمع البشري في ميدان‬ ‫وسعه على قدر أحالمهم‬ ‫اجلماعية‪ّ ،‬‬ ‫كل «أوادم» مصر‪،‬‬ ‫أنقى أنقيائها‪ ،‬قال أحمد‪،‬‬ ‫كانوا جز ًءا من تلك الصورة‬ ‫الشخصية اجلماهيرية في‬ ‫آن‪ .‬لم يرتبك أهل العروس‪،‬‬ ‫التي يُفتح بيتها في العادة‬ ‫الستقبال وجهاء الرجال‬ ‫وستّات النساء في هكذا‬ ‫مناسبة‪ ،‬فالعرس انفلت من‬ ‫ضيق الغرف املغلقة واجلدران‬ ‫وحتى الشرفات‪ ،‬التي مهما‬ ‫اتسعت‪ ،‬لن توازي برحابتها‬ ‫االمتداد املكاني والزماني‬ ‫والعاطفي للميدان‪ .‬كان يوم‬ ‫جمعة‪ .‬العاطفة تأخذ من‬ ‫قداس‬ ‫املصريني مأخذها‪ ،‬بعد ّ‬ ‫الشهداء‪ ،‬إشهار كتب كتاب‬ ‫لشابني يافعني‪ .‬معادلة احلياة‬ ‫العزيزة والسعيدة‪ ،‬بثمنها‬ ‫تتمة ص‪15‬‬