Issue 3

September 26, 2012

Vol. XLV, No. 3 October 10, 2012

“Against the mockery of the beliefs of others” Ali Kassem Associate Editor The American University of Beirut is a diverse university with a student body that encompasses all sorts of people from all over the world. As a result, unity is not of the AUB’s strongest points. Rarely do the various clubs, divided according to religious sects and political affiliation as much as they are divided according to interest, come together.

Eight AUB clubs reversed this trend Friday and came together to protest and petition against recent high-profile insults directed to the prophet of

Dr. Nizameddine delivering his speech | Source: Abbass Naim

Islam. The clubs had a clear message. As Karim Zahed, who participated in the event, put it, “with freedom comes great responsibilities, that of not insulting others.”

As to the unifying nature

of the event, AUB student Malek Shami said that it is “Muhammad [who] unifies us.” The Cultural Club of the South, the Insight club and the Saudi Club organized the event.

The Freedom, Social,

Heritage, Palestinian and Youth clubs were all among the organizations that gathered in protest in front of West Hall on Friday morning, asking students to sign a petition.

The also took comments

on a large bulletin board and gave out white scarves.

The white scarves represent a message of peace, “the true message of the prophet of Islam,” according to the event coordinators.

A key point highlighted by the event’s organizer was that the protest, in addition to protesting the movie and the caricature, was protesting against the sometimes violent reaction to those insults. Indeed, the organizers expressed that burning down restaurants and killing people was itself insulting to the prophet.

They expressed that the “prophet of peace,” would Continued on page 3

AUB implements new sexual harassment law The country of Lebanon may be ahead of its Arab neighbors in many international affairs and legal practices, but when one looks closely at the matters at hand and the issues closest to our hearts, it is apparent that in terms of legal matters, Lebanon has fallen behind.

An important matter that Lebanese society suffers from today consists of the lack of applicable constitutional laws against discrimination and, more impor-

tantly, sexual harassment.

Although AUB has policies against sexual harassment, multiple cases of the latter are reported every year.

In the year 2011, there were three reported sexual harassment incidents, two of which ended with the culprit being caught and dismissed from the university. The third one remains unsolved.

In August 2011, a student at AUB left her ten year-old daughter unattended in the area of Charles Hostler Student Center near the gym.

A man approached the girl and convinced her to go

with him to the stairs of the Student Center with malicious intent.

When the man tried to force himself on her, the child managed to injure him enough to escape and fled to the security guard at the gate of the Student Center. The man is assumed to have fled the scene. The guard understood nothing from the distraught child-only that her mother was at the gym.

After the security office was notified of the incident, guards came to the scene.

By that time, however, it was too late to locate and

capture the man. The girl gave a description of the culprit, but he was never found.

Of course many other similar cases occur, but are handled internally or never actually reported by the victims themselves. It is important to note that the limited number of guards at AUB functions to promote a balance between fluidity in the influx and outflow of students, faculty and workers and enough security to deal with normal day to day situations.

AUB strives to be a beacon of modernity and a force to

push Lebanese society forward in many aspects, including ones regarding the removal of outdated laws and the lobbying of much needed ones. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that AUB has decided to evolve their own sexual harassment policy into a more effective and revolutionary one.

Although not fully legalized yet, the new policy is awaiting approval. In an interview, Provost, Dr. Ahmad Dallal, has shed some light on the new entries in

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Campus News · 3

September 2012 October 10,26,2012

Steps to follow during an interview Frederic Abou Jaoude Staff Writer Each and every student eventually has to sit for a job interview after graduation. Subsequently, it is imperative that all students know exactly how to behave in order to ensure the business opportunity.

Bank Audi organized a training workshop on Oct. 2 in West Hall to prepare students for such talks.

Bank employees sat with students, each of whom signed up for a period of 15 minutes and heard in detail all the steps one should consider for an interview.

“It is an awareness session,” one Bank Audi official told Outlook, “each person at some point in their lives has to sit down for an interview.” Bank Audi recruitment officers came to AUB early in the morning in order to coach students and provide them with effective job interview guidelines.

At the beginning, Bank Audi advisers taught students how to write a professional CV, which they said should not be longer than one page. First, one should include his or her education information, including college classes and high school learning, with emphasis on more recent years.

Secondly, professional experiences based on internships and training should be written in detail.

Thirdly, it is necessary to mention extracurricular activities together with languages and computer skills. Finally, references should be either stated directly or clearly addressed by writing “available upon request.”

Next, interviewing skills were approached. According to the Bank Audi specialists, preparations should start before one enters the interview office.

When applying to a firm or a company, the clothing should be neat and formal.

“Never forget the tie,” one specialist said, “a suit is never complete without one.” Also, it is preferable if one researches the place he or she wants to work in by visiting the corresponding web page, since it is very crucial to “know where you are going,” said one bank associate.

The next stage of the interview is when one actually enters the office.

Most queries asked are described as “competencybased questions,” in which the interviewer would pose questions concerning communication skills and team work efficiency.

Cliché questions, such as “what are your weaknesses?” are not widely asked any longer. Instead, particular requests such as the following could come up: “Give a real example during which you worked as a team and whether you succeeded or not and why.”

After that, the interviewer might ask about how the employee-to-be would promote customer service in selling not necessarily solid items, but simply ideas.

One Bank Audi representative stressed that it is not a problem if one was not very efficient in group work, even though people think that it is a “bad thing.” There is absolutely nothing wrong in working alone as long as one is fruitful, because “each job has its own competency.”

Next, some personality

tips were set forth, such as being relaxed, being honest, and speaking openly and straightforwardly.

Other tips included: “DO NOT appear to be shy” and “DO NOT avoid eye contact.” These are one of the major signs of drawbacks.

There is no “best response,” according to Bank Audi mock interviewers, “there are no right and wrong answers in an interview.” Only simple answers that would expose one’s personality are required.

Finally, before leaving the office, it is preferred to ask questions in order to learn additional and detailed information, for example, about salaries.

It would also look impressive if one would ask for clarification about a specific point on the job’s website. This would show the interviewer that this person is serious about the job to an extent where he or she began researching it even before entering the corporation.

Lastly, one must keep in mind that mistakes are most probably bound to occur, and that interviewers understand the tension and pressure. However, there is one mistake that is truly devastating and might kill the chances of being accepted to a job, even before starting the interview: being late. Interview appointments are considered to be a test of promptness to roughly estimate the time one would usually arrive to work.

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Against the mockery Affairs.

Mohamed Bazzy, speaknever accept such behavior and inserted, in a letter ad- ing on behalf of the organizing clubs, stated that dressed to the U.S. embassy in Beirut, a quote by “respect of others is the main foundation upon the Muhammad in which which interaction between he says “whoever kills someone under a covenant people is to be established.” of peace, that killer will Bazzy said mockery of be denied the fragrance of others was an act repudiheaven.” ated by world religions, The letter to the U.S. as well as by the foundaembassy was ended with tional principles of human a request urging the U.S. rights. He also spoke of the government to “exercise its legitimate authority” to type of man Muhammad was, describing him as an make sure no “such hateextraordinary man by all ful attitudes” recurs under standards, especially by the name of freedom of moral ones. speech.

As for Nizameddin, his To further express their words focused on the limstance, posters who held its of freedom of speech. quotes by the prophet, as He also spoke of who well as quotations about the prophet of Islam was, the prophet by prominent describing him as a man Western thinkers, were distributed around campus. who changed the world and took the people of that Among these were quotatime, people with no mortions that restated what was said in the message to als, into ---(I need to get the quote here) the US.. embassy: Islam The event attracted a does not accept, in any large number of students, way, the murder of innoeven beyond the organizcent life or the aggression upon others, no matter who ing club’s expectations. those others are. Any other Most importantly, it was a milestone event that behavior, “does not reprebrought together the varisent Islam nor Muslims,” said Hussein Jabaak, a par- ous components of AUB’s ticipating student from the community to send a mesCultural Club of the south. sage to the world. It was also crucial in shedding The organizers spoke around noon, followed by a light as to what represents word by Talal Nizameddin, Islam, and what does not. dean the Office of Student Continued from page 1

2 · Campus News Sexual harassment policy Continued from page 1 the Discrimination and Harassment Policy.

“The devil is in the details,” said Dr. Dallal, referring to the potential change in policy.

For a year and a half, a committee, assembled by the Provost has been working on the policy, one that included faculty, students, and staff members from various parts of the university.

New additions to the policy include clarifying what constitutes harassment and elaborating the applicable procedures, providing protection to those who, in good faith, bring forward complaints.

Moreover, an Ombudsperson will be hired to help victims of harassment understand the resources available, and will act as a counselor for the members of the community on mat-

ters of the policy and the proper channels of reporting for cases.

Depending on the gravity of each case, the maximum penalty for a sexual harassment case can be dismissal from the university. The university also encourages victims of sexual harassment to report their cases to authorities.

Both Provost Dallal and Dean of Student Affairs believe that the new policy will be effective and accepted by the AUB community first, and that it will hopefully spread to the Lebanese community.

September 26,2012 2012 October 10,

“The devil’s in the details.”

For those interested on reading the old policy, visit: http://www.aub.edu.lb/pnp/ generaluniversitypolicies/ Documents/DiscriminationPolicy/Discrimination. pdf.

Famous AUB scholars Frederic Abou Jaoude Staff Writer Perhaps the most obvious proof of the American University of Beirut’s academic excellence is the fact that many of its graduates have been able to succeed in so many different fields. The Ranker posted the names of more than forty AUB alumni and former students and how they became famous. The following list names just a few of these notable AUB alumni.

Ghassan Tueni, former Lebanese ambassador to the UN, graduated with a B.A. in philosophy in 1945. Then, he went to the United States to study at Harvard University where he received his Master’s degree.

Nadia Hijab, a Palestinian who was born in Syria and raised in Lebanon, received her M.A. in English literature. She is now a distinguished author who writes extensively about human rights in the Middle East.

Najib Mikati, Lebanon’s current prime minister for the second time after 2005 and Tripoli Deputy, graduated in 1980 with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.

Ali Akbar Salehi, the Iranian minister of Foreign Affairs since 2010, studied at the American University of Beirut and earned his B.S. Antun Saade, the founder of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, taught German language at AUB in 1932 and was a prominent

writer and journalist.

Fouad Siniora, who served twice as Lebanon’s prime minister and is currently head of the Future Movement’s parliamentary bloc, earned an M.A. in business administration.

Salam Fayyad, the Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, graduated in 1975. He then attended St. Edward’s University where he earned his MBA, and later his Ph.D in economics from the University of Texas at Austin.

Selim El-Hoss, who served three times as Lebanon’s prime minister and as a longtime member of parliament representing Beirut, graduated with an undergraduate degree in economics.

Tarek Mitri, who served as a Lebanese Minister in

the departments of Culture, Information, Environment, Administrative Reform and Foreign Affairs, holds a B.A. and an M.A. in philosophy. In mid-September, he was assigned as the head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. Furthermore, he was also appointed as the United Nations SecretaryGeneral’s special representative.

Bassel Fleihan, former Lebanese Minister of Economy and Commerce, received a B.A. in economics. He died after being severely injured during the bomb assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.

Lisa Majaj, a PalestinianAmerican poet and scholar, earned her B.A. in English literature. She was award-

ed the annual Del Sol Press Poetry Prize in 2008.

Tony Abu Nader, a Lebanese neuroscientist and researcher, obtained an M.A. in internal medicine and a Ph.D from MIT. In 2000, Nader has become a leader in the Transcendental Meditation Movement.

We cannot but feel proud of our university because of its leading and renowned graduates. In the same way an individual can tell if a tree is productive by looking at its fruits, one can also tell whether a university is thriving by seeing its eminent graduates. One can hope, AUB’s successful will continue, and Lebanon will be enriched with more notable AUB alumni.

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September 2012 October 10,26,2012

Environmental column: Tech column: Smooth as silk Metel Ma Shelta strikes again

Rayane Zahreddine News Executive

Launched last year, Metel Ma Shelta is an anti-littering awareness campaign started by three fourth-year AUB graphic design students: Mohamed Olaymi, Nadine Razzouk, and Lama Shehadeh.

The campaign consisted of dropping fake Lebanese money—slightly altered pictures of the 10,000 LL bill—on the street. Passersby, who couldn’t resist the temptation, would pick up the “money” and discover a message on the back: “just like you picked this up, you can pick up the trash from the street.”

This year, Metel Ma Shelta strikes again. This time, the anti-littering campaign consists of fixing stickers on the wing mirrors of cars.

Similar to the safety warning “Objects in mirror are closer than they appear,” the message is “The garbage bin is closer than it appears, don’t litter.”

Razzouk answered our questions about this new campaign.

How did you come up with the idea?

We got the idea while in Amsterdam. We noticed that people don’t litter outside their cars there. In Lebanon you’d find people throwing their trash, especially cigarette butts, out of their cars. The new campaign is a follow-up for Metel Ma Shelta, but this time it targets people in vehicles.

We want to raise awareness to everyone, not just one audience.

When did the campaign start and how long will it last?

[It] started the week before last, but we’ve been [busy

with] our jobs and also have final year projects, so we didn’t really start implementing it much.

Where are you intervening?

We started with Bliss Street, but want to reach people in Hamra, Verdun, Cola area, Dora and wherever we go.

How many cars did you strike so far?

We intervened on 30 cars for now, but we’ll be definitely reaching 1,000.

Are you getting any help?

Currently, it’s just the three of us and we haven’t been getting any help. A lot of people asked us to share the file so they could print the stickers and intervene with us to reach a wider audience, which is something we’ll definitely do.

Do you think people will respond well?

We think people will respond well and think twice before throwing anything out of [their] window!

However, people might be offended that we implemented it on their property (cars), but people who litter are also doing it on our property.

Sara Sobh Staff Writer The idea of having to get a medical implant worries many of us. But what if there were implants that could simply dissolve in your body after their job has been done?

Imagination isn’t necessary—the technology already exists.

A research team led by biomedical engineers, biophysicists, and material scientists at Tufts University, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, have come together to create devices made of silk and silicon that are just nanometers thick and disintegrate when they are no longer needed.

These devices include diodes, transistors, mini heaters, stress sensors, dissolvable stitches and all kinds of medical implants.

The new electronics can be

powered wirelessly.

The levels of silicon and magnesium in the circuits are below the maximum safety levels set by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which makes them suitable for the human body. The devices fully disintegrate at a prescribed time, ranging from minutes to years, depending on the application.

“While silicon may appear to be impermeable, eventually it dissolves in water,” said Fiorenzo Omenetto, a biomedical engineer at Tufts School of Engineering.

Indeed, these temporary implants are breakthroughs in modern medicine. They allow doctors to monitor a patient’s condition, muscle activity, and apply treatments such as heat therapy or release drugs.

This will assist doctors in the treatment of their patients’ physical problems without having to removing

the implants afterwards.

For example, treating a patient for post-surgical infection would be accomplished by raising the temperature in their body, killing bacteria. After the wound has healed, the implant simply melts away.

Yonggang Huang, an engineer at Northwestern University, states, “these electronics are there when you need them, and after they’ve served their purpose, they disappear.”

The new dissolvable technology not only applies medically, but also to devices such as cell phones, small digital cameras and mini spy cameras.

Furthermore, the technology is immensely helpful to the environment. Not only is this innovative new concept helpful to humans, but it also helps promote a cleaner environment because it is biodegradable.

What would you say to people who say they can’t find a trash bin?

We totally agree, but this is no excuse for us to litter. Our main goal in this campaign is not just to raise awareness, but to also shed light on this problem and hopefully get municipalities to help by adding more bins.

What are your plans for future action or campaigns?

Metel Ma Shelta is an ongoing campaign; we’ll always be striking with new innovative ideas. We might initiate another campaigns that tackles different problems in Lebanon.

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September 26,2012 2012 October 10,

Food column: Aporkalypse now!

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Kanzi Kamel News Executive As December 21, 2012 steadily approaches, Maya specialists have been racing to convince the world that what the ancient civilization predicted wasn’t actually the end of the world. Curiously enough, the people who invented Crocs, watch “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo”, and declared pizza a vegetable, don’t agree.

And I’m not just talking about Americans.

Unfortunately, we’re facing a new day of reckoning that, for many, will certainly seem more dire than any silly end-of-the-world date supposedly predicted thousands of years ago.

People, I bring to your attention the Aporkalypse.

Not only is it fun to say (seriously, I dare you to say “Aporkalypse” out loud without so much as a chuckle), but unlike a Mayan doomsday prediction, the Aporkalypse is grounded in reality.

Recent scientific findings have revealed a significant drop in pig herding in Europe and North America.

“Pig farmers have been plunged into loss by high pig-feed costs,” reports the U.K. National Pig Association. “[This is] caused by the global failure of maize and soya harvests.”

But fret not, my fellow bacon lovers. For the next

year or so, bacon prices are expected to reach an alltime low.

Recent droughts in North America and Russia have led to a serious underproduction of maize, the main component of hog feed across both continents. As a result, maize prices skyrocketed and farmers around the world have struggled to keep their massive herds fed.

To compensate (vegetarians, look away), an abnormally high percentage of pigs went to the slaughterhouse this year as farmers downsized their herds—and thus, costs. So as of now, the world is actually overstocked in pork.

But by this time next year, fewer hogs will be sent to slaughter, and those consumers the Huffington Post coined “swinophiles” will be lamenting the increase in pork prices and the soon-tobe unavailability of bacon in some supermarkets.

Despite the undeniable evidence of a hog shortage, some say that calling it an “Aporkalypse” may be a bit of an exaggeration. “There’s still going to be bacon,” says Minnesota hog farmer Randy Spronk. “It’s just going to be sold for higher prices.”

To add to the already declining state of hog farming, a new European Union animal welfare law decrees that all European farmers

responsible for more than 10 percent of British pig production will be forced to leave the industry by winter 2012.

The issuing of the new law stems from the recent mistreatment of pigs, which resulted from the grain shortage. The grain shortage not only affects hogs, but most other farm animals as well. Without the wherewithal to feed their pigs the typical meal of maize or soy, farmers have turned to more unconventional and morally questionable means of feeding their herds.

Earlier this year in Kentucky, one farmer who had limited access to corn was forced to feed his cattle second-hand candy.

Thus, farmers in the EU with very large herds, and therefore more mouths to feed, will be forced to either downsize or shut down.

At this point, many Muslims, vegetarians, and other non-pork eaters are no doubt snickering at their televisions and high-fiving while the weeping baconlovers wallow in despair.

The sad truth of it all is that the entirety of the wellfed portion of humanity is affected by this. The grain shortage extends beyond just hogs to cows, sheep and even chickens.

What the media has failed to acknowledge in its pork panic coverage is that a grain shortage means just that—a shortage of all grains. The production of flour, corn and soy-based products will be severely limited, and thus prices will tick upward.

So my fellow food-lovers, in the wake of the Maya apocalypse, we had best prepare ourselves in the most important way we know: by stocking up on bacon.

Health column: A hug a day keeps the doctor away Rola Ghaddar Staff Writer Have you ever thought about why the heart is the symbol of love? Research shows that spending time with a loved one actually benefits the heart and health in general.

Love is like water for your body whether for your boyfriend, husband, sister, parent or best friend. It affects one’s psychology and makes his or her world turn around. What most of us don’t know is that love is good for one’s health.

For starters, spending time with a person you love lowers blood pressure. According to a study in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, people who spend time with their loved one have lower blood pressure than those who hang out with other people. Researchers found that this drop in blood pressure is correlated with less talking involved and more emotional connection.

You know that lovely moment when you see your your crush and your heart starts to race? This is considered a workout for your heart. Your brain releases hormones like dopamine, adrenaline, and norepinephrine which makes your heart beat faster and makes it stronger. These fleeting moments train your heart to pump blood more efficiently, just as aerobics do, to a lesser extent. No matter how good your love life is, you still need to hit the gym.

When you engage in a warm embrace with someone you feel affection for (whether a friend, parent, child, or partner) your body releases the feel-good hormone which helps reduce

the stress hormone and lessen your blood pressure.

Hugs also affect our emotional health positively.

Virgina Satir, who is often referred to as the mother of family therapy, says,“We need four hugs a day for survival. We need eight hugs a day for maintenance.

We need twelve hugs a day for growth.” Our emotional health is extremely impacted by the physical love we experience and touching and hugging are main components of the brain’s development of basic positive emotions.

Holding hands with someone you love has a calming effect on the body.

Researchers hired married couples to study the effect of holding hands on the brain. Electrodes were placed on the wives’ ankles and screens were put in front of them so they would be warned when a shock was coming. In the meantime, researchers scanned the wives’ brain activity using functional MRI machine. They noticed the brain scans were calmer when a wife held her husband’s hand.

Sensing love is one thing, however writing about it is a whole other thing when it comes to health benefits. A published study in Human Communication Research found that healthy college students who spend time writing about their affection for loved ones experienced significant decrease in total cholesterol, while students who write about random topics did not.

So, whenever you get any feeling of love or affection, jot it down on a piece of paper.

Arts & Culture · 7

September 2012 October 10,26,2012

Hamra personality of the week:

Ants owner Vahan Papazian Hashem Osseiran Staff Writer Have you ever walked through Makhoul street in Hamra and noticed a little shop with a sliding glass door designed by the most beautifully bizarre handmade jewelry? If you haven’t, you should. Ants Hamra has been one of the most innovative institutions of Hamra since 2006.

Vahan Papazian, the designer and owner, started dabbling in handmade jewelry at the age of 12. At the age of 16, Vahan was already going to Damascus and observing Arab craft.

His hobby grew into a serious passion as he opened his first workshop in Bourj Hammoud.

Two years later, in 2004, Vahan was ready to start displaying and selling his hand-crafted wares, so he opened a small shop in Bourj Hammoud. In 2006, Ants opened in its current home in Hamra, appealing

to a new demographic and a much larger clientele.

Even though Vahan was an embodiment of cultural diversity, he insisted on expanding the scope of his work as he traveled around the world, participating in various handmade jewelry exhibitions in the Middle East, Europe and the Far East. He returned with a tremendous sense of various cultural influences that he would integrate into his craft.

Not only do many cultures influence his work, but music is a large part of Papazian’s life. His family also seems to have the musical gene, as his brother is Haig Papazian, violinist for the band Mashrou3 Leila.

The Ants owner also has his own band, called Revolution of Ants. They mostly do concerts abroad, usually in Armenia.

The Papazian brothers actually studied music together at Hamazkayin, the Armenian cultural center in

Lebanon, the shop owner pursuing his passion, classical guitar.

He likes his brother’s band’s music because “it is something different.”

Walking into the store, one will most likely hear something different. Tribal music may be playing in the background, or perhaps some Balkan tunes that Papazian has been listening to lately.

Ants serves not only the typical traditional Middle Eastern taste. On the contrary, the place is filled with Indian, Far Eastern-, European-, Arabic- and Armenian-inspired jewelry and clothing.

Though Vahan’s passion, since a young age, was mainly hand-crafted jewelry, his store offers a variety of products ranging from leather handmade accessories to clothing, incense, bags, books, vinyl records, paintings and silver handmade products.

The philosophy behind

Papazian’s store lies in the simplistic beauty of its name – Ants. Ants are known for their collectivism and their intense group ethos, features that resemble the store in more than one way. The store is a collection of various works from different artisans around the world, representing cultural diversity and harmony.

What sets Ants apart from other places in Hamra is that the owner is also the artist. Papazian customizes jewelry and meets different fashion tastes at relatively low prices.

Papazian recalls his first customers as art students from the surrounding

areas. Now, a much larger range of people come into his store.

He is comfortable in the Hamra area, referring to the community as “openminded.”

“I’m always updated in terms of jewelry and fashion, especially by going to India and Bangkok,” said Papazian, where he will be travelling following a trip to Armenia this week. “Bangkok is one of the fashion capitals of the world.”

songs to explain the background and inspiration that went into songwriting process. Many of the songs are philosophical in verse. One of the ushers, Amir Richani, said that the lyrics of “Maniqui,” the last piece, “really got to [him]. Itʼs really deep and beautiful.”

Cardenas, the cellist, studied music orchestra in the University of Chile.

He grew up listening to a lot of popular music and professed his admiration for the Arabic music scene “with its common use of the viola and cello in the songs.”

Anabalon listened to tradi-

tional Latin American music growing up, being especially fond of the Cuban Trova scene. He even sang with Silvio Rodriguez, one of his favorite musicians.

When asked about his influences, Anabalon cites Oscar Hahn, a famous Chilean poet, as his biggest. He recalled having once collaborated with Hahn in the production of an album.

After the duet was over, the people of the audience were invited into a reception where they could mingle and partake of some refreshments at the disposal of some of the ushers.

The Chilean ambassador,

Jose Miguel Menchaca, thanked the two for “sharing the music with us tonight” and said he was very pleased with the performance. He explained that “the music reminds me of my country and made me realize how much I miss it.”

Vahan Papazian, Ants owner since 2006| photo by Heather Jaber

By night in Chile Nerses Arslanian Staff Writer The Bathish Auditorium was filled with the sounds of Latin music Wednesday when musicians Patricio Anabalon and Angel Guillermo Cardenas took the stage for an event organized by the Chilean embassy and the Office of Communications.

Anabalon introduced himself in Spanish to the audience, explaining that some of his performances are musical adaptations of poems by famous Latin American poets such as Vicente Huidobro, Octavio

Paz, Pablo Neruda and Gabriela Mistral.

Poised with his guitar, Anabalon plucked the strings, finger-style, while singing melodies accompanied by the gentle groan of Cardernasʼ cello.

The atmosphere preceding the performance was very solemn with lines of people in formal wear, shaking hands and greeting each other.

The performance began with the dimming of the lights and the light strum of music slowly fading into the auditorium.

The duet continued performing, pausing between

6 · Arts & Culture

September 26,2012 2012 October 10,

Book review: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling by his death, which is called, in technical terms, a “casual vacancy.”

The plot of this book is J.K. Rowling has been quoted as being “obsessed” centered around Pagford in with death, and considering the weeks after Fairbrother’s her life experiences, this fact passing, and the scramble to fill that empty seat on the isn’t the least bit surprising.

From the oft-told story of council, which is all taken her life before Harry Pot- quite seriously.

“The Casual Vacancy” has ter—her angsty English upbringing, her spell of poverty been described most often prior to the conception and under the moniker of “adult publication of the first ‘Pot- novel,” with all that good ter’ novels, to her mother’s grown-up stuff that’s part untimely death from multiple of a balanced breakfast— sclerosis—to death being the rape, incest, pedophilia, hard central theme of the series as drugs, sexual intercourse in a a whole, it could not be more graveyard, terrible pop muevident that she’s of some sic, and bad, bad words—this type of noble blood in the is certainly not for children.

In light of most readers’ realm of darkness.

And, as her fantastic se- familiarity with Rowling’s ries began with death, so too previous efforts, that all did “The Casual Vacancy,” comes as quite a shock, elicRowling’s first post-’Potter’ iting nervous giggles from effort. The newly-released all parties involved, which novel opens with the painful is probably where the part of death of a one Barry Fair- it being “blackly comic” (as brother of the quiet little Eng- described by Rowling herlish town of Pagford, on his self) comes in.

Other than a few fleeting, and his wife’s twentieth wedding anniversary. Fairbrother wry moments that are genuhad a seat in the town’s coun- inely and darkly funny, the cil, which was made vacant drama in which the book Sarah Khalil Staff Writer

is entrenched makes it feel more like a satirical soap opera than a work of literary fiction. Therein lies the humor, perhaps, because it certainly gives the impression of being a very straight-faced parody.

Rowling has always had a soft spot for children and has always felt more comfortable with them than with her own peers. Although the dozens of characters in the novel are mostly the adult residents of Pagford and the surrounding area, it is their adolescent children who steal the spotlight as being the most serious individuals of the entire novel. They aren’t precocious; they are simply concerned more with the nitty-gritty issues of life than their parents’ superficial concerns with one-upping others in the impending local elections, endless gossip and reputations and dissatisfying marriages.

There is one character who questions his own “authenticity” and the authenticity of those around him, craving a taste of real life beyond his monotonous and safe, if not

exactly cheerful, existence.

Another character, who may be the most complex in the entire book’s ensemble cast of over two dozen, lives in the Fields, a decrepit neighborhood just outside of Pagford. She is entirely rude and vulgar at school, but goes home to a prostituting heroin-addict of a mother and a 3-year-old brother who is her entire drive for living. Caring about those close to her perhaps more than any other person in the whole region, she is affected more profoundly than any other character by the death of Barry Fairbrother, whom she looked up to.

The thought processes of these youths as they progress into their adult years contrast startlingly with the petty concerns of their parents, all the while, not seeming the least bit overdone. This is the most impressive aspect of the novel.

Other parts of the novel do seem overdone. Some characters end up caricatures of themselves, the ending is a tad rushed (but gets solid points in the poignancy de-

partment), and the all-around effort put into being as “mature” as possible pushes the whole thing a bit overboard.

Explicit content and scandal do not an adult novel make, but that could very well be a bias in favor of the far more subtle backdrop of what Rowling’s readership has been made so completely comfortable with in years passed.

On that note, this book is not Harry Potter. Other than a few familiar turns-of-phrase, such as the endearing “fraternizing with the enemy” phrase and the mention of a crazy father who locks his son in a cupboard under the stairs for a week, “The Casual Vacancy” is nothing more or less than exactly what it is.

It elaborates on the difficult dealings of a life and responsibilities devoid of magic, and, despite that, the deep, almost-forgotten, presence of hope no matter who you are and what your situation is. There is no good against evil; there is people against people, which is just the way we know and hate it.

contemporary whose ballads have become psalms for anyone whose loved and lost. The greatest paradox that comes out of the album is how money can create a pleasant life but at the same time can be all the more destructive. The Sweet Life track shows the perks of wealth and fame, Super Rich Kids however, shows how excessive wealth has driven pampered children towards destruction.

Channel Orange is an honest portrayal of society and its members. Rather than focusing on the average characters of everyday life, this album narrows the scope to a group of people living in the darker corners of reality.

Not only does Ocean bring to life tormented portrayals of mankind, he also creates settings that serve the characters identity. These characters range from unemployed slackers who live off their stripper girlfriends in strip clubs, tormented homosexuals fleeing the punishing virtue of religion in a cab, the drug addicted girlfriend who can’t accommodate anything other than substance in her house on the clouds, or the lover who left his heart on the soils of Sierra Leone.

All in all Channel Orange is a great body of work that has set a new benchmark for the R&B genre.

Album review: Channel Orange Hashem Osseiran Staff Writer Hedonism and homosexuality, the main constituents of taboo, are also the major themes of Frank Ocean’s debut album Channel Orange.

In a musical culture that is gradually harboring heresy, Ocean pioneers the slow drift of R&B to a sensual sentimentality, where pounding beats and base headed tracks became a compilation of jazz, keyboard, guitar, and staggering vocals. Integrating radio jingles, flickering white noise, and unwarranted silences, Ocean goes outside the instrumental norm for pop and R&B music.

In manifest, the album is

a sonorous story of dissociating Drugs, ardent reckless love, intimate sex, and disappointment. Latently, the tracks transcend the clichés of romantic tragedy and blurry late night sessions, as it settles on themes like the pains of homosexuality “This unrequited love/To me it’s nothing but/A oneman cult/And cyanide in my Styrofoam cup/I could never make him love me.” , the struggle between faith and adherence “if it brings me to my knees it’s a Bad Religion”, the recklessness of the privileged “Super rich kids with nothing but loose ends” , the desperation of the unemployed man “Pyramids”, and the unyielding

questions of the universe “what if the sky and the stars are for show, and aliens are watching live”. Ocean is not a singer; he is a story teller who ventures to the ghettos looking for an angry fix, who throws himself off mansion rooftops while snorting a line of cocaine, who unravels his silent pain to a Muslim taxi driver, who contemplates strip clubs, sex, and serotonin.

The music in Channel Orange is a product of varying generational influences like Seventies funk, Thirties blues, Eighties electro, and down tempo hip-hop. The soulful melodic aura of the album draws Frank Ocean as a Prince/Stevie Wonder

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September 2012 October 10,26,2012

Social Networking: Facebook Karen Sertin Staff Writer & Photographer

erything of that sort.

Additionally, Facebook has allowed an individual or a group of people to creIt is extremely difficult ate a group about a certain to find a person who does topic, and anyone who not have a Facebook ac- clicks the “Like” button on count. Social networking the topic is able to follow via Facebook has become its latest news or have disso popular that millions of cussions with others who people use it. However, like have the same interests. everything in this world, it However, Facebook has has its pros and cons. a great deal of negative The main positive aspect aspects to it. Most people of Facebook is the obvious have not realized that it has one: it keeps you in contact redefined the term “friend” with old and new friends, as and the meaning of “privawell as with family mem- cy.” Granted that a person bers who live in different can decline a friend request regions around the world. and fix their privacy setIn recent times, even tings, the terms have been businesses have started us- redefined. ing Facebook as a means to A “friend” could now promote their products and potentially range from update the public on their “someone whom a person latest merchandise and ev- had said ‘hello’ to ten years

ago,” to the dictionary definition, “a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection.” So, what really makes someone a “friend”?

More importantly, “privacy” has been redefined.

Any person who has a Facebook account would know that their status (“what’s on your mind?”), their wall posts, and their photos can all be viewed by anyone ranging from their friends list to the general Facebook public, depending on their privacy settings.

Regardless of people who have disabled their “wall,” anything they want to post, such as their statuses or information about themselves, is made public. People normally do not have a problem with the “privacy”

issue.

However, Facebook has redefined it, and this raises the question of what should be kept private and what should be made public. Is it really anyone’s business to know what a person’s stance is on sensitive issues (from relationship trouble to politics or religion), and how far should this be taken? Where is the line drawn?

After all, Facebook is a social networking site where people go to connect with each other and basically have fun with their “friends,” whatever that means now. It is also used to just waste some spare time, and possibly procrastinate.

In recent years, however, the world has been going

through quite a bit of chaotic issues, and a lot of what is now on Facebook consists of personal opinions and heated debates on current situations and breaking news. Facebook is no longer a site to just connect with “friends” and family.

It would be best if people would keep off touchy subjects on Facebook. So, what should be kept personal and what should be made public? Or is this simply not a big deal and should be dismissed as a problem? The answers, obviously, will differ from person to person, but it is important for everyone to ask these questions, since “privacy” and “friends” have been altered.

way? Aguilera never did anything really scandalous in her entire career. She’s a name, nothing but a name, becoming old and fat just like the rest of us.

I felt a little bit awe-struck reading about that defiance of her image, but I also knew that if she wanted to get back in shape, she could do it in no time flat, which left me crestfallen.

Those names will never be like us, no matter how normal they try to be—how they themselves try to be.

So why do we pay them so much heed, anyway?

People ask and they ask, and it always comes down to this fascination with living vicariously through the stars, glowing more strongly than most of us will ever manage to in our lifetimes.

Being able to do as they please and to have people, for the most part, love them for it.

We will never stop being obsessed with our bodies, and other people’s bodies and other people’s lives.

Our eyes forever glued to the headlines, our spirits in perpetual feeling of inadequacy. So maybe Christina Aguilera is a celebrity whose limits stretch towards the skies, and she’s certainly not the first to be proud that she’s breaking through social pressures.

I suppose with all that we watch of these people, we might as well read something to make us feel better about ourselves.

I reloaded the web page later that same day to recheck a few things, and found that it had been corrected, as, apparently, she had never said any of those things.

Instead, it redirect to a page about her new album, Lotus.

Viewpoint: Christina Aguilera Sarah Khalil Staff Writer While fending off my overwhelming urge to make this viewpoint about my own perspective on the sweeping “Gangnam Style” sensation, or perhaps the Aporkalypse (both very pressing topics), I stumbled upon an article about Christina Aguilera.

We know her as the blonde-haired, blue-eyed pop singer with plenty of soul from the era that— rather ungraciously— brought us Britney Spears, N*Sync, and the Backstreet Boys. The article was from the Huffington Post, and it read: “Christina Aguilera Weight: Singer Fought With Label Over Body Size”.

I know most people don’t read viewpoints to swallow redundancies about celebrity life. This isn’t a tabloid,

it’s a university newspaper.

On top of the fact that inspirational articles on being proud of your body have been done to death, a story like this would usually have me in a complete fit of “Oh my god, is there nothing more useful to write about in the world?” But then, reading the article, a part of me felt the tug of something meaningful.

When someone is famous, the world is watching.

Sometimes artists gets to the point where they escape the constant attention of our gazes and our headlines, and only appear when promoting something, or when doing something particularly scandalous or even, in this case, gaining weight.

Some celebrities start their careers overweight and remain that way, like Adele. Some decide to lose the weight, like Jennifer Hudson. At the end of the

day, most people say it’s for the sake of their health, and the more honest ones say it’s because of societal pressures. We’re all subject to the same pressures, whether or not we’re in the spotlight.

This snippet on the Internet focused on the way Aguilera apparently told her record company that they’re “dealing with a fat girl,” and how the threat of her image has always loomed over her head over the years.

Evidently, she no longer cares, and makes music solely for herself. She’s comfortable the way she is, having gained some weight, and that’s swell.

I dislike that it had to make the news. No, I hate that it had to. I hate it every time we have to see that. Why does the media choose to pick on certain celebrities over others, any-

8 · Viewpoints

September 26,2012 2012 October 10,

Editorial: One small step A man in us all

Heather Jaber Editor-in-Chief Flipping these pages, you may notice a theme present in some of the articles.

This week, rather than focus on the negatives that many disgruntled citizens are used to, we would like to highlight a complimentary aspect of Lebanese society.

This week, our community has witnessed improvements in sexual harassment laws on campus and peaceful demonstrations against hate speech and violence.

Our university has taken it upon itself to revitalize an important law on campus. Harassment of any kind is no trivial matter, especially in middle eastern countries. As the harassed are usually women, this marks a small step forward for the comfort of the female throughout the country and region.

Not only are we seeing women's rights improving, but our community is also creating noise around the subject of the controversial Islamic film. The important thing is not that students are speaking out, but that it is being done in a peaceful, organized manner.

In stark contrast to many

other protests taking place across the word that have resulted in violence and death, it is refreshing to see a group of people against all negative aspects of the issue, including the violence.

Today I call on anyone reading this to stop and think about progress. Instead of sighing about the traffic or cursing at the electricity, support the way our community is advancing.

We can all go back to complaining tomorrow, but, for now, be content.

Hrag Vosgerichian News Executive My mind and heart are tired. I sometimes feel that I’m going to fall under the very weight of my courses and all those around me who share with me all their troubles. I’m greatly humbled and honored that they share their difficulties with me. I gladly open up to them as well. It has come to a point, however, that I feel like I need a break from everything. These past three weeks have just been tedious.

Now that I am sitting at my desk, typing in boring letters pertaining to this article, the clicks of the keys on my laptop are creating a lulling effect on me. I gaze out my window. I see the lit up city of Beirut. The mundane, regular, low-life man is traveling the city he lives in.

What about everything that is unearthly, unprecedented and unexpected?

Doesn’t this man wish for more? I believe he hopes to wake up tomorrow and find that he is

on a trip to the far ends of the earth, in a strange turn of events, headed towards roads that have never been trodden before.

This man yearns to find his passion in life and follow it. He will chase it down and never let go. Living in a world filled with beauty and many wonderful people, this man would never let anyone tell him that he can’t do it. He will explore the world and let it envelop him.

There is this man in each one of us.

Breaking the stereotype of the Islamic self Bayan Jaber Staff Writer When the Cultual Club of the South held its first Thakafi meeting on Wednesday, new faces filled the room, eager to discuss the first topic of the year: the Prophet Mohammad.

Naturally, the issue regarding the video that insulted the Prophet was brought up, and there was a discussion about the community’s role in avoiding and opposing such disgraceful acts.

Sheikh Tarek Idriss stressed the importance of the unity of Muslims in solving this problem. He said that Muslims should come together, despite their differences, and agree on one solid truth that represents the Prophet’s biography and controversies regarding his “sirah,” or biography.

I believe that it is a very valid cause to give our time to, but I would also like to shed light on the great importance of social media in fighting such issues.

Why does the media depict the West as having so many stereotypes against the image of Muslims? Is it it because they are not exposed to the “other side?”

What is behind this framing of the news?

This summer, I was honored to be a part of the Salzburg Academy on Media and Global change. The seminar takes place every year, bringing together students of different nationalities to learn about the power and importance of media. It allows students to examine the role and responsibilities of media in global issues.

One incident I cannot forget in my travels is my conversation with a girl from Mexico about my hijab. She asked me about Islam in general, and after I explained my basic beliefs as a Muslim she seemed surprised. Actually what she said was: “Wow I never knew that. That actually makes sense ... I thought people wore it because they were just crazy or something.”

However, it is not just my Mexican friend who

seemed to know nothing at all about my religion, neither did my roommate, and countless other participants. Some seemed to have no clue there ever was a war in Lebanon, that Palestine even existed, or that Muslims were “normal” people.

To make my point clearer, when the subject of Syria was brought up, someone wanted to refer to President Bashar Al Asad but said Osama Bin Laden instead. They actually thought that Bin Laden was behind the deaths in Syria.

Need I say more?

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out the power social media has in shaping people’s beliefs, blurring, distorting and controlling them. Why is it that we are familiar with Western cultures, while the West is unfamiliar with ours?

Why is that we know a lot about their customs, beliefs, movies, music, fashion, TV series, but they do not know about ours?

We are fed all these depictions by the media

we consume, and I am not saying that is wrong, but why aren’t they exposed to ours? Even if the media they present is “valid,” it emits, frames and portrays news in a way that reshapes it completely.

None of this is to say that all foreigners, especially Westerners, have this view of our region. It happened that those I did meet had these viws, but I do not generalize against a select group of people. Still, it is important to realize what kinds of views we should work to counteract.

It is our responsibility to stand up for our prophet not only in peaceful demonstrations but in active media campaigns. The real image of our prophet should be more viral than a ridiculous movie that disrespects the whole Muslim nation.

Muslim or not, it is our duty to present, through media, a different image of the Arab world, the Muslim world, and most importantly the prophet.

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Riddle: The word you guys are searching for is made up of only 3 letters not more Go run and haste on your feet to the building where the 3 basic colors meet to record your 1st letter you must get the 12th character, not necessarily from the alphabet ___ Now, to get the 2nd letter you will need to use more than one second language yes indeed!

So if I were to say in French you’re “Very Polite” my friend Then that city in English is what you have guessed Take its 4th letter as your treat ___ and think about something round and sweet Well two places usually sell it on Bliss street is what it seem The first has a pink logo and the second is …

But they have a spelling mistake in the name that will now give your 3rd letter in the game It needs no thinking just let us see The letter to properly substitute would be the letter ___ Just merge them together and I’ll tell you congrats and yoopii, But what you have just found is what I used to be I am not the old me anymore I am __ __ __

Answer to last week’s riddle: Andalus

by Karim Zahed

10 · Spotlight

2012 ،‫الأوّل‬10,‫تشرين‬26 October 2012

Clubs rally against controversial Islamic film and violent responses

Errata: In Issue 02 of Volume 45, in the article entitled “A new era for the psychology department,” by News Executive, Hrag Abraham Vosgerichian, it should be clarified that throughout the current fall 2012-13 semester, Dr. Charles Harb is presently serving as the second chair of the independent psychology department. Dr. Shahé Kazarian was the first chair of the department during the previous scholastic year 2011-12 after the psychology department regained its independence from the prevailing social and behavioral sciences department.

In the last paragraph of the same article, it should also be rectified that it is expected that the new psychology research lab, along with the department’s professors’ work in research, will increase psychology undergraduates’ research experience to become potential experts in their field.

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‫‪2012‬‬ ‫‪26‬تشرينتشرين‬ ‫‪10‬‬ ‫الأوّل‪،‬األوّل‪2012،‬‬

‫�آمني‬

‫جاد دميان‬ ‫متطوع‬ ‫كاتب‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫كلية الهندسة ‪ ،‬سنة رابعة‬ ‫قل هو اهلل أحد‪ ،‬اهلل الصمد‪ ،‬لم‬ ‫يلد ولم يولد ولم يكن له كفؤ أحد‪.‬‬ ‫بإسم اآلب‪ ،‬واإلبن والروح القدس‬ ‫إله واحد آمني‪ .‬جتاهل البعض هاتني‬ ‫العبارتني لينصب نفسه قاضياً‪،‬‬ ‫حكما ً وجالدا ً في قضايا احلب واحلياة‪،‬‬ ‫والبعض اآلخر إعتبر نفسه حارسا ً‬ ‫لكتب الدين‪ ،‬مدافعا ً عن التطرف و‬ ‫محلال ً لقتل اآلخرين‪.‬‬ ‫فأعادونا لقرون كان فيها امللك ممثل‬ ‫اهلل على األرض‪ ،‬يتاجر باألرواح و‬ ‫يستغلها حسب املصالح‪ .‬فقد‬ ‫أصبح االنسان في هذا الزمن‬ ‫متطاول على دينه‪ ،‬محوال ً الكتب‬ ‫املقدسة إلى سندات يحاسب بها‬ ‫اآلخرين و يستغلهم من خاللها‪.‬‬ ‫و لم يعد البعض يكتفي بصفة‬ ‫التمثيل بل منح نفسه ترقي ًة‬ ‫لينتقل إلى مستوى أرقى فبدأ‬ ‫يصف نفسه إلها ً بني البشر‪،‬‬

‫�أ�رسار جامعية ‪:‬‬ ‫محلال ً و محرما ً كما يشاء‪ ،‬فيهدر‬ ‫دم من يعتبرهم “أهل الذمة” و‬ ‫يعظم اصحاب الدماء” الصافية‬ ‫النقية”‪ .‬فتدافع اجلميع حتت شعار‬ ‫اهلل والقضية‪ .‬هم الذين قد باعوا‬ ‫ربهم من زمان بعيد‪ ،‬ونسوا أنهم‬ ‫للمال عبيد‪ ،‬فهنيئا ً لنا أفرادا ً اخذوا‬ ‫لنفسهم املال رباً‪ ،‬و املصالح أخالقا‪ً.‬‬

‫احلديث عن الزواج املدني كمن يحاول‬ ‫خرق احملظورات؟ ملاذا يعتبر أساسا ً‬ ‫من احملظورات؟‬ ‫اجلواب ببساطة يكمن بأن االديان‬ ‫حرفت في بعض األحيان من قبل‬ ‫منتحلي صفة اإلميان‪ ،‬وحولت إلى‬ ‫مؤسسات‪ ،‬بل باألحرى إلى وسائل‬ ‫تستخدم من أجل غسل دماغ‬ ‫الشباب‪ .‬فيعلمونهم بأن اإلختالف‬ ‫واستقاللية الفكر هما باحلقيقة‬ ‫كفر‪ .‬يعلمونهم حتويل األديان إلى‬ ‫حواجز بدل أن يكونوا أرضية إلتقاء‪.‬‬ ‫يعلمونهم تقسيم هذه األرضية‬ ‫إلى أقسام حيث عليهم زرع نقاط‬ ‫تفتيش للقيام بالفحوصات الالزمة‬ ‫للتأكد من نقاوة دم كل فرد‪.‬‬ ‫يعلمونهم عدم تقبل ومشاركة‬ ‫االخرين‪ .‬يعلمونهم بأن احلرب‬ ‫االهلية في لبنان بني مسيحيني‬ ‫ومسلمني هي خير للقضية اإللهية‬ ‫و يجب أن تتكرر من أجل أن ال‬ ‫يبقى هنالك اخرين‪ ،‬بل فقط أولني‪.‬‬ ‫يعلمونهم أن ينسوا اخلالق وأن‬ ‫يتبعوا اخمللوق‪.‬‬ ‫هنالك من يحاول أن يصور الدين‬ ‫املسيحي والدين اإلسالمي كأخصام‬

‫‪.‬لذا ً سأشارككم نفسي اليوم ‪،‬‬ ‫بعضا ً من هواجسي‪.‬‬ ‫الطال ّب للعام‬ ‫حفل تخريج ُّ‬ ‫عم‬ ‫الدراسي ‪ّ 2012-2011‬‬ ‫باخلريجني وأحبائهم واألساتذة‬ ‫واملهتمني باحلدث‪ .‬حفلٌ‬ ‫واالداريني‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫يضج بأصالة اجلامعة ويستعرض‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫مراسيمها ال ّتقليدية ‪ ،‬التي‬ ‫تعانق ُ روح ّ‬ ‫الشباب الفخورين‬ ‫بانتسابهم االكادميي الى اجلامعة‬ ‫األميركية في بيروت‪.‬‬

‫مختلف ٍة من العالم‪.‬‬

‫كثرت اإلجتهادات و معها كثرت‬ ‫التأويالت‪ ،‬حرفت األديان‪ ،‬مات اجلوهر‬ ‫و معه دفنت احلقيقة الدينية‪.‬‬ ‫هنالك من إعتبر أن الدين مجرد‬ ‫كلمة بسيطة جتمع بتركيبتها‬ ‫بعض األحرف معاً‪ .‬لكن املشكلة‬ ‫احلقيقية أنه في بعض األحيان‬ ‫تصبح األحرف قاتل ٌة ملعانيها‪،‬‬ ‫فقتلوا احلروف و اغتالوا املعاني‪ .‬و‬ ‫بدأت احلروب‪ ،‬من حروب في اللغات‬ ‫إلى حروب في اإلميان‪ .‬وما أصعب‬ ‫أن يحاسب املرء على معتقداته و‬ ‫إميانه‪.‬‬ ‫ملاذا نعيش في بالد تكثر فيه‬ ‫احلساسيات بني الطوائف؟ لم‬ ‫ظاهرة التعصب تزداد يوما ً بعد يوم‬ ‫في نفوس املواطنني؟ ملاذا يعتبر‬

‫الغربة يف الوطن‬

‫مدى الدبس‬ ‫كل مرّة أودّع فيها أح ّبتي على‬ ‫املطار ‪ ،‬أودّ ُع بعضا ً من نفسي‬ ‫تات‬ ‫‪ ،‬ح ّتى‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫أصبحت انا أيضا ً ُش َ‬ ‫نفس مهاجرة‪.‬‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫في بالدي يُكتب على العائالت‬ ‫وال ّ‬ ‫ُعشاق الفراق ال ّن أحالمهم‬ ‫أوسع من احتماالت أرضهم‬ ‫الضيقة‪.‬‬

‫يقول أنسي احلاج ‪“ :‬الوطن هو ما في ذلك احلفل تخرّج العديد من‬ ‫يدمر وضع لبنان أصدقائي ‪.‬ولبنان الذي نتغنى‬ ‫يرزق األحالم” ‪ ،‬أال ّ‬ ‫به‪ ،‬هو البلد الوحيد في العالم‬ ‫أحالمنا جيال ً بعد جيل؟‬ ‫العربي الذي ال يقوم بالتخطيط‬ ‫نَصحني أستاذي في صف‬ ‫ملؤسسات التعليم العالي‪ .‬لبنان‬ ‫الكتابة االبداعية أن أبتعد في‬ ‫صدر حوالي‬ ‫كتاباتي عن “تربية النّاس” أو‬ ‫الذ ّي يقدَّر أن ّه ي ُ ّ‬ ‫ج جامعي سنوياً‪،‬‬ ‫اطالق الوعظ عليهم‪ .‬ش ّدد على ‪ 20000‬خري ٍ‬ ‫بقع‬ ‫فكرته قائال ً ‪“ :‬ال نُريد من يُربّينا”‬ ‫ص ّدر معظم أصدقائي الى ٍ‬

‫نسيم بسمة ‪ ،‬خريج الهندسة‬ ‫املدنية السنة الفائتة يقول ‪:‬‬ ‫“نأسف أن ّنا اضطررنا الى االبتعاد‬ ‫عن بلدنا لألسباب التي جميعا ً‬ ‫نعرفها‪ .‬نبدأ بتوديع أهلنا على‬ ‫أمل أن جنتمع مع األصدقاء في‬ ‫املغترب ولك ّن ذلك عبث‪ .‬في‬ ‫عت خمسة‬ ‫أسبوع واحد ودّ ُ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫من أكثر األصدقاء املُقرّبني الي‪،‬‬ ‫املهاجرين الى السعودية ‪ ،‬قطر ‪،‬‬ ‫الواليات املتحدة وبلدان أفريقيا‪”.‬‬ ‫مقالي ال يهدف فقط لالشارة‬ ‫الى أننا نشتاق لوقفة نسيم‬ ‫ومجموعته على “املاين غايت”‪،‬‬ ‫الصباحية‬ ‫ولشرب القهوة ّ‬ ‫معهم عند “أبو ناجي”‪،‬‬ ‫وجللساتهم املُفعمة باحلس‬ ‫طع ِم بالنقد‬ ‫الفُ كاهي امل ُ ّ‬

‫في لعبة احلياة‪ .‬ال يجمع بينهما‬ ‫شيء ال من قريب وال من بعيد‪.‬‬ ‫هنالك من يحاول التركيز على‬ ‫نقاط اإلختالف البسيطة ويتناسى‬ ‫القواسم املشتركة‪ .‬هنالك من‬ ‫يحاول اللعب على وتر الطائفية‬ ‫إلشعال براكني مخمدة‪ ،‬آملني‬ ‫أن يتمكنوا من حتقيق مكاسب‬ ‫ومطامع سياسية‪ .‬فقد إستبدلوا‬ ‫ضمائرهم‪ “ ،‬بضمير املتكلم أنا” ‪.‬‬ ‫في النهاية ال بد من وضع األمور‬ ‫في مسارها الصحيح لذلك‬ ‫علينا اإلشارة إلى أنه كما اجلداول‬ ‫والينابيع واألنهار هي أسماء‬ ‫مختلدفة لكنها حتتوي كلها املياه‪،‬‬ ‫كذلك األديان‪ ،‬فكلها حتتوي حقيقة‬ ‫واحدة‪.‬‬

‫العلمي‪ ،‬ولطموحهم املمزوج‬ ‫باهتمامهم الصادق لآلخر‬ ‫ولعملهم مجموعة واحدة ال‬ ‫أفرادا ً متنافرين‪ .‬مقالي هذا حتية‬ ‫متواضعة للخريج اجلامعي الذي‬ ‫الصحراء ‪ ،‬ممنوعا ً من‬ ‫يسك ُن ّ‬ ‫فتح نافذة ومن االستحمام مبا ٍء‬ ‫بارد‪ ،‬للخريج الذي سيح ُّن ملطر‬

‫*طالبة متنت على استاذها إخراج‬ ‫هرة من الصف الذي استوطنت فيه‬ ‫منذ بداية الفصل ‪،‬حيث كان وجود‬ ‫الهرة يزيد من توترالطالبة و يؤثر‬ ‫على تركيزها و ادائها في االمتحان‬ ‫‪ .‬فما كان من االستاذ احلريص جدا‬ ‫على راحة الهرة اال ان اخرج الطالبة‬ ‫من الصف و جعلها تؤدي االمتحان‬ ‫في ردهة مبنى نايسلي ‪ .‬اما الهرة‬ ‫امللكة فبقيت متربعة على عرشها‬ ‫بكل فخر و اعتزاز‪.‬‬ ‫*************‬ ‫*طالبة تدخل صفا في مبنى‬ ‫نايسلي مزدحم بال ّتالميذ ‪ .‬تبحث‬ ‫عن كرسي فارغ لتجلس ‪ ،‬لكنّها‬ ‫ال جتده‪ .‬تسأل املعلّمة عن حل ‪ ،‬فال‬ ‫الطالبة من‬ ‫تُعطيه األخيرة‪ .‬تخرج ّ‬ ‫الصف الذي تدفع ثمنه بدون مكان‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫يحفظ القانون اجلامعي حقّ ها به‪.‬‬

‫بيروت ولشوارعها القدمية‪ ،‬للذي‬ ‫أمه وأخته‬ ‫اشتاق الى احتضان ّ‬ ‫وتراب حديقته‪ .‬نح ُن فخورو َن‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫بكم‪ .‬بقراراتكم وتضحياتكم‬ ‫والتزامكم‪ .‬لكّن الوطن محتاج‬ ‫اليكم‪ ،‬وهو ال ينهض اال بذوي‬ ‫العزمية الصادقة واالفق الرحيب‪.‬‬

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‫ال�صفحة ال�شعرية · ‪12‬‬

‫‪September‬‬ ‫‪2012‬‬ ‫‪26,‬األوّل‪2012 ،‬‬ ‫تشرين‬ ‫‪10‬‬

‫طفلتي الغائبة‬ ‫الزهراء ماجد‬ ‫كم أنني بحاجة‪،‬‬ ‫صحية‪،‬‬ ‫ت ‪,‬غير‬ ‫جلرعا ٍ‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫من املوت‪..‬‬ ‫أريد أن أموت عشرين مرّة وثالثة‬ ‫أشهر‬ ‫لكي أنهض‪,‬بدون ذاكرة‪،‬‬ ‫بدون مجتمع‪،‬‬ ‫بدون عثرات‪،‬‬ ‫أن أنهض كما أنا‪...‬‬ ‫كطفلة على حائط قلبي‬ ‫ه ّدمه االنتظار‬ ‫وأبكي على كلّ شيء‪.‬‬ ‫لعظمة الدموع‬ ‫لم أدرِ أنني أصبحت بهذه القسوة‬ ‫ولم أستطع لصورتي الرجوع‬ ‫اشتقت لنفسي‬ ‫لقلمي لروحي لدمعي وفرحي‬ ‫ومزّقت الصفحات‬ ‫من عمق قلبي‬ ‫لئال أندم على وجعي يوما ً‬ ‫وأنني رغم جنوني‬ ‫سألتحق بركب املغادرين عن‬ ‫مدينة األلم‬

‫حرّيتي ثمن صبري‬ ‫وعزميتي مزّقها الزمن‬ ‫ومن داخل بؤبؤ عيني‬ ‫سأوقّع على وثيقة املوت‬ ‫فينيقي‬ ‫شراعي‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫جنوبي الهمم‬ ‫وموجي‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫أريدها بعدد عمري‬ ‫لكي ال يضيع عمري‬ ‫بني زوايا املنكسرين‪.‬‬ ‫وأنادي الراحلني‬ ‫عن شتاء السنني‬ ‫ما أقحط تراب الوطن‬ ‫من دون حنني‬ ‫وأ ّن البعد صديق الشجن‬ ‫وأ ّن الشوق ال يضاهيه زمن‬ ‫وأ ّن اللقاء كان ولكن‬ ‫ما أقسى لقاء خ ّتم بالشمع‬ ‫األحمر‬ ‫وسمم فرحه بالبسمة والسكّر‬ ‫وق ّتل بالروح الروح‬ ‫فأين الروح ببلد يثأر‬ ‫خلمرة الغياب‬ ‫ترى السنونو يبكي‬ ‫من ظلم الغراب‬ ‫ظالم مدينتي‬ ‫ٌ‬ ‫أح ّبتي‪ ,‬سراب‪..‬‬

‫تعا ّ‬ ‫يل‬

‫بائ ُع ال ُورو ْد‬

‫هادي مراد‬

‫عالءْ كيَّالي‬

‫الع ْ‬ ‫شق َ على أَر ْ ِصفَ ِة ُّ‬ ‫الطرُقا ِ‬ ‫يوز ِّ ُع ِ‬ ‫الورود ْ‬ ‫اق ُ‬ ‫ت في أ ْع َن ِ‬ ‫صيح كَ َط ْي ٍر كَ ِر ٍمي أ َ​َ‬ ‫صاب َ ُه ِمنْ َج َمالِها ُشرو ْد‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫يَ‬ ‫أَ‬ ‫ناي و ٍّ‬ ‫دف و عود ْ‬ ‫ٌ‬ ‫حليم و خلف ُه أور ْ ِكسترا من ٍ‬ ‫وُرودٌ‪ ,‬وُرود ْ‬ ‫شرَّدا ً‬ ‫لكلِّ‬ ‫عاشق كان على أرْص ِف ِة الهوى ُم َ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫أو كان في قَوارِ ِب القُ ُبال ِ‬ ‫َرم و اجلود ْ‬ ‫ت‪ُ ,‬ه َو يختصر ُ الك َ‬ ‫ورودٌ‪ ,‬ورود ْ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫يعرف‬ ‫يَبْ َت ِس ُم‪َ ,‬ف َتبْ َت ِس ُم بكلِّ طفولتِها و جمالها الذي ال‬ ‫للجمال ُحدود ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫يهديها زهرةً‪ ,‬أ ْج َهل لَوْنَها‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫الوجو ْد‬ ‫ق‬ ‫خل‬ ‫ن‬ ‫أ‬ ‫ذ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫فبها و َ َ‬ ‫الرب اجلمال منْ ْ‬ ‫ض َع ُّ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫مالها‬ ‫س َت ِرقُ منها َج َ‬ ‫زهرتها ت َ ْ‬ ‫ليكو َن عندها التع ُّب ُد و عندها يتقد َّ ُس السجو ْد‬ ‫ت‬ ‫كانت فرح ُتها كفرح ِة عُ ْ‬ ‫صفُ ور َ ٍة أُطْ ِلقَ ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫فأطلقت لتغريدها عنانا و خلياله شرود ْ‬ ‫صفحات وردتها‬ ‫همست لها‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫أ َ ْن َخبِّئيني‬ ‫فأنا‬ ‫اليوم أ ُ ِحيلُ احمراري لعجزي على تقدي ِر احمرارِ اخلدود ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫رك‬ ‫و أحيلُ عبقريَّة ِعطري ملا كان منْ نفحا ِ‬ ‫ت ِعطْ ِ‬ ‫بطل من النص ِر يعود ْ‬ ‫كأنَّه الغَار ُ يُعانِق ُ جبني ٍ‬ ‫بكلِّ جمالها على اجلمال جتو ْد‬ ‫فإذا منْ يد‬ ‫البائع قطفت وردةً‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫األخريات‪ ,‬ألمِ ن تتركينا يا قدِّيس ُة‬ ‫لها‬ ‫تصيح‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫لزمن الركودِ و عص ِر اجلُمود ْ‬ ‫لنعودَ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫بكالم و‬ ‫فردَّت‬ ‫صاغ ِمنْ الّؤلؤ املَنْ ُ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ضود ْ‬ ‫كالمها جواهر ٌ ت ُ َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ولَ‬ ‫اجلمال‬ ‫ص‬ ‫أ‬ ‫يا‬ ‫ن‬ ‫ك‬ ‫ت‬ ‫ترك‬ ‫و‬ ‫ة‬ ‫ورد‬ ‫ت‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َّ‬ ‫أ َ ْح َي ْي ُ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫فكونوا على ِع ْ‬ ‫ش ِق العاشقني َ ُش ُهود ْ‬ ‫الطريق املَنْ ُ‬ ‫شو ْد‬ ‫ب‬ ‫ال‬ ‫ر‬ ‫ه‬ ‫ط‬ ‫ل‬ ‫و‬ ‫للجمال‬ ‫و كونوا لغيري‬ ‫راء ِة ّ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِْ َ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫يس و املُبْ ِد ُع‬ ‫اله ِر ُم و ِ‬ ‫غادرها ذلك َ‬ ‫الق ّد ُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫س َم َة على و ُ ُجو ِه ِ‬ ‫الذي يُوز ِّ ُع ال َب ْ‬ ‫العبادِ و يَذكُر ُ امل َ ْع ُبود ْ‬ ‫ْطتْني التأْشيرةَ لأِ ْجتاز َ احلُدو ْد‬ ‫نامها و َ أع َ‬ ‫رافَقَ َها َط ْي ُف خيالِها لمِ َ ِ‬ ‫يس َة الك َ​َمالْ‬ ‫ف ُ‬ ‫َشك ْرا ٌ يا َس ِّيدةَ اجلَمال و يا ِق ّد َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫تجَ‬ ‫ك‬ ‫م‬ ‫ج‬ ‫ب‬ ‫هلل‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ّى‬ ‫ل‬ ‫ال َخل ِْقهِ‬ ‫فب ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ُ ِ َ َ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫تجَ‬ ‫ك‬ ‫ه‬ ‫ج‬ ‫و‬ ‫ب‬ ‫ج‬ ‫ب‬ ‫ن‬ ‫را‬ ‫َّى‬ ‫ل‬ ‫القُ‬ ‫جويدْ‬ ‫مال التَّ ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫وَ ِ َ ِ‬

‫وص ّبي هوايَا‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫تعالي إلي َّ‬ ‫كأس أطاقَ املنايا‬ ‫فقربي‬ ‫ٌ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫تعالي ُخذي من تُرابي صبابه‬ ‫خلف ثرايا‬ ‫ك‬ ‫َ‬ ‫فقبل ُة ُح ّب ِ‬ ‫شفتيك حبالٌ‬ ‫ُخذيني وفي‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫تُع ّلق ُ حبلي وجلّ اخلطايا‬ ‫فأرف ُع من كلِّ‬ ‫صرح سما ًء‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ضحايا‬ ‫أراك الليالي‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫وجنم ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫وأشرب من‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫خيط كفّ ِ‬ ‫يك مروى ً‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫فأظمأ ُ‬ ‫فيك بكلّ روايا‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫تعالي إلي وكوني مالذا ً‬ ‫شيب ِصبايا‬ ‫وكوني سنينا ً ت ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫هويَّ‬ ‫تعالي تعالي وغنّي َ‬ ‫ك نايا‬ ‫فقلبي كما ٌن و ح ُب ِ‬ ‫أنا في الوغى ساجدٌ َ‬ ‫فاك‬ ‫لش ِ‬ ‫وهذا الضاللُ بزهدي هداية‬ ‫أنا في الوغى امرأتي أسير ٌ‬ ‫حبالك آية‬ ‫تعالي و م ّدي‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫الصب‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫فألتقط الشمس أعصرُها ُ‬ ‫َح حتى تنز ّ بشعري َمدايا‬

‫خلق عظيم”‬ ‫“ و�إنك لعلى‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫تكملة من صفحة ‪19‬‬ ‫وذلك للتعبير عن رفضهم املو ّحد‬ ‫الصف ألي عمل يهني معتقدات‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫اآلخرين‪.‬‬ ‫وضعت لوحات ضخمة كتب عليها‬ ‫خلق عظميم�‪And ver‬‬ ‫“وإنك لعلى ٍ‬ ‫‪ily you are upon a great moral‬‬ ‫‪ ،”character‬وجلس بعض أعضاء‬ ‫النوادي املنظمة على الطاوالت‬ ‫داعني الطالب املستنكرين لهذه‬ ‫اإلهانة لكتابة اسمائهم على‬ ‫وثيقة تعكس عددهم في اجلامعة‬ ‫األميركية‪ .‬كما وضع جدار أبيض‬ ‫سمح للطالب كتابة آرائهم حيال‬

‫اإلساءة املذكورة‪ .‬وكذلك علقت‬ ‫بخط كبير‬ ‫يافطة كتب عليها‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫مضمون رسالة من طالب اجلامعة‬ ‫س ُترسل الى السفارة األميركية في‬ ‫بيروت‪ .‬تخلل التحرك كلمة للطالب‬ ‫محمد بزي شدد من خاللها على‬ ‫أهمية إحترام اآلخرين وعدم التعرض‬ ‫ملعتقداتهم وال سيما الدينية ‪.‬‬ ‫كذلك ش ّدد على واجب إحترام‬ ‫الشخصيات التاريخية ورفض‬ ‫اإلنتهاكات للقدسية الدنيية‬ ‫بذريعة حرية الرأي والتعبير‪ .‬فحرية‬ ‫الرأي ليست حكرا ً على فئة دون‬ ‫أخرى أو عرق دون آخر أو ديانة واحدة‪،‬‬ ‫امنا هذه احلرية حق للجميع ولكن‬

‫عليها أن تكون ضمن احلدود فال‬ ‫تتحول إلى وسيلة إستهزاء وإهانة‬ ‫للديانات السماوية‪ .‬أما العميد‬ ‫طالل نظام الدين ألقى كلمة عبر‬ ‫فيها عن سعادته بهذا احلدث‬ ‫الذي وصفه “بالرائع” إذ أنه جمع‬ ‫العديد من النوادي الطالبية معا ً‬ ‫فتناسوا اختالفاتهم وتوحدوا في‬ ‫وجه اإلساءة لرجل عظيم كالنبي‬ ‫محمد (ص) وكذلك رأى أن طالب‬ ‫اجلامعة األميركية هم مثال للعالم‬ ‫اخلارجي إذ عبروا عن ارائهم بطريقة‬ ‫حضارية وسلمية رافضني الوحشية‬ ‫والهمجية في الرد على أي إساءة ‪.‬‬ ‫ولدى سؤالنا رئيس النادي الثقافي‬

‫اجلنوبي علي اللقيس عن ّ‬ ‫النشاط‪،‬‬ ‫قال أن هذا التحرك هو طريقة‬ ‫سلمية نستطيع من خاللها إيصال‬ ‫صوتنا والتعبير عن رفضنا لإلساءة‬ ‫التي تعرض لها النبي محمد (ص)‬ ‫وأن هذه البداية لسلسلة من‬ ‫التحركات األخرى التي سيقوم بها‬ ‫الطالب في املستقبل ‪ .‬أما رئي س �‪In‬‬ ‫‪ sight Club‬طه هاجر فإعتبر أن هذا‬ ‫التحرك هدفه ليس فقط إيصال‬ ‫رسالة رفض للفيلم املسيء بل هو‬ ‫أيضا ً دعوة للسفارة األميركية في‬ ‫بيروت إلتخاذ موقف من ما حدث‪.‬‬ ‫إذ أن هذا التحرك ليس إتهاما ً بل‬ ‫خطوة تهدف حلث أمريكا على وضع‬

‫احلدود الالزمة حلرية الرأي‪.‬‬ ‫من الواضح أن اجلامعة األميركية‬ ‫في بيروت حتولت إلى صورة مصغرة‬ ‫عن اجملتمع اخلارجي‪ ،‬إال أن هذه‬ ‫الصورة‪ ،‬أكثر حضارية‪ .‬إذ جند‬ ‫في اجلامعة وحدة في املوقف لم‬ ‫نراها في العالم جتاه اإلساءة التي‬ ‫حصلت‪ .‬وقد تعود أسباب ذلك إلى‬ ‫املستوى الثقافي والتعليمي لدى‬ ‫الطالب الذين وازنوا الفكر املسؤول‬ ‫باملمارسة املسؤولة ‪.‬‬

‫‪ ·15‬ن�شاطات جامعية‬ ‫رنا حربي‬ ‫مراسلة صحافية‬

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‫خلق عظيم”‬ ‫“ و�إنك لعلى‬ ‫ٍ‬

‫إستنكارا ً للفيلم املسيء للنبي‬ ‫محمد (ص)‪ ،‬نظم النادي الثقافي‬ ‫اجلنوبي‪ ،‬نادي ‪، Insight‬والنادي‬ ‫الثقافي السعودي حترك بعنوان‬ ‫خلق عظيم” صباح يوم‬ ‫“وإنك لعلى ٍ‬ ‫اجلمعة ‪ 5-10-2012‬في ‪،West Hall‬‬ ‫عبروا من خالله عن رفضهم ليس‬ ‫فقط ملا تعرض له النبي محمد‬ ‫(ص) ولكن أيضا ً للطريقة التي رد‬ ‫فيها البعض على هذه اإلساءة‬ ‫باالعتداء على السفارات واملطاعم‬ ‫وقتل السفير األميركي وحرق‬ ‫الطرقات العامة واحملالت‪ .‬شارك‬ ‫في هذا التحرك عدة نوادي طالبية‬ ‫مثل النادي الثقافي الفلسطيني‬ ‫‪Freedom Club، Social Club ،‬‬ ‫‪، ، Heritage Club‬و ‪Youth Club‬‬ ‫تتبع صفحة ‪12‬‬

‫جتمع الطالب أمام الـ ‪ | West Hall‬تصوير‪ :‬عباس نعيم‬

‫العز للجمال و لبنان �شنق حاله!‬ ‫دياال أحوش‬ ‫مراسلة صحافية‬ ‫توجت رينا‬ ‫على عرش اجلمال ّ‬ ‫شيباني ملكة جمال لبنان لعام‬ ‫نظمته‬ ‫‪ ،2012‬في حفل فني ّ‬ ‫املؤسسة اللبنانية لإلرسال “أل بي‬ ‫سي” و أع ّدته روال سعد‪.‬‬ ‫بدأت حملة “تترجع إيام العز”‬ ‫منذ أشهر مع إعالن فتح باب‬ ‫الترشيح للمسابقة‪ .‬من يتابع‬ ‫املؤسسة اللبنانية لإلرسال يالحظ‬ ‫نية املع ّدين أن يكون احلفل‬ ‫مسبقا ّ‬ ‫إستثنائيا ً هذه السنة‪ .‬و للمرة‬ ‫األولى منذ سنوات‪ ،‬و احلق يقال‪،‬‬ ‫تتمتع هذه املسابقة مبعايير جمالية‬ ‫و ثقافية من شأنها أن حتاكي‬ ‫املعايير العاملية ملسابقات اجلمال‪.‬‬ ‫بالنتيجة‪ ،‬فرح اللبنانيون بعودة‬ ‫اجلمال اللبناني إلى عزه و هللوا‬ ‫للملكة اجلديدة‪ .‬كنا قد تعودنا‬ ‫في السنني السابقة أن يتلو احلفل‬ ‫إحتجاجات جماهيرية معارضة‬ ‫إلختيار اللجنة‪“ .‬الشعب يريد ملكة‬ ‫جمال حلوة” كان أبرز الشعارات‬ ‫التي رفعت السنة املاضية بعد‬ ‫تتويج امللكة السابقة يارا عيسى‬ ‫اخلوري‪ .‬اليوم اختلفت الصورة؛‬ ‫ضجت مواقع التواصل اإلجتماعي‬

‫بالتهاني و األماني‪ .‬إلى ح ّد اعتبرت‬ ‫رينا شيباني خليف ًة جلورجينا رزق‪،‬‬ ‫ملكة جمال العالم اللبنانية‪ ،‬و كأن‬ ‫اللقب العاملي أصبح بلمحة بصر‬ ‫في متناول اليد‪.‬‬ ‫بعد النجاح الباهر الذي حققته‬ ‫امللكة رينا و شقيقتها التوأم رومي‬ ‫التي ان ُتخبت الوصيفة األولى‬ ‫اعتبرت ال “ال بي سي” أن أيام العز‬ ‫قد عادت‪ .‬انتقلت احلملة إلى مرحلة‬ ‫ما بعد النجاح‪ ،‬و رفع االن شعار‬ ‫“رجعت إيام العز”‪ .‬العجيب في‬ ‫األمر الثورة اإلعالمية التي رافقت‬ ‫احلملة‪ ،‬و ربط العز اجلمالي بعز‬ ‫لبنان عامة‪ .‬تنوعت التعليقات‪ ،‬قيل‬ ‫“هذا هو اجلمال اللبناني‪ ،‬احلضارة‬ ‫اللبنانية‪ ،‬و هذه الصورة الذي يجب‬ ‫نقلها إلى العالم”‪ .‬نعم‪ ،‬من الرائع‬ ‫أن يكون لللبنانيني ملكة جمال‬ ‫ذات مواصفات عالية‪ ،‬و لكن هل‬ ‫يعود عز لبنان و مكانته عامليا ً يوم‬ ‫تنتخب ملكة جمال مناسبة؟ من‬ ‫شاهد منكم نشرة األخبار املسائية‬ ‫في اليوم التالي لإلنتخابات يفهم‬ ‫قصدي من تعليق مماثل‪ .‬زيّنت‬ ‫استديو األخبار صور امللكة اجلديدة‬ ‫مع شعار احلملة‪ ،‬واستهلت النشرة‬ ‫بلقاء خاص مع رينا شيباني‪ .‬ق ّدم‬ ‫املذيع امللكة‪ ،‬ع ّدد ميزاتها اجلمالية و‬

‫الثقافية في مقدمة تسويقية‪ .‬ثم‬ ‫اجته بحديثه عن اإلجناز الذي حققناه‬ ‫اليوم كلبنانيني بنشر صورة بعيدة‬ ‫عن احلروب و الدمار‪ ،‬صورة جميلة‬ ‫عن لبنان للخارج‪ .‬إعذروني‪ ،‬و لكنني‬ ‫كمواطنة لبنانية‪ ،‬ما زلت أعاني من‬ ‫ضيق إقتصادي‪ ،‬شباب بالدي ما زال‬ ‫يهاجر‪ ،‬و ما زلت معرضة يوميا حلرب‬ ‫إن لم يشنها العدو اإلسرائيلي‪،‬‬ ‫شنها شعبي “احلضاري املثقف”‬ ‫على بعضه البعض‪.‬‬ ‫من ناحية أخرى‪ ،‬إن أردنا النظر إلى‬ ‫املسابقة بشكل خاص من دون‬ ‫التعليق على احلملة املرافقة‪ .‬يجدر‬ ‫بنا كمشاهدين و كرأي عام طرح‬ ‫بعض األسئلة عن التغيير املفاجئ‬ ‫الذي طرأ على املسابقة‪ .‬فهذه‬ ‫ليست املرة األولى التي تشرف‬ ‫فيها الشبكة اللبنانية لإلرسال‬ ‫على إقامة احلفل‪ ،‬و لم تتغير‬ ‫كثيرا الوجوه في جلنة احلكم‪ .‬و‬ ‫لكن السنة كان من املقرر انتخاب‬ ‫ملكة تخطف األضواء‪ .‬ملاذا؟ وما‬ ‫سبب إنحدار مستوى املسابقة في‬ ‫السنني السابقة في األصل؟ و هل‬ ‫كان من املفترض أن تأخذ ال “أم تي‬ ‫في” حق اإلشراف على املسابقة‬ ‫لعام ‪ 2011‬لتشعر ال “أل بي سي”‬ ‫بضرورة التطوير؟ و ماذا عن امللكات‬

‫ملكة جمال لبنان ‪ ،2012‬ووصيفتها األولى | ‪LBC‬‬

‫السابقات اللواتي انتخنب من نفس‬ ‫املنبر اإلعالمي و اعتبرن اليوم من‬ ‫أيام اإلنحدار ال من أيام العز؟‬ ‫في النهاية‪ ،‬ال يسعنا إال أن نتمنى‬ ‫لرينا كل التوفيق في مسيرتها‪ ،‬و‬

‫أن نتمنى للعز مبفهومه العميق‪،‬‬ ‫بعيدا ً عن التأويالت السطحية‪ ،‬أن‬ ‫توج لبنان ملكا ً على عرش‬ ‫لي ّ‬ ‫يعود ُ‬ ‫الثقافة احلقيقي‪.‬‬

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‫‪26‬تشرين األوّل‪،‬‬ ‫‪ 10‬تشرين‬ ‫‪20122012‬‬ ‫الأوّل‪،‬‬

‫كل ‪ 7‬ثواين ‪� :‬شخ�ص جديد ي�صاب مبر�ض الألزهامير‬

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‫سارة أحمد الديراني‬ ‫كاتبة صحفية‬ ‫أقامت جمعية األلزهامير في‬ ‫لبنان ندوة مؤثرة جدا ً في قاعة‬ ‫هوستلر سنتر بعنوان “ حتى ال‬ ‫ننسى أولئك الذين ينسوننا “‪.‬‬ ‫وفي هذه الندوة قامت اجلمعية‬ ‫بتعريف املرض وشرح أسبابه‬ ‫ونتائجه على احلضور بشكل‬ ‫ممتع وبسيط‪ .‬فعرفوا األلزهامير‬ ‫على أنه مرض يصيب اخلاليا‬ ‫العصبية الدماغية بحيث أن‬ ‫تلك اخلاليا تبدأ بالتآكل فتفقد‬

‫تواصلها فيما بينها مولدةً حالة‬ ‫من النسيان املريعة لدى املريض‪،‬‬ ‫بحيث أنه ال يستطيع حتى أن‬ ‫يتذكر من هو‪ ،‬وأين هو‪.‬‬ ‫أما بالنسبة ألسباب املرض‬ ‫‪،‬فهناك نوعان من األزهامير‪ :‬نوع‬ ‫وراثي‪ ،‬ينتقل عن طريق اجلينات‬ ‫الوراثية من أحد الوالدين أو‬ ‫كليهما‪ ،‬وهو نوع غير منتشر‬ ‫ويحدث بنسبة ‪ 10%‬ملن هم‬ ‫أصغر من ‪ 65‬عاماً‪ .‬أما النوع‬ ‫الثاني‪ ،‬فهو الفردي‪ ،‬ال يحدث عن‬ ‫طريق الوراثة‪ ،‬بل ملن هم أكبر من‬ ‫‪ 65‬عاماً‪.‬‬

‫ليسترجع ذاكرته ألن اخلاليا التي‬ ‫تفقدها ال ميكن أن حتيا من جديد‪.‬‬ ‫لكنهم أكدوا أن التشخيص‬ ‫املبكر لهذا املرض يساعد املريض‬ ‫في حتسني نوعية حياته املقبلة‪،‬‬ ‫أي أنه يستمر بالنسيان ولكن‬ ‫بنسبة أقل بكثير من أولئك‬ ‫الذين ال يواظبون على األدوية‪.‬‬ ‫كما حتدثت مؤسسة اجلمعية‬ ‫السيدة ديان منصور عن الدور‬ ‫الفعال الذي تقوم به اجلمعية‬ ‫‪.‬فهي تكرس جهودها ملساعدة‬ ‫املصابني من خالل تقدمي‬ ‫املساعدات لهم‪ ،‬وكذلك تقدمي‬ ‫املساعدة لذويهم من خالل‬ ‫تزويدهم بالدعم املعنوي‪ ،‬واملادي‪،‬‬ ‫واإلستشارات الطبية‪.‬‬ ‫وفي ختام هذه الندوة‪ ،‬عرضت‬ ‫لنا جمعية ألزهامير فيلم وثائقي‬ ‫بعنوان “‪ .”Iris‬وهذا الفيلم يحكي‬ ‫باإلضافة إلى ذلك قالوا لنا أن‬ ‫قصة واقعية عن حياة إحدى أهم‬ ‫آخر اإلحصائات أثبتت أن “كل ‪7‬‬ ‫ثواني هناك شخص جديد يصاب الكتاب العاملني‪ ،‬وهي الروائية‬ ‫مبرض األلزهامير‪ ”.‬وهذه إحصائية البرطانية “‪“ Iris Murdoch‬‬ ‫التي أصيبت مبرض األلزهامير‬ ‫مخيفة جداً‪ .‬فما هو عالج هذا‬ ‫في آخر حياتها ومن جراء هذا‬ ‫املرض؟‬ ‫كما أشارت جمعية األلزهامير في املرض حتولت من إنسانة تتمتع‬ ‫بشخصية قوية جدا ً وكانت‬ ‫لبنان أن هناك تطورات مهمة‬ ‫صاحبة فكر فلسفي مشيق إلى‬ ‫جدا ً في األدوية التي تعطى‬ ‫إنسانة ضائعة تائهة في عالم‬ ‫للمريض حتى تخفف عليه‬ ‫النسيان‪ ،‬الذي إستطاع حتى أن‬ ‫عوارض هذا املرض‪ .‬فتساعده‬ ‫ينسيها إسمها‪.‬‬ ‫على احلفاظ على ما تبقى‬ ‫وفي اخلتام‪ ،‬أود اإلشارة إلى أن هذا‬ ‫من ذاكرته‪ ،‬أي أن هذه األدوية‬ ‫املرض ليس من األمراض القاتلة‬ ‫ال ميكنها أن تساعد املريض‬

‫كما يعتقد الكثيرون منا‪ ،‬بل‬ ‫على العكس قد يعيش اإلنسان‬ ‫سنوات طوال بعد إصابته‬ ‫باأللزهامير‪ .‬لكن املشكلة احلقيقة‬ ‫تكمن بأن املصابني باملرض قد‬ ‫تنتهي حياتهم من الناحية‬ ‫املعنوية ألنه يلغي ماضيهم‬ ‫ومستقبلهم!!‬

‫ف�صل بال�ستيكي جديد‬ ‫فريال فقيه‬ ‫مراسلة صحفية‬ ‫مضى على وجودي في هذه‬ ‫اجلامعة ثالث سنوات‪ .‬ومع مرور‬ ‫كل فصل جامعي جديد‪ ،‬أتعلم‬ ‫أشياء كثيرة و متنوعة ليس‬ ‫أكادمييا فقط بل اجتماعيا ايضا‪.‬‬ ‫ومع بداية هذا الفصل اجلديد‬ ‫أدركت أن للبالستيك تعريف‬ ‫ثان خارج عالم الكيمياء‪ .‬ففي‬ ‫كلية الهندسة تعلمت أن‬ ‫البالستيك‪ ،‬أي اللدائن ‪ ،‬هي مادة‬ ‫تتكون أساسا ً‬ ‫سهلة ال ّتشكيل‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫من البوليميرات‪ .‬منذ الثورة‬

‫الصناعية انتقلت اجملتمعات من‬ ‫عصر الفحم احلجري الي عصر‬ ‫الذهب األسود الذي ساهم في‬ ‫تطوير صناعات عديدة‪ ،‬ومنها‬ ‫الصناعات البالستيكية‪.‬‬ ‫هذه املادة دخلت في تركيب‬ ‫األشياء واألدوات احمليطة بنا نظرا ً‬ ‫الستخداماتها الواسعة‪ .‬مؤخرا ً‬ ‫بات للبالستيك ظهور ح ّتى في‬ ‫عالم األزياء‪ .‬ومبا أ ّن اجلامعية‬ ‫ت‬ ‫األميركية رائدة في مجاال ٍ‬ ‫ش ّتى ‪ ،‬فقد لوحظت املوضة‬ ‫البالستيكية مع بدء العام‬ ‫اجلديد‪.‬‬ ‫كنت جالسة وصديقتي على درج‬

‫“ويست” نراقب الوجوه اجلديدة‪،‬‬ ‫والكثيرة هذا العام ‪ .‬فالشقراء‬ ‫كانت تفتخر بحقيبتها‬ ‫املصنوعة من البالستيك‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫الشفاف‪ .‬كان بامكانك أن‬ ‫ترى كل ما في هذه احلقيبة (‬ ‫محفظة لويس فيتون ‪ ،‬عدة‬ ‫مهمة‬ ‫التبرج‪ ،‬عطر شانيل‪.)..‬‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫اللصوص باتت أسهل مع هذه‬ ‫ثم لفت نظرنا صندل‬ ‫املوضة‪ّ .‬‬ ‫بالستيكي ذات ألوان صيفية‬ ‫صارخة‪ .‬كلّنا يعلم أن القدم هي‬ ‫نقطة ارتكاز وتوازن اجلسد كلّه‪.‬‬ ‫فهل بات ارتداء حذاء “بالستيك”‬ ‫كاف لتجاهل صحة‬ ‫على املوضة ٍ‬

‫القدمني؟‬ ‫نصف ساعة جلسنا على‬ ‫ذلك ال ّدرج ورأينا أكثر من‬ ‫خمس فتيات لديه ّن ملصقات‬ ‫بالستيكية على أنوفه ّن‪ ،‬ان ّه‬ ‫موسم العمليات ال ّتجميلية‪.‬‬ ‫رغم اعتراضي على هذا النّوع‬ ‫“التشويهي ال ّتجميلي” الاّ أن ّني‬ ‫أق ّدر شجاعته ّن القدامه ّن على‬ ‫فالطالبات اللواتي‬ ‫هكذا خطوة‪.‬‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫رأيناه ّن بدت األكياس السوداء‬ ‫وآثار النّزيف على وجوهه ّن‬ ‫بشكل مؤذٍ للنّظر‪.‬‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫البالستيك لم يدخل فقط في‬ ‫الصيفي‪ ،‬فمع‬ ‫أزياء املوسم ّ‬

‫حلول املطر تلبس الفتيات‬ ‫جزمات بالستيكية‪ .‬ففهل كّنا‬ ‫العمال‬ ‫ننتبه لهذه اجلزمات عند ّ‬ ‫‪ ،‬خاص ًة أولئك الذين يعملون‬ ‫الصحية؟‬ ‫في تنظيف اجملارير ّ‬ ‫بالطبع ‪ ،‬ال ‪ .‬لكن عندما رَوّجت‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫لها املاركات العاملية أصبح من‬ ‫ضرورياتنا شراءها‪.‬‬ ‫أخيرا ً فهمت ملاذا دخل البالستيك‬ ‫عالم األزياء‪ .‬فاملوضة‪ ،‬مادة‬ ‫سهلة ال ّتشكيل تتكّون أساسا ً‬ ‫من “الفزلكات”‪ .‬تركيبة مطابقة‬ ‫للبالستيك ‪ ،‬فأهال ً وسهال ً بكم‬ ‫في فصل بالستيكي جديد‪.‬‬

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‫اجلامعة الأمريكية يف بريوت ت�ستبق الدولة اللبنانية يف مواجهة التحر�ش اجلن�سي‬

‫دالل‪“ :‬النظام اجلديد متطور‪ ،‬ووا�ضح و�أملنا به كبري”‬

‫ملعاجلة املشاكل والتداعيات التي‬ ‫نورة حمزة‬ ‫يسببها التحرش”‪.‬‬ ‫مراسلة صحافية‬ ‫اما على املستوى احمللي‪ ،‬يرى دالل” ان‬ ‫لبنان الذي يعد من الدول املتقدمة‬ ‫في ظل غياب القوانني الرادعة‬ ‫واالرادة السياسية الواضحة يصبح في مجال حقوق االنسان لم‬ ‫يتوصل حتى اليوم الى وضع قوانني‬ ‫الرهان على وعي املواطنني ‪ ،‬وعلى‬ ‫حتمي من التحرش اجلنسي ‪ ،‬االمر‬ ‫وجود بعض املبادرات الرائدة من‬ ‫الذي يشكل معضلة بالنسبة‬ ‫املؤسسات اخلاصة تكاد تكون‬ ‫الينا ‪ .‬فنحن نعمل في اجلامعة‬ ‫االمل الوحيد حلماية ابنائنا من‬ ‫الظواهر والسلوكيات الشاذة التي األميركية على تطبيق انظمة‬ ‫استفحلت في مجتمعنا دون رقيب وسياسات متطورة قد قد تتخطى‬ ‫الدولة وبالتالي نبدو أحيانا ً كأننا‬ ‫او حسيب‪ .‬احدى هذه املظاهر هي‬ ‫نتحدى السلطة‪ .‬امنا ذلك ال يعني‬ ‫التحرش اجلنسي بكل اشكاله‪.‬‬ ‫ان السلطة ال تتدخل في حال‬ ‫لقد تعدد تعريف التحرش اجلنسي‬ ‫اال ان التعاريف كافة اجمعت على حدث خرق للقوانني اللبنانية داخل‬ ‫حرم اجلامعة‪ ،‬فنحن على يقني من‬ ‫كونه أي عمل او سلوك او نشاط‬ ‫مساعدة الدولة الينا في احلاالت‬ ‫او فعل واع ومقصود يتم باساليب‬ ‫التي تفوق قدرتنا على ضبطها‪.‬‬ ‫مختلفة سمعية‪ ،‬بصرية ‪ ،‬رمزية‬ ‫أو لفظية يهدف الى احداث اثارة او في ما يتعلق باجلامعة‪ ،‬فمنذ بداية‬ ‫مسؤولياتي في االدارة لثالث سنوات‬ ‫تلميحات او نشاطات جنسية‪.‬‬ ‫خلت‪ ،‬دعيت إلنشاء جلنة خاصة‬ ‫منذ بضعة ايام جرت حادثة مثيرة‬ ‫ملراجعة “ نظام احلماية من اشكال‬ ‫لالهتمام في برنامج حواري على‬ ‫التمييز والتحرش” ‪ ،‬وبالفعل فقد‬ ‫احدى الفضائيات العربية حيث‬ ‫أمضينا سنة ونصف في املداوالت‬ ‫توجه الضيف وهو وزير عربي‬ ‫بالكالم التالي الى مقدمة البرنامج مبشاركة أخصائيني‪ ،‬باالضافة الى‬ ‫أغلب فئات اجملتمع اجلامعي من‬ ‫بعد ان اعلمته بوجود أسئلة من‬ ‫وطالب وعامالت في احلقل الطبي‬ ‫املشاهدين فقال ‪... “ :‬امتنى ان ال‬ ‫وممثلي جمعيات أهلية معنية بهذا‬ ‫تكون اسألتهم سخنة زيك”‪.‬‬ ‫املوضوع‪ ،‬كما تواصلنا مع أشخاص‬ ‫هكذا افتتحنا لقاءنا مع وكيل‬ ‫سبق وتعرضوا للتحرش وغيرهم‬ ‫الشؤون االكادميية الدكتور أحمد‬ ‫من املعرضني احملتملني ألزمة مماثلة‪.‬‬ ‫دالل ((‪ Provost‬في مكتبه في‬ ‫كوليج هول يوم الثلثاء الفائت لدوره ومن املفيد االشارة إلى التزام جميع‬ ‫الذين شاركوا بهذا اجلهد مما سهل‬ ‫في تطوير وحتديث نظام احلماية‬ ‫من اشكال التمييز والتحرش الذي إجناز مشروع خطة العمل باإلضافة‬ ‫إلى وضع سياسات وحتديد إجراءات‬ ‫وضعته اجلامعة األميركية في‬ ‫وآليات للحد من التحرش وحماية‬ ‫بيروت منذ عام ‪. 2007‬‬ ‫مجتمع اجلامعة‪.‬‬ ‫علق نائب الرئيس على هذه احلادثة‬ ‫بالقول‪ ”:‬لطاملا شكّلت حاالت كهذه أضاف‪ ”:‬وميكن القول أن النظام‬ ‫واآللية اجلديدة املقترحة هي أفضل‬ ‫وحاالت أخرى مماثلة حافزا لوضع‬ ‫وأوضح مما كان معتمدا في السابق‪.‬‬ ‫قوانني رادعة للتحرش في عدد من‬ ‫مازلنا حاليا في مرحلة مناقشة‬ ‫البلدان التي تدرك اهمية القانون‬ ‫هذا النظام ومراجعة أثره في‬ ‫في تامني حماية افراد اجملتمع ‪.‬‬ ‫اجلامعة‪ ،‬وفي ضوء هذه ااملناقشات‬ ‫امنا القانون ال مينع حدوث بعض‬ ‫اخلروقات ‪ ،‬لذلك يجب توفر مستوى سوف يتحول إلى نظام معتمد‬ ‫ويط ّبق بعد موافقة مجلس أمناء‬ ‫عال من الثقافة والوعي لدى‬ ‫املواطنني كافة ميكّنهم من التمييز اجلامعة‪.‬‬ ‫إن إحدى العناصر الرئيسية‬ ‫بني اخلطأ والصواب‪ ،‬بني التصرف‬ ‫للنظام اجلديد تقضي بايجاد‬ ‫املقبول واملرفوض‪ .‬لالسف الشديد‬ ‫ان مستوى الوعي للتمييز والتحرش مرجع مختص (( (�‪Ombuds per‬‬ ‫ما زال متدنيا في مجتمعنا وبالتالي ‪ son‬ملساعدة “الضحية” وإرشادها‬ ‫التخاذ االجراءات املناسبة وإعالمها‬ ‫تبرز احلاجة الى وجود اطار قانوني‬

‫دكتور أحمد دالل مع مراسلين األوتلوك‬

‫بالطرق العديدة املتوفرة الرسمية‬ ‫وغير الرسمية لتجاوز املشكلة ‪.‬‬ ‫وال يقتصر دور “املرجع” على حاالت‬ ‫التحرش اجلنسي بل يشمل جميع‬ ‫أنواع الشكاوى‪ .‬كما يركز النظام‬ ‫اجلديد على التوعية وتثقيف‬ ‫مختلف أفراد مجتمعنا في هذا‬ ‫اجملال‪ ،‬بعد أن أدركنا أنه األساس‬ ‫السليم للتغيير‪ .‬أننا مصممون‬ ‫على إعالم كافة أفراد مجتمعنا‬ ‫بحقوقهم وبأهمية هذه الظاهرة‬ ‫التي قد يجهلها العديد وال يقدرون‬ ‫آثارها السلبية على العالقات بني‬ ‫مكونات اجلامعة‪ .‬وقد قسم النظام‬ ‫اجلديد بطريقة مختلفة بهدف‬ ‫املزيد من الشفافية واإليضاح‪،‬‬ ‫وحماية الضحايا وضمان سرية‬ ‫مقدمي الشكاوى‪ ،‬األمر الّذي‬ ‫يشكل في أكثر األحيان عائقا للبوح‬ ‫بها”‪.‬‬ ‫وبسؤاله عن العقوبات التي ميكن‬ ‫أن تتخذها اجلامعة في هذا الشأن‪،‬‬ ‫أجاب دالل أن “العقوبة مرتبطة‬ ‫بدرجة خطورة احلادثة‪ ،‬ويعود للجنة‬ ‫املكلفة دراسة كل حالة على حدة‬ ‫والتوصية لرئيس اجلامعة الذي‬ ‫يتخذ القرار املناسب‪ ،‬وميكن أن يصل‬ ‫اإلجراء الى طرد املذنب من عمله في‬ ‫اجلامعة‪.‬‬

‫أننا على يقني بأن تطبييق النظام وعلينا ان نعمل على تطوير نظام‬ ‫املناعة واحلماية لتفاديها”‪ .‬وتوضيحا‬ ‫واعتماده بشكل جدي‪ ،‬باإلضافة‬ ‫إلى تعميم املعرفة وتدريب وتثقيف ملا اثير حول التفاعل البطيء من‬ ‫املعنيني بتطبيقه وجميع املعرضني قبل رجال االمن مع تلك احلادثة اكد‬ ‫على قناعته “ بأن العاملني في أمن‬ ‫خملاطره من شأنه أن يحد بشكل‬ ‫اجلامعة يبذلون جهودهم للتعامل‬ ‫ملموس وأن يخفض مبا نسبته ‪90‬‬ ‫باحترافية مع الشكاوى‪ .‬كما ان‬ ‫من األحداث السلبية‪ .‬كما أن هذا‬ ‫االدارة تتأكد من مسيرتهم املهنية‬ ‫النظام سوف يخضع للتقييم‬ ‫والقضائية قبل توظيفهم ‪ ،‬وهم‬ ‫والتحديث الدائم لضمان فعاليته‪.‬‬ ‫يخضعون لدورات تدريبية ويكسبون‬ ‫أن عقود العمل مع اجلامعة تنص‬ ‫بذلك مهارات وخبرات لتطبيقها‬ ‫صراحة على وجوب اطالع جميع‬ ‫على مجتمع اجلامعة”‪.‬‬ ‫العاملني في اجلامعة من مختلف‬ ‫واخيرا عبر نائب رئيس اجلامعة‬ ‫الرتب والفئات بجميع األنظمة‬ ‫للشؤون االكادميية عن ثقته بنظام‬ ‫املعتمدة في اجلامعة ومنها نظام‬ ‫التمييز والتحرش قيد التطوير اذ‬ ‫مكافحة التحرش والتمييز”‪.‬‬ ‫“ال يشكل اطارا قانونيا فحسب بل‬ ‫وبسؤال دالل عن حادثة حترش‬ ‫هو نهج ومثال للطالب – سفراء‬ ‫تعرضت لها فتاة صغيرة في حرم‬ ‫املستقبل الى بلدنا والى مجتمعنا‪،‬‬ ‫اجلامعة منذ أكثر من عام‪ ،‬كمثال‬ ‫عن اجراءات عملية عند وقوع حادثة واننا بذلك نؤدي دورا اجتماعيا‬ ‫وهدفنا املساهمة في التغيير ‪ ،‬لقد‬ ‫حترش‪ ،‬أجاب أنه” للجامعة دائما‬ ‫باشرنا في اخلطوة االولى وما زال‬ ‫موقف واضح ملصلحة العائلة‬ ‫ونهتم بالوضع النفسي للضحية ‪ .‬امامنا الكثير”‪.‬‬ ‫ولقد عرضنا تقدمي مساعدة اجلامعة في اخلتام‪ ،‬لعل املبادرة التي قامت‬ ‫بها اجلامعة األميركية تكون‬ ‫في هذا الشأن‪ .‬ونحن ندعو االهل‬ ‫مبثابة حافز للدولة اللبنانية لتبني‬ ‫ونشجعهم على اتخاذ االجراءات‬ ‫سياسة واضحة وقوانني ضد‬ ‫القانونية التي يرونها مناسبة‪،‬‬ ‫التمييز والتحرش بكل أشكاله من‬ ‫ونتعاطف معهم ‪،‬وأكمل دالل أنه‬ ‫اجل ضمان سالمة اجملتمع وارساء‬ ‫ال ميكن استبعاد امكانية حصول‬ ‫قواعد املساواة وحقوق االنسان‪.‬‬ ‫أحداث مماثلة داخل حرم اجلامعة‪،‬‬