Under the patronage of the Minister of Education and Higher Education H.E. Mr. Marwan Hamadeh, the Center for Educational Research and Development (CERD) has organised an educational conference on “Teaching History in Lebanon: Reality, Experience and Prospects” in partnership with the British Council and the Institute of Citizenship and Diversity Management at Adyan Foundation. The conference was attended by the head of Parliamentary commission for education and culture in the Lebanese Parliament, MP Bahia Hariri, the head of CERD, Dr. Nada Aouijan, Coordinator of the Federation of the Private Educational Foundation in Lebanon, Father Boutros Azar, the Director of the Institute of Citizenship and Diversity Management, Dr. Nayla Tabbara, representatives of educational offices in various Lebanese parties: the Future Movement, the Free Patriotic Movement, the Lebanese Forces, the Progressive Socialist Party, the Phalangist Party as well as international and local educational experts, and educational institutions.

The “Religion, conflict and conflict transformation” conference was organized by the Catholic Academic Exchange Service (KAAD), on June 8th and 9th, 2017 at Saint-Joseph University (USJ), Beirut. The Chairman of Adyan, father Fadi Daou, talked about investing in religious diversity based on the Divine Hospitality book that was published recently in its English version. In another panel, the director of the institute of citizenship and diversity management at Adyan foundation, Dr. Nayla Tabbara and Prof. Wajih Kanso from the Lebanese University and board member at Adyan, delivered a session called “The soft power of religion: nonviolent conflict resolution in contemporary Islamic discourse(s)”. Dalia Al-Mokdad, the media manager at Adyan has also taken part in the panel of “Education for conflict transformation” where she presented the Non-formal education projects of the foundations that have been implemented with different school students, educators, CSOs, the private sector and the ministry of education, showing its role in empowering youth to become active citizens.

Filmed interview (47 minutes) with Wadad Halwani about the kidnapping of her husband in 1982, produced by Al Jazeera. The goal was to raise awareness about the everyday nature of kidnappings that occured
during the war, as well as to share a personal story about the experience.

A play based on different individual trajectories and the memory of four individuals who lived through the the Lebanese Civil War. In this play, the audience immerses itself in a journey undertaken by four characters: a war photographer, a female singer, a female bookshop owner and a university professor who is also a member of a political party. The aim is to try to recover memories in the context of the present. The idea developed when the director found out that only a few of her students knew of the Lebanese Civil War.

More than 30 non-governmental, religious and secular organisations, institutions and activists in the field of peace-building and interfaith dialogue in Lebanon have taken part in the “Peacemakers Gathering in Lebanon” on the 19th September, 2017 at the Moore Conference Center of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary. The Middle East Studies Institute organised this gathering in collaboration with Adyan Foundation and “Wahdatouna Khalasouna” to strengthen the relations between groups and individuals working in the field of peacemaking in Lebanon, and to explore opportunities of cooperation.More than 30 non-governmental, religious and secular organisations, institutions and activists in the field of peace-building and interfaith dialogue in Lebanon have taken part in the “Peacemakers Gathering in Lebanon” on the 19th September, 2017 at the Moore Conference Center of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary. The Middle East Studies Institute organised this gathering in collaboration with Adyan Foundation and “Wahdatouna Khalasouna” to strengthen the relations between groups and individuals working in the field of peacemaking in Lebanon, and to explore opportunities of cooperation.More than 30 non-governmental, religious and secular organisations, institutions and activists in the field of peace-building and interfaith dialogue in Lebanon have taken part in the “Peacemakers Gathering in Lebanon” on the 19th September, 2017 at the Moore Conference Center of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary. The Middle East Studies Institute organised this gathering in collaboration with Adyan Foundation and “Wahdatouna Khalasouna” to strengthen the relations between groups and individuals working in the field of peacemaking in Lebanon, and to explore opportunities of cooperation.More than 30 non-governmental, religious and secular organisations, institutions and activists in the field of peace-building and interfaith dialogue in Lebanon have taken part in the “Peacemakers Gathering in Lebanon” on the 19th September, 2017 at the Moore Conference Center of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary. The Middle East Studies Institute organised this gathering in collaboration with Adyan Foundation and “Wahdatouna Khalasouna” to strengthen the relations between groups and individuals working in the field of peacemaking in Lebanon, and to explore opportunities of cooperation.More than 30 non-governmental, religious and secular organisations, institutions and activists in the field of peace-building and interfaith dialogue in Lebanon have taken part in the “Peacemakers Gathering in Lebanon” on the 19th September, 2017 at the Moore Conference Center of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary. The Middle East Studies Institute organised this gathering in collaboration with Adyan Foundation and “Wahdatouna Khalasouna” to strengthen the relations between groups and individuals working in the field of peacemaking in Lebanon, and to explore opportunities of cooperation.More than 30 non-governmental, religious and secular organisations, institutions and activists in the field of peace-building and interfaith dialogue in Lebanon have taken part in the “Peacemakers Gathering in Lebanon” on the 19th September, 2017 at the Moore Conference Center of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary. The Middle East Studies Institute organised this gathering in collaboration with Adyan Foundation and “Wahdatouna Khalasouna” to strengthen the relations between groups and individuals working in the field of peacemaking in Lebanon, and to explore opportunities of cooperation.More than 30 non-governmental, religious and secular organisations, institutions and activists in the field of peace-building and interfaith dialogue in Lebanon have taken part in the “Peacemakers Gathering in Lebanon” on the 19th September, 2017 at the Moore Conference Center of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary. The Middle East Studies Institute organised this gathering in collaboration with Adyan Foundation and “Wahdatouna Khalasouna” to strengthen the relations between groups and individuals working in the field of peacemaking in Lebanon, and to explore opportunities of cooperation.More than 30 non-governmental, religious and secular organisations, institutions and activists in the field of peace-building and interfaith dialogue in Lebanon have taken part in the “Peacemakers Gathering in Lebanon” on the 19th September, 2017 at the Moore Conference Center of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary. The Middle East Studies Institute organised this gathering in collaboration with Adyan Foundation and “Wahdatouna Khalasouna” to strengthen the relations between groups and individuals working in the field of peacemaking in Lebanon, and to explore opportunities of cooperation.More than 30 non-governmental, religious and secular organisations, institutions and activists in the field of peace-building and interfaith dialogue in Lebanon have taken part in the “Peacemakers Gathering in Lebanon” on the 19th September, 2017 at the Moore Conference Center of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary. The Middle East Studies Institute organised this gathering in collaboration with Adyan Foundation and “Wahdatouna Khalasouna” to strengthen the relations between groups and individuals working in the field of peacemaking in Lebanon, and to explore opportunities of cooperation.More than 30 non-governmental, religious and secular organisations, institutions and activists in the field of peace-building and interfaith dialogue in Lebanon have taken part in the “Peacemakers Gathering in Lebanon” on the 19th September, 2017 at the Moore Conference Center of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary. The Middle East Studies Institute organised this gathering in collaboration with Adyan Foundation and “Wahdatouna Khalasouna” to strengthen the relations between groups and individuals working in the field of peacemaking in Lebanon, and to explore opportunities of cooperation.

Adyan has been working for 3 years on the National Reform Strategy for Education on Citizenship and Co-existence (Al-Mouwatana w ‘Al-Tanawo’a w Al-A’ysh Ma’an Fi Lobnan). The project is carried out in full partnership with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, with the support of experts of The Centre for Educational Research and Development and aims to reform educational policies and the national curriculum. One aspect of this process deals with the memory of the war as a major component in rewriting the educational curriculum in Lebanon. The project targets the Ministry of Education, community leaders and educators. In the frame of the project, a National Chart was produced, addressing particular issues in educational reform including communal memory. The Chart was signed by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education as well as other stakeholders.

In 2011, Adyan produced a documentary ‘Against the Current’ (A’ks Al-Sayr,) to address remembrance of a conflict-ridden recent history of Lebanon. The focus of the documentary was on “Selective and Segmented Memories” and tried to work on narrowing the gaps in communal memory by shedding the light on the curtailment of selective memories.

In 2008, Adyan produced the documentary ‘From War to Reconciliation’ (Min Al-Harb Ila Al-Mosalaha), presenting testimonies of former combatants (e.g. Asaad Chaftari and Mohyeddine Shahab). It portrays combatants’ experiences with their respective communities and their religious and sectarian discourse.

Between 2007 and 2013, Adyan organized community gatherings around the notion of repentance and reconciliation, targeting sectarian and community leaders in Beirut, Tripoli, Saida, Tyre, Rabweh, Abey and Harissa. Adyan subsequently produced a publication rereading the history of inter-communal memories in A’bey through the collection of both communities’ memories about their village.

There are 17,000 people that disappeared during the civil war. Their fate is yet unknown. Their families do not know anything about them, and no one is attempting to open the case and make investigations. Act for the Disappeared works on a social level. To make the youth aware of the civil war and the case of the missing people, the NGO has gathered stories of victims and continues doing so. Recently, the NGO held three exhibitions called "Until We Know Their Fate" in Hamra, Ashrafieh, and Tarik El Jdideh where the stories were displayed to be read by passengers.