Closing the Digital Divide and Providing Tools to Access Education

It all started when my sister called me in despair to tell me that, in an ironic turn of events, all 3 laptops we collectively owned in my family crashed. It would cost millions of Lebanese pounds to repair them: that's her entire salary over a couple of months to purchase computers to allow my… Continue reading Closing the Digital Divide and Providing Tools to Access Education

Special report: Lebanese-Brazilians

A beautiful and well-researched piece by Joe Dyke documenting the Lebanese migration to Brazil from the late 1800s till today... Published in the Executive Magazine, July 2014

Scheherazade: Scent, Illusion and Burial عطر وهم ودفن شهرزاد – ليلى كوركيس

http://vimeo.com/68010381 'Scheherazade: Scent, Illusion and Burial' is an artistic collaboration between University of Iowa Department of Dance Professor Alan Sener, the Lebanese-born/Canadian writer Leila Gorguis, and New York City choreographer/performer Columbine Macher. It is the second UITV produced program conceived by Sener - the first was entitled The Lyre of Ur - in which the… Continue reading Scheherazade: Scent, Illusion and Burial عطر وهم ودفن شهرزاد – ليلى كوركيس