Tackling Fatigue and Building Resilience for Refugees and Host Communities
AUB4Refugees 2nd Forum, November 27–28, 2018
#AUB4Refugees
Day 1
November 27, 2018
9:00–9:30 am Registration
9:30–10:30 am Welcoming Notes
Lina Choueiri
Associate Provost and
Co-Chair for AUB4Refugees Initiative
Nasser Yassin
Director of Research, Issam Fares Institute
for Public Policy and International Affairs and
Faculty of Health Sciences
Co-Chair for AUB4Refugees Initiative
Opening Session
Fadlo R. Khuri
President of the American University of Beirut
Tarek Mitri
Director of Issam Fares Institute for Public
Policy and International Affairs
Philippe Lazzarini
UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator
Mireille Girard
UNHCR Representative
H.E. Mouin El Merheby
Minister of State for Displaced Affairs
10:30–11:00 am Coffee Break
11:00 am–12:30 pm Session 1: Tackling Fatigue in Host Communities and Refugees
Moderator: George Ghali
Executive Director, ALEF-act for human rights
Yara Mourad
Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and
International Affairs
Youssef Fawaz
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering
and Architecture and Al-Majmoua
Faysal El-Kak
Faculty of Health Sciences and Faculty
of Medicine
Nadim Farajalla
Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and
International Affairs
Rima Habib
Faculty of Health Sciences
12:30–1:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30–3:00 pm Session 2: Building Resilience in Health
Moderator: Virginie Lefèvre
Program and Partnerships Coordinator,
Amel Association
Mohamad Alameddine
Faculty of Health Sciences
Fouad M. Fouad
Faculty of Health Sciences
Brigitte Khoury
Faculty of Medicine
Mona Osman
Faculty of Medicine and Global Health Institute
Chaza Akik
Faculty of Health Sciences
Lamis Jomaa
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
3:00–3:30 pm Coffee Break
3:30–5:00 pm Session 3: Building Resilience in Education
Moderator: Massa Mufti-Hamwi
Co-Founder and Chair, Sonbola Group for
Education and Development
Brooke El Amine
Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service
Ziad Shaaban
Regional External Programs, Continuing
Education Center
Hana El Ghali
Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy
and International Affairs
Malek Tabbal
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Leadership,
Equity and Diversity (LEAD) initiative
Shadi Saleh
Global Health Institute and Faculty
of Health Sciences
Day 2
November 28, 2018
9:00–9:30 am Registration
9:30–11:00 am Session 1: Building Resilient Livelihoods
Moderator: Tarek Osseiran
Country Programme Manager, UN-Habitat
Randa Salamoun
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business
Dounia Salameh
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and
Architecture and Issam Fares Institute for Public
Policy and International Affairs
Sarah Kouzi
Center for Civic Engagement and Community
Service
Karim Najjar
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and
Architecture
Mona Hallak
AUB Neighborhood Initiative
Hounaida El Jurdi
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business
11:00 am–12:00 pm Session 2: Students Reacting to the Crisis
Moderator: Sobhiya Najjar
Journalist and News Reporter, LBCI
AUB Student Clubs and Societies
12:00–12:30 pm Coffee Break
12:30–1:30 pm Roundtable on Future Prospects for Syrian Refugees, and the Safe and Voluntary Return
Moderator: Rouba Mhaissen
Founder and Director, Sawa for Development
and Aid
Samer Jabbour
Faculty of Health Sciences
Carmen Geha
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Sari Hanafi
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Ziad El Sayegh
Expert in Public Policies and Refugees
1:30 pm Closing Remarks
Nasser Yassin
Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and
International Affairs, Faculty of Health Sciences,
Co-Chair for AUB4Refugees Initiative