Documentary: Youth Initiators of Change - Shabab Mobadiroun lel-Taghyir

Organisation: 
Lebanese Association for Civil Rights
Type of Organisation: 
LNGO
Launched in: 
2013
Description: 
The project “Youth Initiators of Change – Shabab Mobadiroun lel-Taghyir” produced a presentation and a documentary Rasa’el Jiran(Letters Between Neighbours) based on recorded testimonies, collected by students from Christians who fledMazra’t Al-Choufduring the civil war, and their Druze former neighbours still living in the same village. The documentary sought to provide a shared space of communication and reconciliation between both communities who have been separated during the war, expressing now both their hope for return and living together. The students also produced different songs and short movies used in cultural events as well as a graffiti campaigns advocating for non-violence and non-sectarianism.
Overall Objective: 
Truth-seeking and right to know
Initiative's Approach: 
Documentation
Type of Activity: 
Research
Target Group: 
Youth
Geographic Area: 
North
South
Beirut
Status: 
Completed