The Human Library (Lebanese Civil War)

Organisation:

American Community School at Beirut (ACS)

Type of Organisation:

Collective

Launched in:

2014

Description:

Members of the community were invited to participate in a human library event where high school students interviewed visitors about their memory and experience of the Lebanese Civil War. The Human Library is an international movement that promotes an inclusive way to challenge prejudice through social contact. In a Human Library the "books" are people and "reading" is having a conversation.

Resources:

https://www.acs.edu.lb/cf_news/view.cfm?newsid=198

Overall Objective:

Truth-seeking and right to know

Initiative's Approach:

Dialogue and Reconciliation

Type of Activity:

Closed forums

Target Group:

Youth

Geographic Area:

Beirut

Status:

Ongoing