AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoLebanon’s Cultural Memory Under Pressure: Lebanon’s Ministry of Culture is digitising long-neglected audiovisual archives from the 1950s onward, uncovering film posters, Studio Baalbeck material, and Tyre heritage footage—an effort to preserve a fuller national story beyond sectarian retellings. Humanitarian Focus in the South: OCHA warns that women and girls in southern Lebanon face higher risks of gender-based violence and disrupted maternal care as hospitals and primary health centres remain closed or damaged. Culture, Education, and Community: A Beirut Arab University architecture professor argues universities should act as “urban partners,” co-producing knowledge with communities to tackle Lebanon’s real local challenges. Diplomacy Meets Daily Life: Turkey’s Erdoğan met Lebanese PM Nawaf Salam in Istanbul, pledging humanitarian support and security cooperation, while Lebanon’s President Aoun rejected linking Lebanon’s future to Iran talks and urged giving the US-backed Lebanon-Israel framework a chance. Arts and Identity: A film project, “Do You Love Me,” uses music and personal footage to build an archive of lived memory—showing how Lebanon’s war-era history is carried in songs, home videos, and private stories.
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