Ras Beirut Neighborhood Walk by Mona El Hallak - Beirut Design Week | TOUR
Ras Beirut Neighborhood Walk by Mona El Hallak - Beirut Design Week | TOUR
ABOUT THE TOUR:
Curated by the AUB Neighborhood Initiative: Walk with Mona El Hallak from Jeanne D’Arc street to the Ain Mreisseh Fishermen’s port with a visit to Le Souffleur Museum
Meeting Point: Librairie Antoine, Hamra Street.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZER:
-Mona El Hallak is a Beirut-based architect and heritage preservation activist, a graduate of the American University of Beirut (AUB) and Syracuse University – Florence Program. In January 2017, she joined AUB as the director of the Neighborhood Initiative that aims to mobilize the full power of AUB for the public good in Ras Beirut, promoting the neighborhood’s livability, vitality, and diversity through research and outreach activities. She has led several heritage preservation campaigns and succeeded in saving the Barakat Building—now Beit Beirut, a museum of memory and a cultural & urban center for the city. In 2013, she was given the Ordre National du Mérite au grade de Chevalier from the President of the French Republic, in recognition of her work and achievements in preserving the architectural and cultural heritage of Beirut.
-The AUB Neighborhood Initiative mobilizes the full power of AUB for the public good in Ras Beirut, promoting the neighborhood’s livability, vitality, and diversity through innovative outreach activities and multidisciplinary research.
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