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  Beirut, Lebanon  -  Travel Photos by Galen R. Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Beirut is a cosmopolitan city, with a mixture of European and Arab influences, but it is also a city suffering from the blights of poverty and warfare.
On the city's northern edge, the port area dominates East Beirut; in West Beirut, important tourist facilities and institutions, including many of the city's hotels, foreign embassies, and the American University of Beirut, are located along the shore on the Avenue de Paris.
Beirut was known as the most liberal of the Arab capitals, and it provided a safe haven in the Middle East for Arabs who wanted to experience Western cultures.
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 Beirut
Beirut has long been one of the most important commercial and financial centres of the Levant and Middle East.
Beirut is divided into three regions: East for the Christians, west for Sunnis and south for Shi'is and Palestinians.
Beirut is a mixture of Western and Arabic architecture, but is not very well organized: residential and commercial areas are interspersed, sometimes also with industrial activity.
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 American University Beirut - american university beirut,american university in beirut,american university of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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The American University of Beirut (AUB) was founded in 1866 as a private, independent, non-sectarian institution of higher learning, functioning under a charter from the State of New York.
AUB has grown from 16 students in a rented house to a major university with over 6,900 students located on a 73-acre campus overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
www.americanuniversitybeirut.com   (114 words)

  
 The American University of Beirut: A Year Of Tragedy and Hope
One of the oldest universities in the Middle East, AUB was founded by American missionaries in 1866 as the Syrian Protestant College, an independent institution with a focus on medical studies, chartered by New York State.
In 1920 the college was renamed the American University of Beirut, and in 1924, became one of the first coeducational schools in the region.
AUB’s Center of American Studies and Research was inaugurated in June 2003 with a $5 million endowment from Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal of Saudi Arabia.
www.wrmea.com /archives/December_2005/0512042.html   (1666 words)

  
 News - Aga Khan conferred an Honorary Doctorate, by the American University of Beirut, 25 June 2005
In his acceptance remarks, the Aga Khan praised the American University of Beirut for its commitment to developing future leaders for the region throughout its 139-year history, noting that AUB was not deterred from its mission of building tolerance and understanding even during the difficult period of the Lebanese civil war.
AUB President John Waterbury and The Aga Khan.
Fairuz, born and educated in Beirut, the renowned Lebanese singer is a cultural icon for Arabs around the world, working closely with local composers such as the Rahbani brothers and starring in films written by them.
www.akdn.org /news/2005June25.html   (499 words)

  
 American university of Beirut | Alumni Association of North America, Inc., New York Metropolitan Chapter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
AUB is a teaching-centered research university, convinced that excellence in teaching and research go hand-in-hand.
AUB bases its educational perspective and methods and its academic organization on the American model of higher education.
The University is situated in Beirut, Lebanon, the crossroads of the Middle East.
www.aubny.com /aboutus2.asp   (1134 words)

  
 American University of Beirut granted from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education
With the granting of Middle States’ accreditation, AUB joins The American University in Cairo and American University of Sharjah as one of only three universities in the Middle East that are accredited by regional accreditating bodies in the United States.
AUB Provost Peter Heath commented on the importance of the self-study, “The Middle States accreditation self-study was the first true internally conducted scrutiny of the University in two generations.
The University’s 91 academic degree programs lead to degrees at the bachelors, masters, and MD levels and are registered with the New York State Education Department and Lebanon’s Ministry of Higher Education.
www.amideast.org /whats_new/announcements/announcement_july_7_04.htm   (733 words)

  
 New Horizons: American University of Beirut
Walking on the campus of the century-and-a-quarter-year-old American University of Beirut (AUB) gives one the feeling that most of the 60 buildings on campus are being renovated, remodeled or even rebuilt.
Herter quoted AUB's first president, Dr. Daniel Bliss, at the cornerstone-laying of the first College Hall on Nov. 28, 1871: "This college is for all conditions and classes of men without regard to color, nationality, race or religion.
AUB old-timers admit they still look instinctively toward the empty space that used to be College Hall.
www.washington-report.org /backissues/1292/9212037.html   (827 words)

  
 The Arabist » Appeal from American University in Beirut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Facing the Challenge The American University of Beirut is once again at the forefront of efforts to care for those who are suffering in Lebanon.
Ghassan Hamadeh, director of AUB’s University Health Services, is currently leading a team of AUB faculty members, students and staff to secure supplies of medication and to organize volunteers.
We are investigating ways in which AUB might be able to act as a centralized clearinghouse to facilitate the transport of medications and medical supplies to Lebanon.
arabist.net /archives/2006/07/24/appeal-from-american-university-in-beirut   (583 words)

  
 Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut, the capital of the Lebanese Republic, has long been considered, by virtue of its strategic location, the crossroads between the three continents of Asia, Africa and Europe, and the gateway to the East.
Beirut retains to this day its role as a great cultural center with great impact on the Middle Eastern region.
Its 8 universities have graduated a large number of the area's prime movers and shakers.
tyros.leb.net /beirut   (296 words)

  
 American University of Beirut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 73-acre AUB campus is on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea on one side, and borders Bliss Street on the other.
AUB graduates are part of the Lebanese political scene: Former Prime minister Saeb Salam and former Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Adel Osseiran, who were leaders in the independence movement to free Lebanon from French Occupation, were AUB graduates.
AUB also boasts being the breeding ground for Arab thinkers such as Constantin Zurayk, and Antun Saadeh, the founder of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_University_of_Beirut   (1599 words)

  
 1998.12.08: American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
The fire of education at the American University of Beirut is like that.
The fact is, this is a great private university serving the public interest, and a great beacon lighting this city, this nation, this region and the world.
Last year I went to the University of Mississippi - a school that 30 years ago was at the center of racial conflict in the United States.
www.hhs.gov /news/speeches/981208.html   (3029 words)

  
 American University, Division of Urology - Urologist, New York, NY - Welcome
Our vision for the Division of Urology at The American University is to deliver the highest quality patient care, postgraduate teaching and specialization, and research in the field of urologic surgery.
Currently, the Division of Urology at AUB is the most active center managing prostate diseases in the Middle East, and has pioneered the procedure of Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy (complete surgical ablation of the prostate) for the management of organ-confined cancer of the prostate in the area.
The clinical application was initiated with intensive training of the four urologists at the University in March of 1998, and the acquisition of a full-time urologic technician, who is currently stationed in our ambulatory-lithotripsy unit in the basement level (near X-ray, extension 5925/6/7).
www.american-urology.com   (1726 words)

  
 A University in Beirut
Joseph's, American University, and the Beirut College for Women were the main universities until the '50s, when the state university was founded.
In the late nineteenth century, the reputation of the university's Jesuit orientalists and its extensive Oriental library attracted scholars from abroad for study of the history, language, and literature of the East.
The university experienced growth in other areas as well; it was during this time the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences and the School for Translation and Interpreting were established.
www.companymagazine.org /v143/beirut.html   (1593 words)

  
 Icograda Education Network | Schools | American University of Beirut
The Graphic Design Program at the American University of Beirut started in October 1992 as a result of high demand in Lebanon and in the region.
The Department of Architecture and Design at the American University of Beirut, has a strong emphasis on studio classes, close working relationships with faculty members, portfolio preparation and internships.
The studio is a hothouse that allows students and faculty members to encounter their own visions of the world by manifesting a process, which is at times conflicting, and yet inspiring.
www.education.icograda.net /web/school.shtml?s=aub   (197 words)

  
 Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
The Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (FEA) at the American University of Beirut is a leading professional school in the Middle East.
The FEA undergoes continuous improvement to maintain a challenging and intellectually stimulating environment, and prepares its students to be life-long learners, innovators, and professionals capable of being leaders in their chosen careers, committed to personal integrity and civic responsibility.
All photographs and images are copyright © American University of Beirut unless otherwise noted.
webfea-lb.fea.aub.edu.lb /fea   (123 words)

  
 American University in Cairo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The American University in Cairo (AUC) (Arabic:الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة)in Cairo, Egypt, was founded in 1919 by American Methodist Episcopal Missionaries, but quickly moved away from missionary endeavors in favor of being a more secular educational non-profit institution.
With this accreditation and its history, the University remains perhaps the most comprehensive and prestigious in the Middle East followed by the American University of Beirut.
A recent initiative to increase the University's intake and graduation of foreign students proficient in the Arabic language has been spearheaded by Dr. Mahmoud Abdel-Malik, who transferred from Cairo University to the AUC in 1996.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_University_in_Cairo   (886 words)

  
 U.S. college students hole up in Beirut - Mideast/N. Africa - MSNBC.com
Joanne Nucho, 27, is studying abroad at the American University in Beirut with several hundred other U.S. residents.
Nucho, 27, is one of several hundred U.S. residents studying abroad this summer at the American University in Beirut, a school accredited in New York state that has about 7,000 students, most of them from Middle Eastern countries.
Beirut airport, about 10 miles south of the school, is closed, bombed earlier this week by Israeli warplanes.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/13862665   (699 words)

  
 Reuters opens newsroom at the American University of Beirut | Reuters Gulf
The American University of Beirut is a private, independent, non-sectarian institution of higher learning, established in 1866, that functions under a charter from the State of New York.
AUB is coeducational and open to all qualified applicants without regards to race, sex,religion, nationality, or political affiliation.
AUB alumni have served as cabinet ministers, members of parliament, diplomats, governors of central banks, university presidents, and CEOs.
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 At Beacon of Learning, Looking to Pass a New Test in Beirut - New York Times
And as the university again finds itself in the midst of conflict and uncertainty, with the fighting in southern Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah, the university’s president, on a visit here last week, said he was optimistic that the institution would persevere.
Waterbury, a former director of Princeton University’s Center of International Studies, is the university’s first resident American president since 1984, when Malcolm H. Kerr, then the university’s president, was assassinated in an office building on the campus.
The university was established by American Presbyterian missionaries as the Syrian Protestant College in 1866, and acquired the name of the American University of Beirut in 1920.
www.nytimes.com /2006/08/02/education/02beirut.html?ex=1312171200&en=e6e8dd4aea091a38&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss   (985 words)

  
 American University of Beirut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Science and Math Education Center, Department of Education, American University of Beirut, will hold its Tenth Annual Science and Math Educators Conference (SMEC 10) on November 11-12, 2006 on campus at the American University of Beirut.
In the second part a presentation will be made about a study that examined the computational strategies of ten young street vendors in Beirut by describing, comparing, and analyzing the computational strategies used in solving three types of problems in two settings: transactions in the workplace, word problems, and computation exercises in a school-like setting.
The results indicate that vendors' use of semantically-based mental computational strategies was more predominant in transactions and word problems than in computation exercises whereas written school-like computational strategies were used more frequently in computation exercises than in word problems and transactions.
www.sigrme.org /beirut2.htm   (2245 words)

  
 American University of Beirut: UNESCO Secteur de la culture
Located on a 73-acre campus overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, the University is governed by an autonomous Board of Trustees comprised of international leaders in business, education, diplomacy, engineering, philanthropy, science, and medicine.
The University provides a rigorous curriculum in the American liberal arts tradition and the language of instruction is English.
The University stresses high academic standards and is committed to the ideals of critical thinking, open debate, and diversity.
portal.unesco.org /culture/fr/ev.php-URL_ID=24637&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html   (310 words)

  
 Center for Global Peace - Visiting Scholars
Irani is assistant professor of political science at the Lebanese American University in Beirut, where he teaches courses on conflict resolution and conducts training for non-governmental organizations on conflict resolution skills.
Jadallah is a Doctoral Candidate at the Institute for Conflict Analysis Resolution, at George Mason University, where her research has concentrated on the perceived role of conflict practitioners post 9/11.
Scott Jones received his AB from George Washington University, his MA in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland, and his Ph.D. in International Affairs from American University.
www.american.edu /cgp/scholars.htm   (1038 words)

  
 AU Abroad - Lebanon: American University of Beirut
AU Abroad is NOT accepting applications for study at American University of Beirut at this time.
The city is an exciting mix of cultures and faiths, perched on a breathtaking sweep of Mediterranean coastline.
The most populous city in Lebanon, Beirut is now emerging as a popular tourist and commercial center-a true cultural crossroads.
www.worldcapitals.american.edu /partner/aub.cfm   (193 words)

  
 The murder of American values in Lebanon | csmonitor.com
She was implying that he was an American in a position of influence whom she could trust and who could interpret the Muslim world to the West.
American politics is anti-Arab." This came from a woman, now in her 70s, whose early goals in life had been fulfilled when she graduated from AUB and eventually earned her PhD at the University of California at Los Angeles.
A Shiite Muslim whose father studied at AUB before her, she understands the tension between the beacon of enlightenment that is America and the tunnel vision that all too often defines our foreign policy.
www.csmonitor.com /2006/0814/p09s01-coop.html   (840 words)

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