Architectural Heritage Mapping in Ashrafieh and Mar Mkhayel
Architectural Heritage Mapping in Ashrafieh and Mar Mkhayel
The two areas – Mar Mikhael and Achrafieh – were mapped by a team of volunteers following a close-ended survey to gather morphological information on the buildings constituting the urban fabric.
Research Team
Cynthia Bou Aoun: Researcher
May Farhat: Researcher
Shareef Tarhini: GIS Officer
Mohammad Ayoub: Project Coordinator
Elie Saad: Coordinator and editor
In addition to over 36 volunteers.
An expanded policy paper for the development of the crafts sector
An expanded policy paper for the development of the crafts sector
This law aims to organize, develop, and grow the crafts sector in Lebanon to boost investment and employment and raise the competitiveness of the craft activities.
Articulating The Economic Value of The Crafts-Based Industry in Lebanon
Articulating The Economic Value of The Crafts-Based Industry in Lebanon
This report is prepared by RPS MENA, who were engaged by NAHNOO Organization to conduct an economic study regarding the “articulating the economic value of the crafts-based industry in Lebanon” project, in the context of NAHNOO’s work to promote and protect the crafts and craftsmanship in Lebanon within its Cultural Heritage program in Lebanon.
Acknowledgement
Mr. Mohammad Ayyoub – Director of Nahnoo
Dr. Kanj Hamadeh – Policy Analyst
Ms. Haya El Khoury – Project Coordinator
Research Team
PhD. Sandra Ghosn – Lead Researcher and Economics Lecturer
B.O.T Lebanon DATA COLLECTION TEAM
Mr. Charbel Saliba – Head of Operation
Mr. Imad Hoteit – Project Executive
Partners
Crafts Made in Bourj Hammoud
Crafts made in Bourj Hammoud
This retrospective draws an expressive and thoughtful picture of craftsmen in Bourj Hammoud, and initiates a cultural debate that rethinks the essence of crafts and their social foundations. The art of city making in Bourj Hammoud is an art of Armenian craftsmen who used their manual knowledge to recreate their homeland, integrate the Lebanese society, and preserve their unique identity all at once.
Qrayeh Rural tourism strategy
Qrayeh Rural tourism strategy
The strategy outlined in this document follows the invitation of Nahnoo Ngo to elaborate an action plan in the frame of the UNDP project on social cohesion and economic development in the Qrayeh village. The project aims to work on building up the rural tourism sector in the village throughout a participative process that gathers the local community including the residents, the municipality members, the church representatives and various actors from the civil society and faithbased organizations. The goal of the report is to assess the prospects for rural tourism in the village and deliver an action plan to raise the village profile as an attractive destination for rural-tourism in Lebanon. On the long run, if successful, the project will affect a driving economic factor by creating new-employment opportunities: the family income.
Concept by
Qrayeh Local Working Group & Municipality
Expertise Strategy Design by
NAHNOO I Farah Makki
Participatory Research & Mapping
NAHNOO I Farah Makki in collaboration with Nour Makki & Qrayeh LWG
Supported by
Ministry of Social affairs
UNDP
Funded by
UK aid
Reimagining Tarik Jdideh
Reimagining Tarik Jdideh
This brochure exemplifies our attempt to address this issue in a participatory manner in the context of city development, by sampling the aspirations of the residents of Tariq El Jdideh and linking them to our personal analysis of the area and the solutions we propose. Our team consists of 15 young men and women from Beirut, who are connected in one way or another to the Tariq Al Jdideh area, either because they lived there at some point and because they are a frequent visitor.
Team
Architect and urban planner: Yara Hamadeh
Project Coordinator: Jessica Shemali
Team Leaders: Zeina Zamzam, Ali Sharara
Team Members: Ghina Hawa, Rabie Asaad, Liliana Saqr, Farah Khaled, Marcel Khatib, Rana Yalda, Zakaria Beydoun, Yara Karzai, Fatima Ghalayini, Nada Abu Zainab, Abbas Sbeity, Dana Harakeh, Hanadi Shmait.
Supported by
Lebanese Craftsmanship insights for policymaking
Lebanese Craftsmanship insights for policymaking
Since 2018, NAHNOO’s research proposes to counter the lack of visibility and public awareness while pushing for significant inclusion in the local cultural policy enhancing Bourj Hammoud’s worth as a multicultural Lebanese scene that is worth preserving thus protecting it. After a pilot research on 15 craftsmen in 2018, we decided to upscale the sampling and the research work for policymaking purpose.
A mapping of 51 artisans Bourj Hammoud, looking at the challenges they face and the opportunities that exist for developing intangible cultural heritage in the area.
Lead researcher
Farah Makki
Stakeholders
An Action Research for policymaking on Lebanese craftsmanship:
a strategic collaboration framework between NAHNOO and BADGUER since 2018.
Partners
