Hayya Bina Iftar gathering in Shmestaar for women students

Hayya Bina organized, together with the Bekaa Lebanon association, an Iftar at their centre in Shemstar.  The event was attended by women students and teachers from Riyyaq, al-Marj, Kfar7him and Shmestaar, as part of the extra curricular activities which were being organised within the framework of the English for Women program which the organisation is implementing in 20 areas of Lebanon.
The event included a number of introductory activities supervised by educational expert Mohammad Al-Amin and executive director Sal7ha Naser. This was followed by the screening of a documentary film focusing on the experience of a group of pioneer women from in Afghanistan who challenged social restrictions and opened a restaurant for women only.  After that, the various groups of students presented shared a number of presentations on ways of addressing a number of social issues. Women from Shmestaar dealt with the public habit of gun firing in celebration whereas the Kfar7him group tackled the issue of community reconciliation in Mount Lebanon. For their parts, students from al-Marj focused on the realities of women in their village and those from Riyyaq on the issue of honor crimes.
Source: Al-Nahar 18 July 2014