Under the auspices of His Excellency Mr. Michel Edde, the Main Library organized the Old Books, Archives and Manuscripts Fair, the fourth national meeting of old books’ professionals, from May 29 to June 1 in the Main Library’s esplanade.
Schedule
Thursday May 29
- 5:00 p.m. Inauguration of the fair
Exhibition “Gibran as seen through his archive”, in cooperation with the National Gibran Committee
- 5:30 p.m. Exhibition of paintings on the theme of “power” by Charles Andre El-Dib, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, USEK
- 7:00 p.m. Roundtable debate on the “ Introduction to pedagogy issues, towards new concepts of State and Law ” and “ Citizenship, a State Project for a New Society ”, works published by the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities – USEK
Friday May 30
- 4:00 p.m. Opening of the fair
- 5:00 p.m. Children stories and nursery rhymes (4/5 year olds) with Christelle Bou Rjeili
- 5:30 p.m. Reading and animation with Marie Noëlle Fahed Japy on her works
- 7:00 p.m. Roundtable discussion of Dr. Jean Charaf’s book entitled “Lebanon during the Sixteenth Century ” (in Arabic)
Saturday May 31
- 10:00 a.m. Opening of the fair
- 3:00 p.m. “How to restore damaged books?” Workshop moderated by Mrs. Dolly Sassine-Escallier
- 5:00 p.m. Children stories and nursery rhymes (6/7 years olds) with Rima Youssef
- 5:30 p.m. Animation in French and English on the books entitled “Le petit livre de l'alphabet phénicien” and “Little book of the Phoenician alphabet” by their illustrator Tatiana Botcharova Sabbagh
- 7:00 p.m. Roundtable discussion on the theme: Gibran’s 125th anniversary, what is left of it and why? (in Arabic), followed by the signing ceremony of Gibran’s dictionary (in Arabic) by Alexandre Najjar
Sunday June 1
- 10:00 a.m. Opening of the fair
- 5:00 p.m. Children stories and nursery rhymes (7/8 year olds) with Yasmina Abdel Sater
- 5:30 p.m. Joumana Behlock tells a story entitled “Le Mur” (The Wall) (in Arabic) on the theme of difference (5 years and up)
- 7:00 p.m. Roundtable discussion on the theme “ Father Yaacoub, the monk of Beatitudes”
- 9:00 p.m. Closing of the fair