Healing the wounds of history

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Healing the Wounds of History Module 1: 2019

Background: Healing the Wounds of History (HWH) is a program by the Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS) launched in November 2011 to help healing the unresolved, deeper roots of violence unconsciously activated in the present from previous generations. The challenges faced by Lebanon and the region are self-evident where cycles of violence have played out repeatedly…

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Healing the Wounds of History Module 3: 2018

Background: Healing the Wounds of History (HWH) is a program by the Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS) launched in November 2011 to help healing the unresolved, deeper roots of violence unconsciously activated in the present from previous generations. The challenges faced by Lebanon and the region are self-evident where cycles of violence have played out repeatedly…

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Healing the Wounds of History Module 1: 2018

“Healing the Wounds of History” program conducted its first workshop for 2018  entitled “HWH Module 1: 2018”. Besides the regular module one which took place on the 16th , 17th, 18th of March in the silk Museum Bsous, HWH have trained a group of school counselors and health counselors from the Ministry of Education and…

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Healing the Wounds of History Training programme: Module II, Year 3

Healing the Wounds of History Training programme Module II, Year 3: Facilitated by Matthew Pruen and Alexandra Asseily Date: 10, 11, 12 June 2016 Location: Achrafieh, Villa des Palmes In the wonderful garden of Villa des Palmes, Mathew Pruen and Alexandra Asseily facilitated module II of Healing the Wounds of History Training Programme. This training programme represented…

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HWH Practice Sessions

      Following our second HWH training on February 28, March 1, and 2, the members of the Healing the Wounds of History program have been meeting once a week with the intention of maintaining the community of trust and sharing built over the course of the training, as well as practicing the tools…

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Constellation Therapy: A Systemic Approach to Healing Trans-generational Trauma

Building on the success of the ‘Healing the Wounds of History: Addressing the roots of violence” conference that was held in November 2011 in Byblos,Lebanon, a three day workshop on “Constellation Therapy: A Systemic Approach to Healing Trans-generational Trauma” took place in Bssous, Lebanon, on the 29, 30, 31 of March, 2012. Facilitated by Matthew…

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Celebrating Religious Diversity

Islamic-Christian Celebration, March 25th, National Day of “The Annunciation” – Together Around Our Lady Mary March 25th 2013, Garden of Forgiveness, Downtown Beirut, Lebanon For the second year running, people of various religions gathered at the Garden of Forgiveness, Hadiqat as-Samah, to celebrate the occasion of “The Annunciation” and a national holiday in Lebanon. Muslims…

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ESPERE Forgiveness Training Workshop Part 1

Currently, the Healing the Wounds of History program is redesigning ESPERE for the specific situation of Lebanon, as one of its training programmes. The aim of the ESPERE is to transform narrations of blame and victimhood into an understanding of one’s own responsibilities for action. This constitutes a shift from what is typically viewed as the only possible responses…

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Conference on Healing the Wounds of History: Rwanda

Under the High Patronage of His Excellency The Prime Minister Najib Mikati The Centre for Lebanese Studies at St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, The Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace, in partnership with The Institute of Diplomacy and Conflict Transformation at the Lebanese American University, have co-convened an international conference entitled: “Healing the Wounds of History:…

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Healing Our Ancestral Past For A Better Future – Workshop 20th & 21st April 2013

April 20 and 21st 2013 at Bsous, Lebanon The workshop on “Healing Our Ancestral Past For A Better Future” aimed at exploring, honouring and healing connections between our past, present and future. This two-day workshop was facilitated by dynamic theatre trainers Mark Wentworth and Filipe De Moura from the UK and Portugal, respectively, and was held at the Silk…

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