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NORTH LEBANON CAMPUS
Change in the Arab World
Sufi Prayer with Nidaa Abou Marad
Dr. Halabi on Cancer
At 12 noon on Friday, 4th March, 2011, Dr. Naim Salem gave a talk
in the Conference Room about Political Change in the Arab World.
He discussed the way the Arabs are struggling to end the era of
dictatorship because of their yearning for a new time of democracy.
In point of fact, with the Internet era and the rapidity of information,
people can no longer be considered as a helpless mass and their opinion
must be taken into consideration. With all the recent unrest, any of
several forms of government may come into being, depending on the
will of the people.
To mark both the Feast of the Annunciation and Mother’s Day, on Thursday, 24th March, 2011, the Dr.
Nidaa Abou Marad Group came to North Lebanon Campus to present staff, faculty members, students, their
families and guests with a recital of Sufi religious music, deeply moving for both Christians and Muslims in
the audience. The special guests included His Lordship Bishop Georges Abou Jaoudeh, a representative of the
Right Honorable Robert Fadel MP, and Mr. Antoine Menassa, Vice President of the World Lebanese Cultural
Union (WLCU) representing Mr. Eid Shedrawi.
The Health & Fitness Society at NDU-NLC invited Dr. Jamil Halabi (Secretary General-Lebanese Cancer Society)
to deliver a speech on Recent Cancer Trends in Lebanon, on Wednesday, April 18, 2011. A large number of
students, staff and faculty attended the seminar.
Dr. Mazin Moufarij (Speech Moderator) welcomed Dr. Halabi and gave a brief introduction on cancer risks,
dangers, challenges and advances in treatment.
Dr. Halabi presented for the first time cancer epidemology in Lebanon and the ways we can prevent twothirds
of the cancers. Dr Halabi emphasized that one-third of all cancers are food-related.
Brochures on cancer awareness prepared by the Lebanese Cancer Society were distributed to all the audience.
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