Comments on: About http://joannachoukeir.wordpress.com The use of communication design methods for integrating different social groups in conflict affected societies – Case study: Youth groups in Lebanon, PhD Research Progress Joanna Choukeir Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:27:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Shirley G. http://joannachoukeir.wordpress.com/about/#comment-54 Shirley G. Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:55:51 +0000 #comment-54 Hi! very deep! Hi! very deep!

]]> By: joannachoukeir http://joannachoukeir.wordpress.com/about/#comment-7 joannachoukeir Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:36:51 +0000 #comment-7 Hi adonis, I will do that. I ordered two books yesterday. The first is A History of Modern Lebanon by Traboulsi, and the Second is The Modern History of Lebanon by Salibi. Hi adonis,

I will do that. I ordered two books yesterday. The first is A History of Modern Lebanon by Traboulsi, and the Second is The Modern History of Lebanon by Salibi.

]]> By: adonis49 http://joannachoukeir.wordpress.com/about/#comment-6 adonis49 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:56:56 +0000 #comment-6 hi joanna read "Never is the name of my homeland" on category (politics/finance Today) concerning how immigrant lebanese might feel and view Lebanon hi joanna
read “Never is the name of my homeland” on category (politics/finance Today) concerning how immigrant lebanese might feel and view Lebanon

]]> By: joannachoukeir http://joannachoukeir.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4 joannachoukeir Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:24:07 +0000 #comment-4 Hello Josef, I knew that you were focusing on illustration during your MA, but I didn't know that you were researching a common ground for a Lebanese identity. I would love to see the comics you produced. Is there any link that I can access to view them? and do you consider publishing them? The Lebanese audience is very receptive towards humour and paradox regarding the social crisis... an example of this is the success of Ziad Rahbani's political comedies. I am confident that there is a lot to be optimistic about. I think there is a general will for people to accept one another, and they only need a means or platform to communicate. The demography, education, employment structures, marriage constrictions, etc... limit that interaction, but I am hopeful that the communities would like to get to know one another through other communication means which facilitate that. Hello Josef,

I knew that you were focusing on illustration during your MA, but I didn’t know that you were researching a common ground for a Lebanese identity. I would love to see the comics you produced. Is there any link that I can access to view them? and do you consider publishing them? The Lebanese audience is very receptive towards humour and paradox regarding the social crisis… an example of this is the success of Ziad Rahbani’s political comedies.

I am confident that there is a lot to be optimistic about. I think there is a general will for people to accept one another, and they only need a means or platform to communicate. The demography, education, employment structures, marriage constrictions, etc… limit that interaction, but I am hopeful that the communities would like to get to know one another through other communication means which facilitate that.

]]> By: josef haddad http://joannachoukeir.wordpress.com/about/#comment-3 josef haddad Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:58:32 +0000 #comment-3 how can the lebanese learn how to transcend their confessional affiliations and discover a common ground that ties them together? while affinities for a given kind of music/movies, loving the same brand of beer, sexcraze or the fiendish need to party are common denominators that could tie the lebanese, those are certainly NOT the grounds that i'm talking about. during my MA study, i tackled this problem without seeking to alienate my audience; so the medium that seemed (at least for me) most adequate for this mission, was illustration- i could point out the mess through an illustrated comic and people would take the comment with a laugh. after more than 2 years since finishing my project i got depressed and disgusted by the lebanese to the point i almost felt ashamed of my nationality. right now i only feel numb. a while ago i thought that maybe the only way to unite the lebanese is to persecute them, WWII style. the jews for example, are a people that've been persecuted all their life and they're just a handful. yet they control the world. because they faced the risk of being wiped out. should we face the same risk, we might forget that we're sunni or maronite or druze and start behaving like lebanese. a recent example of unity was the hezbollah successfully ruining the israelis attempt to breach their ranks (battle of lebanon 2006) despite superior firepower, numbers and technology. that's bleak to say that, i know, so i hope you attack this beast with more optimism than I. cheerios JH how can the lebanese learn how to transcend their confessional affiliations and discover a common ground that ties them together? while affinities for a given kind of music/movies, loving the same brand of beer, sexcraze or the fiendish need to party are common denominators that could tie the lebanese, those are certainly NOT the grounds that i’m talking about.
during my MA study, i tackled this problem without seeking to alienate my audience;
so the medium that seemed (at least for me) most adequate for this mission, was illustration- i could point out the mess through an illustrated comic and people would take the comment with a laugh.
after more than 2 years since finishing my project i got depressed and disgusted by the lebanese to the point i almost felt ashamed of my nationality. right now i only feel numb. a while ago i thought that maybe the only way to unite the lebanese is to persecute them, WWII style. the jews for example, are a people that’ve been persecuted all their life and they’re just a handful. yet they control the world. because they faced the risk of being wiped out. should we face the same risk, we might forget that we’re sunni or maronite or druze and start behaving like lebanese. a recent example of unity was the hezbollah successfully ruining the israelis attempt to breach their ranks (battle of lebanon 2006) despite superior firepower, numbers and technology.
that’s bleak to say that, i know, so i hope you attack this beast with more optimism than I.
cheerios
JH

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