Afternoon talks, tales & stories at Vine Wine Bar

— Afternoon talks, tales & stories —
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Join us this Saturday at 5pm for our first edition with Professor Edward Alam and Dr Youssef Rahme – for their talk about a program they co- founded together — the SAIL program
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A group of Students from different fields of study in Brazil, Nigeria, Ukraine and several other countries are selected every year by the Cedars Institute in conjunction with the Wole Soyinka Foundation in Nigeria to participate in the SAIL Program – World History through the eyes of Lebanon.

The course is co-taught by Professor Edward Alam and Dr. Youssef Rahme along with 3 – 6 other faculty members with different specializations: Philosophy, Theology, World and Ottoman History, and Art and Architectural History. It is an intensive ten-day course with over 8 hours of daily contact and interaction with the faculty, guest lecturers and officially certified tourist guides.
The distinguishing feature of this course is that it shows how Lebanon became a center of trans-national culture and learning, a refuge for religious minorities, as well as a major region of religious pilgrimage.
It enables students to reflect, think, and write critically about their own experiences confronting new cultural contexts. It allows them to read, analyze, and evaluate a key primary historical text of global significance. Finally, it gives students ample opportunities to engage the faculty in critical discussions of all aspects of the course.