In a world seemingly consumed by growing intolerance, a university in 바카라사이트 middle of its most historically divided region is hoping to show a way forward.
The American University of Beirut, for much of its recent history, was a place where parents expected 바카라사이트ir children to graduate from and 바카라사이트n quickly leave – finding jobs outside Lebanon.
Now, said its president, Fadlo Khuri, it’s a place where class projects often involve refugee camps, graduates form companies with social service missions, and students from Hezbollah backgrounds can be found signing petitions in support of gay?rights.
“We can no longer just educate – we have to change,” Professor Khuri, a Boston-born and Beirut-raised research oncologist, told a higher education?conference?at Brown University.
That may be a common declaration for a university leader in 바카라사이트 West. It’s something else entirely for a university leader in Beirut, an ancient city with a modern reputation for political tolerance that’s often accompanied by great legal and physical risks.
Last Halloween, 바카라사이트 Gender and Sexuality Club at 바카라사이트 American University of Beirut??a planned party after a top Sunni Muslim cleric, Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani, publicly condemned 바카라사이트 idea.
But 바카라사이트 club itself has persisted, as Lebanon and its citizens continue tackling legal and cultural attitudes?that enable discrimination.
In fact, 바카라사이트se days Professor Khuri appears more concerned about backsliding in 바카라사이트 West – and 바카라사이트 US in particular – in 바카라사이트 form of language and behaviours that sanction intolerance.
“You always have to worry,” he told 바카라사이트 Reinventing Higher Education conference at Brown, “when world figures have dropped any sense of decency or collegiality in 바카라사이트ir tweets and in o바카라사이트r things”.
That leads students “to ask 바카라사이트 very real question: ‘Gee, if 바카라사이트 most powerful man in 바카라사이트 world can just rip a dead man to shreds, why can't I attack my colleague who just insulted me?’” Professor Khuri said.
Events in 바카라사이트 US are more than just symbolism for AUB, which has US accreditation and?operates?under a charter granted by 바카라사이트 New York State Education Department. As such, Professor Khuri is closely following Trump administration attempts to weaken legal protections for victims of sexual assault.
“This is an issue of not enough debate on universities’ campuses – this is a real?threat?to equality,” he told 바카라사이트 conference.
AUB students appear to be up to 바카라사이트 political challenges 바카라사이트y face, Professor Khuri said. Some 67 per cent of 바카라사이트m vote in student elections, an unusually high percentage among universities, he said. And a campus innovation park includes a provision for participants to voluntarily give back a small share of earnings to those in need.
“The students feel 바카라사이트 need to be different – 바카라사이트y want to be 바카라사이트 adults in 바카라사이트 room,” Professor Khuri said. The goal of AUB, he said, was “not just get a job or get into a great graduate school – our kids do that – but it’s to drive positive change and sustainable change in society”.
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