Global Trends and Local Challenges Facing the Arab Family
June 20–21, 2008
LAU-Byblos Campus

Day I- Friday June 20, 2008

9:30 Registration

10:00 – 10:45 Opening Ceremony

• Dr. Josiane Fahed-Sreih
  Director- Institute of Family and Entrepreneurial Business, LAU
• Dr. Samira Aghagy
  Dean- School of Arts and Sciences- Beirut Campus
• Dr. Hassan Hammoud, Director- Research Division at the Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development
• Dr. Abdallah Sfeir, Vice President for Academic Affairs- LAU

10:45 – 11:30 Key note speech

• Dr. Hassan Hammoud
  Director, Research Division at the Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development Presents Dr. Ibrahim
• Dr. Saad Eddine Ibrahim Professor of Political Sociology at The American University in Cairo and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Istanbul Kültür University

11:30 – 11:45 Coffee Break

11:45 – 1:00 Arab Families in Times of Social Stress, A Panel organized by the Arab Families Working Group

Chair and Discussant: Dr. Hassan Hammoud Associate Professor of Sociology Director –Research Division, Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development

• “Transnational Familialism: War, Family and Nation in Lebanon Post 1991.”
  Dr. Suad Josepha, Professor of Anthropology and Women and Gender Studies, Director, Middle East/South Asia Studies, University of California, Davis
• “Lebanese Households and the Stress of Foreigners in the Family”
  Dr. Ray Jureidini, Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Director, Center for Migration and Refugee Studies, American University in Cairo.
• “Responses to Social Exclusion: Young Egyptians and Community Initiatives ”
  Dr. Barbara Ibrahim, Director, Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement, American University in Cairo
• “Displaced Arab Families: Women’s Voices on Living and Coping in Post-War Beirut”
  Dr. Jihad Makhoul, Associate Professor and Acting Chair of the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut.

1:00 – 2:00 Lunch Break

2:00 – 3:15 Gender Norms and Values in Arab Families

Chair and Discussant: Dr. Dima Dabbous- Sensenig, Assistant Professor, Arts and Communication Division, School of Arts and Sciences- Director, Institute of Women Studies, LAU

• “Changes in Gender Norms and Values in Rural Lebanon: an Ethnographic Study”
  -Dr. Nancy Jabbra, Professor and Chair- Women's Studies-Loyola Marymount University- Los Angelos- California
• “Care Needs and Provision in Lebanon”
  Dr. Seiko Sugita (and Simel Esim), Program Specialist, Social and Human Sciences- UNESCO Regional Bureau
• “Global Challenges to the Traditional Egyptian Family in Ibrahim's Zaat and Al-Aswany's Chicago”
  Dr. Mona Ibrahim Ali, Associate Professor of English, English Dept./ English Language Institute, Cairo University, Giza/American University in Cairo
• “Challenging the "Norms"; The Egyptian Experience of Women Governance and Development”
  Dr. Hadeer Abo El Nagah, Assistant Professor, Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's Studies ,Carleton University

3:15 – 3:30 Coffee Break

3:30 – 4:30 Topics on Family Dynamics and the Family Business

Chair and Discussant: Dr. Josiane Fahed-Sreih, Associate Professor of Management, Department of Economics and Management; Director, Institute of Family and Entrepreneurial Business, School of Business, Lebanese American University

• “Family Dynamics and Family Business Management”
  Mr. Michel Ghanem, Alem and Associates Law Firm, Lebanon
• “Decision Making in Yemeni Family”
  Dr. Rokhsana Ismail, Director - WRTC - Aden University
• “Conflict Management in the Jordanian Families”
  Dr. Helmi Sari- (Language: Arabic), Head of Department of Sociology- Jordan University

DAY 2- Saturday, June 21, 2008

9:30 Registration

9:30 – 11:00 Psychological Aspects Affecting the Arab Family

Chair and Discussant: Dr. Diala Ammar Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University

• “Eating Disorders, Familial Consequences: Body image, anorexia, bulimia, and Abnormal Eating Behaviors in the Gulf States”
  Dr. Justin Thomas Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology-Department of Natural Science and Public health- College of Arts and Sciences- Zayed University, Abu Dhabi Campus.
• “Older Men and Family Relations in Lebanon: An Exploratory Study”
  Dr. Kristine Ajrouch, (Dr. Toni Antonucci, Dr. Hiroko Akiyama) Associate Professor of Sociology and Gerontology Program Director, Eastern Michigan University, Adjunct Associate Research Professor, Institute of Social Research, University of Michigan
• “Maternity Leave in Lebanon: Women’s Perceptions”
  (Dr. Jocelyn DeJong), Chaza Akik Research Assistant Department of Epidemiology and Population Health Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut
• “Foreign Domestic Workers and the Families in the UAE”
  Dr. Habibul Haque Khondker, Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Abu Dhabi Campus.

11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 –1:00 Education and the Arab Family

Chair and Discussant: Dr. Suad Joseph Professor of Anthropology and Women and Gender Studies, Director, Middle East/South Asia Studies, University of California, Davis.

• “Understanding Child Rights”
  Mr. Ghassan Khalil Chief of Child Protection, UNICEF-Gulf Area Office
• “What Is Education For? Alternative Philosophy to develop Awareness Toward The Other”
  Dr. Heyam Lutfi ElZein Associate Professor of Education- School of Arts and Sciences- Lebanese American University
• “Comparing the Gender Gap in Selected Low-income Countries: the Case of Education”
  Zuzana Brixiova (and Ales Bulí?), Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and International Monetary Fund.
• “Intergenerational Authority and Alternate Literacies: A Moroccan Study”
  Ms. Becky L. Schulthies Ph.D. candidate, Linguistic- Anthropology, University of Arizona, 2008

1:00 – 2:00 Lunch Break

2:00 – 3:15 Change and Gender Related Issues in the Arab Family

Chair and Discussant: Dr. Barbara Ibrahim, Director, Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement, American University in Cairo

• “Ideologies … change in Norms of Values- (Arabic)”
  Dr. Antoine Abdo Associate Professor of Arabic- School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University.
• “Between Change and Continuity: Trends of Age of Marriage in the Gaza Strip”
  Dr. Nahda Younes Shehada Convenor of Women, Gender and Development Program, Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands

3:15 – 3:30 Coffee Break

3:30 – 4:30 Demography and its impact on the Arab Family

Chair and Discussant: Dr. Salah Ferhi Associate Professor at the CRIEC (Centre de Recherche sur l’Immigration, l’Ethnicité et la Citoyenneté) Quebec University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

• “ Altérité radicale ou convergence des modèles démographiques ? La place de la femme et l’évolution de la structure familiale dans la péninsule arabique. (French)”
  Dr. Yohann Le Tallec (and Sandrine Chamayou), Instructor and Researcher, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
• “ Immigration Maghrébine au Québec et ses Conséquences sur la Famille (French)”
  Dr. Salah Ferhi Associate Professor at the CRIEC (Centre de Recherche sur l’Immigration, l’Ethnicité et la Citoyenneté) Quebec University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• “Retour en France des Anciens émigrés : Histoire et Perspectives des Familles Algériennes (French)”
  Dr. Salah Ferhi Associate Professor at the CRIEC (Centre de Recherche sur l’Immigration, l’Ethnicité et la Citoyenneté) Quebec University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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