31 December 2020

Wishes of good health and peace to all people from Peace of Art.

17 January 2021,

Peace of Art NGO organized a competition on social media with the aim of confronting Covid-19 pandemic through drawing, under the title "Stay at home", for a chance to win several full drawings.

8 March 2022,

On the occasion of International Women's Day, Peace of Art launch awareness sessions on confronting violence against women.

21 March 2021,

Peace of Art congratulates all the mothers of the world on the occasion of Mother's Day, the mother of every peace builder, every artist, every painter, every musician, and every activist

28 March 2021,

Japanese journalist Megumi Ito visited the Peace of Art Association to learn about the association's activities and courses, and to conduct interviews with the PoA's Team.

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The Youth Leadership Program (YLP) in its seventh edition, funded by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), hosted the Chairman of the Board of Directors of "Peace of Art" Mr. Mahdi Yahya, who gave a speech of Thanks and Motivations to the participants in this program.

17 June 2021,

Peace of Art will participate in a round table entitled: “Intercultural Music for Peacebuilding and Societal Change”, on the occasion of the World Music Day, on June 21, 2021 with a speech by Peace of Art's founder and chairman Mr. Mahdi Yahya and Peace of Art's president Vera Mawla with the participation of renown musicians and experts. The International Centre for Human Sciences CISH-UNESCO Byblos is organizing in partnership with Hanns Seidel Stiftung - Amman Office: Jordan, Syria, Lebanon.

The roundtable will be followed by a concert at the CISH premises, facing the Byblos castle. Exceptional Musical performances by the Peace of Art Band, Ms. Christine Abou Zeid, Ms. Lyn El Hayek, Ms. Josiane Anaissy, Ms. May Nasr and Ms. Michele Semaan.

21st of June 2021, Jbeil,

In the occasion of the international music day, Peace of Art participated in a round table entitled: “Intercultural Music for Peacebuilding and Societal Change”, organized by the International Centre for Human Sciences CISH-UNESCO Byblos.

The day started with an online speech by Peace of Art’s chairman Dr. Mahdi Yahya, and Peace of Art’s president Vera Mawla within the panel, entitled “Musical Dialogue, A Tool for Democracy and Societal Change", The day was concluded with Peace of Art’s band performing music and folkloric dance.

30 June 2021,

Peace of Art students and Art Against Violence project participants gathered in PoA's Center, with the aim of filming a short film about how to confront violence peacefully.

8 July 2021,

The Peace of Art NGO held a competition on social media entitled “Art for Beirut” where it invited young people from different logics to draw or make designs, paintings, pictures about the painful explosion of Beirut on the 4th of August 2020, and various prizes will be distributed for the winners of the first three places.

15 July 2021,

Celebrating the day of Youth Skills, Peace of Art team is working tirelessly to make sure youth are getting the opportunity to build their skills, express themselves, innovate, become decision makers and lead. We have provided over the years professional, technical skills training in arts, sport, technology and civic engagement as well as soft skills for over 1000 young woman and man, empowering them to take their leading roles in their own communities. Peace of Art's team wishes a happy World Youth Skills Day to all the youth around the world!

August 7, 2021,

At the headquarters of the Peace of Art NGO, the "Activists Academy" workshops were launched, organized by the Social and Economic Justice Initiative - Ma'an.

The Socio-Economic Justice Initiative - MAAN

A group of young men and women interested in public affairs participate in these workshops, in order to increase knowledge and culture on various youth topics.

It is reported that this academy is in partnership with Peace of Art and PAX for Peace.

16 September 2021,

Peace of Art's team visited Fakiha's scouts camp and delivered an interactive training workshop for children on public speaking, presentation and body language.

10 October 2021,

Peace of Art Celebrated the international Mental Health Day, highlighting on the Importance of Arts and Music on the Mental Health.

17 October 2021,

Entering the final stage of the "Arts Against Violence" project, where the participants will present their best in events, activities and exhibitions that will be held in various areas of the northern Bekaa.

This program is funded by the Public Affairs Section at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut.

22 October 2021,

A mural entitled "We speak Peace" on Al-Labwa High School's wall, created by the participants of the "Art Against Violence" project.

The mural was implemented under "Arts Againts Violence" program. This program is funded by the Public Affairs Section at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut.

13 November 2021,

Forum for Development Culture and Dialogue (F.D.C.D.) organized a training on project writing and advocacy, in which the Peace of art team participated with the aim of strengthening the team's capabilities.

18 November 2021,

The Peace of Art NGO held the first closing celebration of the "Art Against Violence" project, which included the attendance of many stakeholders from the region, in addition to presenting the talents and works of students from the classes of music, drawing, acting, photography and film directing.

19 November 2021,

Art Elevates Societies is an initiative that targeted youth to teach them photography and soft skills in order to achieve coexistence, social cohesion and empower the Youth.

20 November 2021

Peace of Art celebrates the International Children’s Day, and stresses the importance of educating children about art, such as music, theater, drawing, and others, as it is one of the fundamentals of peace in the world, and as a universal language of communication.

7 November 2021

Peace of Art celebrated the closing ceremony of

"Art Elevates Societies", Young participants expressed themselves and shared a cozy village night with their families and friends, performed "Dabke"(The Lebanese traditional folkloric dance), sang together and enjoyed fun activities.

Peace of Art is committed to protect young women and girls from gender-based violence, through building awareness, empowering resilient young women and girls, and engaging both young women and men in advocating against gender based violence.

8 December 2021,

Peace of Art Theatre classes have lasted for several months during “Art Against Violence” project. In which, youth from different regions in North Bekaa trained on acting and monologue writing with the supervision of the Trainer Mr. Ali Hameda (Ali Etihad). Today, after several trainings and successive efforts, our trainees were able to write their own monologue, perform it on stage, and come up with complete theatrical works that astonished the trainer and the audience.

We are glad to see these energies, talents and drive towards art and creativity among the youth in our region.

December 4, 2021.

In collaboration with Peace of Art, Nabad for Development a mural in Beqaa- Riyak, Ali El Nahri. This mural is part of a project funded by the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA), aiming to empower women, reduce gender base violence (GBV) and reinforce the equality between men and women.

18 December 2021,

Peace of Art celebrates the International Day of the Arabic Language in a way to emphasize the importance of this language in the world.

On the occasion of the 6th anniversary of the #UNSCR2250, Peace of Art NGO participated as a part of UNOY family held a commemoration event for members.

They celebrated 2021 Youth4Peace achievements by shining a light.

17 December 2021,

“Interested in being an influencer and creating useful content on social media?”

We offer you all of this through our trainings under the “Young Media Creators”, YMC, project.

our trainees are acquiring remarkable skills, starting with photography, moving to production, and ending with publishing innovative contents

5 December 2021,

Another mural titled "A Picture For Peace" was drawn by our Arts Against Violence participants on Fakiha High school's wall to express their commitment to Peace and Peace building.

10 December 2021, Peace of Art organized the third artistic concert in Arsal Al-Arayesh Hall, within the "Art Against Violence" project, in the presence of about 200 people, including activists, associations and representatives of civil society in the region. All our youth’s artistic works embraced diversity and shed light on their aspirations for a better tomorrow. Furthermore, “Peace of Art” intensified its efforts to create a space of hope for youth energies. The ceremony started with a speech by the Executive Director of the Association, Mr. Ebrahim Yahya, followed by the artistic performances of the participants, varying between drawings, films and photographs, in addition to monologues. At the end, The ceremony was concluded with our theater students performing a humorous play that reflects the Lebanese reality.