Ianaugural AUB Alumni Literary Festival - Part 1

The Worldwide Alumni Association of AUB (WAAAUB) organized this Festival in collaboration with Lebanons Ministry of Culture after UNESCO named Beirut World Book Capital 2009. WAAAUB intends to set a trend with this Festival, making it the launching pad for other worldwide celebrations of AUB alumni authors in their countries of residence.
AUBs Top Alumni Literary Stars Celebrated at Launch of Inaugural Alumni Literary Festival Beirut, Lebanon - The American University of Beirut and its worldwide alumni association, WAAAUB, kicked off a two-day celebration of its alumni authors on Thursday, March 25 with a ceremony honoring key contributors to the literary world. Eleven alumni authors were recognized at the event in West Hall which was attended by Lebanon's Minister of Education, Hassan Mneimneh and Minister of Information, Tarek Mitri, AUB's President Peter Dorman and WAAAUB President Ambassador Khalil Makkawi.

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• AUB
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• Beirut
• CASAR
• Alumni
• UNESCO
• WAAAUB
• Literary
• Mneinmeh
• Mitri
• Dorman
• Makkawi