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Elham Kallab
Born1944 (age 79–80)
Amsheet, Lebanon 
NationalityLebanese
EducationLebanese University
Paris-Sorbonne University
Occupations
  • Academic
  • researcher
  • professor
  • writer
TitlePresident of the Academic University College for Non-Violence and Human Rights (AUNOHR)
RelativesDr. Hisham Basat (husband)
AwardsThe National Order of the Cedar

Elham Kallab (Arabic: إلهام كلاب البساط) is a Lebanese academic and researcher[1] born in 1944. She is president of the Graduate Women International,[2] member of the National Commission for Lebanese Women[3] and the Chairperson of the Youth and Education Committee.[4][5] She is also a professor of East-West Relations[6] at the Institute of Muslim-Christian Studies[3] at Saint Joseph University.[4] She was awarded the National Order of the Cedar medal with the Rank of Knight.

Life

Elham Rafiq Abi Hanna Kallab was born in Amsheet in 1944, and her mother is Josephine Nakhla Zakhiya. She completed her high school classes at the Monastery of the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts in Achrafieh. She earned her undergraduate degree at the Faculty of Arts of Lebanese University and Ph.D. in Art History and Archaeology from Paris-Sorbonne University[3] in 1977.[1][4]

In 1974, she married Dr. Hisham Bissat the day before the Lebanese Civil War. They have two children: Rana, who majors in visual arts, and Jadd, who majors in computer and communication engineering.[1]

Activity

Kallab contributed to the cultural mobility Beirut was experiencing in the 1960s. Upon her return from Paris, she was appointed professor at the Institute of Fine Arts[3] at the Lebanese University[4] and taught the history of architecture, heritage engineering and arts and aesthetics from 1978 and until her retirement. She also taught at several other universities in Lebanon.

Kallab is the president of several community associations,[7] formerly the President of the Lebanese Cultural Dialogue Circle,[1] and Assistant Director at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)[8] from 2000 to 2005.[9] She became president of the Academic University College for Non-Violence and Human Rights (AUNOHR) in 2019.[6]

Works

She has numerous research, studies and publications and has made active contributions to several Lebanese periodicals, including being a consultant to a non-academic journal, Al Hadatha.[10] She is also the author and education coordinator of national textbooks[1] at the Center for Educational Research and Development. These works include:

  • She Cooks, He Reads: The Image of Women in School Books in Lebanon[11] – 1983
  • Selections of the Book Journey to the East[12] by Alphonse de Lamartine (translation) – 2006
  • Le décor animalier dans l'art islamique de l'époque Umayyae (thesis) – 1977[1][13]

Research

  • Social Violence and Women[1]
  • The Impact of War on Female Students’ Academic Performance[1]
  • Image of Women in the Media[14]
  • Women and Violence in Film[15]
  • Creativity and Freedom of Arab Women in Novels, Poetry and Visual Arts[15]
  • Relationship of Post-war Education to Social Violence[15]
  • Image of the Arab in American Cinema[15]
  • West and East in Amin Maalouf's novels[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Dr. Elham Kallab" (PDF). aunohr.edu. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  2. ^ "Lebanon". Graduate Women International (GWI). Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  3. ^ a b c d Conference, Beirut. "Arab Cultural policies السياسات الثقافية العربية". Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  4. ^ a b c d "Elham Abi Hanna Kallab | Who is She in Lebanon". whoisshe.lau.edu.lb. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  5. ^ "Fayrouz Magazine". www.fairuzmagazine.com. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  6. ^ a b Rizk, Paty. "Elham Kallab PhD". www.aunohr.edu.lb. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  7. ^ اللواء, جريدة. "دردشة على الهاتف ... مع د. إلهام كلاب البساط". جريدة اللواء (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  8. ^ "REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON WOMEN ON ITS FOURTH SESSION BEIRUT, 21–23 OCTOBER 2009" (PDF). unescwa.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  9. ^ "Mrs. Elham Kallab". CISH. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  10. ^ "مجلة الحداثة Al hadatha Journal: الهيئة الاستشارية". مجلة الحداثة Al hadatha Journal. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  11. ^ "Hiya taṭbukh, huwa yaqraʼ : ṣūrat al-marʻah fī al-kutub al-madrasīyah fī Lubnān (Book, 1983) [WorldCat.org]". 2021-03-01. Archived from the original on 2021-03-01. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  12. ^ "Mukhtārāt min kitāb Riḥlah ilá al-Sharq (Book, 2006) [WorldCat.org]". 2021-03-01. Archived from the original on 2021-03-01. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  13. ^ "Le décor animalier dans l'art islamique de l'époque Umayyae (Book, 1977) [WorldCat.org]". 2021-03-01. Archived from the original on 2021-03-01. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  14. ^ "حلقة حول صورة المرأة وموقعها في المجتمع والمناهج المدرسية". شريكة ولكن (in Arabic). 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  15. ^ a b c d e Rizk, Paty. "د. إلهام أبي حنا الكلّاب". www.aunohr.edu.lb (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-05-02.
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