Maya Sourati

Provided media education and training for young people and capacity building workshops among educational partners and teachers.

• Working mainly with socially disadvantaged young people in coordination with a network of 40 educational partners in the field (schools, local missions, socio- educational centers, associations) to encourage media culture and hunger for information, reconciling opinions with the press and strengthening citizen and democratic participation.

• Courses are designed to fight against fake news, online hate speech, delinquency and radicalization, to stimulate reflection and debate of ideas around republican values to break down prejudices; instead promoting secularism, tolerance, diversity, openness to others and a positive engagement with online digital media and platforms.

Assistant of director Mohamed Soueid: casting, conducting interviews, location hunt for three main documentaries.

• Co-creator of SPACE, a Lebanese non-profit organization seeking to create a society that is free of discrimination against LGBT community. We advocate for law reform and introduction of new laws and policies, influencing public opinion, changing the prevailing patriarchal practices, mentalities, and concepts, conducting research and training, and empowering LGBT communities through art residencies.

• Organization of 50 events related to LGBT and Queer issues

• Production of video content, photos, collage, posters, academic, visual, photographic,

cinematographic research around Queer issues in the Middle East

Designed and implemented an engaging curriculum for private school students

Instructed 8, 9, 10 years-olds on French language, history, geography

Implemented unique teaching methods, introduced meditation and delivered more than 30

creative writing workshops.

Successfully published articles that represented the interests and mission of College Louise Wegmann in Educational Journals and marketing material.