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Café Humaniste: Secularism in Lebanon was organized by Freethought Lebanon and Humanists International in Beirut, Lebanon. The event featured three speakers: Bassel Abdallah, Gilbert Doumit and Hayat Mirshad. Live streaming of the event (in Arabic): Images from the event:
لقاء حواري بعنوان “العلمانية في لبنان: ما ضرورتها وكيف نصل إليها” (الشرح باللغة العربية في الأسفل) Freethought Lebanon and Humanists International are glad to announce the first Café Humaniste in Lebanon on 26 December! The theme of this Café Humaniste will be “Secularism in Lebanon: why we need it and how do we get there”.
Women and men from various countries and backgrounds come together in Amsterdam to celebrate freedom through theatre, talks, poetry, film and stand-up comedy. Women, non-believers and LGBT+ are often the victims of the strictest cultural and religious dogmas. The festival Celebrating Dissent honours their freedom. Freedom to think differently, freedom not to believe, and freedom
People say it’s my choice since my parents “asked” me when I was 8 years old, but how can a child understand and make such a decision, a decision that I saw as an opportunity to become like my mother and the women in the family.
Atheism is not a religion, or a belief system, the same way bald is not a hair color or not collecting stamps is not a hobby. Atheists are not a homogenous group of people with the same political views, agendas or life philosophies, they only share one thing in common: the lack of belief in