{"id":897,"date":"2019-11-02T15:05:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T18:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=897"},"modified":"2019-11-02T15:56:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T18:56:23","slug":"azar-douglas-in-lorient-le-jour-lets-teach-lebanese-youth-to-better-communicate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2019\/11\/02\/azar-douglas-in-lorient-le-jour-lets-teach-lebanese-youth-to-better-communicate\/","title":{"rendered":"Azar-Douglas in L\u2019Orient Le Jour: Let\u2019s teach Lebanese youth to better communicate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lebanese Dr. Rita Ayoub & Rosenberg’s Nonviolent communication <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Roula Azar-Douglas is one of Bambi\u2019s sisters\nliving in Beirut, Lebanon. She is a journalist, editor, and author (in addition\nto being a PhD candidate and a mom).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Azar-Douglas\u2019 article was published this morning in the Campus section of the L\u2019Orient Le Jour<\/em> (a francophone Lebanese daily). It is entitled \u201cApprendre aux jeunes \u00e0 mieux communiquer<\/em>\u201d, which literally means \u201cLet\u2019s teach our youth how to better communicate<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In each of her articles, Ms. Azar-Douglas highlights the\ninspiring work of students or researchers from across Lebanese university campuses\nand sometimes beyond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, her article is about the work of Dr. Rita\nAyoub, from the Universit\u00e9 Saint-Joseph (USJ) who is promoting non-violent\ncommunication (NVC model or CNV in French), as a simple, practical yet\nnon-magical way to counter broken communication and hate on social media and on\nthe streets of Lebanon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, what is CNV or non-violent communication? This\nmethod or rather communication process was developed by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg,\nsince the early 60s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Rosenberg, who died in 2005, was an American clinical\npsychologist, a mediator, teacher, and author. His method supports partnerships\nand resolving conflicts among people, both in relationships and in society at\nlarge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of Rosenberg\u2019s famous quotes goes as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEverything we do is in\nservice of our needs. When this one concept is applied to our view of others,\nwe\u2019ll see that we have no real enemies, that what others do to us is the best\npossible thing they know to do to get their needs met<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To come back to the Lebanese Dr. Ayoub, she is trained in Rosenberg\u2019 non-violent communication and acts as the Coordinator of a Training Program in Islamo-Christian dialogue at the Institute of Islamo-Christian Studies<\/em> of the USJ. Recently, she has offered demonstrators free sessions of 90-minute-training workshops in downtown Beirut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Roula Azar-Douglas, L’Orient Le Jour<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

With Rosenberg\u2019s nonviolent communication, youth can\nlearn to identify their own moral judgments against others in a specific moment.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the use of words, the underlying idea is to allow\nthem to move from their moral judgments into an expression of their own needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, they try to identify each person\u2019s feelings\nwhen they are judging (e.g., someone may not accept that another person may have\na different opinion or may not wish to participate in a demonstration or may\njudge those who are demonstrating, etc.).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, this process cannot help counter ferocious regional\nviolent forces blowing on tiny Lebanon. However, it can perhaps help plant\nsmall seeds of peace in people\u2019s minds, here and there, to keep communication channels\nopen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who knows? This may in turn perhaps serve peace in the\nregion in the bigger scheme of things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is crucial for a nation that is sick and tired of\nviolence in the Middle East. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A country that simply wants to live in dignity and\nkeep collective hope alive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All this whilst courageously standing on top of a mountain\nfacing a deep valley made up of the ghosts of civil and regional wars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

May respect and love prevail, despite the increased polarization\nin Lebanon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you Roula for your informative article:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RoulaAzar-Douglas_OLJ-2019-Nov2<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Thanks Dr. Ayoub for promoting peace and life\u2026 instead of the culture of martyrdom.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ms. Roula Azar-Douglas is one of Bambi\u2019s sisters living in Beirut, Lebanon. She is a journalist, editor, and author (in addition to being a PhD candidate and a mom). Azar-Douglas\u2019 article was published this morning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":910,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897\/revisions\/910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}