Summer Academies

Welcome to the fifth edition of the Media and Digital Literacy Academy of Beirut The academy this year will focus on responding to extremism, gender equality, and human rights during conflicts and wars. The academy will work on finding solutions and developing media and digital literacy content related to these issues. This year’s participants come […]

MDLAB 2016 will take place at the Lebanese American University (LAU) Beirut campus August 7-16. The academy will host 43 faculty and student participants from 20 different universities from Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Oman, UAE, Algeria, and Lebanon and 14 high school students from Jesus and Mary School and 7 school teachers from different Lebanese [...]

MDLAB 2015 hosted hosted 47 faculty and student participants from 18 different universities from Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Iran, Oman, UAE, and Lebanon and three school teachers from International College (IC) Lebanon. MDLAB 2015 was convened August 10 to 23, 2015. This year's theme revolved around Media Literacy, Wars, and Terrorism. Ten experts [...]

2013 marked the first year for MDLAB. The academy included participants from 12 universities from Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, and Lebanon. The academy hosted eight keynote lecturers and experts in the field of media and digital literacy: Paul Mihailidis, Moses Shumow, Renee Hobbs, Stephen Salyer, and Susan Moeller (USA), Andrew Whitworth (UK), and Ahmad Al [...]