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Leila Amad Bissat
Personal information
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Education
Areas of Expertise
Work history
Manager and owner, 1993 - present, Arche de Noe bookstore (Beirut).
Honorary office and memberships
Founding member and board member of the Zaki Nassif Music Committee, 2007 - present.
Founding member of the children's periodical Quiraat Saghira(periodical on children s literature) & critic, 2002 -2007.
Member of executive committee of the Baalbeck Intenational Festival & responsible for communication, 1990 - present.
Productions
- Bissat, L. (2007). Of Symbols and stones: Memoirs of a traveler. Beirut: Dar An-Nahar.
Participating in Beirut World Book Capital in 2010: book exhibit, book signing, and conferences.
Beirut Between Past, Present, and Future: Rememberance of Old Beirut, exhibition about Beirut during the war and during the reconstruction phase, Biel during the annual event of Lire en francais (yearly exhibit of French books), 2002.
When Women Write, major book exhibition by women writers & book signing of their works, Arche de Noe, 1999.
A Green Planet, exhibition introducing for the first time the concept of environment preservation, organized under the auspices of the Town Hall of Paris, Beirut, 1994.
Participating in Jerusalem Culture Capital in 2010: Paitings exhibit by Palestinian artists Abdul Hay Musallam, book exhibit on Palestine, and conferences.
Awards and Distinctions
Winner of the first prize for window display at the competition organized by the Town Hall of Paris for bookstores in Lebanon, 2003.