Nadine Abou Zaki
Country: 
Lebanon
Organizations: 
Media Institution
Professions: 
Founder
Field(s) of expertise: 
Cultural Events
Areas of Impact: 
Partnerships for the Goals

Personal information

Nadine Abou Zaki
Founder and Executive Chair, Lecturer, Sculptor, Writer

Contact information (Work)

Red Oak
+961 1 200 780
+961 3 245 220

Work history

Previous Professions: 
  • Founder and President, 2017 – present, Red Oak Association.
  • Lecturer in Philosophy, 2013 - present, American University of Beirut.
  • Founder and Executive Chair, 2007 - present, The New Arab Woman Forum (NAWF).
  • Editor-in-Chief, 2003 -2017, Al Hasnaa Magazine.
  • Sculptor, 1999 - present.

Major Achievements

Publications (Books, Articles, Reports, etc.): 
  • Abou Zaki, N. (2018). Le journal d’un mȗrier (édition bilingue français-arabe), Paris : L’Harmattan Edition.
  • Abou Zaki, N. (2006). Introduction aux épîtres de la sagesse: L’ésotérisme druze à la lumière de la doctrine de Çankara [Introduction to the epistles of wisdom: Druze esoterism in light of the Çankara doctrine]. Paris: L’Harmattan Edition.
  • Abou Zaki, N. (2012). De femme à homme, Sur l’actuel féminin, Récits et correspondances avec Pierre-Marie Hasse, Paris : L’Harmattan Edition, Second Edition, Rabat : Marsam, 2013 [Arabic translation Min imra’a ila rajol, Beirut: Dar al-Farabi, 2017].
  • Abou Zaki, N. (2010). Le lieu et le corps / Al Makan wal Jasad [The Place and the Body]. Paris: L’Harmattan Edition.
  • Abou Zaki, N. (2015). L’homme terrible de la ville, Nazih Khater: témoin, acteur et inspirateur de la vie culturelle de Beyrouth de 1960 à 2014, Paris: L’Harmattan, 2015. [Arabic translation Nazih Khater: joumhouriyyat al ‘a’daa, Beirut,: Dar An-Nahar]
Exhibitions, lectures & performances: 

Exhibitions:

  • "Diaries of a Mulberry Tree," Dance Theatre, Beit Al Fann Hammana, 2019
  • "Diaries of a Mulberry Tree," Dance Theatre, Al Madina Theatre, Beirut, 2017
  • "Please Touch the Trash," Interactive Art Performance, Beirut International Platform of Dance, Al Madina Theatre, Beirut, 2016
  • "Please Touch," Interactive Art Performance, Beirut Art Fair, Beirut, 2015
  • "Please Touch," Interactive Sculpture Exhibition, Ayyam Gallery Art Show, "Station," Beirut, 2014
  • Five stone seats installed in front of the French Cultural Center (Title: Dialogue Garden), Damascus Street, Beirut, 2010
  • Memorial Sculpture installed in front of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Beirut, 2009
  • Participation in the Emaar International Art Symposium, Dubai, 2008
  • Solo Sculpture Exhibition titled "Et je m’envole" (And I Fly), 2008
  • Solo Sculpture Exhibition titled "L’un regarde, l’autre agit" (One Watches, the Other Acts), 2004
  • Participation in the Mushrif Art Symposium, Lebanon, 2003
  • Solo Sculpture Exhibition titled "Tours du silence" (Towers of Silence), 2002
  • Memorial Sculpture designed and executed specifically for the Ministry of Tourism, installed in front of the Ministry of Tourism and Information building, Hamra Street, Beirut, since 2002
  • Participation in the International Art Symposium, Aley, Lebanon, 1999-2001

Lectures & Conferences:

  •  A talk about Nature, Freedom and Truth in Thoreau's Journal, St Jospeh University, Beirut, Lebanon, 2016.
  •  A talk about Creation and Tawhid, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 2016.
  •  A talk about Nazih Khater: The terrible Man in Town, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 2015.
  •  Speaker at the opening sessions of the annual New Arab Woman (NAWF) Forum, since 2008.
  •  Speaker, "A Women's Uprising: Emancipation in the Arab World", discussion at the Korber Forum, moderated by TV presenter Minou Amir-Sehhi, Hamburg, Germany, 2013.
  •  Speaker, "The new Arab woman forum: The transforming role of Arab women and its future impact on society", paper presented at the German-Arab Friendship Association (DAFG), Berlin, Germany, 2013.
  •  Speaker, “Socrates and Women”, paper presented during the “Philosophical Symposium on Socrates-True Wisdom”, Hellenic Cultural Center, Lebanon, 2013.
  •  Speaker, discussion session over the book De femme à homme (From woman to man), moderated by François Zabbal at the Arab World Institute, Paris, 2012.
  •  Speaker, opening speech at Qatar International Business Women Forum, Qatar, 2009.
  •  Speaker, “Voices of Karama: a panel discussion with women’s activists from the Middle-East”, New Orleans, USA, 2008.
  •  Speaker, “Transmission des cultures et du dialogue interculturel à travers le rôle de la femme” [The role of women in the transmission of cultures and intercultural dialogue], UNESCO, Paris, 2008.
  •  Speaker, “Love in Digital Islam”, hosted by the feminist writer Fatme Mernissi at the Cultural Center of Asturias, Spain, 2008.
  •  Speaker, “V-Day to the Tenth” - New Orleans, 2008.
  •  Speaker, “V-Day Festival- Women in Conflict Zones”, New York, 2006.
  •  Speaker, "New Media for a New Arab Woman", paper presented during the conference entitled “Women, Dissidence and Creativity” organized by Nawal El-Saadawi, Cairo, 2005.

 

Accomplishments

Awards: 
  • Order of the French Academic Palms (Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes académiques,) Ministry of the French National Education, 2016.
  • International Award for Secularism from the Republican Committee on Secularism (France), 2009.
  • The first international poetry prize on the occasion of the United Cities of the World at Issy-les- Moulineaux (France), 1999.

Competences & Skills

Field(s) of Expertise: 
  • Editing a Women's Journal
  • Philosophy
  • Sculpting
  • Writing
Languages: 
  • Arabic
  • French
  • English