Country: 
Lebanon
Associated organisations: 
Alumni association of the American University of Beirut
Professions: 
Educator
Founder
President
Field(s) of expertise: 
Activism
Areas of Impact: 
Quality Education

Personal information

Hind al Soufi
Art Critic, Professor, Researcher, Visual Artist

Contact information (Work)

YOUTH FORUM
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Work history

Previous Professions: 
  • Lecturer, 1997 - 2005, Faculty of Architecture, Arts & Design, Notre Dame University.
  • Lecturer, 1994 - 2003, Faculty of Arts, Balamand University.
  • Lecturer, 1997 - 2001, Faculty of Education, Lebanese University.
  • Lecturer, 1999 - 2001, Holy Spirit University.

Major Achievements

Publications (Books, Articles, Reports, etc.): 

Selected Gender Studies 

  • Tripoli and cohabitation, “Women and the city: 100 years of silent militantism”, Azm Ed, Tripoli, 2010. 
  • The Impact of the economic crisis on women, UNFPA, Beirut 2010.
  • Research study: “The UN Values and Concepts in the CNRS Civic Education Books”, school books review and evaluation, Unesco, Beirut, 2001.
  • “Quota 2, Conference papers,” A study of quota among youth, Lebanese Council for Women, Beirut, 2002.
  • “Quota for Women”, Lebanese Council for Women, Beirut, 1999.
  • “My Lady, Take a Seat”, IWSAW/LAU, Beirut, 2003.

Collective Books: Art

  • Arab uprisings: New perspectives, “The Islamic Pieta and the Western Media approach to the Arab Uprising”, Bahithat, Bk 16, Beirut, 2013-2014.
  • The third age, “Elderly in the fine arts: A Gender perspective”, U.L Publications, Beirut, 2013.
  • Women and Finance, “The Symbolic of jewels in painting”, Bahithat 13, Beirut, 2009.
  • Soufi, H. (2008, April). Tamathoulat al-Jens finnas atashkili [Representation of sexuality in visual texts]. Majallat al'amara walfan [Journal of Art and Architecture], 2.
  • Soufi, H. (2008). Arriyada bil'arabiya: Qira'a fi fan al-houroufiya [Leadership in Arabic: Reading in the art of calligraphy]. In M. Chahine, F. Ben Omar & H. Soufi, Bayn al-mansous walmabsour [Between the written and the seen], pp. 159-260. Sharjah: Dar athaqafa wal I'lam.
  • Arab Uprisings: Islamic Biographies in Western Media, Researchers of the Book 16, Beirut, 2014.
  • The Third Age, "Aspects of the Third Age in Art", Lebanese University Publications, Faculty of Social Sciences, Beirut, 2014.
  • Women and Money, "On the Meanings of Wealth and Acquisition: Symbols of Jewelry in Artworks", Researchers 13, Beirut, 2009.

Books

  • Soufi, H. (2008). From Hurufia to Post Hurufia, (Under Editing).
  • Soufi, H. (2008). Movements in Art (Western and Arab World), 1500-2015.
  • Hind Al Soufi & Fateh Ben Amer (2008). Re-Reading Hurufia, Department of Culture, Sharjah.
  • Soufi, H. (2008). Al mara wal'amal al'am [Women and labor]. Tripoli: Ara Cultural Association.
  • Soufi, H. (2006). Ayqounat athoukoura bayna athabat wattahawoulat [The icon of masculinity between stability and transformations]. In A. Al-Amin, C. Boustany, M. Chaoul, & H. Soufi, Tafkik mafhoum athoukoura al-mouhaymina: Arroujoula waloubouwwa al-yawm [Dismantling the prevailing concept of masculinity: Masculinity and Fatherhood nowadays]. Beirut: Association of Lebanese Women Researchers.
  • Soufi, H. (2002). Al kota filawsat ashababiya [Quota among the youth]. Beirut: Lebanese Council of Women.
  • Soufi, H. (2001). Al-ma'loumat al-mouta'alliqa bilma'aref 'an alumam almuttahida fi koutob attarbiya al-wataniya wattanish`a al-madaniyya [Information on the knowledge of the United Nations in the books of national education and civic education]. Unpublished study for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
  • Soufi, H. (1999). Dawr al-hayat annisaiya ghayr al-houkoumiya fi rasm assiyasat al-'amma. Unpublished paper presented at the conference organized by the Foundation for International Training, Mariot Hotel, Beirut, 15-16 July.
  • Hind Al-Sufi, From Calligraphy to Beyond, forthcoming.
  • Al-Sufi, H. (2016). Artistic Trends in the Western and Arab Worlds since the Fifteenth Century, Lebanese University, Beirut.
  • Hind Al-Sufi & Fath Ben Amer. Leading in Arab Plastic Arts, Ministry of Culture - Arts Administration, Sharjah, 2008. Title of the section: "Leading in Arabic: A Study of Calligraphic Art." (Awarded the Sharjah Prize for Art Criticism)
  • Al-Sufi, H. (April 2008). Representations of Gender in Artistic Texts. Journal of Architecture and Art, 2.
  • Al-Sufi, H. (2008). Leading in Arabic: A Study of Calligraphic Art. In M. Shaheen, F. Ben Amer, & H. Al-Sufi, Between Textual and Visual, pp. 159-260. Sharjah: Culture and Information Department.
  • Al-Sufi, H. (2008). Women and Public Work. Tripoli: Cultural Opinions Association.
  • Al-Sufi, H. (2006). Iconography of Masculinity between Stability and Transformations. In A. Al-Amin, K. Bustani, M. Shawul, & H. Al-Sufi, Deconstructing the Concept of Dominant Masculinity: Manhood and Fatherhood Today. Beirut: Lebanese Researchers Collective.
  • Al-Sufi, H. (2002). Quota in Youth Circles. Beirut: Lebanese Women's Council.
  • Al-Sufi, H. (2001). Information Related to Knowledge about the United Nations in National Education and Civic Education Textbooks. Unpublished study for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
  • Al-Sufi, H. (1999). The Role of Non-Governmental Women's Organizations in Public Policy Making. Field study presented at the conference "The Role of Civil Organizations in Public Policy Making," International Training Institution, Marriott Hotel Beirut, September 15-16.
Major achievements: 
  • Author of two film scenarios: Documentary on Youth Participation in the Elections (2007) & Documentary on women participation in Decision Making (1999).
  • Author of more than 1000 articles and newspaper columns in the art critique genre, 1986 - present.
Exhibitions, lectures & performances: 
  • Entrepreneurs 961, Conference Palace, Paris, 2015.
  • Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka, 2014, 2012, and 2010.
  • Exhibition of Algiers as the Capital of Arab Culture, Algiers, November 2007.
  • Iran International Biennial, Tehran, October 2005 & 2007.
  • International Arab Exhibition in Damascus, Conference Palace, Damascus, August 2004.
  • Lattakia Biennale, People's Hall, Lattakia, 1989.
  • "For a Fairer World": Third World Artists Exhibition, Oxfam Hall, London, 1988.
  • French Cultural Center, Exhibition of Emerging Artists, Riyadh, 1988.
  • Algeria Capital of Culture, 2008.
  • International Biennale of Tehran, 2009, 2007, 2005.
  • Arab Annual Exhibition, National Library, Damascus, 2004.
  • For a Fairer World, Oxfam, London, 2000.
  • Lattakia Biennale, People Gallery, 1996.

Accomplishments

Distinctions: 
  • Honors From Tripoli Municipality for Founding Al Fayhaa Choir, 2003.
Awards: 
  • Creativity Award, Minister of Culture, Nov 2013
  • Art Critic Competition Award (Sharjah, UAE), 2007.
  • Best Assemblage for a Tree Form Competition, 2003.

Competences & Skills

Field(s) of Expertise: 
  • Arts Sciences
  • Gender
  • Economics
  • Activism
Languages: 
  • Arabic
  • French
  • English