Contribute to local arts
With the purpose of contributing to the local art in Lebanon, the University has three groups that allow the students of the University to develop and explore skills related to art, students can belong to BAU - Artistic Clubs which is made up of Drama Club, Dance Club and Music Club. BAU also hosts musical and theater events that provide opportunities for college talent and local talent.
Since BAU values and nurtures talent, we have put forward the opportunity for our students to join any of three Artistic Clubs. Whether you are dazzled by the lights of the theater, the graceful movements of a dancer, or the harmonic sounds of the symphony.
Do you feel like you can convince anyone by acting? Are you confident enough to look crazy on a stage? BAU’s Drama Club is your chance to shine on stage and show your best. When you join this club, you’ll be able to participate in local and Arab festivals. You’ll also get to meet a variety of local and Arab actors and actresses.
Have you always aspired to become a member of a band or choir? ¿Do your friends tell you that you have an amazing voice? If you are that person, then BAU’s Student Activities invites you to join the Music Club. You will get to perform live in front of audiences from BAU and outside. You’ll regularly practice with others who share your interests; and you will be exposed to chances beyond your imagination.
Abdel Halim Caracall, the Lebanese creative artist from the City of Sun and history Baalbek, was BAU’s honoured guest at the "Success Story" organized by the Public Relations Department for the seventh year in a row in the presence of HE President Hussein Al-Husseini, Consultant to Prime Minister Saad Hariri Dr. Ammar Houri, BAU President Professor Amr Galal El-Adawi, and a crowd of artists and media figures as well as the guest’s friends and family along with BAU family and students.
As with every year, this event is an opportunity to highlight the successes of distinguished personalities. This year, Abdel Halim Caracalla, who received many appreciation and culture medals, engaged the audience with his personal and artistic experiences in which he transcended himself starting with heritage, being the main land and source of giving in search of the content and its dimensions to create an artistic form that is compatible with the subject.
For Caracalla, content is not affected by time, contrary to form that constantly alters with time and generations. In his poetic introduction of Caracalla, Poet Talal Haidar described him as the life-time friend, for they both come from Baalbek where they harvested the heritage seasons and wandered the temples together.
Caracalla was worried about a body attracted by the earth, so he used body language to write a language that can only be comprehended by a body that walks on the water".
The “Music Club” at the Students’ Activities Department will be holding its “Annual Musical Concert” under the title of “A Tune and Nostalgia”. The concert will take place on the 16th of May, 2022 at Jamal Abdel Nasser Hall - Beirut Site at 4:00 P.M.
The good old music days of Fairuz, the Rahbani Brothers, Salwa Quatrib, and Romeo Lahoud, were revived in over an hour and more, during which the audience were taken back in time at BAU.
These memories were lived in a Musical Concert organized by the Public Relations Administration at Beirut Arab University for “Amaken” Band - owned and supervised by Maestro Andre Hajj, the Main Conductor of the Lebanese National Orchestra - and the Singer Loreine Hage, whose sweet voice took the audience through time to the shores of serenity and peace through a selection of Oriental and Lebanese songs.
The Student Activities Department at Tripoli Campus performed the Annual Music Concert under the supervision of the Music Club instructor Mr. Rami Beck. The concert, which included a group of marvelous oriental and western songs, was performed by the members of the club; Dima Jaroudy, Amal Rahim, Aya Orabi, Radwan Baroudi, Karim Hammoud, and Haicam Drayai.
The concert ended with the “Sticky Notes" band, consisting of: George Karam, Karim Ghazzi, Mohsen Azizi and Karim Amoudi from the University of Balamand, and Fadi Yahia, Muhammad Kadour, and Dima Jaroudy from Beirut Arab University.
In the end, the Vice President for Tripoli branch Affairs Prof. Khaled Baghdady and Deputy for Secretary General Mr. Mohamad Hammoud thanked the Student Activities Department and members of the Music Club for their efforts by giving shields to each and a trophy for the Music Club instructor Rami Bek.
Within the series of diverse activities organized by the Student Activities Department at Beirut Arab University, the Drama Club presented its “Alb El Balad” play under the auspices of the University President Professor Amr Galal El Adawi. The play was presented within the Eighth University Festival organized by the Ministry of Culture at the UNESCO Palace on Friday 22/4/2016 and in Jamal Abdul Nasser Hall at Beirut Arab University on Tuesday and Friday 4-5/5/2016.
The events of the play take place at one of the 1950s modest hotels. One of the hotel guests who range between scholars and figures of culture, media and arts is murdered. Things get worse with the arrival of Abou Shafik, the opportunist non-professional detective as the investigation conducted is based on the struggle among those who call themselves the elite. The play and the investigation come out with a surprise ending which shows the collapse of every detail of our life which resembles that humble and ramshackle hotel.
In addition to the actor Wissam Sabbagh, the cast of characters also includes students Mohammad Darwish, Maya Shamsi Basha, Rashel Rashid, Rima Shehade, Ahmad Hamesh, Nourhan Ghizzawi, Zeina Hayek, Soulave El Juaid, Farah Jawad, Lilian Shmeit, Omar Al Daouk, and Abdel Ghani Slaii. The crew consists of the lighting technician Youssef Hamza, Sound technician Hassan Khalil, Scenic designers Hassan Al Samawi and Noura Berjawi, Special makeup and hair artist Maysoun Hilal, makeup artist Reem Lawand, Ad designer Nader Hassan, Stage director Nader Darwish, author Mohammad Al Saoudi and Director Hassan Al Masri.
In recognition of his great career, Salah Tizani, the well-known actor (Abou Salim) was granted BAU’s honorary shield by the Director of the Student Activities Department Ms. Nadine Abla after the first show in Jamal Abdul nasser Hall.
Drama Club 2014-15 All Set
Under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Amr Galal El Adawi, President of Beirut Arab University, the Drama Club presented its play “Mahlouleh” on 28-29/4 2015 in Jamal Abed Al Nasser Hall. “Mahlouleh” depicts real life by portraying its harsh reality and invites people to face any difficulties inside their country away from migration. Wissam receives an offer from the Lebanese producer, Murad, who runs a channel in London. However, his family members, driven by their logical reasons, try hard to block this offer by any means possible. His wife is looking for fame as a TV and cinema star and is not inclined to give up her dream and leave to the City of Fog.
Wissam’s mother cannot find any rational excuse to leave Lebanon, especially after her sister Fadwa, who newly returned from Australia, persuades her that Lebanon is a piece of heaven on earth. Jad, the son, rejects the idea of traveling without any second thoughts.
The actors who participated in the play were Omar Daouk, Mohammad Darwish, Rima Shehadeh, Mustafa Al Halabi, Stephanie Shahrouk and Sulaf Al Juaid, as well as Drama Club alumni Rania Hamandi, Rana Bahlawan and Rayan Al Alti. The play was written by Claudia Marshalian, directed by Hassan Al Masri and supervised by Wissam Sabbagh.
Dance Club
If you get excited by the rhythmic movements of dancers on a stage, then this is the right club for you. Our dance club will teach you two main kinds of dances, modern dance and folk dance.
You’ll also be exposed to other forms of dance like oriental dancing. You’ll get the chance to perform on stage in front of an audience at BAU and outside in competitions and international events.
Under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Amr Galal El Adawi, President of Beirut Arab University, the First Art and Music Festival was held on Wednesday 14-05-2014 in Beirut campus. This event was organized and supervised by Ms. Nadine Abla, Director of the Student Activities Department.
The festival hosted the art teams from Beirut, Debbieh and Tripoli campuses. The teams presented a set of Arabic and foreign songs, as well as folk and modern dances derived from folk and modern dance clubs.
It also included an exhibition of paintings by students and artists from the Russian Cultural Center. The event was attended by students from various faculties, faculties’ deans and administrators. In the end, Ms. Abla presented commemorative shields to all teams and trainers.
Have you always aspired to become a member of a band or choir? Do your friends tell you that you have an amazing voice? If you are that person, then BAU’s Student Activities invites you to join the Music Club. You will get to perform live in front of audiences from BAU and outside. You’ll regularly practice with others who share your interests; and you will be exposed to chances beyond your imagination.
Under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Amr Galal El Adawi, President of BAU and on the occasion of concluding the spring semester, the Student Activities Department organized the music club concert that was held in Jamal Abed Al Nasser Hall on Thursday 30/4/2015. The concert was attended by faculty deans, academic and non-academic staff and interested students.
Traditional Egyptian and Lebanese songs including Sabah’s and Rahbanis’ as well as modern ones were presented. For one whole hour, the band charmed the audience with their fascinating music.
BAU Music Club – Beirut Campus participated in the concert held in the Earth Hour campaign at Pavillon Royal Biel on Saturday 28/3/2015. This campaign was launched by G organization and MTV in an initiative aiming to turn off the lights for an hour to save the environment. This concert included a music battle between university music bands in cooperation with Beirut Arab University – Beirut Campus, Lebanese American University, American University of Beirut and Saint Joseph University.
