Lilian Korban Akl

Free Lance Journalist

A writer, journalist, and researcher, have an extensive experience in the field of journalism and writing articles in Lebanese, Arab, and African newspapers and electronic media platforms.

 

Intellectual and Research Output

My third book “Greater Lebanon in the Diaspora Press (1908-1926)” (Loubnan Al Kabir Fi Al Sahafa Al Mahjariyaa)

ü Signing ceremony during Abu Dhabi International Book Fair on May 24th, 2023.

ü Symposium within the activities of Beirut, the capital of Arab media, on May 3rd, 2023.

ü Signing ceremony within the activities of the Beirut International Arab Book Fair on December 6th, 2023

 

My second book, "Expatriate in Two Homes" (Moghtariba Fi Watanayn)

ü Symposium and signing ceremony at the Dhour El-Shuwair Evangelical Center, Ain Al-Qassis - Dhour El-Shuwair (Lebanon) on July 30th, 2021

ü Symposium and signing ceremony at the Beirut Book Fair on behalf of Saer Al-Mashreq House (Lebanon) on March 5th, 2022.

 

November 26, 2021

Participated through a research paper entitled “The Concept of National Responsibility for the Lebanese Press when Declaring the State of Greater Lebanon” in the conference of the Arab Association for Media and Communication Sciences.

 

April 23rd, 2019 - April 25th, 2019

Participated in a research paper entitled: “Arab feminist discourse to where” in the works of the 23rd Philadelphia International Conference, held in Amman - Jordan, and chaired one of the sessions of this conference.

 

January 3rd, 2019

Participated in a symposium about the book “Professor Philip Salem and Sectarianism Cancer” by the researcher Jean Daye, which was organized by the Cultural Movement in Antelias.

 

November 28th, 2018

Participated in a research paper entitled: “Media misleading through websites” at the First International Scientific Conference organized in Beirut on 28/11/2018, the Center of International Justice Leaders in Lebanon under the title: “Electronic and Digital Addiction in the Arab World” (Practices and Challenges).

 

My first book, “Media Misleading in the Lebanese Presidential Gap”

ü Signing ceremony at the Cultural Center in the municipality of Dhour El-Shuwair (Lebanon) on July 17th, 2016.

ü Signing ceremony at the Lebanese Embassy in Accra, the capital of the African country Ghana. On September 8th, 2016

 

2021 – 2023

Writer/Editor:

·         Al Nahar El-Arabi

 

1992 – 2002

Writer/Editor:

ü “Al-Hasnaa” magazine

ü “Laha” magazine

ü “Al-Hayat” newspaper

ü Al-Nahar Al-Arabi

ü Weekly article in Nigerian magazine OVATION (West Africa)

ü Member of the Ghana Journalists Union

ü Member of the Lebanese Press Club

ü Participated in workshops and conferences on:

o  Women’s issues, diaspora affairs, and media and communication sciences in the Arab world.

o  Freedom of expression and human rights regulated by the United Nations and international, Arab and Lebanese media institutions.

o  Problems of media sciences in Arab societies.

 

Publishing different scientific research in peer-reviewed journals.

 

Education

 

Lebanese University - Higher Institute of Doctorate in Social Sciences and Humanities

2018 – 2022: The Lebanese PhD in Media and Communication Sciences, with distinction, dated 06/28/2022.

 

Lebanese University – Faculty of Information and Documentation – El Fanar

2014 – 2016    : Masters in Media and Communication Sciences Research II.

2011                : Masters in Media and Communication Sciences – Research I.

1993                : Bachelor Degree in Press and News Agencies

 

Languages

 

Arabic (Mother Tongue)

English

French

 

Personal Information

 

Address            : Bsalim

Place of Birth   : Dhour El Choueir, Mount Lebanon

Date of Birth    : 8 January 1970

Gender              : Female

Phone                : 00961 3 240 950

Marital Status   : Married to Dr. Jihad Joseph Akl

Mother of 2 kids: Jad was born in 1996 and Lynn was born in 2005

Email                : lilianekorban69@gmail.com

 

References

 

References available upon request.