Director and producer
Nada Raphaël

She studied in Beirut and Montreal and got Bachelor’s degrees in audiovisual studies, in communication and in journalism. She also worked on improving her skills as a photographer, camera woman, a journalist, a theater director, a project manager, in communications, and in editing.

Now a professional in the art of the image, the sound and the word, she created Electrochocks Productions in 2003 in Montreal, a production company for which she co-produces and directs documentaries covering different events.

As a photographer she has a human look on the current events in the Middle-East, more specifically in Lebanon, where her abilities as a journalist allow her to investigate and collect images and testimonies.

Joelle Sfeir is in charge of communications in Montreal. She got a Bachelor’s degree in Environment and Land Management in Lebanon and worked on her skills as a writer, in PR, as a translator and a journalist.

In 2005 her short story “L’arbre rouge” (The Red Tree) is published in “Mignardises”, a book collecting short stories and published in Switzerland.

She has also published texts online; she works for many companies as a translator and an editor. Press communiqués, translations, letters and narratives have become her specialty.

Assistant Producers

Mihee-Nathalie Lemoine

Georges Massara

Pamela Chrabieh Badine

Pamela Chrabieh Badine holds a PhD in Sciences of Religions. She is a Visiting Research Scholar and Director of International Relations (Canada Research Chair, Islam, Pluralism and Globalization, University of Montreal).

She teaches at the University of Holy Spirit - Kaslik and St-Joseph University of Beirut (Lebanon). Artist, blogger and author of many publications, including: Icones du Liban, au carrefour du dialogue des cultures, Montréal, Carte Blanche, 2003; A la rencontre de l'Islam. Itinéraire d'une spiritualité composite et engagée, Montreal, Médiaspaul, 2006; Voix-es de paix au Liban. Contribution de jeunes de 25-40 ans à la reconstruction nationale, Beyrouth, Dar el-Machreq, 2008; La gestion de la diversité au Liban, visions de jeunes du secondaire, Beyrouth, Dar el-Machreq, 2009.

Carla Eddé

A Historian whose field of expertise is Contemporary Lebanon, Carle Edde has a joint thesis PhD with the Saint-Joseph University (SJU) and the Aix-Marseille I University entitled: Beirut: the emergence of the Lebanese capital in the shadow of the French mandate.

She is Head of the History Department of the Arts and Science Faculty at the SJU. She also is the co-editor in chief of the Journal Tempora – History and Archeology Annals - and she wrote more than twenty articles.

Nour Farra Haddad

Nour Farra-Haddad holds a PhD in Religious Anthropology. She is an affiliated researcher to the IFPO (French Institute for the Middle-East) and she teaches at the Saint-Joseph University of Beirut (Lebanon).

She is a Manager with a strong business consultancy background and in-depth experience in the Middle East tourism industry. She's a specialist in pilgrimages and religious tourism. She was Manager of Lebanon Roots for five years; a travel agency specialized in pilgrimage and religious tourism. Her credentials include one PhD in Religious Anthropology, one Masters in Anthropology and two BS degrees in archeology and anthropology. She holds a diploma of tourist guide from the Ministry of tourism and was Vice-president of the Lebanese tour guides syndicate.

She is also a founding member of the Association for the development of pilgrimages and religious tourism affiliated to the Maronite Patriarchate in Bkerke.

Tarek Tawil

Tarek Tawil holds an MBA in Marketing from AUST in Beirut. He has worked as a project manager and director for several companies throughout the Arab world. In his role as Director of Production, Tarek has been able to merge his passion for photography with his expertise in research and development processes to this project.

Youmna Raphaël

Youmna Raphael holds a DESS in Management at HEC of Montreal.

Freelancer as a graphic designer, she creates multiple websites, business cards, flyers, posters etc since 2001.

She pushes furthermore her education in 2D and 3D animation, holding an Attestation d’Etudes Collégiales at ICARI in Montrealas well as a Bachelor Degree in Arts and Advertising at Montreal University.

Since 2006, she works as a Project Manager in compagnies in Montreal and Beirut.

Full team:

Pictures
Nada RAPHAËL

Texts
Nada RAPHAËL
Joëlle SFEIR

Translations
Caroline KÜNZLE
Hady RAPHAËL
Joe SFEIR
Joëlle SFEIR

Design
Youmna RAPHAËL

Logo
Philippe Saad

Comic Strips
M.the G.R.O.W Genuine
Red Organic Wig
Alias Mariejoe FERZLI

Proofreaders
Christine ASFAR
Sylvie COBO
Gabriel ELLIS
Anne GENEVRIEZ
Hady RAPHAËL
Nada RAPHAËL
Youmna RAPHAËL
Joe SFEIR
Joëlle SFEIR
Natacha SIKIAS
Diane VARLET
Alan WONG

Researchers
Pamela CHRABIEH BADINE
Carla EDDÉ
Nour FARRA HADDAD

Glossary
Nour FARRA HADDAD
Anne GENEVRIEZ
Joëlle SFEIR
Nayla TABBARA

Field Researchers
Nada RAPHAËL
Joëlle SFEIR
Tarek TAWIL

Production & Administration
Yasmina KHALIFÉ
Nathalie-Mihee LEMOINE
Georges MASSARRA
Nada RAPHAËL
Joëlle SFEIR

Website
Laura ABI CHEDID

Contributors
Lisa ABI CHEDID
Suhail ABUALSAMEED
Alaa AL FAHAD
Ray DERIANE
Pamela FARHAT GABY
Robert GABY
Paul KHALIFÉ
Alma KHASAWNIH
Marc KHOURY
Afaf MAHBOUB
Philippe SAAD
Frédéric SFEIR
Elsa SIKIAS