Join Nasawiya and the Anti-Racism Movement as they host the avant-premiere of the documentary “The Lebanese Rocket Society: The Strange Tale of the Lebanese Space Race” at Metropolis cinema. Ticket sales go to benefit the work of Nasawiya and ARM.
Synopsis: The adventure of the Lebanese Rocket Society began, in the early sixties, at Haigazian University, a young Armenian University in Beirut, where a group of students, led by a professor of mathematics, Manoug Manougian, set up the Lebanese Rocket Society to “create and launch rockets for space study and exploration.”
They produced the first rocket of the Arab World. The project had no military character and was aimed at promoting science and research. Between 1960 and 1967 – at the time of the Space Race, revolutionary ideas, and Pan-Arabism – more than ten solid fuel Cedar rockets were launched.
Tickets: 20,000 LL
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