February 2, 2016
On June 5, 2015, the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) Lebanon Cultural Committee and the AGBU Young Professionals of Lebanon, in collaboration with the Schizzo Design Art Gallery, organized HARUR, a design exhibitionin honor of the centenary of the Armenian Genocide.
HARUR is the first partnership between AGBU Lebanon and the Beirut Design Week, a platform to network, share knowledge and showcase talent to strengthen creative economies, develop entrepreneurship and promote Lebanon’s innovative culture. For a full week, more than 150 events in almost 100 locations around Beirut celebrated the best of Lebanese and international design and brought together more than 25,000 visitors.
AGBU Lebanon shared with visitors the artwork of internationally renowned artists, such as Guvder, Bernard Khoury, LédaKeuchguérian, Delphine Gebrane Markarian, Sara Melki& Jean Paul Karajian, VahramNajjar-Aghazarian and Raffi Tokatlian.