Meem was happy to welcome 18 young men and women from Denmark touring Lebanon and Syria and getting to know local traditions and cultures. The very cool visitors enjoyed a tour of the House and had a discussion with Meem members about the situation of LGBT in Lebanon. Their project is called Next Stop and you can read more about it here.

Meem members have rallied behind a fellow member of the Meem community who is facing dire social stigma and discrimination because of their gender identity. Within 48 hours, we were able to raise over $2,000 in personal donations from more than 65 members to support a friend in need.

To improve Meem’s services and activities in 2009, we’ve been conducting a satisfaction survey with 165 of our members through one-on-one meetings. We’ll be using this data collected to set our strategy in the upcoming retreat in 2009. Na3mal li ajlikom

We’re on a recruitment campaign this December to find 29 more members before 2009 so that we close the year at 300 members. Yeah, we thought it would be a cute campaign to have So far, we’re 4 down and 25 to go!

We would like to thank our generous donors this month: Joanna from Germany who donated DVDs to our library and Joana from Lebanon who donated equipment to our house. Thank you very much!