Words we use

The Society’s own words, and what each one means.

The Society: The AUIB Society of Arts and Letters (SAL), AUIB’s student organization for literature and the arts.
The Council: The Society’s nine elected and appointed seats: the President, the Vice President, the Secretary and six directors.
The Diwan: The staff’s side of the site, at auibsal.org/diwan, where officers do the Society’s work.
Your account: Your own pages on the site: Today, your events, your work, your card and your settings.
Qirtas: AUIB’s paper of news, letters and art, published by the Society on the site.
Edition: Qirtas’s themed collection, made from one call for work. Haven is the pilot.
The Sunday Paper: Qirtas’s monthly email, on the first Sunday of the month.
From the Society: The Society’s own announcements, on Qirtas’s front page.
Next Stop: The Society’s video series.
The Company: The Society’s theater company.
The Typewriter Tour: Where anyone types six words on a typewriter, for the Society’s six-word pages.
Second Chapter: The Society’s used-book drive: books are reused, not thrown away.
Hudhud: The Society’s Telegram bot, for reminders and the members’ group.
Member, Associate, Honorary Member, Guest: The four classes: AUIB students; faculty, staff and alumni; those the Council honors; everyone else.
Get involved: The open roles you can apply for, each with what it involves.
The Register: The private list of members, seen only by the Executive Board and the Director of Membership.
The Mutanabbi Prize: The Society’s yearly prize for writing and art, open to Members.
Qalam: The Society’s summer writing program for school students.