BEIRUT: The American University of Beirut will launch the first-ever Israeli Apartheid Week on March 1-6. A statement from AUB said Beirut will be joining more than 40 cities around the world in marking the event, which began in 2005. A program of lectures, film screenings, student round tables, workshops and music will response to the call of Palestinian civil society for the "Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions" (BDS) against Israel.