Sinem Erdoğan İşkorkutan earned her Ph.D. from Boğaziçi University Department of History in September 2017. Her research focuses on the early modern Ottoman visual culture and Ottoman cultural history. Her PhD thesis presented the first comprehensive monograph on an Ottoman imperial festival and it was awarded with the Boğaziçi University [...]
Watch our webinar with Hany Abdel Kader and Mohamed Abdel Wahed, two Egyptian master-stitchers who will demonstrate their ancient craft. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caI3Co55BfQ This webinar has been made available by The Barakat Trust and its supporters. Please consider supporting the work of The Barakat Trust by: Making a donation: https://barakat.org/support-us/donations/ Becoming [...]
As a result of the Syrian crisis, many people have left their homeland and started to live abroad. Some came to reside in the United Kingdom. The experience of this change has been overwhelming for many; while others have adapted to their newfound homes with relative ease. In these times, [...]
Kristine Rose-Beers ACR is Head of Conservation at the Chester Beatty in Dublin, Ireland, and an accredited member of the Institute of Conservation (ICON). She graduated from the Conservation programme at Camberwell College of Arts in 2002. Kristine’s research interests include the conservation of Islamic manuscript material, early binding structures, [...]
Dear Friends and Colleagues It is with profound sadness that we share the sad news of the loss of a previous grantee Dr Abdullah Ghouchani, on Thursday, 6 August 2020, in Tehran. He is survived by his beloved wife, who was with him in Tehran, and his two daughters, Golnaz [...]
In the year of 2010, Tamer launched SA’AID “Tamer and the Community” with the aim of creating tangible and sustainable difference in the lives of poeple in our community. SA’AID aims to enrich its social responsibility through initiating and supporting different projects that focus on leveling up the health, education, [...]
Paul Reynolds (from 2006, ICREA/Universitat de Barcelona) is a leading specialist in Roman to late Antique and early Islamic ceramics, trade networks and economic history of the Mediterranean, based primarily on the archaeological evidence for the production and distribution of table wares, amphorae and kitchen wares. Following a B.A. degree [...]
The Asfari Foundation is a British grant-making charity set up by Ayman and Sawsan Asfari in 2006. The Foundation focuses its efforts in the Levant and UK, with particular attention to the situation of the Syrian diaspora. Through its grant-making programmes, the Foundation invests in, and supports the sustainability of, [...]
Director Seif El Rashidi is an architectural historian with 20 years of expertise working on heritage preservation and managing projects related to promoting public engagement with heritage and culture. Seif was formerly the Project Manager of Layers of London (2016-2020), developed by the Institute of Historical Research at the University [...]
Trustee Faye Behbehani is an independent cultural and heritage consultant. She received her bachelor's in Business Management and International Studies from Bentley College, USA, in 2003 and her master's in the History of Art and Architecture of the Islamic Middle East from SOAS, University of London, in 2023. She [...]
