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Join Arthur Bijl for a revealing conversation about the forgotten meanings of arms and armour, once a global symbol of male status, fashion and identity. Arthur draws upon the magnificent Wallace Collection to challenge our understanding of what we think of today simply as 'weapons'. He tell us the [...]
Celebrating Women in Islamic Arts, Heritage and Culture To celebrate, International Women's Day we have selected women, who over the last 35 years have received grants from The Barakat Trust, or have guided the charity as a Trustee or an Academic Advisory Committee Member. All the these women have [...]
Launch of Hands on Islamic Arts UK Grants Fostering Inclusiveness and understanding through community engagement with Islamic art heritage in the United Kingdom The Barakat Trust has recently received a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to create this new grant category. This category will offer [...]
We Are Hiring! We are looking for a Communications Coordinator to join our team! Help us tell the world how wonderful and amazing Islamic Arts, Heritage and Culture are! Job description This part-time role will require somebody to be responsible for the promotion and communications aspects of a National [...]
Join Kareem Ibrahim, an architect and CEO of Takween Integrated Community Development, as he reveals an Egyptian hidden gem, the ancient city of Esna, and an innovative project to introduce sustainable tourism through community "site-doing"rather than site-seeing! Kareem Ibrahim is an Egyptian architect and urban researcher who graduated [...]
BRIEF FINAL REPORT season 2021 Introduction The project, as part of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Saudi Arabia (season 2021), took place from 10/17/2021 to 11/19/2021, proceeding with both the archaeological research and excavation work and the restoration work for the immediate consolidation of the structures excavated inside the Dūmat [...]
The Barakat Trust’s grant applications programme for 2022 opened on 1 January 2022 and will close at midnight GMT on 31 March 2022. No applications received after that date will be considered. Applicants will be informed of The Barakat Trust’s decision at the end of May 2022 (a month later than [...]
Join Glaire Anderson for a fascinating conversation about one of great inventors of Andalusia: Abbas Ibn Firnas, who successfully invented a glider plane in the 9th century, and undertook the first known flight when in his 60s! Find out about this fascinating man, his many inventions, and the relationship [...]
Join Matt Saba for a fascinating conversation about the magnificent palaces built by the Abbasid Caliphs of Iraq. This dynasty realised that kingdoms invariably rose and fell, and that the longest lasting legacy of their reign would be literature. Matt Saba is Visual Resources Librarian for Islamic Architecture at [...]
This month's expert, Nikolaos Vryzidis, is postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of History and Archaeology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He received his PhD from SOAS, University of London with a thesis on the Greek Orthodox Church's use of Ottoman textiles. His scholarly work primarily explores issues of [...]
