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One Day Left To Apply For Grants
Hugo Cook2023-03-30T13:48:26+01:00Tags: Archaeology, architecture, Art, Art History, Barakat, collections, cultural, Egypt, Galleries, Gallery, heritage, Islamic, Islamic Art, lebanon, Manuscripts, Middle East, morocco, museum, Museums, quran, Syria, Turkey, turkiye|
Do you have a project, post, or publication in need of funding, one that relates to Islamic art and heritage? There’s still time to apply for our 2023 awards. [...]
Congratulations New Grantee – Glaire Anderson
Hugo Cook2023-02-17T15:18:36+00:00Tags: Abbas Ibn Firnas, academic, Aga Khan, architecture, Archives, Art, Art History, assassin's creed, Barakat, Barakat Trust, Barakat Trust grants, book, Cultural Heritage, curricula, decolonisation, digital art history, Digital Lab for Islamic Visual Culture & Collections, education, ESRC, Galleries, Glaire Anderson, GLAM, Grant, Grantee, Grants 2022, historical, history, indus, Islam, Islamic, Islamic Architecture, Islamic Art, Islamicate, medieval, MENA, Middle East and North Africa, museum, Museums, oud, Publication, publish, Storytelling, The Barakat Trust, University of Edinburgh, video games, visual|
Congratulations to one of our 2022 grantees! We are thrilled to fund Glaire Anderson in her project. So what is the project? About the project: The Barakat Trust is [...]
Remembering Iradj Bagherzade, 1942-2023
Hugo Cook2023-02-09T11:28:50+00:00Tags: academic, Afghanistan, Art, Barakat, Barakat Trust, book, books, cultural, film, history, Iran, Iranian, Islam, Islamic, Islamic Art, Islamic World, London, Middle East, oud, Persian, Publication, publish, scholarship, stories, The Barakat Trust|
We are greatly saddened by the passing of Iradj Bagherzade on 8th January 2023 in London. Born in Vienna, Iradj studied for a degree in law at Oxford University, [...]
Congratulations New Grantee – Romolo Loreto
Congratulations to one of our 2022 grantees! We are thrilled to fund Romolo Loreto in his research. So what [...]
Congratulations New Grantee – Konstantinos Politis
Congratulations to one of our 2022 grantees! We are thrilled to fund Konstantinos Politis in his research. So what is [...]
Aga Khan Award for Architecture – A new podcast with Farrokh Derakhshani
Join Farrokh Derakhshani for an inside look into the 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, one of the most [...]
News: Diriyah Biennale Foundation announces Hajj Terminal in Jeddah as the location for first-ever Islamic Arts Biennale
Curatorial Team from left to right: Sumayya Vally, Dr. Julian Raby, Dr. Saad Alrashid, Dr. Omniya Abdel Barr, Diriyah [...]
Interview: The Archaeology of Islamic Sicily – with Angelo Castrorao Barba and the Superintendence of Palermo
Of all the important centres of the historic Islamic World, there is one region that many do not realise [...]
Congratulations New Grantee – Shahira Yatim
Congratulations to one of our 2022 grantees! We are thrilled to provide a scholarship to the exceptional Shahira Yatim and fund [...]
Jeddah: Crossroads of the World – A new podcast with Ahmad Angawi
Join celebrated artist Ahmad Angawi as he explores how Jeddah has been influenced by many cultures, from Morocco to [...]
Congratulations New Grantee – Abdul Rehman Qadir
Congratulations to one of our 2022 grantees! We are thrilled to provide a scholarship to the brilliant Abdul Rehman Qadir and [...]
Congratulations New Grantee – Agnieszka Bystroń
Congratulations to one of our 2022 grantees! We are thrilled to fund Dr Agnieszka Bystroń for her research as she [...]
Congratulations New Grantee – The Kairouan Manuscript Project
Congratulations to one of our 2022 grantees! We are thrilled to fund The Kairouan Manuscript Project in their project. So [...]