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The Barakat Trust Grants Awards Programme is Now Open
The Barakat Trust Grants Awards Programme is now open! The Barakat Trust’s grant applications programme for 2021 opened on 1 January 2021 and will close at midnight GMT on 31 [...]
Episode 9 Season 2: Who are the Parsis? with Sarah Stewart
Dr Sarah Stewart is Shapoorji Pallonji Senior Lecturer in Zoroastrianism and co-chair of the Institute of Zoroastrian Studies at SOAS, as well as curator of The Everlasting Flame, Zoroastrianism in History and Imagination [...]
Podcast 8 Season 2: Reviving the Cradle of Hindustani Culture with Ratish Nanda
Ratish Nanda, CEO of Aga Khan Cultural Services - India, tells us about his work and how the Aga Khan Trust for Culture helps transform neighbourhoods and communities based on [...]
Podcast 7 Season 2: Contextualising the Occult with Liana Saif
Liana Saif explores how divination, talismans, amulets and ritual have helped people address social anxieties and cultural challenges throughout history. [...]
Podcast 6 Season 2: The Taj Mahal with Mehreen Chida-Razvi
Mehreen Chida-Razvi takes us on a journey to one of the 'New Seven Wonders of the World': the Taj Mahal. [...]
Podcast 5 Season 2: A World of Pearls with Robert Carter
Robert Carter, Professor of Arabian and Middle Eastern Archaeology at University College London, takes us through 7,000 years of the [...]
Podcast 4 Season 2: The Epics of Heroes with Jaimee Comstock-Skipp
Jaimee Comstock-Skipp takes us on a magical journey to learn more about the epic poem of Iran: Firdausī’s Shāhnāma - [...]
Podcast 3 Season 2: A Journey to the Summit of Mount Sinai with George Manginis
George Manginis, Academic Director at the Benaki Museum in Athens, sheds light on the importance of the Monastery of St. [...]
Webinar 1: Egyptian Applique Work in a Global World – An Online Demonstration
Watch our webinar with Hany Abdel Kader and Mohamed Abdel Wahed, two Egyptian master-stitchers who will demonstrate their ancient craft. [...]
New Podcast: The Story of Coffee with Nancy Um
Nancy Um, Professor of Art History at Binghamton University, takes us on a journey to discover the stories and myths [...]
Arts in Isolation Podcasts Season 2 Episode 1: Cultural Resilience in a Changing World with Salma Tuqan
Salma Tuqan, Deputy Director of Delfina Foundation and former Contemporary Middle East Curator at the V&A, provides insights into the [...]
How Syrians are adapting to home away from home
As a result of the Syrian crisis, many people have left their homeland and started to live abroad. Some came [...]
Barakat Trust Grantees for 2020
Through the generosity of donors around the world, The Barakat Trust is happy to be able to support the following [...]