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Impermanent Monuments, Lasting Legacies: The Dār al-Khilāfa of Samarra and Palace Building in Early Abbasid Iraq
This book offers a new interpretation of early Abbasid palaces as “impermanent monuments.” Synthesizing an array of sources, ranging from archaeological finds and classical Arabic literature to modern studies on [...]
Press: Helping Gaza university restore a Sufi institute
We are delighted to be funding the Iwan Center for Cultural Heritage at the Faculty of Engineering at the Islamic University of Gaza in an important forthcoming project. This project [...]
Hands On Islamic Art Project – Congratulations Grant Winner!
We have some exciting news: our grants committee have made their decisions. It's time to start announcing the grant-winners of this year's Hands On Islamic Art Project, sponsored by [...]
Islamic Baydha Archaeological Excavation Video
Enjoy the video of the Islamic Baydha Archaeological Excavation Project in Petra, Jordan supported by The [...]
Islamic Baydha Archaeological Excavation Featured in Jordan Times
Dr Micaela Sinibaldi, director of the archaeological excavations taking place in al-Baydha, Jordan, supported by The Barakat Trust is interviewed [...]
The Architecture of the Veil – Damascene Houses
'Damascene Houses - preserving the memory of an architectural wonder'. In 2017-18, Augustus Lersten was awarded a grant [...]
Hamida Alireza, Founding Barakat Trustee Receives the Saudi-British Society Rawabi Holdings Award
The Barakat Trust is proud to announce that Ms Hamida Alireza, one its founding trustees, received the Rawabi Holding Award [...]
Launch of Converging Paths on February 12th, 2019.
We are very happy to announce the successful launch of our year-long series of cultural events "Converging Paths" developed and [...]
Dr Mariam Rosser-Owen
Curator Middle East, Asian Department, Victoria & Albert Museum, UK curator responsible for te Arab World Collections at the [...]
Professor Jeremy Johns
Chairman of the Academic Advisory Committee; Director, Khalili Research Centre; Lecturer in Islamic Archaeology, University of Oxford, UK Interested in [...]