Our upcoming Events

We  have been forced to postpone our events planned for March 2020, April and May 2020.

While the office remains closed, we are already working on exciting content to share with you all through our website and digital channels, please follow us on our platforms: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and keep an eye on our regular e-newsletter.

Introduction to Nuristani Woodcarving

May 2 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Introduction to Nuristani Woodcarving

May 3 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Polymaths in Islamic Civilisation and Beyond

May 5 @ 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm

The Smell of the Past: Perfumes, Incense and Other Olfactory Miracles

May 12 @ 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm

Beauty and Pleasure in Islamic Art

May 21 @ 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm

The Palestinian Museum Gardens: Nature, Culture and Identity

May 23 @ 1:15 pm - 3:00 pm

Hello Psychaleppo

May 30 @ 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm

UK Partner Events

Metissage, the contrapuntal and heterotopia’

April 30 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Anthropology and Art: Museums, Galleries and Globalisation | Goldsmiths University

April 30 @ 6:30 pm - July 2 @ 8:30 pm

Introduction to Nuristani Woodcarving

May 2 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Introduction to Nuristani Woodcarving

May 3 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Polymaths in Islamic Civilisation and Beyond

May 5 @ 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm

The Smell of the Past: Perfumes, Incense and Other Olfactory Miracles

May 12 @ 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm

Beauty and Pleasure in Islamic Art

May 21 @ 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm

The Palestinian Museum Gardens: Nature, Culture and Identity

May 23 @ 1:15 pm - 3:00 pm

Hello Psychaleppo

May 30 @ 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Art of Ottoman Floral Illumination

June 12 @ 10:00 am - June 14 @ 5:00 pm

Past Events

Matisse in Studio and his Islamic collections

22/09/2017 @ 6:30 am - 10:00 pm

Barakat 30th Anniversary

05/10/2017 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Culture in Crisis: From Cairo to Aleppo; exploring the photographic archive of K.A.C Creswell

03/11/2017 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

The Barakat Trust’s Grants 2018 Open for Applications

03/01/2018 @ 9:00 am - 31/03/2018 @ 12:00 am

Misr and Mosque: Architectural Splendour and Political Authority in Medieval Cairo

19/07/2018 @ 6:30 am - 8:00 am

The Barakat Trust’s Lectures with Leighton House Museum

04/10/2018 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

The Arabesque in the Architecture of Islamic Cairo (9th – 16th Century)

11/10/2018 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Pop-Up Palaces: A journey through 1000 years of Egypt’s ceremonial tent-making tradition

14/11/2018 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Literary and visual themes in 17th century manuscript of the Divan of Baki

11/12/2018 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Converging Paths: Cultural Encounters in Medieval Islam

12/02/2019 @ 12:00 am

Converging Paths: Joseph Tawadros – The Art of the Oud

19/03/2019 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Halos and Hunting: Depicting Power at Jahangir’s Court

02/04/2019 @ 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm

Departures: A Photographic Journey Through the Islamic World

12/04/2019 @ 10:00 am - 03/05/2019 @ 6:00 pm

Departures Exhibition: Free Curator’s Tours with The Barakat Trust

13/04/2019 @ 12:00 pm - 01/05/2019 @ 12:45 pm

Converging Paths: Photography and the Middle East: Documentation, Orientalism and Espionage

18/04/2019 @ 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm

Making the Modern Using the Traditional: The Materiality of Mosque and Church

08/05/2019 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Time & Earthly Paradise: Watchmaking inspired by great buildings of the Islamic World

08/05/2019 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Palm Revolution: From Discarded Palm Ribs to Contemporary Furniture

11/05/2019 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Past & Present: Modern Islamic Architecture in the Gulf

16/05/2019 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Site Visit: 15 Clerkenwell Close

05/06/2019 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm