Projects
The Barakat Trust has funded a unique collection of research and projects over the last 30 years, which needs to be collated and archived. We are currently trying to fundraise to develop a digital collection and educational pack to make this research available to the public.
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A selection of the publication projects The Barakat Trust has funded and supported
A selection of the conversation projects The Barakat Trust has funded and supported
A selection of the architecture projects The Barakat Trust has funded and supported
A selection of the archaeology projects The Barakat Trust has funded and supported
A selection of the manuscript projects The Barakat Trust has funded and supported
A selection of the calligraphy projects The Barakat Trust has funded and supported
A selection of the Barakat Culture Vulture projects The Barakat Trust has funded and supported
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 delivered with Asia House on February 12th, 2019. The first event, attended by 150 people, was a series of talks entitled "Cultural Encounters in Medieval Islam". The event comprised talks [...]
Dr Olga Bush
Dr Olga Bush is a scholar of Islamic art and architecture, whose research interests engage interdisciplinary methods and theoretical issues in a wide variety of topics ranging from the relationship of poetry to architecture in medieval Muslim aesthetics to nineteenth-century European and American Orientalism, to patronage of the arts in twentieth-century [...]
Amal
Amal provides opportunities for people in Britain, regardless of their faith or beliefs, to come together and explore the rich diversity of Muslim cultures and arts including storytelling, visual arts, theatre, poetry, music, dance and film. Amal facilitates experiences, encounters and discoveries that help to address the complex and critical [...]
Athr Gallery
We would like to Thank Athr Gallery for all its support of the Barakat Trust and for donating art works by Ahmed Mater, Saddiq Wassil and Maha Malluh amongst others.
Haji Husein Alireza & Co
'Celebrating The Barakat Trust’s 25th Anniversary', Sponsored by Haji Hussein Alireza and Aston Martin The Barakat Trust marked 25 years of supporting the study and conservation of the material and visual culture of Islamic Heritage. The benefit dinner took place in the presence of Barakat Friends, trustees and supporters and [...]
Aston Martin
Aston Martin Profile 'Celebrating The Barakat Trust’s 25th Anniversary', Sponsored by Haji Hussein Alireza and Aston Martin The Barakat Trust marked 25 years of supporting the study and conservation of the material and [...]
The Wells of Memory
One of the first travelers in a century to walk through the Hejaz desert of Saudi Arabia, Paul Salopek encounters a fabled past of caravans and pilgrims, of empires come and gone. He encounters cultural preservationists including trustees of The Barakat Trust. More »
