Heritage
A selection of reports on the heritage projects we have supported and funded in the field of Islamic Art, Heritage and Culture since we were founded in 1987
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Congratulations New Grantee – Romolo Loreto
Congratulations to one of our 2022 grantees! We are thrilled to fund Romolo Loreto in his research. So what is the project? About the project: Since 2009 the Italian archaeological mission in Saudi Arabia has been carrying out archaeological research in Dumat al-Jandal. Since 2016 the study has focused on the excavation of the Islamic core of the site, revolving around the 'Umar mosque and Marid castle. This area mainly reveals archaeological data about [...]
Aliyu Adamu Isa
Aliyu Adamu Isa is a Lecturer in the Department and Heritage Studies, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria-Nigeria. He has worked as archaeologist II, at the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), Nigeria. My station, the Nok museum, under the partnership of Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany, was at the centre of [...]
New Podcast: Revealing Esna – An Egyptian Hidden Gem with Kareem Ibrahim
Join Kareem Ibrahim, an architect and CEO of Takween Integrated Community Development, as he reveals an Egyptian hidden gem, the ancient city of Esna, and an innovative project to introduce sustainable tourism through community "site-doing"rather than site-seeing! Kareem Ibrahim is an Egyptian architect and urban researcher who graduated [...]
The excavation of the Islamic historical core of Dumat al-Jandal (ad-Dira’ district)
BRIEF FINAL REPORT season 2021 Introduction The project, as part of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Saudi Arabia (season 2021), took place from 10/17/2021 to 11/19/2021, proceeding with both the archaeological research and excavation work and the restoration work for the immediate consolidation of the structures excavated inside the Dūmat [...]
Claudia Roden and Yasmin Khan: Exploring Middle Eastern Food and Identity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQyekyF-L-8&feature=emb_title At #AsiaLitFest2019 renowned food writers Claudia Roden and Yasmin Khan discussed how understanding cuisines can offer us nuanced and new perspectives of cultures. They discussed their newly published books : The New Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia Roden and Zaitoun: Recipes and Stories from the Palestinian Kitchen by [...]
Post-Conflict Urban Recovery of Historic Cities: A Capacity Building Workshop for Aleppo
Between January 13-18, 2020, the Urban Recovery Platform at the Beirut Urban Lab, the American University of Beirut, conducted a capacity building workshop funded by the Barakat Trust and the Ford Foundation. The workshop focused on post-conflict urban recovery and took the city of Aleppo in Syria as [...]
The Barakat Trust working remotely!
Due to health concerns related to COVID-19 all staff will be working remotely until further notice. The grant giving programme will continue as normal. We have been forced to postpone our events planned for March 2020. These include two events by the celebrated musician Kamilya Jubran, and Mahmoud Hourani's 'performed [...]
“Heritage and Heritage Guardians” – a new article about the work of The Barakat Trust
The work of The Barakat Trust was recently featured in this Arabic article in a leading Egyptian newspaper, Al-Masry al-Youm. The article focuses on the impact The Trust has had over the past 30 years, namely by building the capacity of professionals in the field of heritage and museum studies [...]
New podcasts about heritage and culture as part of the ‘Arts in Isolation’ series
We are happy to announce that we are now producing digital content to share with you during this time of lock-downs and social distancing. We hope that this will mean that more of our followers can enjoy our cultural programme. As part of our Converging Paths 2020 series, we have [...]
Our Latest Podcast: Can We Learn From the Past? A Conversation with Professor Nasser Rabbat
What can history teach us about the present and the future. Listen to Aga Khan Professor Nasser Rabbat reflect on the lessons of the past and what we can learn with respect to the current crisis. The second in the series of our podcasts as part of the Arts In Isolation [...]