We are greatly saddened by the passing of Iradj Bagherzade on 8th January 2023 in London. Born in Vienna, Iradj studied for a degree in law at Oxford University, though he never practised as a lawyer. Instead, his monumental and impactful career in publishing began with Time-Life. After years [...]
للراغبين بالتقدم لبرنامج "مِنح وقف بركات" (2023) للحفاظ على تاريخ الفن والعمارة والتراث الثقافي في العالم الإسلامي. دعوة لحضور جلسة سؤال و جواب موعد الجلسة: الأحد 26 فبراير 2023، من الساعة 4:00 م – 5:00 م بتوقيت غرينتش (الساعة 7:00 م – 8:00 م بتوقيت مكة المكرمة). أطلق وقف بركات [...]
للراغبين بالتقدم لبرنامج “مِنح وقف بركات” (2024) للحفاظ على تاريخ الفن والعمارة والتراث الثقافي في العالم الإسلامي. دعوة لحضور جلسة سؤال و جواب موعد الجلسة: الثلاثاء 5 مارس 2024، من الساعة 2:00 م – 3:00 م بتوقيت غرينتش (الساعة 5:00 م – 6:00 م بتوقيت مكة المكرمة). أطلق وقف بركات دورته الجديدة من [...]
Congratulations to one of our 2022 grantees! We are thrilled to provide a scholarship to the exceptional Shahira Yatim and fund her studies with one of our annual studentship grants. So what is the course? About the grantee: Miss Yatim is a bright and promising student, whose world-class education The Barakat [...]
Congratulations to one of our 2022 grantees! We are thrilled to provide a scholarship to the brilliant Abdul Rehman Qadir and fund his studies with one of our annual studentship grants. So what is the course? About the grantee: Mr Qadir is a brilliant young student, whom The Barakat Trust is [...]
Congratulations to one of our 2022 grantees! We are thrilled to fund Dr Agnieszka Bystroń for her research as she embarks on a promising career. So what is the project? Ceramic assemblage from Dr Bystroń's previous fieldwork at al-Zubārah in northern Qatar. About the project: Dr Bystroń's [...]
Congratulations to one of our 2022 grantees! We are thrilled to fund Museum With No Frontiers. So what is the project? About the project: An exciting new addition to the Islamic Art in the Mediterranean series is coming. So far the series has taken readers to Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, [...]
Congratulations to one of our 2022 grantees! We are thrilled to fund Dr Alya Karame of the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. So what is the project? About the project: This project will see the publication of an important new book, one which explores a previously unstudied corpus of Eastern [...]
