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SCA Cassette Kiosk Damascus photo credit Mark Gergis copyright SCA Initiative 2023

Syrian Cassette Archives: Three New Collections

As part of this project, music will be documented, digitalised, recorded and safeguarded for future generations.

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Tell Baya’a Mission House Rehabilitation, as a community centre, and archaeological site of Tuttul protection

This project will focus on the protection of a bronze age archaeological site and rehabilitation of an on-site complex in northern Syria.

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Mosul Maqam House

The project will collate, document and digitise records of authentic Maqam practices, inspiring the creation of new musical and visual artworks which will connect future gener…

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The traditional tattoos of Babylon, Iraq: documenting and preserving a threatened heritage

The project will focus on the ancient province of Babylon, collecting and documenting images of the tattoos and the stories of the women who wear them, which will be shared in…

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Documentation and Conservation of Lebanon’s Coastal Castles

This project will carry out conservation, documentation and 3D photogrammetric digitisation.

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Emergency intervention and damage assessment in Syria

This project will see the implementation of emergency and consolidation interventions to stabilise three at risk monuments in Northern Syria, dating from the late Byzantine to…

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Ark for Iraq (Phase 3)

This project is an expansion of an ambitious initiative to protect and promote Iraq’s unique and endangered inland watercraft heritage, that is in rapid decline due to the ong…

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Digitisation and preservation of the manuscript collection at the Monastery of St Saviour in Old Jerusalem

This project digitised the full collection of manuscripts at the Franciscan monastery of St Saviour in the Old City of Jerusalem. The collection contains codices and rotuli, d…

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Rehabilitation of the Empire Cinema in Tripoli, Lebanon

Tiro Association for Arts (TAA) has been working for eight months on rehabilitating Empire Cinema, located in Tripoli city, North Lebanon, with the help of 25 volunteers from …

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