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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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Developing Capacities in Marine Cultural Heritage Management and Protection

This project focuses on the protection of endangered Marine Cultural Heritage in Gaza and Libya through capacity building in maritime archaeology. Marine Cultural Heritage in …

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Urgent Action: Safeguarding the Diverse Cultural Heritage of Jerusalem

The Khalidi Library – Khalidi Waqf will lead a project to support the preservation of, and efforts to increase public access to East Jerusalem’s written and archaeological her…

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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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The Protection of Sakiya's Cultural Heritage Site

This project will support the ongoing rehabilitation and preservation of the site, through research, documentation and restoration of its ancient Ayyubid architectural feature…

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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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