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Digitizing Greek Orthodox Manuscript Collections in Syria

The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library will support the Antiochian (Greek) Orthodox Church in Syria in preserving more than a thousand secular and religious manuscripts housed i…

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Digitizing manuscript collections at Mosul University

Under the leadership of a dean at Mosul University and with the approval of the university president, ASOR-CHI and partners trained and equipped Iraqi heritage professionals a…

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Honing the Skills of Iraqi Cultural Heritage Managers

This project will provide four Iraqi cultural heritage managers with training in strategic planning or fundraising at the Heritage Management Organization in Athens, Greece, t…

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Documenting and Publishing Iraqi Museum Collections

In response to urgent requests from colleagues at museums in the Middle East, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Columbia University are engaged in a multi-year effort to equi…

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The Completion of the New Basrah Museum

This project aims to complete three galleries in the newly opened Basrah Museum, in Iraq.

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Ground Survey, Documentation and Protection of Charax

In this project, the University of Manchester will work with the State Board for Antiquities and Heritage in Iraq to survey and document the pre-Islamic Alexandrian city of Ch…

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Post-war Reconstruction and Rehabilitation in Yemen

A project for the reconstruction of historical sites as a mechanism for cultural, social and economic enhancement of local communities.

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Recording, Protecting and Sharing Yazidi Musical Culture in Northern Iraq and IDP Camps

This project aims to record and document Yazidi music, and develop a teaching programme guided by the Yazidi Spiritual Council (YSC) for Yazidis in the displacement camps of n…

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Cultural Heritage Project

This project will document both tangible and intangible Palestinian ethnographic heritage, paying particular attention to agricultural practices along the cultural route of ‘A…

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