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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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Cultural and Natural Heritage: A Tool for Socio-Economic Development

This project rehabilitated an ancient spring and its associated square, part of the Palestinian World Heritage Site ‘Land of Olives and Vines’.

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Action for Hope: Music Schools

This project aims to preserve and promote traditional Syrian music and musical instrument making among refugee communities in Lebanon and Jordan.

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Protecting Levantine Crafts Through Embedded Training and Traditional Learning

This project aims to train young Syrians and Jordanians in traditional craft-work skills including mother-of-pearl inlay, woodcarving, carpentry, and wood mosaic.

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