Middle East

Projects in Middle East

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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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EAMENA: Training in Endangered Archaeology Methodology

This project aims to train archaeologists from eight countries in the use of an open-source aerial recording methodology, designed for conflict zones and other areas where acc…

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Sufi Shrines: Centuries of Heritage under Siege, Protecting Nabi Ghaith Shrine Through Rehabilitation

This project aims to rehabilitate the shrine of Nabi Ghaith and establish a community park surrounding the restored monument.

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Swansea City Opera Lebanon Heritage Project

This project aims to create a permanent record of the intangible cultural heritage of refugee groups across five camps in Lebanon, seeking to bring communities together throug…

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Enhancing Vernacular Heritage in As-Samou

This two year project focused on the documentation, conservation and adaptive re-use of vernacular built heritage to address severe conflict damage in As-Samou'

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An Ark for Iraq

This project aims to revitalise and document the endangered watercraft heritage of traditional boats in central and southern Iraq.

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Syrian Stonemasonry Training Scheme

World Monuments Fund provided a group of Syrian and Jordanian trainees with stonemasonry skills that could be used to repair conflict-affected historic buildings and give the …

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