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Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery – A new podcast with Rachel Dedman
Hugo Cook2024-03-27T06:39:33+00:00Tags: Art, Art History, Barakat Trust, corona house, embroidery, hands on islamic art, Islamic, kettle's yard, levant, national lottery heritage fund, Palestine, palestinian, Rachel Dedman, tatreez, textiles, weaving|
Join Rachel Dedman as she explores the beauty and politics of Palestinian textiles. Listen as she discusses her work on the current Material Power exhibition in the UK, whose [...]
Gaza: Art History & Lost Monuments – A new podcast with Leena Ghannam
Hugo Cook2024-03-27T06:33:23+00:00Tags: aphrodite, Archaeology, Art History, Barakat Trust, church, Cultural Heritage, culture, Gaza, Gaza church, Gaza mosque, gazan, gold, great Omari Mosque, Greek, heritage, history, Islamic Architecture, Islamic Art, Leena ghannam, Manuscripts, market, monument, monuments, mosque, Omari Mosque, Palestine, podcast, podcasts, souk, souk al-qissariya, st porphyries church, st porphyrius church, temple|
Join Leena Ghannam as she walks us through an often unfamiliar aspect of Gaza: its art, architecture, and monuments. Listen in as she takes us through mermaid monuments and [...]
Congratulations New Grantee – Laura Hinrichsen
Hugo Cook2023-11-13T12:00:49+00:00Tags: Barakat Trust, Barakat Trust Grants 2023, book, hafsid, Laura Hinrichsen, libraries, library, Publication, Tunis, Tunisia|
Congratulations to one of our 2023 grantees! We are thrilled to fund Laura Hinrichsen for her publication. So what is it? About the project: In her upcoming book, provisionally [...]
Congratulations New Grantee – Konstantinos Politis
Congratulations to one of our 2023 grantees! We are thrilled to fund Konstantinos Politis in his research. So what is [...]
Unearthing Ottoman Greece – A new podcast with Konstantinos Politis
Join Konstantinos Politis as he digs through the long history of the Greek city of Chalkida, from its war-altering [...]
West Asian Weaving – A new podcast with Nour Hage
Join Nour Hage as she weaves a story of textiles in West Asia, from bridal practices, to talismanic symbols, [...]
Hands On Islamic Art – Kettle’s Yard
Congratulations to one of our 2023 Hands On Islamic Art grantees: Kettle's Yard, Cambridge. About the project: The project links [...]
Delicious Delicacies – A new podcast with Nawal Nasrallah
Join Nawal Nasrallah for a delectable dive into the world of Medieval North African cooking. Learn the connection between [...]
Saladin: Between Man and Myth – A new podcast with Abdul Rahman Azzam
Join Abdul Rahman Azzam for a discussion of espionage and honour, history and technology, as he explores the life [...]
One Day Left To Apply For Grants
Do you have a project, post, or publication in need of funding, one that relates to Islamic art and [...]
Congratulations New Grantee – Glaire Anderson
Congratulations to one of our 2022 grantees! We are thrilled to fund Glaire Anderson in her project. So what [...]
Remembering Iradj Bagherzade, 1942-2023
We are greatly saddened by the passing of Iradj Bagherzade on 8th January 2023 in London. Born in Vienna, [...]
Congratulations New Grantee – Romolo Loreto
Congratulations to one of our 2022 grantees! We are thrilled to fund Romolo Loreto in his research. So what [...]