Water channels extending from the Arabian Gulf in #Basra to Khor al Zubair resemble tree branches delicately etched into the earth.#Iraq. 📷 #الجزيرةالوثائقية.

Salford University is hosting a curated exhibition of the first ever Muslim Arts Awards 2025, a programme launched by MACFEST. The new MACFEST Arts Award programme celebrates and raises awareness of Muslim artists, in the field of Calligraphy, Drawing, Painting and Photography.

🔴 BREAKING The UNESCO Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict has decided to grant provisional enhanced protection to 34 cultural properties in #Lebanon. Full press release: unes.co/e0w2jd #ProtectHeritage

📣[SYMPOSIUM] From December 12 to 14, the international conference "On the Roads of Arabia, land and sea routes from the Bronze Age to the Islamic period" will be held in Paris, organised in collaboration with the @RoutesDelOrient association and the Institut du monde arabe !

During conflicts and humanitarian emergencies, children pay the highest price. #WorldChildrensDay is a reminder to step up the response to children’s needs and prioritize their rights.

The 2024 The IASA Beatrice de Cardi Lecture! "From Petra to Hegra: a voyage through Nabataean skyscapes and ritual times" by A. César González-García, Institute of Heritage Sciences, INCIPIT, CSIC, Spain 3 December 2024 at 6 pm (GMT) via Zoom us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Join CBRL Amman Institute on December 4th for a talk by Dr. Robert Bewley "Recording Cultural Heritage from the Air – in the Middle East." This online event, organized by the Commonwealth Heritage Forum, starts at 18:00 GMT. Join via Zoom: commonwealthheritage.org/heritage-at-ri…

Rough Tribal Map of Arabia, 1949.

The deadline for submissions to the forthcoming BRISMES Conference: “Destruction, Loss, and Recovery in the Middle East” has been extended to Friday, 10 January 2025, at midnight (UK time). Submit your papers here: brismes.ac.uk/.../about-the.…

The United Nations - together with all of us - celebrating today's International Human Solidarity Day. Let's celebrate our unity in diversity, and the role of human solidarity in building lives of dignity and peace! un.org/en/observances…

BRISMES have extended their Conference deadline to the 10th January, 2025. To access reflections on presenting at BRISMES for the first time, go to: youtu.be/YcjVK22hbAc?si…

Join CBRL for their online lecture, "Hellenistic to Islamic glass in the Levant – 1,500 years of constant development" by Professor Thilo Rehren, a leading expert in archaeological sciences on 29th January, 2025 To book your place, go to: us06web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_…

BRISMES is seeking nominations for a new President - someone who shares their aims, purpose and values, and who wishes to play an active role in helping to drive their work forward. For more information, go to: facebook.com/brismes

We were passing University of Westminster and popped on to see the beautiful MBI Al Jaber Grand Hall. What a wonderful historic building.

EAMENA Project student volunteers from Durham University are using high-resolution satellite imagery & historic aerial photography to assess the condition of Samarra, Iraq. Results are being shared with the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage re their future protection.

Antiquity author Hamza Benattia from Universitat de Barcelona explores the long-neglected importance of the Mahgreb in the latest #AntiquityBlog 📷 buff.ly/4i3O4sG

Join BRISMES for Carole Bennett's discussion of her work and Silk Road inspirations, including Medieval Arabic poetry. A selection of her work will be on display. 18.00-19.30 on Friday, 21 March 2025 in Arts A108 @sussexunimah @sussexuni

📢BRISMES is still seeking nominations for a new President who shares our aims, purpose and values. The deadline for nominations has been extended to Wednesday, 30 April, at 5 pm (UK time). More info 👇brismes.ac.uk/news/call-for-…

Brismes are seeking a part-time Conference Coordinator to provide administration for their 2025 annual conference which will take place at Newcastle University from 1 to 3 July 2025. Deadline: 5 PM (BST) on 21 April 2025

Congratulations to MBI Alumnus Ibrahim Natil on the publication of his latest book 'Civil Society and Local Ownership in the Global South Responses to Conflict and Militarism' More details below 👇 taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.…?