Sherif Harar City Museum

New Book Announcement: “Observing the Unseen: Curiosity and Common Knowledge in Early Modern China” by Andrew Schonebaum @UWAPress asianreviewofbooks.com/new-book-annou…

Common abbreviations and terms found in manuscripts of the Islamic rational sciences.

Sufism and Theology ed. Ayman Shihadeh, Edinburgh Univ Pr 2007 PDF 🎯 archive.org/download/sufis… archive.org/details/sufism…

Preservation Challenges of Islamic Manuscripts in Harar a research conducted by Mr. Abdurahman

A Comprehensive Analysis of Cultural and Heritage Preservation- By Mr. Abdurahman

Sherif Harar City Museum's Collections- Preserving thousands of Harari Islamic manuscripts that document the region's scholarly traditions, legal systems, and Sufi networks.

Harari Coinage: The History of 1000 years - Sherif Harar City Museum Collections

Happy World Book Day! Today we celebrate all the fantastic publications we have funded over the years. Read more about a new book by Alya Karame on Ghaznavid and Ghurid Qurans, for which we awarded a 2022 publication grant. barakat.org/latest-news/co… #WorldBookDay #Quran #bookday

Do you have a project, post, or publication in need of funding, one that relates to Islamic art and heritage? There’s still time to apply for our 2023 awards. Find our more and apply on our website: barakat.org/grants/. #museum #islamicart #heritage

The Barakat Trust has proudly helped publish over 130 #books through our annual Publication Grant, spreading passion and knowledge for #Islamicart across the globe. On #NationalAuthorsDay we credit the many #authors who have written these field-changing works.

COMPLETED PROJECT! Laurence Douny’s project explores the wilk silk production among the Marka-Dafing people of #BurkinaFaso. This practice, primarily led by women, is a practice known as laada or tigné, meaning ‘transmitted by the ancestors.’ Learn more: ow.ly/8fHB50UnG7L

Throwback to the 2024 EMKP Training Week! Here are images of Betty Bosi vising the Oceania collections with our colleagues Ben Burt and Polly Bence. Betty is a Project Collaborator documenting food preparation and preservation techniques of Taumako. emkp.org/lata-cultural-…

Alfredo González-Ruibal's project, recently uploaded to the repository, explores a wealth of diverse assets: photographs, drawings, videos, 3D models, photogrammetry, orthogonal images, plans, and maps. Check out the latest newsletter issue to learn more: emkp.org/newsletter/

📢 Reminder! The deadline to apply for an EMKP Documentation and/or Digitisation Grant is 11:59 GMT on Sunday 19th of Jan. To learn more about EMKP grants, check out our website: emkp.org/grants/ If you have any questions, please email us at emkp@britishmuseum.org

Registration is open for Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory, running from 2-4 April 2025 at the University of London. Deadline to register for the in-person conference is 12 March 2025. For an online ticket, 26 March 2025. sas.ac.uk/about-us/insti…

'Holiday Sunshine Queues for Everywhere,' Daily Mirror, 6 April 1926 bit.ly/4dZa6Od #OTD #1926Newspapers

✨ NOW OPEN: Spotlight on The Africa Centre Discover six decades of African creativity and activism in London. This FREE display brings together archival documents, photos, and posters highlighting a rich history of community and culture. 🌍 🎟️ Free entry: eventbrite.co.uk/e/display-spot…

⭐️ There is still time to sign up to our Skills Training in Archival Research (STAR) workshop on 1st April! Open to students, researchers and professionals who want to learn more about archival research. buff.ly/ixhKO5H