Wednesday, December 19, 2012

New from the ArchNet Digital Library

Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme
The Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme became operational in 1992 to show best practice to governments and decision makers and to highlight historic sites could become assets and economic trampolines and not burdens on scare resources. The Programme implements conservation, urban regeneration and park projects in historically significant sites of the Islamic world. It does so over long time-frames, by raising local standards and coupling monument and public open space conservation with environmental and community development, thus engaging in sustainable urban redevelopment projects, which offer a platform for new socio-economic uses tied to education, health, leisure facilities, and amenities and services that have significant educational importance for practitioners and decision-makers.
Through this integrated approach, the Programme seeks to demonstrate that strengthening cultural identity can go hand in hand with socio-economic progress. This Special Collection on Archnet features all of the projects and publications of the Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme.

Click here to view a list of Historic Cities Programme projects on Archnet. A list of related publications is available here.

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Abdullah Ansari Shrine Complex Restoration Herat, Herat Province Afghanistan
Aleppo Citadel Perimeter Project Aleppo, Halab Governorate Syria
Aleppo Citadel Restoration Aleppo, Halab Governorate Syria
Amir Alin Aq Palace Conservation Cairo, Cairo Governorate Egypt
Amir Aslam al-Silahdar Funerary Complex Conservation Cairo, Cairo Governorate Egypt
Aslam Square Rehabilitation Cairo, Cairo Governorate Egypt
Bab al-Barqiyya Conservation Cairo, Cairo Governorate Egypt
Bab al-Mahruq Conservation Cairo, Cairo Governorate Egypt
Bagh-e Babur Restoration Kabul, Kabul Province Afghanistan
Bagh-e Babur Restoration: Caravanserai Kabul, Kabul Province Afghanistan
Bagh-e Babur Restoration: Garden Pavilion Kabul, Kabul Province Afghanistan
Bagh-e Babur Restoration: Queen's Palace Kabul, Kabul Province Afghanistan
Bagh-e Babur Restoration: Shahjahani Mosque Kabul, Kabul Province Afghanistan
Balasoko Restaurant Bamako, Bamako District Mali
Baltit Fort Restoration Karimabad, Northern Areas Controlled Region Pakistan
Beit Nizam Restoration Damascus, Dimashq Governorate Syria
Beit Quwatli Restoration Damascus, Dimashq Governorate Syria
Beit Sibai Restoration Damascus, Dimashq Governorate Syria
Centre for Earthen Architecture Mopti, Mopti region Mali
Chahar Suq Cistern Complex Restoration Herat, Herat Province Afghanistan
Chaunsath Khamba Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area India
Citadel at Masyaf Restoration Masyaf, Hama Governorate Syria
Citadel of Herat Restoration Herat, Herat Province Afghanistan
Djenné Great Mosque Restoration Djenne, Région de Mopti Mali
Djingereyber Mosque Rehabilitation Timbuktu, Région de Tombouctou Mali
Forodhani Park Rehabilitation Zanzibar, Pwani Region Tanzania
Goldasta Mosque Restoration Kabul, Kabul Province Afghanistan
Great Mosque of Mopti Rehabilitation Mopti, Mopti region Mali
Humayun Tomb Gardens Revitalisation Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area India
Humayun's Tomb Complex Restoration Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area India
Isa Khan Tomb Restoration Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area India
Kelele Square Rehabilitation Zanzibar, Pwani Region Tanzania
Khorog City Park Khorog, Gorno-Badkhshan Province Tajikistan
Komoguel Improvement Programme Mopti, Mopti region Mali
Lakkerwala Burj Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area India
National Park of Mali Bamako, Bamako District Mali
National Park of Mali Entrance Bamako, Bamako District Mali
National Park of Mali Sports Facilities Bamako, Bamako District Mali
Neela Gumbad Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area India
Nizamuddin Baoli Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area India
Nizamuddin Basti Area Development Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area India
No Gumbad Mosque Restoration Balkh, Balkh Province Afghanistan
Old City of Herat Urban Regeneration Herat, Herat Province Afghanistan
Old City of Kabul Urban Regeneration Kabul, Kabul Province Afghanistan
Park-e Zanegar Kabul, Kabul Province Afghanistan
Salah al-Din Citadel Restoration Haffah, Ladhiqiyah Governorate Syria
Sunder Nursery Garden Pavilion Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area India
Sunder Nursery Rehabilitation Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area India
Sunderwala Burj Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area India
Sunderwala Mahal Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area India
Tarabay al-Sherif Conservation Cairo, Cairo Governorate Egypt
Timur Shah Mausoleum Restoration Kabul, Kabul Province Afghanistan

Thursday, December 13, 2012

New Open Access Journal: Asfar

Asfar

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Asfar is a new dynamic initiative designed to inspire, provide a platform and offer a support network to young people, students and graduates specialising in and interested by the Middle East.

Through a quarterly e-journal, News updates, and a Travelers Network, Asfar will work with the next generation of the Middle East's writers, thinkers and photographers to exhibit their abilities to a wide audience including academia, diplomatic and general readership.
Focusing on the history, society, culture, development and politics of the Middle East, the e-journal will introduce new ideas, innovative articles and magnificent images of the Middle East.

Remaining politically neutral and non-partisan, Asfar articles will cover a full range of topics: from geography to art, languages to society and from history to cookery. Asfar will review the past and consider the Middle East's future from a regional, state and local perspective.

Asfar is unique project aimed at promoting the study of the region, the curiosity and personal development of individuals fascinated by the Middle East and ensuring the sustained awareness of an area on the cross roads of history.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Open Access Journal: Sinaiticus: The Bulletin of the Saint Catherine Foundation

Sinaiticus: The Bulletin of the Saint Catherine Foundation
The Saint Catherine Foundation and its associated organisations in New York and Geneva support conservation work at Saint Catherine's Monastery.

Download an issue by clicking on its image.
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Monday, December 3, 2012

Open Access Manuscripts Library: PHAIDRA - Digital Repository of University of Belgrade


PHAIDRA - Digital repository of University of Belgrade includes number of Islamic manuscripts.

Search by language retrieves:
546 records in Arabic
165 records in Turkish
  14 records in Persian
 
English abstracts are available, however transliteration and access by personal names is inconsistent.


 See Alphabetical List of Open Access Islamic Manuscripts Collections




Friday, November 30, 2012

Middle Eastern Film Posters Digitization Initiative


Middle Eastern Film Posters Digitization Initiative

from Princeton University Digital Library (PUDL)
"Princeton University Library’s Arabic Movie Posters and Lobby Cards Collection was acquired in Lebanon in 2008 and is comprised of 1,748 posters and 768 lobby cards. Egyptian posters predominate with 1,474, reflecting the unchallenged prominence of Egypt in the production of Arabic feature films. Some 150 posters are for Lebanese films, 113 Syrian and 11 Iraqi. The purpose of the posters was to advertize coming attractions, and they represent films produced from 1935 to 2007. Most of the posters are on standard Arab single-sheet size paper. However, many are on non-standard sheets. Similarly, there are posters that are composed on multiple sheets, including some on twenty-four sheets meant for display on the side of multi-story buildings. The lobbies cards, also for coming attractions and meant for display in theater lobbies, are composed of multiple still shots taken on movie sets and affixed to standard–sized cardboard. They represent 172 films produced in Egypt (145), Lebanon (13) and Syria (14) from 1964 to 2007."

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Open Access Journal Archive: Kitāb-i haftah [1961-1963]


كتاب هفته
Kitāb-i haftah
Editors: Muḥsin Hashtrūdī, Aḥmad Shāmlū.
Publisher: Tihrān : Sāzmān-i Chāp va Intishārāt-i Kayhān, 1340-1342 [1961-1963]
Available: nos. 1-3, 5-9, 11-12, 17-19


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Open Access Journal Archive: Kitāb-i jumʻah (nos. 1-36 ; [1979-1980])

كتاب جمعه
Kitāb-i jumʻah.
Ketab-e Jom'e - a weekly for literary, social and scientific issues
Editor:  Aḥmad Shāmlū
Publisher:  Tihrān : Intishārāt-i Māzyār, 1979-1980
Available: nos. 1-36; 1358-1359 [1979-1980]




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