Barakat Images

Bayt Al-Kritliyya, Cairo, Egypt – Restoration of inscriptions by Nicholas Warner in 2002

Mausoleum of Zubaida, Baghdad, Iraq (Creswell Photographic Archive, Ashomlean Museum, Oxford). This image is from the Creswell archive, which was catalogued and digitized along with another 6000 images thanks to Barakat’s support over nine years.

Hadhramaut, Yemen - Dr. Salma Samar Damluji received multiple Barakat grants from 1988-2000 thereby fueling the research for her books “Valley of Mud-Brick Architecture (Ancient to Contemporary Design)” and “The Architecture of Yemen: Yafi to Al Mahrah” including Shabwah, Hadhramaut”

Design by student Hana Hijazi 2007/2008 – Barakat has given an annual prize to The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts, London, since 2000.

Design by student Lucy Temple 2007/2008 – Barakat has given an annual prize to The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts, London, since 2000.

Madrasa and Mausoleum of Amir Sunqur Sa’id, Cairo, Egypt (Creswell Photographic Archive, Ashomlean Museum, Oxford). This image is from the Creswell archive, which was catalogued and digitized along with another 6000 images thanks to Barakat’s support over nine years.

Entrance to Al-Imam Al-Shafi’i mosque, Cairo, Egypt, prior to conservation

Keir Khamsa Bahram hunting – part of Adeela Qureshi’s D.Phil reseach topic “The hunt and metaphor in Mughal Painting” Salahuddin Abuduljawad 2007/2008 Grant

Handanija Mosque, Bosnia Herzegovina, before restoration - the oldest mosque still standing in the region where approximately 1700 mosques and monuments were destroyed during the 1992–95 war

Etigar Mosque, 1524, Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China– Grantee Qing Chen’s research into the mosques of the south and southeastern coasts of China, 2006/2007

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Bayt Al-Kritliyya, Cairo, Egypt – Restoration of inscriptions by Nicholas Warner in 2002

Architectural conservation of Nablus Soap Factory in Palestine by grantee Naseer Arafat 2004/2005

Restoring the vibrant colors and calligraphy at Al-Imam Al-Shafi’i mosque and mausoleum, Cairo, Egypt in 2009

A Waqf sign on an old building in Cairo – compilation of a glossary of terms for the conservation of Cultural Heritage by grantee Hossam Mahdy 2005-2007

Masna’t Daw’an, Yemen - Dr. Salma Samar Damluji received multiple Barakat grants from 1988-2000 thereby fueling the research for her books “Valley of Mud-Brick Architecture (Ancient to Contemporary Design)” and “The Architecture of Yemen: Yafi to Al Mahrah” including Shabwah, Hadhramaut”

Design by student Yasmin Kathrada 2007/2008 – Barakat has given an annual prize to The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts, London, since 2000.

16th century Safavid Koran, Konya Mevlana Museum, Turkey – multiple grants for study and conservation to grantees Aysin Yoltar-Yildirim, Paul Hepworth and Nil Baydar 2006-2008