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		<title>مشهد البحث في الأردن والمنطقة العربية: التحديات، والتحوّلات، والآفاق</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>المركز الأمريكي للأبحاث يقدم وبكل فخر :مشهد&#160;البحث&#160;في&#160;الأردن&#160;والمنطقة&#160;العربية&#8221;&#160;&#8220;التحديات،&#160;والتحوّلات،&#160;والآفاق محاضرة&#160;عامة&#160;تلقيها&#160;الدكتورة&#160;ستناي&#160;شامي&#160;(المجلس&#160;العربي&#160;للعلوم&#160;الاجتماعية)يوم&#160;الإثنين&#160;الموافق&#160;17&#160;أيار/مايو :عن المحاضرة&#160; نأمل ان نراكم قريباً ومحاضرة جديدة مع أكور Related Links: The Arab Council for the Social Sciences Website 2021–2022 ACOR Fellowship and Scholarship Awardees</p>
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<h3 class="has-text-align-center wp-block-heading">المركز الأمريكي للأبحاث يقدم وبكل فخر</h3>



<h2 class="has-text-align-center wp-block-heading">:مشهد&nbsp;البحث&nbsp;في&nbsp;الأردن&nbsp;والمنطقة&nbsp;العربية&#8221;<br>&nbsp;&#8220;التحديات،&nbsp;والتحوّلات،&nbsp;والآفاق</h2>



<h3 class="has-text-align-center wp-block-heading">محاضرة&nbsp;عامة&nbsp;<br>تلقيها&nbsp;الدكتورة&nbsp;ستناي&nbsp;شامي&nbsp;(المجلس&nbsp;العربي&nbsp;للعلوم&nbsp;الاجتماعية)<br>يوم&nbsp;الإثنين&nbsp;الموافق&nbsp;17&nbsp;أيار/مايو</h3>



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<h4 class="rtl-content wp-block-heading">:عن المحاضرة&nbsp;</h4>



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<p><a href="https://acorjordan.org/news-and-events/announcing-fellowship-awards-2021-2022/">2021–2022 ACOR Fellowship and Scholarship Awardees</a></p>



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		<title>اسأل باحث: نضال جرار</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>يمكنك قراءة هذه المقابلة باللغة الإنجليزية. هذه المقابلة هي جزء من سلسلة جديدة على مدوناتنا “ اسأل باحث” ، والتي من خلالها نسلط الضوء على التجارب الشخصية للزملاء والباحثين المنتسبين الآخرين. أجريت المحادثة التالية مع نضال جرار (الحاصل على منحة الدراسات العليا المقدمة من أكور للطلاب الأردنيين لعام 2020-2021) الكترونيا عبر الإيميل في شباط 2021....  </p>
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<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size"><em>هذه المقابلة هي جزء من سلسلة جديدة على مدوناتنا “ اسأل باحث” ، والتي من خلالها نسلط الضوء على التجارب الشخصية للزملاء والباحثين المنتسبين الآخرين. أجريت المحادثة التالية مع نضال جرار (الحاصل على <a href="https://acorjordan.org/jordanian-fellowships/#1474445442393-452253e5-5e1e">منحة الدراسات العليا المقدمة من أكور للطلاب الأردنيين</a> لعام 2020-2021) الكترونيا عبر الإيميل في شباط 2021.</em></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large rtl-content"><img decoding="async" width="720" height="450" src="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234117/3-the-survey-of-archaeological-sites-in-jerash-under-the-supervision-of-professor-thomas-m.-weber-in-2019-edited-720x450.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-68717" srcset="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234117/3-the-survey-of-archaeological-sites-in-jerash-under-the-supervision-of-professor-thomas-m.-weber-in-2019-edited-720x450.jpg 720w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234117/3-the-survey-of-archaeological-sites-in-jerash-under-the-supervision-of-professor-thomas-m.-weber-in-2019-edited-360x225.jpg 360w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234117/3-the-survey-of-archaeological-sites-in-jerash-under-the-supervision-of-professor-thomas-m.-weber-in-2019-edited-260x163.jpg 260w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234117/3-the-survey-of-archaeological-sites-in-jerash-under-the-supervision-of-professor-thomas-m.-weber-in-2019-edited-768x480.jpg 768w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234117/3-the-survey-of-archaeological-sites-in-jerash-under-the-supervision-of-professor-thomas-m.-weber-in-2019-edited-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234117/3-the-survey-of-archaeological-sites-in-jerash-under-the-supervision-of-professor-thomas-m.-weber-in-2019-edited.jpg 1728w" sizes="(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px" /><figcaption>نضال جرار (يمين) يقوم بمسح لموقع أثري في جرش تحت إشراف الأستاذ توماس فيبر (يسار). تصوير: حمزة العتوم.</figcaption></figure>



<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size"><strong>نشكرك سيّد جرار لانضمامك إلينا على مدونتنا، لقد أكملت لتوك درجة الماجستير في الحفاظ المعماري، هل يمكنك أن تخبر قرائنا أكثر عن خلفيتك العلمية، وما الذي أدى إلى اهتمامك بهذا المجال؟ &nbsp;</strong></p>



<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size">بداية ً، أنا معماري وباحث من الأردن، حاصل على درجة الماجستير في الحفاظ المعماري من الجامعة الألمانية الأردنية في عمّان عام 2020، كما حصلت قبل ذلك على درجة البكالوريوس في هندسة العمارة من جامعة العلوم التطبيقية في عمّان أيضًا عام 2010.</p>



<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size">أُتيحت لي الفرصة للممارسة المهنية بمجال العمارة طيلة فترة خبرتي لمدة تسع سنوات في مشاريع التصميم والترميم والصيانة، بالإضافة إلى التدريس لفترة وجيزة، والمشاركة في أحد برامج اليونسكو للحفاظ على التراث في البترا بالأردن. لقد اخترت أن اتخصص في جزء معين من العمارة، وهو التراث الصناعي الحديث، ليكون اهتمامي متركز على الحفاظ على هذا النوع من المباني في منطقتنا العربية، وتحديدًا في الأردن، حيث أعكف حاليا على نشر ورقة بحثية في هذا الشأن.</p>



<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size">لقد بدأ اهتمامي بالمواضيع العمرانية والتراث المادي واللامادي منذ فترة طويلة، حيث بدأ شغفي في توثيق معالم التراث في الأردن والمنطقة إلكترونيًا عبر مشاريع المعرفة الحرة المختلفة منذ حوالي 15 سنة، وتحديدًا عبر موسوعة ويكيبيديا و<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_projects">مشاريعها الشقيقة</a> ، حيث أصبحت محررًا ثم إدارياً بالنسخة العربية منذ ذلك الحين، كما تركزت معظم مساهماتي على مواضيع معمارية وتاريخية ومكانية مرتبطة بتوثيق الذاكرة الصورية أو المكتوبة عن منطقتنا، مثل مقالة <a href="https://ar.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86">العمارة في فلسطين</a>، أو <a href="https://ar.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A9_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86">السياحة في الأردن</a>، ومئات المقالات الأخرى باللغتين العربية والإنجليزية، بالإضافة إلى تنظيم واحدة من أكبر مسابقات التصوير بالعالم (الويكي تهوى المعالم) ضمن منطقة بلاد الشام، والمعنية بتوثيق التراث الثقافي العالمي. كما كانت لي تجربة بالانخراط في مشروع التراث الأردني المفتوح، الذي تم بالشراكة بين المركز الأمريكي للأبحاث الشرقية ومجموعة ويكيميديا بلاد الشام والجمعية الأردنية للمصدر المفتوح، وذلك من خلال إلقاء محاضرات عن توثيق التراث الأردني على منصات المحتوى الالكتروني المختلفة، والتي حضرها عدد كبير من المعنيين بالتراث.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large rtl-content"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="720" height="405" src="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234125/5-jordanian-heritage-edit-a-thon-2-720x405.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-68711" srcset="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234125/5-jordanian-heritage-edit-a-thon-2-720x405.jpg 720w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234125/5-jordanian-heritage-edit-a-thon-2-360x202.jpg 360w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234125/5-jordanian-heritage-edit-a-thon-2-260x146.jpg 260w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234125/5-jordanian-heritage-edit-a-thon-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234125/5-jordanian-heritage-edit-a-thon-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234125/5-jordanian-heritage-edit-a-thon-2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px" /><figcaption>نضال (واقفًا) يساعد المشاركين في إيديتاثون التراث الأردني المفتوح في المركز الأمريكي للأبحاث (أكور) في تشرين الأول/ أكتوبر 2019.</figcaption></figure>



<div class="wp-block-image rtl-content"><figure class="alignleft size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234113/thumbnail-20201202-103741-edited-600x800.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-68720" width="212" height="282" srcset="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234113/thumbnail-20201202-103741-edited-600x800.jpg 600w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234113/thumbnail-20201202-103741-edited-360x480.jpg 360w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234113/thumbnail-20201202-103741-edited-260x347.jpg 260w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234113/thumbnail-20201202-103741-edited.jpg 720w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px" /><figcaption>يتوفر الآن في مكتبة أكور معجم جفرافي – المواقع التراثية الإسلامية في الأردن، تم نشره من قبل الجامعة الألمانية الأردنية عام 2020. تم تحريره من قبل توماس ويبر-كاريوتيس وعمار خماش ، ويتضمن عددًا من مساهمات المنتسبين لأكور. كان جرار من بين طلاب الدراسات العليا الذين عملوا مباشرة وبشكلٍ مكثف في مشروع النشر. تجدون المزيد على فهرس المكتبة.</figcaption></figure></div>



<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size">طبعًا كان التخصص في دراسة جزئية مهمة من العمارة، وهو تخصص الحفاظ المعماري، بما يتضمنه من مواضيع كالترميم والحماية وإعادة الاستخدام المتكيف أو حتى إعادة التأهيل أو البناء، دافعًا قويًا لي بالاستمرار بالقراءات والتوسع بمعرفة موضوع يهمني جدا، حيث أعتقد أن التراث من الأمور التي يجب أن توضع على سلم أولويات دولنا من حيث إيجاد تعريف مناسب لها والحفاظ عليها للأجيال اللاحقة.</p>



<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size">علاوة على ذلك، كان لي الشرف بالمساهمة بشكل فعال في مسح وتوثيق عدد كبير من مواقع التراث الإسلامي في الأردن أثناء انخراطي ببرنامج الماجستير، حيث تتوج العمل الكبير بالتعاون مع زملاء آخرين وبإشراف الأستاذ توماس فيبر والمعماري عمار خماش، بإصدار كتاب ضخم أصبح اليوم من أهم المراجع التاريخية عن مواقع&nbsp; التراث الثقافي في المملكة ومنطقة بلاد الشام.</p>



<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size">من جهة أخرى، كان لهذا التخصص تداخلا مباشرًا مع عملي الحالي، حيث أعمل حاليا في مجال الترميم الحديث ومواد البناء والترميم والإنشاءات بين عمّان وبغداد.</p>



<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size"><strong>أخبرنا المزيد عن أطروحتك؟</strong></p>



<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size">يُعتبر التراث الصناعي جزءا مهمًا من التراث الحديث في العالم. إلا أنه يعاني من التهميش المستمر في العالم العربي، وخاصة في الأردن، حيث لم يتم حماية أو دراسة العديد من مواقع التراث الصناعي بشكل جيد نتيجة لعدم وجود تعريف واضح للتراث الثقافي. معظم هذه المواقع، التي بنيت في القرن العشرين، تختفي مؤخرا شيئا فشيئا أو من المقرر هدمها</p>



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<p class="rtl-content has-normal-font-size"><em>أعلى اليسار: محطة توليد الطاقة الكهرومائية في الباقورة، 2019. أعلى اليمين: محطة الحسين الحرارية في الزرقاء، واحدة من أهم مشاريع بناء الدولة المهددة بالهدم. أسفل اليسار: قناة الغور الشرقية في العدسية. أسفل اليمين: سد شرحبيل (زقلاب)، أحد أقدم السدود في الأردن. جميع الصور من تصوير نضال جرار.</em></p>



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<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size">عملت هذه الأطروحة على دراسة التراث الصناعي الحديث في الأردن بشكل مفصل من حيث بروزه وسرده، حيث يرتبط بمشروع الصحوة العربية وفترات بناء الدولة المبكرة. علاوة على ذلك، حللت الأطروحة مثالا نادرًا من هذا التراث، وهو محطة روتينبرغ لتوليد الطاقة الكهرومائية في الباقورة، شمال الأردن، كما حاولت إنشاء مقارنة مع مثال وطني لهذا التراث، وهو هنجر الكهرباء في عمّان، بالإضافة إلى أمثلة محلية مشابهة، وذلك لتمثيل علاقة أقوى مع مشاريع بناء الدولة في الأردن. لذلك، تم الحصول على فهم أعمق لهذا التراث الصناعي، وذلك باستخدام منهجيات بحث متعددة تشمل كل من البحوث الأرشيفية، وتحليل النصوص التي تركز على مسألة التصنيع وتأثيرها على مشاريع التنمية في العالم العربي، والمسح الاستطلاعي الميداني لعدة مواقع محتملة تمثل التراث الصناعي في الأردن، ودراسة حالة وطنية مشابهة وتحليل مقارن معها. بالإضافة إلى ذلك، قام البحث بتقييم موقع الدراسة من خلال اعتماد خطة إدارة حفاظ موجزة وغير رسمية، وذلك من أجل تمهيد الطريق لأي قرارات مستقبلية من شأنها الحفاظ على مواقع التراث الصناعي المماثلة في الأردن، أو حتى لأي تصميم مستقبلي مفصل لموقع الدراسة بعد الترميم المحتمل.</p>



<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size">قدمت هذه الدراسة مقاربة مختلفة لفهم مواقع التراث الصناعي الحديث في الأردن، والتي تعتبر مهمة، ليس فقط بسبب قيمتها التاريخية والمعمارية والجيوسياسية فحسب، بل لمعناها بالفترات المبكرة لمشاريع بناء الدولة الحديثة في المملكة. كذلك، دعت الدراسة إلى إدراج هذه المواقع في تعريف التراث الوطني وتسليط الضوء على هذا الموضوع الجديد والأساسي الذي ينقل الإحساس بالمكان والذاكرة والهوية الوطنية.&nbsp; كما أنها ربطت بين الإطار النظري والنتائج التجريبية لدراسة هذه المواقع وحمايتها.&nbsp; بمعنى آخر، إنها خلقت الوعي حول معنى وجوهر وقيمة هذه العمارة الصناعية التي يعود تاريخ معظمها إلى فترة&nbsp; الحداثة، والتي كانت قصيرة العمر في الأردن والعالم العربي، ليس فقط بين عامة الناس ولكن أيضا بين صناع القرار والمؤسسات العامة أو الخاصة.</p>



<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size"><strong>هل يمكنك تلخيص ما تعنيه &#8220;بالتعددية وتنوع التراث الصناعي الحديث&#8221; في الأردن، لقرائنا؟ &nbsp;</strong></p>



<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size">إن المباني والمواقع التي يمكن تصنيفها كتراث صناعي حديث في الأردن قليلة نسبيا، لكنها تُعتبر من المنشآت الصناعية المتنوعة ذات القيمة الكبيرة تاريخيًا و رمزيًا وإنشائيًا ومعماريًا أو حتى اجتماعيًا. فهناك السدود ومحطات توليد الطاقة ومحطات القطار والجسور وصوامع الحبوب والمصانع التاريخية والقنوات المائية وغيرها، والتي كانت جميعها شاهد على فترة بناء الدولة الأردنية. طبعًا يجب الإشارة إلى أن معظم تلك المباني والمواقع شُيدت في فترة الستينيات والسبعينيات من القرن العشرين، أي في فترة نهوض الدولة وتأسيسها، وتركز الجزء الأعظم منها في الجزء الشمالي من المملكة.</p>



<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size"><strong>على المستوى الشخصي، هل لديك أي مثال مميز حول إعادة الاستخدام المتكيِّف للمباني التراثية؟ &nbsp;</strong></p>



<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size">توجد في العالم الكثير من الأمثلة المميزة عن إعادة الاستخدام المتكيف للمباني التراثية، وتحديدًا الصناعية منها، مثل &#8220;سانتراليستانبول&#8221; بمدينة اسطنبول في تركيا، والذي كان أول محطة توليد طاقة في تاريخ الدولة العثمانية تحت اسم &#8220;سلاحتار آغا&#8221;، حيث تحول إلى أحد أهم المراكز الثقافية في المدينة بعد أن كان مهجورًا لفترة طويلة. كما تُعد تجارب الدول الأوروبية في هذا المجال، مثل الدنمارك وألمانيا وبريطانيا، من التجارب الريادية في المحافظة على هذا التراث الصناعي وإعادة استخدامه دون الحاجة إلى هدمه أو تفكيكه.&nbsp; وهذا ما حدث مثلا في كوبنهاغن في تحويل صوامع الحبوب إلى شقق سكنية، أو تحويل محطة توليد طاقة قديمة معتمدة على الوقود الثقيل إلى منتجع سياحي للتزلج بالإضافة إلى توليد الطاقة النظيفة وإعادة تدوير النفايات بالمكان ذاته.</p>



<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size">لكن يبقى مثال تحويل محطة توليد الطاقة الكهربائية في راس العين بمدينة عمّان إلى مركز ثقافي مفتوح من أهم الأمثلة المحلية بالنسبة لي في إعادة الاستخدام المتكيف للتراث الصناعي ومن أكثرها ندرة في بلادنا، حيث تم احترام مكونات المبنى الأصلية والتمييز بينها وبين الإضافات بعد أعمال الترميم. كما يشرفني أن من قام بهذا العمل كان د. رامي الضاهر ومكتبه الاستشاري &#8220;تراث&#8221;، وهو بالمناسبة مشرفي في رسالة الماجستير، وأحد أكثر الأشخاص الذين تأثرت بهم في حياتي المهنية.</p>



<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size"><strong>في هذا الوقت الكثير منا يحاول ألّا يخرج كثيرا بسبب توقف رحلات السفر، على الجهة الأخرى نستكشف أحيائنا بطريقة أكبر نتيجة السفر المقيّد، هل لديك أية اقتراحات حول كيف يمكن للقراء مواصلة استكشاف التراث العمراني المتنوع في الأردن خلال فترة هذا الوباء؟&nbsp;</strong></p>



<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size">للأسف، لقد قيدت الجائحة الحالية، ومعها حظر التجول، من قدرة الناس في زيارة المواقع الأثرية والسياحية في الأردن وباقي أنحاء العالم بشكل كبير. هذا ما يدفعنا كمعماريين وآثاريين ومهتمين بالتراث والسياحة إلى التفكير خارج الصندوق لإيجاد الحلول العملية في إرجاع التواصل بين فئة كبيرة من الزوار والمهتمين مع مراكز الجذب السياحي والمعماري المختلفة. واحدة من تلك الحلول كانت تكنولوجيا الواقع الافتراضي، وهو ما بدأت به عدد من المؤسسات في المنطقة بالفعل، كهيئة تنشيط السياحة في الأردن، حيث بدأت بتعميم تجارب عملية في هذا الصدد في الترويج للسياحة لعدد من المواقع الأثرية في المملكة بشكل افتراضي لتعويض النقصان الحاد في أعداد الزوار.</p>



<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size">من جهة أخرى أعمل حاليًا على مشروع لربط المواقع الأثرية بشكل فعلي مع مقالاتها على موسوعة ويكيبيديا من خلال الألواح الذكية التي تمكن الزائر من الوصول إلى معلومات مفصلة عن الموقع بشكل سهل وتفاعلي.</p>



<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size">هذا يدعونا كمجتمع محلي وهيئات رسمية وغيرها من المنظمات المعنية إلى التكاتف في الحفاظ على إرثنا الثقافي، والعمل على الترويج لزيارة المواقع الأثرية والتراثية، من خلال إعادة النظر بالعمل بالطرق التقليدية في التعامل معها.</p>



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<p class="rtl-content"><strong>نضال جرار</strong> هو مهندس معماري ومن الباحثين القلائل المهتمين بالتراث الصناعي في الأردن والمنطقة العربية، حيث أنه عضو في اللجنة الدولية للحفاظ على التراث الصناعي (TICCIH)، والمجلس الدولي للمعالم والمواقع (إيكوموس &#8211; الأردن). حصل جرار على درجة الماجستير في الحفاظ المعماري من الجامعة الألمانية الأردنية، حيث كانت أطروحتة&nbsp;بعنوان: «إعادة تصور لتراث الحداثة الصناعي والمعماري في الأردن: محطة روتينبرغ لتوليد الطاقة في الباقورة».&nbsp;أُتيحت له الفرصة للمارسة المهنية بمجال العمارة في مشاريع التصميم والترميم والصيانة،&nbsp;والمشاركة في أحد برامج اليونسكو للحفاظ على التراث في البتراء بالأردن، بالإضافة إلى التدريس لفترة وجيزة. وقد حصل أثناء دراسته للماجستير على عدة منح دراسية، منها منحة الطلاب الأردنيين 2019/2020 من المركز الأمريكي للأبحاث الشرقية (أكور)، ومنحة البحث العلمي من الجامعة الألمانية الأردنية لغرض إجراء فحوصات مخبرية على عينات إسمنتية من موقع الدراسة في الباقورة المستعادة، شمال الأردن. أسس جرار عام 2015 مع آخرين مجموعة مستخدمين إلكترونية معنية بنشر المعرفة الحرة في الأردن ومنطقة بلاد الشام، هي ويكيميديا بلاد الشام، وانصب اهتمامه بمشاريع توثيق التراث الثقافي في المنطقة لدعم المحتوى العربي الإلكتروني بها. يُذكر أن نضال حاصل على صلاحية محرر ومراجع وإداري وله آلاف التعديلات والمساهمات في موسوعة ويكيبيديا.</p>



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<ol class="wp-block-list"><li>“<a href="https://en.unesco.org/news/jordanian-and-syrian-youth-get-serious-about-cultural-heritage-preservation">Jordanian and Syrian youth get serious about cultural heritage preservation</a>.” UNESCO. July 31, 2019.</li><li>Jarrar, Nedhal. “<a href="https://ticcih.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TICCIH-Bulletin-91-FINAL.pdf">Jordan – A Struggle Against Privatization and Neoliberalism</a>.” <em>International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage Bulletin</em> 91, 2021.</li><li>Jarrar’s thesis, “Reconceptualizing Jordan’s Industrial and Architectural Heritage of Modernity: Rutenberg Power Plant in Baqoura,” is available for public reading at the ACOR Library.</li></ol>



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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Translated by Jackie Salzinger. You can also read this interview in Arabic. This written interview is part of a new series on&#160;Insights: “Ask A Scholar,” through which we highlight the personal experiences of fellows and other affiliated researchers. The following conversation with Nedhal Jarrar (ACOR Jordanian Graduate Student Scholarship recipient, 2020–2021) took place by email...  </p>
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<p><em>Translated by Jackie Salzinger. </em><br><em>You can also read this interview in <a href="https://publications.acorjordan.org/2021/04/01/%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a3%d9%84-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%ad%d8%ab-%d9%86%d8%b6%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%ac%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b1/">Arabic</a>. </em></p>



<p><em>This written interview is part of a new series on&nbsp;</em>Insights<em>: “</em><a href="https://publications.acorjordan.org/category/askascholar/"><em>Ask A Scholar</em></a><em>,” through which we highlight the personal experiences of fellows and other affiliated researchers. The following conversation with Nedhal Jarrar (<a href="https://acorjordan.org/jordanian-fellowships/#1474445442393-452253e5-5e1e">ACOR Jordanian Graduate Student Scholarship</a> recipient, 2020–2021) took place by email in February 2021.</em></p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1728" height="1080" src="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234117/3-the-survey-of-archaeological-sites-in-jerash-under-the-supervision-of-professor-thomas-m.-weber-in-2019-edited.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-68717" srcset="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234117/3-the-survey-of-archaeological-sites-in-jerash-under-the-supervision-of-professor-thomas-m.-weber-in-2019-edited.jpg 1728w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234117/3-the-survey-of-archaeological-sites-in-jerash-under-the-supervision-of-professor-thomas-m.-weber-in-2019-edited-360x225.jpg 360w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234117/3-the-survey-of-archaeological-sites-in-jerash-under-the-supervision-of-professor-thomas-m.-weber-in-2019-edited-720x450.jpg 720w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234117/3-the-survey-of-archaeological-sites-in-jerash-under-the-supervision-of-professor-thomas-m.-weber-in-2019-edited-260x163.jpg 260w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234117/3-the-survey-of-archaeological-sites-in-jerash-under-the-supervision-of-professor-thomas-m.-weber-in-2019-edited-768x480.jpg 768w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234117/3-the-survey-of-archaeological-sites-in-jerash-under-the-supervision-of-professor-thomas-m.-weber-in-2019-edited-1536x960.jpg 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1728px) 100vw, 1728px" /><figcaption><em>Nedhal Jarrar (right) surveying archaeological sites in Jerash under the supervision of Professor Thomas M. Weber (left), 2019. Photo courtesy of Hamza Atuom.</em></figcaption></figure></div>



<p><strong>Thank you for joining us on <em>Insights</em>! You just completed your master’s degree in architectural conservation. Can you tell our readers a bit more about your background, and what led to your interest in this field?</strong></p>



<p>As a brief introduction, I’m a Jordanian architect and researcher. I received my master’s degree in architectural conservation from the German Jordanian University in 2020 after my bachelor’s in architectural engineering from the Applied Science University in Amman in 2010.</p>



<p>I have had professional opportunities over nine years of practical architectural experience, including design, restoration, and maintenance projects. I also taught for a brief period. Furthermore, I participated in a UNESCO program for heritage preservation in Petra. I chose to specialize in a particular branch of architecture, modern industrial heritage, concentrating on the preservation of modern industrial buildings in the Arab region, Jordan in particular. At present I am preparing a research paper on this topic.</p>



<p>My interest in architecture and tangible and intangible heritage began long ago. About fifteen years ago, I became passionate about documenting heritage landmarks in Jordan and the region using digital methods, especially free knowledge initiatives such as <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/our-work/wikimedia-projects/">Wikipedia (and its sister projects)</a>. I started by becoming a Wikipedia editor, and later an administrator, for the Arabic side of the encyclopedia. My contributions centered on architectural, historical, and geopolitical topics related to documentation of written and visual memory in the region. Examples include articles on <a href="https://ar.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86">architecture of Palestine</a>, <a href="https://ar.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A9_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86">tourism in Jordan</a>, and hundreds of other articles in Arabic and in English. I have also coordinated one of the world’s largest photo contests—“<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_Jordan">Wiki Loves Monuments</a>”—regionally for the Levant, focused primarily on global cultural heritage. Most recently, my experience in open-access knowledge has also included engagement with the <a href="https://publications.acorjordan.org/2020/08/09/open-jordanian-heritage-wikimedians-share-stories-of-editing-online/">Open Jordanian Heritage initiative</a> organized jointly by ACOR, Wikimedia Levant, and the Jordan Open Source Association. I have given presentations to the initiative’s edit-a-thon participants about Jordanian heritage documentation through a number of online platforms. Many people <a href="https://publications.acorjordan.org/2020/08/09/open-jordanian-heritage-wikimedians-share-stories-of-editing-online/">took part</a>, all of them heritage enthusiasts.&nbsp;</p>



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<p>My specific field of expertise, architectural conservation, includes study of renovation, preservation, adaptive reuse, rehabilitation, and reconstruction. I have always been motivated to continue my learning, expanding my personal knowledge in areas I consider important. I think heritage conservation must be placed higher on national priority lists. At the same time, “heritage” itself needs to have an appropriate definition and approaches for future generations.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234113/thumbnail-20201202-103741-edited.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-68720" width="216" height="287" srcset="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234113/thumbnail-20201202-103741-edited.jpg 720w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234113/thumbnail-20201202-103741-edited-360x480.jpg 360w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234113/thumbnail-20201202-103741-edited-600x800.jpg 600w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234113/thumbnail-20201202-103741-edited-260x347.jpg 260w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px" /><figcaption><em>Now available at the ACOR library, </em>Islamic Heritage Sites in Jordan: A Student’s Gazetteer <em>was published by GJU in December 2020. Edited by Ammar Khammash and Thomas Weber-Karyotis, it includes a number of contributions from ACOR affiliates. Jarrar was among the graduate students who worked directly on this extensive publication project. Find out more in our <a href="http://library.acorjordan.org/liberty/OpacLogin?mode=BASIC&amp;openDetail=true&amp;corporation=ACOR&amp;action=search&amp;queryTerm=uuid%3D%22458ffff4c0a81f0a1b6c7ed80012b671%22&amp;operator=OR&amp;url=%2Fopac%2Fsearch.do">library catalog</a>.</em></figcaption></figure></div>



<p>Finally, my professional associations today are deeply connected with this field of study. I work in restoration materials and construction chemicals between Baghdad and Amman.</p>



<p><strong>Tell us more about your thesis project!</strong></p>



<p>Although industrial heritage is considered to be an important part of modern global heritage, the subject faces continued marginalization in the Arab world, including in Jordan. Resulting from a lack of clear and inclusive definitions of cultural heritage, a number of industrial heritage sites have not received protection, nor have they been addressed by scholarly research. Thus, most of these sites, built in the 20<sup>th</sup> century, have been disappearing little by little or even been marked explicitly for demolition.&nbsp;</p>



<p>In my thesis, I undertook a detailed study of Jordan’s modern industrial heritage, beginning with its historical emergence. The concept of modern industrial heritage is closely linked to the Arab Renaissance (the Nahda) of the late 19th and early 20th century and the period of early state-building in the region. My thesis analyzed a rare example of this kind of heritage: the Rutenberg Hydropower Plant in Baqoura, in northern Jordan. I set up a comparison between the plant and another national example of industrial heritage, the Electrical Hangar located in downtown Amman. I also looked at other similar local examples in order to more deeply demonstrate the connections between such facilities and Jordanian state-building, broadly conceived. Throughout the project, I gained a deeper understanding of Jordan’s modern industrial heritage through a variety of research methodologies, including archival research, textual analysis (especially focused on the impact of manufacturing on development projects in the region), and general field surveys for a number of sites that are arguably representative of Jordanian industrial heritage (see images in inset). I synthesized a national case study and comparative analysis.</p>



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720px" /></a><figcaption class="blocks-gallery-item__caption">Sharhabeel Dam, one of the oldest dams in Jordan. </figcaption></figure></li></ul><figcaption class="blocks-gallery-caption"><em>All images courtesy of Nedhal Jarrar.</em> <em>Click on the photos to enlarge.</em></figcaption></figure>



<p>In addition, my research evaluated the study site with a brief and informal administrative plan for preservation, with the goal of paving the way for future preservation decisions for this and other industrial heritage sites in the country. This could even serve as preparation for detailed design for the site following possible renovation.</p>



<p>This study presents a different approach to understanding Jordan’s modern industrial heritage. Such heritage is important not just for its historical, architectural, and geopolitical value, but for its meanings in relation to preliminary periods of modern state-building projects in the Kingdom’s history. Therefore, the study calls for incorporation of these sites into the scope of “national heritage” and for putting the spotlight on modern industrial heritage as a means of motivating people’s sense of place, memory, and national identity. Links were made between theoretical frames of study and preservation, on the one hand, and experimental results, on the other. Put plainly, the study seeks to raise awareness about the meaning, essence, and value of modern industrial heritage, representing an era that was short lived in Jordan and the region. Moreover, this awareness must be developed not just among the public, generally speaking, but specifically among policymakers and institutions, public and private.</p>



<p><strong>In your fellowship report, you write about “the plurality and diversity of modern industrial heritage” in Jordan. Can you summarize what you mean by this for our readers?</strong></p>



<p>The buildings and sites in Jordan one might classify as “modern industrial heritage” are relatively few. However, they are nonetheless diverse and important in their historical, symbolic, structural, architectural, and sociocultural value. Jordan’s modern industrial heritage includes dams, power plants, train stations, bridges, grain silos, historic factories, water channels, and more. All of these bore witness to the founding period of the Jordanian state. Most of the sites and structures were erected in the 1960s and ’70s, which was an era of expansion and growth. They are concentrated in the northernmost parts of the kingdom.</p>



<p><strong>On a personal level, do you have favorite examples of adaptive reuse of heritage structures?</strong></p>



<p>Around the world, there are a great many remarkable examples of adaptive reuse of heritage sites, including industrial sites. Built during Ottoman rule, the Silahtarağa power plant in Istanbul experienced a sustained period of dereliction and decay before being converted into the SantralIstanbul, one of the city&#8217;s most important cultural centers. We could also take up European examples, such as in Denmark, Germany, and Britain, as these nations were pioneers in industrial heritage conservation, pursuing reuse, rather than demolition and dismantlement. In Copenhagen, for example, grain mills have been converted to residential apartments, and an old heavy-fuel power plant is today simultaneously a ski resort and a site of clean energy production and waste recycling.</p>



<p>Last but not least, there is the <a href="http://www.herskhazeen.com/ammanhangar/">electrical plant of Ras al Ain</a> in Amman and its reuse as an open cultural center. This is among the most important local examples of adaptive reuse of industrial heritage, in my opinion. Furthermore, it stands out in the region. Renovations to the site showed respect for its original building elements while distinguishing between them and recent additions. I am honored that the director of that work, Dr. Rami Daher of Turath Consultants, was my thesis adviser for my master’s degree. He is one of the biggest influences on my professional life.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignright is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Amman_Design_Week_Exhibition_%28Ras_Al-Ain%29.jpg" alt="" width="172" height="230"/><figcaption><em>The Ras Al-Ain Hangar, following interventions, in use for Amman Design Week exhibitions in October 2019. Photo by Jackie Salzinger. CC BY&nbsp;4.0</em>.</figcaption></figure></div>



<p><strong>In the time of COVID, most of us are getting out and about less often, although, on the flip side, we may be getting to know our own immediate neighborhoods a lot more (due to restricted travel). Do you have suggestions for how readers can continue to explore Jordan’s diverse built heritage during the time of COVID?&nbsp;</strong></p>



<p>Unfortunately, the current pandemic and its associated lockdowns have greatly restricted the ability of people to visit archaeological and touristic sites in Jordan and the rest of the world. This has motivated us as architects, archaeologists, and heritage and tourism professionals to think outside the box in order to find practical solutions for restoring connections between vast swaths of tourists and enthusiasts and various touristic and architectural attractions. One such solution is virtual reality, technology that a number of regional institutions have already begun to work with. The Jordan Tourism Board, for example, began disseminating <a href="https://twitter.com/visitjordan/status/1356603322224939008">VR experiences</a> to promote virtual tourism to a number of the kingdom’s heritage sites as a way to make up for the distinct lack of visitors.</p>



<p>From another angle, I work currently on a project to link archaeological sites in an effective manner with their representation on Wikipedia. Smart devices can empower visitors to access detailed information in a simple yet interactive way.</p>



<p>We, as members of the local society, including formal institutions and organizations, are called upon to come together for sake of preserving our cultural inheritance. We must work together to promote visitation to archaeological and heritage sites by reconsidering traditional methods of addressing them.&nbsp;</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234116/2-headshot.png" alt="" class="wp-image-68718" width="226" height="316" srcset="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234116/2-headshot.png 505w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234116/2-headshot-360x503.png 360w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234116/2-headshot-260x363.png 260w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px" /></figure></div>



<p><em><strong>Nedhal Jarrar</strong> is an architect who specializes in industrial heritage in Jordan and the Arab region. He is a member of the International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH) and International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Jordan. He received a master’s degree in architectural conservation from the German Jordanian University; his thesis was titled “Reconceptualizing Jordan’s Industrial and Architectural Heritage of Modernity: Rutenberg Power Plant in Baqoura.” His professional experience in architecture includes design, renovation, and maintenance projects as well as participation in a UNESCO heritage project in Petra. He also taught for a brief period. He has received a number of scholarships throughout his career, including the Jordanian Graduate Student Scholarship from ACOR for the 2019–2020 academic year. He also received an academic research grant from the German Jordanian University to test concrete samples from the reclaimed study site of Baqoura in northern Jordan. He is among the founders of Wikimedia Levant, a non-profit organization active in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria that aspires to promote free knowledge through Wikipedia and other Wikiprojects, in which his interests concentrate on documentation of cultural heritage in the region and support for Arabic-language and online content on this subject. He is a reviewer, administrator, and editor on Wikipedia and has made thousands of contributions and edits on the open encyclopedia.</em></p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Suggested further reading:</h3>



<p>“<a href="https://en.unesco.org/news/jordanian-and-syrian-youth-get-serious-about-cultural-heritage-preservation">Jordanian and Syrian youth get serious about cultural heritage preservation</a>.” UNESCO. July 31, 2019.</p>



<p>Jarrar, Nedhal. “<a href="https://ticcih.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TICCIH-Bulletin-91-FINAL.pdf">Jordan – A Struggle Against Privatization and Neoliberalism</a>.” <em>International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage Bulletin</em> 91, 2021.</p>



<p>Jarrar’s thesis, “Reconceptualizing Jordan’s Industrial and Architectural Heritage of Modernity: Rutenberg Power Plant in Baqoura,” is available for public reading at the ACOR Library.</p>



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<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1291" src="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234533/insights-1-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-68210" srcset="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234533/insights-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234533/insights-1-360x182.jpg 360w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234533/insights-1-720x363.jpg 720w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234533/insights-1-260x131.jpg 260w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234533/insights-1-768x387.jpg 768w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234533/insights-1-1536x774.jpg 1536w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234533/insights-1-2048x1033.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /><figcaption><em>The Roman Forum, the heart of ancient Rome, as I saw it in October 2019. (Photo by Abbad Diraneyya. CC-BY-SA 4.0.)</em></figcaption></figure></div>



<p>Under a hot October sun, from which I had nothing but a winter cap to conceal my face, the famous downtown of the Eternal City looked like a bunch of half-fallen columns emerging from a pile of rubble. “Disappointing” would be an understatement: I had patiently waited for this moment for nearly fifteen years, ever since my eyes were first dazzled by the BBC’s fascinating documentary <em>Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire</em>. I had since consumed a ton of books, novels, encyclopedias, and documentaries to satisfy my curiosity for the great city—only to find out that it was already gone. How, if so little of it remains, did Rome come to be so famed compared to any other ancient place?</p>



<p>While looking at the relics of the Phoenicians at the <em>Carthago: The Immortal Myth</em> exhibition under the shade of the nearby Colosseum, a new question crawled into my mind: “Can <em>my</em> native heritage ever be as familiar to my people as ancient Rome has been to so many?” As for many other important questions, the answer wouldn’t be simple. I was willing, though, to start looking for (or rather “working” toward) an answer, the search for which was to significantly shape at least the next year in my life, starting from that 2019 fall, and for possibly much longer.</p>



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<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Phoenicians and encyclopedias</strong></h4>



<p>Fifteen years ago, when I would spend my sweet, post-school afternoons watching dubbed documentaries, it wasn’t only Rome that I was introduced to, but also its fiercest rivals: the Carthagians. The way the story was told, though, Carthage was significant only in terms of its conflict with Rome. The narration may have <em>sounded</em> neutral, but I never got to<em> see </em>Carthage the way I saw Rome. The downtown of Carthage was not restored; the amazing city was not brought to life. Its streets, palaces, gardens, and, most importantly, people, barely showed up on screen at all. I could never internalize the image of the Punic capital the way I vividly did Rome’s, and, in short, I felt something was missing.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1600" src="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234459/insights-2-edited-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-68222" srcset="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234459/insights-2-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234459/insights-2-edited-360x225.jpg 360w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234459/insights-2-edited-720x450.jpg 720w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234459/insights-2-edited-260x163.jpg 260w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234459/insights-2-edited-768x480.jpg 768w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234459/insights-2-edited-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234459/insights-2-edited-2048x1280.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /><figcaption><em>Ruins of Carthage in September 2019. (Photo by Abbad Diraneyya. CC-BY-SA 4.0.)</em></figcaption></figure></div>



<p>Although we may seem to be living in an age of abundant knowledge, it is fair to say that there is increasing awareness among academics that this knowledge is neither sourced nor distributed equitably. While Greco-Roman studies are taught in hundreds (if not thousands) of universities, Punic studies (often called “Phoenician-Punic” studies) are barely existent. Moreover, what little knowledge we have of this outstanding Mediterranean civilization is relegated to a few learned academics. There’s very little common media, colorful books, or intriguing documentaries about it to enjoy. And there is even less lying beyond the language boundaries of English.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234527/insights-3-600x800.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-68212" width="309" height="412" srcset="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234527/insights-3-600x800.jpg 600w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234527/insights-3-360x480.jpg 360w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234527/insights-3-260x347.jpg 260w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234527/insights-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234527/insights-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234527/insights-3-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234527/insights-3-scaled.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px" /><figcaption><em>Leontocephaline figure from Nabeul, Tunisia, exhibited in the Colosseum. (Photo by Abbad Diraneyya. CC-BY-SA 4.0.)</em></figcaption></figure></div>



<p>I realized this when I tried to learn more about the Phoenicians, my “ancestors.” I quickly exhausted the contents of the 2006 Arabic-language internet on the subject, which amounted to a few pages of text from a new website called “Wikipedia.” Although I decided to take matters into my own hands (by producing a mostly plagiarized eighty-page book), my frustration from the lack of information had a lasting effect. This early experience is what led me to become self-sufficient in English and to become a Wikipedian who aspires to make knowledge available to others.</p>



<p>I had nearly forgotten about what led me to become a Wikipedian in the first place by the time my path crossed with the old Phoenicians again. It was late 2019, in the last few months when travel was still an aspect of normality, and I was able to take the opportunity to travel around as both an <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/opportunities/how-to-apply_en">Erasmus+</a> student and a <a href="https://acorjordan.org/named-fellowships/frederick-wenger-memorial-endowment/">Frederick-Wenger Memorial Fellow of ACOR</a>. By then, I had been volunteering as a Wikipedian for over a decade. But, as I gazed at a leontocephaline (lion-headed) figure in the Colosseum exhibit (originally excavated at Nabeul, Tunisia), it all came back. I was my young, frustrated self all over again.</p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>An open heritage of the Levant</strong></h4>



<p>Heritage can be a complicated thing. I’m hardly certain of what my own heritage is, given my own supposedly mixed Arab-Kurdish ancestry and a family history distributed across the Middle East, which is itself a melting pot of many great ancient and medieval cultures. No matter what our genetics or origins are, though, we all strive for a past to cling on to. Our culture, lifestyle, music, literature, and art are shaped by a mixture of the past and present: a compromise of what is popular nowadays and of what has been passed down to us from those who preceded us. This harmony with the “old” is probably the source of meaning for the “new” in most cultures, but it’s something I have always felt lacking in my own. My heritage has typically felt restricted to rusty museums and dusty books, without considerable significance to many people beyond.</p>



<p>How do we make heritage relatable and present in people’s lives, following the example of Rome’s continued fame? I have considered this question many times, and varying answers have come to mind. One thing is essential, though: if there’s nowhere for people to find information, and nowhere for them to learn about their past, even if they are willing to go the figurative distance, then there’s hardly a way for it to be relatable. Luckily, I have already been involved in arguably the most accessible information and knowledge repository of our time: Wikipedia.</p>



<p>Elements of this endeavor were already in motion by mid-2019. A local photographer and amazing colleague, <a href="https://www.mapandlens.com/">Bashar Tabba’a</a>, had been in contact with Wikimedia Levant (a local volunteer group of Wikipedians, for which I have been the chief coordinator since 2017). Bashar, quite generously and passionately, offered to donate a significant part of his photo collection (more like a “photo database”) covering archaeological sites in Jordan. At the same time, some of my colleagues and I had been in touch with ACOR to discuss potential collaborations with Wikimedia Levant. Finally, in fall 2019, the same season during which I was finally able to experience Punic-Roman history in person for myself, all these threads came together.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2500" height="1667" src="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234524/insights-4.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-68213" srcset="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234524/insights-4.jpg 2500w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234524/insights-4-360x240.jpg 360w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234524/insights-4-720x480.jpg 720w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234524/insights-4-260x173.jpg 260w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234524/insights-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234524/insights-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234524/insights-4-2048x1366.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px" /><figcaption><em>An example of Bashar’s awesome collection: a 6th-century church in Tell Abila (part of the Decapolis), in northern Jordan. (Photo by Bashar Tabba’a. CC-BY-SA 4.0.)</em></figcaption></figure></div>



<p>The project came to be called <a href="https://publications.acorjordan.org/2020/08/09/open-jordanian-heritage-wikimedians-share-stories-of-editing-online/">Open Jordanian Heritage</a>. It is an ambitious effort to make room for the heritage of Jordan on Wikipedia and <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/our-work/wikimedia-projects/">its sister projects</a> by donating pictures, building a database, and writing articles (in both Arabic and English). All the data, images, and other information contributed through the project are openly available under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Share Alike) license, freely accessible to anyone curious about the history of Jordan.</p>



<p>Over the past year, Open Jordanian Heritage became a major project in the local Wikimedian community. We have organized four editing workshops to train new Wikipedia editors and prepared them to contribute to heritage articles. Two of these events were offline, in the pre-COVID age, and two took place virtually thereafter. The project has, in sum, contributed high-quality photos of over one hundred archeological sites across Jordan, many of which had no freely available picture before. About a hundred people have participated as volunteer editors, contributing <a href="https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/heritagejo/programs">more than 60,000 words</a> and adding around 300 references to the free online encyclopedia.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1168" src="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234518/insights-5-1-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-68215" srcset="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234518/insights-5-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234518/insights-5-1-360x164.jpg 360w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234518/insights-5-1-720x329.jpg 720w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234518/insights-5-1-260x119.jpg 260w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234518/insights-5-1-768x350.jpg 768w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234518/insights-5-1-1536x701.jpg 1536w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234518/insights-5-1-2048x935.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /><figcaption><em>People enthusiastically contributing to the Jordanian heritage on Wikipedia in October 2019. (Photo by Jessica Holland.)</em></figcaption></figure></div>



<p>On a personal level, however, even as this project was taking off, I still felt a need for even more connection. As a student of foreign languages, I was impressed to learn a few years ago (rather late in my education) that the Phoenicians invented the world’s first known alphabet. I was intrigued to learn more about it, and ironically—although perhaps predictably, at this point, given my experiences—I found that there were few resources about this remarkable language available online. Today, I feel I have somewhat satisfied my linguistic curiosity (and heritage needs) by acquiring, a few months ago, the ability to read and write in the ancient Phoenician script (even if only a handful of words and some grammar). Currently, I’m working on the <a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9">entry for the Phoenician language</a> on Wikipedia, hoping to make it a well-researched source of information. (This is still in an early stage of development, as it can take many months to write a good Wikipedia entry, especially alongside a full-time job.) I’m also hoping to contribute to a user-friendly language guide, later on.</p>



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<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Ibn Fadlan</strong></h4>



<p>While ancient heritage is a part of my identity that I feel has been especially neglected in our present, it is only one part of this story. Ever since I came back from my study-abroad program, I have spent a lot more time reading medieval Arabic literature. One example that has greatly influenced me is the travel narrative of Ibn Fadlan.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234512/insights-7.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-68217" width="331" height="444" srcset="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234512/insights-7.jpg 592w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234512/insights-7-360x483.jpg 360w, https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508234512/insights-7-260x349.jpg 260w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px" /><figcaption><em>A page from the original manuscript of Ibn Fadlan’s narrative, discovered in Mashhad, Iran in 1923. (Scan courtesy of Universitetsbiblioteket i Oslo.)</em></figcaption></figure></div>



<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_ibn_Fadlan">Ibn Fadlan</a> was a Muslim (either Arab or Persian) traveler who ventured on a mission from Baghdad to Volga Bulgaria in 921–922. While that may seem like a distant part of heritage, with many of its events taking part in lands I have never seen, it had quite the opposite impression on me. His travel narrative, widely praised for its accuracy and objectivity, seemed to me to present a fascinating cross-section of the medieval world through the eyes of a Middle Easterner. The long travel experience even felt relatable to my own recent trip to foreign Europe.</p>



<p>Much the same as my frustration about Rome, I felt similarly about Ibn Fadlan. In my second year at university, I had to read about 3,000 lines of <em>Beowulf</em>, a story renowned not only as a good read but also as a significant piece of the national heritage of England. This epic poem has been deemed so important that it became known far and wide (including in my university in Jordan), getting republished and repackaged for children, adults, and scholars. It even inspired an amazing novel, <em>The Hobbit</em>, that has become perhaps more prominent than the original and influenced my own childhood.</p>



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<p>Ibn Fadlan’s narrative, in my opinion, is no less. An engaging story with nerve-racking events, it’s a fascinating piece of literature. It features the only known eyewitness account of the Volga Vikings’ ship-burial ritual, firsthand experiences of various historical events, and thrilling adventures full of politics, power, and religion. Yet, his work remains little known by the descendants of the traveler himself, inheritors of his own culture, with few people reading him among either students or the wider public. (Notably, his narrative <em>did </em>inspire a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaters_of_the_Dead">well-known novel</a> and major motion picture—a bad one, I’d say, with much more Beowulf than Ibn Fadlan going on.)</p>



<p>Just like I did fifteen years ago, I have decided to take matters into my own hands, with fingers crossed for a better result. Having read tons of literature and taken many classes in writing, and aspiring to contribute more than mere encyclopedic knowledge, I have decided to present Ibn Fadlan’s tale from my own point of view, as an original and Arabic-composed literary work. The manuscript is currently closing to 30,000 words and already covers the majority of his story. I’m hoping to complete the novel—still untitled— early next year.</p>



<p>I also believe that, if better publicized, Ibn Fadlan’s original narrative (in its “raw form”) has the potential to become very popular reading. As a next step, after my novel, I’m hoping to dedicate time to republish the narrative itself with an enjoyable and informative introduction, maps and photos of the places he visited (or the ruins of these places), and other visuals. As engaging as Ibn Fadlan’s writing is on its own, I realize far better now, after digging up information for my story, some of the really interesting context that the narrative took place in. Taking advantage of what I learned as a student, I have come to believe that there’s a real need to republish Ibn Fadlan’s narrative in a new Arabic version, with a decent introduction and footnotes that can relay this context and interesting history to present-day readers.</p>



<p>Working through these varied ideas and projects, today I feel slightly more connected to my own heritage. Over the next months and, quite possibly, years, I will be looking to continue these projects and perhaps start new ones that can help revive my heritage and culture and to make it more widely understood and accessible. I’m really thankful for all the support I have received from the Frederick Wenger Memorial Fellowship and from so many great colleagues at ACOR, Wikimedia Levant, and beyond. And I hope we can all work together toward a future more connected to the past—which is what has made us who we are.</p>



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<p><em><strong>Abbad Diraneyya</strong> is a Wikipedian, writer, and linguistics student. He currently works as the information and knowledge management coordinator with the 2030 Strategy Team at the Wikimedia Foundation. He has been a volunteer contributor to Wikipedia for a bit over a decade and chair of the board for Wikimedia Levant for three years. He previously led translation projects in the Arabic language with Khan Academy and Scientific Saud, wrote for publications and organizations including 7iber, </em>MIT Technology Review Arabia<em>, and the Arabic-language edition of </em>Popular Science<em>. He also published the freely available ebook </em>حكاية ويكيبيديا<em>. At present, Abbad is continuing to pursue his bachelor’s degree in English language and literature from the University of Jordan, and he was previously awarded ACOR&#8217;s <a href="https://acorjordan.org/named-fellowships/frederick-wenger-memorial-endowment/">Frederick-Wenger Memorial Fellowship</a>.</em></p>
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<p><em>Every year ACOR funds travel scholarships for two Jordanian researchers to attend <a href="http://www.asor.org/am/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the annual meeting of ASOR (American Schools of Oriental Research)</a>. <a href="http://faculty.yu.edu.jo/skhasswneh/SitePages/Home.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sahar al Khasawneh</a>, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology at <a href="https://www.yu.edu.jo/index.php/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Yarmouk University</a> in Jordan is an awardee of a Jordanian Travel Scholarship to attend the ASOR Annual Meeting in San Diego, California in November 2019. She writes about her paper and experience at the conference.</em></p>
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<p><strong>By Sahar al Khasawneh</strong></p>
<p>I specialize in luminescence dating and its applications in archaeology. Despite recent successful developments of luminescence dating in geology, the technique still has limited applications in archaeology. In my work, I attempt to employ these new techniques to resolve chronological questions at archaeological sites, particularly where organic materials are scarce for carbon dating. For example, rock surface luminescence dating is a new approach that has been established in the last few years to define the date when the rocks were last exposed to the sun. In archaeology, we could use the approach to define when rocks were used for construction. The approach could also be useful for dating widespread megalithic structures. In Jordan, I was successful in dating the construction from enigmatic megalithic structures including Khatt Shebib structure (dated to ca. 400 BCE) and a so called Desert Kite structure in southern Jordan (dated to ca. 8000 BCE). I presented my work on dating the Desert Kite site at the ASOR Meeting in 2017.</p>
<p>I also worked with young geo-archaeological sediments such as those at Tell Maqass and Tell Damiyah, and with older sediments such as those at the Dead Sea and Wadi Hasa. At the ASOR 2019 Meeting, I had the opportunity to present my work on Tell Maqass with two different approaches of luminescence dating for the same sample, which acts as an internal age control for the site.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.asor.org/am/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The ASOR Annual Meeting</a> is one of the most important meetings in Near Eastern archaeology in North America. To me, it is an opportunity to follow up with the recent works in Jordan archaeology, and to network with other professionals and archaeologists. The ASOR Annual Meeting is also where I establish research collaborations with other scholars. I am grateful to ACOR and ASOR committees because without the travel award, I wouldn’t have had this opportunity to take part.</p>
<p><strong>Attention Jordanian scholars!</strong><br />
<em><a href="https://www.acorjordan.org/fellowships-master-page/asor-participation/"><strong>Jordanian Travel Scholarship for ASOR Annual Meeting</strong></a><strong>:</strong> Two travel scholarships of $3,500 are funded by ACOR and they assist Jordanians participating and delivering a paper at the ASOR Annual meeting in mid-November in the United States. Academic papers should be submitted through the ASOR’s website (<a href="http://www.asor.org/am">www.asor.org/am</a>) by February 15, 2020. Final award selection will be determined by the ASOR program committee.</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">في<span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> كل عام يقوم المركز الأمريكي للأبحاث الشرقية (أكور) بتمويل منح سفر لحضور الإجتماع السنوي للمدارس الأمريكية للأبحاث الشرقية (أسور) تقدم لإثنين من الباحثين الأردنيين؛ سحر الخصاونة، أستاذ مساعد في كلية الآثار والأنثروبولوجيا في جامعة اليرموك – الأردن، حصلت سحر على منحة السفر للمشاركة في إجتماع (أسور) السنوي والذي أقيم هذه السنة في سان دييغو – كاليفورنيا، في تشرين الثاني 2019. وقد كتبت لنا عن ورقتها البحثية و تجربتها في المؤتمر</span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>بقلم سحر الخصاونة</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">أنا متخصصة في التأريخ بظاهرة التألق الضوئي وتطبيقه في علم الآثار. على الرغم من التطورات الحديثة في تقنية التأريخ بظاهرة التألق الضوئي في علوم الأرض، فلا يزال هنالك تطبيقات محدودة لاستخدام هذه التقنية في علم الآثار. في عملي أحاول استخدام هذه التقنيات الجديدة لحل المسائل الزمنية في المواقع الأثرية، لا سيما عندما تكون المواد العضوية شحيحة لاستخدامها في التأريخ بالكربون المشع. على سبيل المثال يعد تأريخ سطح الصخور بظاهرة التألق الضوئي تقنية حديثة تم تطويرها في السنوات القليلة الماضية لتأريخ المرة الأخيرة التي تعرض بها سطح الصخر لأشعة الشمس. في علم الآثار ، يمكننا استخدام هذا الأسلوب لتحديد متى تم استخدام الصخور في أعمال البناء. و بهذا يمكن الإستفادة منه في تأريخ التشكيلات الحجرية الضخمة الأثرية ذات الإنتشار الواسع. في الأردن نجحت من خلال هذه التقنية في تحديد زمن بناء بعض هذه التشكيلات الحجرية الغامضة مثل خط شبيب الأثري (الذي يرجع تاريخه إلى 400 سنة قبل الميلاد)، ومواقع المصائد الصحراوية في جنوب الأردن (يرجع تاريخها إلى 8000 سنة قبل الميلاد). قدمت عملي حول تأريخ المصائد الصحراوية في اجتماع (أسور) في عام 2017</span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;عملت أيضًا في مجال علم الآثار الجيولوجي وبالأخص على الرواسب الجيولوجية الموجودة في موقع تل المقص في مدينة </span><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">العقبة و موقع تل داميا الواقع في غور الأردن، و في البحر الميت و وادي الحسا. </span><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">في اجتماع أسور لعام 2019، أتيحت لي الفرصة لأعرض أعمالي في موقع تل المقص بطريقتين مختلفتين من التأريخ التألق الضوئي على نفس العينة، والتي عملت بمثابة مراقب داخلي لعمر الموقع</span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">الإجتماع السنوي لأسور هو واحد من أهم المؤتمرات في علم آثار الشرق الأدني في أمريكا الشمالية. بالنسبة لي، إنها فرصة لمتابعة آخر الأعمال الأثرية في الأردن، و للتواصل مع المتخصصين و غيرهم من علماء الآثار. وهو أيضا المكان الذي أقيم فيه علاقات تعاون مع الباحثيين الآخرين. ولهذا أنا ممتنة جداً للمركز الأمريكي للأبحاث الشرقية (أكور) و للإجتماع السنوي للمدارس الأمريكية للأبحاث الشرقية (أسور) لأنه بدون تقديمهم لمنحة السفر هذه لما أتيحت لي فرصة المشاركة</span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>تذكير للباحثين الأردنيين</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>منح سفر للأردنيين للمشاركة في إجتماع (آسور) السنوي</strong>: منحتان للسفر بقيمة 3500 دولار لكل منهما مقدمة من قبل المركز الأمريكي للأبحاث الشرقية (أكور) لمساعدة الأردنيين سواء كانوا طلاب أو أكاديميين أو باحثين للمشاركة وتقديم ورقة بحثية في الاجتماع السنوي للمدارس الأمريكية للأبحاث الشرقية (آسور) الذي يقام في منتصف تشرين الثاني في الولايات المتحدة من كل عام. &nbsp;يرجى تقديم الأوراق الأكاديمية من خلال موقع أسور&nbsp; <em>(</em><a href="http://www.asor.org/am">www.asor.org/am</a>)&nbsp; الإلكتروني مباشرة</span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> &nbsp;آخر موعد للتقديم هو 15 فبراير لعام 2020. سيتم إختيار الحاصل على المنحة من قبل لجنة برنامج أسور</span></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>By Bilal Al Burini المقال باللغة العربية في أسفل الصفحة In 2003, the discovery of a Byzantine era lead coffin in the village of Jerash caused a wave of excitement throughout the region, especially for historians and archaeologists, but also for Jerash locals looking forward to the influx of tourists who may want to see...  </p>
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<p><strong>By Bilal Al Burini</strong></p>



<p class="rtl-content"><em>المقال باللغة العربية <a href="#arabic-burini">في أسفل الصفحة</a></em></p>



<p><em>In 2003, the discovery of a Byzantine era lead coffin in the village of Jerash caused a wave of excitement throughout the region, especially for historians and archaeologists, but also for Jerash locals looking forward to the influx of tourists who may want to see the sarcophagus. Bilal Al Burini, ACOR&#8217;s 2019 James A. Sauer Jordanian Fellow, conducted research on the coffin for his master&#8217;s thesis.</em></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" src="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508235426/bilal_3.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-64269"/><figcaption><em>Scientists move the Jerash Lead Coffin to a new location for conservation and maintenance. Photo courtesy of Bilal Fawaz.</em></figcaption></figure>



<p>My name is Bilal Fawaz Mohammad Al-Burini. I graduated with a master&#8217;s degree from the Department of Conservation and Management of Cultural Resources under the Faculty of the Archaeology and Anthropology Department at Yarmouk University in 2019. I work in the Department of Antiquities in Jerash / the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.</p>



<p>I first heard about ACOR from the Department of Conservation and Management of Cultural Resources at my university, and from other Yarmouk students who talked about grants that they received from ACOR.</p>



<p>I submitted my ACOR fellowship application with my thesis proposal on the conservation of lead coffin from the end of the fourth century and the beginning of the fifth century AD.</p>



<p>This unique sarcophagus was found accidentally in Jerash&#8217;s Wadi Addeir Gharbi region in 2003.* The coffin was transferred from the site to the archaeological excavation depot at the Directorate of Antiquities of Jerash. This coffin is one of the most important and rare artifacts in this area, both for its great size of over two meters in length and for the images on its surfaces.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignright is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508235426/bilal_1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-64267" width="204" height="436"/><figcaption>Lead Coffin Conservation</figcaption></figure></div>



<p>This is the second lead coffin found in Jordan from the Byzantine era (another was found in Umm Qais). This discovery is a great tool for assessing the status of people living in Jordan during the early Byzantine era. This particular sarcophagus was probably made in Jerusalem or Lebanon and then carried all way to Jerash at sometime in the fourth century, an expensive and difficult task, leading researchers to believe that the person inside the coffin must have been of considerable social importance.</p>



<p>The coffin is decorated with early Christian symbols and Greek mythological themes.&nbsp; It dates to a period of gradual change in Roman burial practices between the 2nd and 5th centuries AD, namely the transition from cremation to inhumation.</p>



<p>I was involved in the treatment of the coffin conservation, including cleaning, consolidating and securing of missing parts, and drawing and documenting the coffin. It is now on display at the Jerash Archaeological Museum.</p>



<p>I was very fortunate to gain this support. I would like to thank ACOR for offering me a grant in April 2019. This money helped cover my research costs by paying for conservation materials, a modern laptop, transportation costs, and printing costs. I would like to thank everyone at ACOR, and I would recommend that every student and researcher take advantage of the opportunities and the amazing library that ACOR offers.</p>



<p>*Wadi Addeir Gharbi region in 2003 </p>



<p>For further reading on the discovery of the coffin, check out this journal article in our <a href="https://acorjordan.org/acor-library/">library</a>:<br>Abd al-Rahim Hazim. &#8220;Lead Sarcophagus from Jerash&#8221;, <em>Liber Annuus LII</em>, ed. Alliata, Eugenio, Jerusalem, Stadium Biblicum Franciscanum, 2002, pp. 482-83.</p>



<p>For more information about our 2020-2021 fellowship opportunities please&nbsp;visit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.acorjordan.org/2020-21-acor-fellowships/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.acorjordan.org/2020-21-acor-fellowships/</a></p>



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<h2 class="rtl-content wp-block-heading"><strong>بلال البوريني</strong></h2>



<p class="rtl-content">بلال فوّاز محمد البوريني حاصل على درجة الماجستير من جامعة اليرموك/ كلية الآثار والإنثروبولوجيا /قسم صيانة المصادر التراثية و إدارتها عام &nbsp;2019 . أعمل حالياً في مديرية آثار جرش التابعة لدائرة الآثار العامة بوظيفة مفتش آثار.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508235424/jerash-coffin2-e1570952567857.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-64272" width="316" height="462"/><figcaption>Imagery of part of the sarcophagus. Photo by Jack Green.  جزء من الزخارف على سطح التابوت &nbsp;<br>&nbsp;</figcaption></figure></div>



<p class="rtl-content">سمعت عن المركز الأمريكي للأبحاث الشرقية عن طريق جامعتي و من خلال زملائي في القسم الذين حالفهم الحظ بالحصول على منح (أكور) في السنوات السابقة.</p>



<p class="rtl-content">قد حصلت على منحة جيمس ساور بتقديم ملخص عن رسالة الماجستير التي سأقوم بمناقشتها والتي كانت بعنوان &#8220;صيانة وترميم تابوت رصاصي يعود لنهاية القرن الرابع وبداية القرن الخامس الميلادي&#8221;.</p>



<p class="rtl-content">&nbsp;ملخص عن الرسالة:</p>



<p class="rtl-content">عثر على تابوت رصاصي بيزنطي في منطقة وادي الدير الغربي في مدينة جرش عام&nbsp; ٢٠٠٣، وتم نقلة من الموقع إلى مستودع التنقيبات الأثرية بمديرية آثار جرش. يُعد هذا التابوت واحد من أهم&nbsp; القطع الأثرية والنادرة الموجودة في المنطقة و ذلك لكبر حجمه حيث يبلغ طوله الى ما يقارب المترين ويتميز بالرسومات الرائعة والمتنوعة على سطحه الخارجي.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508235423/bilal_2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-64268" width="136" height="291"/><figcaption>Bilal Fawaz Mohammad Al-Burini&nbsp; بلال البوريني&nbsp;</figcaption></figure></div>



<p class="rtl-content">كما أنه يعتبر ثاني تابوت رصاصي موجود في الأردن يعود للحقبة البيزنطية (حيث عُثر على التابوت الأول في موقع أم قيس). هذا الاكتشاف هو أداة رائعة عكست لنا صورة عن كيفية حياة الناس في الاردن خلال الفترة البيزنطية، من المحتمل أن يكون هذا التابوت قد تم بنائه في القدس أو في لبنان و من بعدها نُقل إلى جرش في القرن الرابع، و اعتبرت مهمة نقله صعبة ومكلفة، مما جعل الباحثين يعتقدون أن الشخص المدفون بداخله ذا أهمية إجتماعية.</p>



<p class="rtl-content">التابوت مزين برموز وروسومات تعكس الفن الميثولوجي الإغريقي. يعود تاريخها لفترة التغيير التدريجي في ممارسات الدفن عند الرومان بين القرن الثاني و الخامس الميلادي، أي الانتقال من حرق الجثث إلى دفنها. &nbsp;</p>



<p class="rtl-content">لقد شاركت في عملية معالجة و ترميم التابوت من خلال عدة إجراءات كتنظيف و تثبيت الأجزاء المفقودة، وتم رسم و توثيق التابوت بالكامل. التابوت معروض حالياً في متحف جرش الأثري.</p>



<p class="rtl-content">في النهاية أقدم جزيل الشكر للمركز الأمريكي للأبحاث الشرقية (أكور)، على دعمهم و تقديمهم لي هذه المنحة. حيث أنها ساعدتني في تغطية تكاليف دراستي وشراء معدات ترميم وجهاز حاسوب محمول وتكاليف المواصلات للموقع وطباعة المصادر والمراجع التي دعمت رسالتي .أود أن أشكر جميع العاملين في أكور، و أوصي جميع الطلاب بزيارة المركز لإحتوائه على مكتبة غنية بكتب الاّثار و التراث والإستفادة منها.</p>



<p class="rtl-content">لمعرفة المزيد عن منح أكور المقدمة للطلاب الاردنيين لعام 2020-2021، اضغط الرابط <a href="https://www.acorjordan.org/jordanian-fellowships/">/https://www.acorjordan.org/2020-21-acor-fellowships</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">(<span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="1">يوم</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="2">الثلاثاء</span> 24 <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="3">أيلول</span> 2019 <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" style="background: transparent; color: inherit;" data-id="4">الساعة</span> 6 <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="5">مساءً</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="6">في</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="7">المركز</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="8">الأمريكي</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="9">للأبحاث</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="10">الشرقية</span> (<span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="11">أكور</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="12">برديات</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="13">بترا</span>: <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="14">ذاكرة</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="15">المدينة</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="16">و</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="17">أهلها</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="18">في</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="19">القرن</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="20">السادس</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="21">الميلادي</span></span><br></span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="22">في</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="23">عام</span> 1993 <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="24">اكتُشف</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" style="background: transparent; color: inherit;" data-id="25">أرشيف</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="26">من</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="27">البرديات</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" style="background: transparent; color: inherit;" data-id="28">اليونانية</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="29">في</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="30">الكنيسة</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="31">البيزنطية</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="32">ببترا</span>، <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="33">يتضمن</span> 140 <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="34">بردية</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="35">تقريبًا</span>، <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="36">مؤرخة</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="37">في</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="38">القرن</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="39">السادس</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" style="background: transparent; color: inherit;" data-id="40">الميلادي</span>، <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="41">وتحكي</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="42">عن</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="43">شؤون</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="44">عائلية</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="45">خاصة</span>، <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="46">مما</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="47">زاد</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="48">زيادة</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="49">كبيرة</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="50">في</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="51">معرفتنا</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="52">بتاريخ</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="53">المدينة</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="54">وبأهلها</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="55">في</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="56">تلك</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="57">الفترة</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="58">التي</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" style="background: transparent; color: inherit;" data-id="59">سبقت</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="60">ظهور</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="61">الإسلام</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="62">بقليل</span>. <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="63">وتتميز</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="64">البرديات</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="65">باشتمالها</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="66">على</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="67">نحو</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="68">فريد</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="69">على</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="70">معلومات</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="71">عن</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="72">الحياة</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="73">اليومية</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="74">لأهل</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="75">بترا</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" style="background: transparent; color: inherit;" data-id="76">واللغات</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" style="background: transparent; color: inherit;" data-id="77">التي</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="78">تكلموها</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="79">وكتبوا</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="80">بها</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="81">المحاضرة</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="82">من</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="83">تقديم</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="84">الدكتور</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" style="background: transparent; color: inherit;" data-id="85">عمر</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" style="background: transparent; color: inherit;" data-id="86">الغول</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="87">أستاذ</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="88">اللغات</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="89">السامية</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="90">في</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" style="background: transparent; color: inherit;" data-id="91">جامعة</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="92">اليرموك</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="93">ومختص</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="94">بالنقوش</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="95">السامية</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="96">الشمالية</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="97">الغربية</span> ، <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="98">ومدير</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" style="background: transparent; color: inherit;" data-id="99">المشروع</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="100">الأردني</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="101">لمخطوطات</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="102">البحر</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="103">الميت</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="104">ومهتم</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="105">بتاريخ</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="106">اللغة</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="107">العربية</span>، <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="108">و</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="109">يشغل</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="110">حالياً</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="111">منصب</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="112">مدير</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="113">مكتبة</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="114">جامعة</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="115">اليرموك</span>، <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" style="background: transparent; color: inherit;" data-id="116">مكتبة</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="117">الحسين</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="118">بن</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="119">طلال</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="120">للمزيد</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="121">من</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="122">التفاصيل</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="123">عن</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" style="background: transparent; color: inherit;" data-id="124">بدريات</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="125">بترا</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="126">يرجى</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="127">التصفح</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="128">منشورات</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="129">أكور</span><a href="https://www.acorjordan.org/research/publications/purchase-acor-publications/"> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" style="background: transparent; color: inherit;" data-id="130">المتوفرة</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="131">للبيع</span></a> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="132">والموجودة</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="133">في</span><a href="https://www.acorjordan.org/acor-library/"> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="134">مكتبة</span> <span class="arabic-wrapped-31245" data-id="135">أكور</span></a></span></p>
<p>Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 6pm at ACOR<br>The Petra Papyri: A city&#8217;s diary from the 6th century CE By Omar Al-Ghul<br>Please note video recording is in Arabic only.</p>
<p><em>About the Lecture:</em><br>In 1993, an archive of Greek papyri was uncovered in the Byzantine Church in Petra. The approximately 140 texts belong to a private archive dated to the 6th century CE. The papyri contribute significantly to our knowledge about Petra and its inhabitants at that period, only a few decades before the emergence of Islam. The lecture paid special attention to the information the papyri provide about the daily life in Petra and languages spoken and written there.</p>
<p><em>About the Lecturer:</em><br>Omar Al-Ghul is an epigraphist with special interest in Northwest Semitic inscriptions, the Dead Sea Scrolls and the history of Arabic. He is a faculty member at the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology at Yarmouk University.</p>
<p>To learn more about the Petra Papyri, please visit the following links, including a video of a previous lecture on the subject at ACOR:</p>
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<li><a href="https://www.acorjordan.org/2015/08/01/petra-papyri/">Porter, Barbara. 2015. &#8220;The Petra Papyri—An Archive from Petra’s Byzantine Past&#8221;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r3OKIoXvoI&amp;feature=youtu.be">Frösén, Jaakko; Antti Arjava, and Barbara Porter. 2018. &#8220;ACOR Public Lecture and Book Launch: The Petra Papyri V&#8221;</a></li>
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<p>You can also learn more from the <em>Petra Papyri</em> volumes, published by ACOR, which are available for purchase in the <a href="https://www.acorjordan.org/acor-book-marketplace/">ACOR Book Marketplace.</a></p><p>The post <a href="https://publications.acorjordan.org/2019/12/11/the-petra-papyri-a-citys-diary-from-the-6th-century-ce-lecture-in-arabic/">The Petra Papyri: A city&#8217;s diary from the 6th century CE (Lecture in Arabic)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://publications.acorjordan.org">ACOR Jordan</a>.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>On July 2-3, 2019, the ACOR Library and Archive hosted the third annual Archival Methods Workshop. Here you will find blog posts written by Jessica Holland (ACOR Archivist) and Samya Khalaf Kafafi (ACOR Assistant Librarian) detailing the events of these two days, as well as the slide shows for workshop presentations. Making Sense of Digital...  </p>
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<p>On July 2-3, 2019, the ACOR Library and Archive hosted the third annual Archival Methods Workshop. Here you will find blog posts written by Jessica Holland (ACOR Archivist) and Samya Khalaf Kafafi (ACOR Assistant Librarian) detailing the events of these two days, as well as the slide shows for workshop presentations.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image is-resized"><a href="https://www.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Program-Packet-ACOR-Archive-Workshop-2019.pdf"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508235529/image-11.png" alt="" class="wp-image-63841" width="400" height="566"/></a><figcaption><em>Program for Archival Methods 2019. To download the program, click the image. </em></figcaption></figure>



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<h5 class="wp-block-heading"><strong><a href="https://acorjordan.org/archivist-workshop-2019/">Making Sense of Digital Objects:<br>Archival Methods 2019</a></strong></h5>



<p><strong>Jessica Holland</strong></p>



<p>On July 2-3, 2019 ACOR and the <a href="http://www.nl.gov.jo/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">National Library of Jordan</a> co-hosted the annual skills-sharing workshop for galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM). This was the third annual workshop that ACOR has organized on the topic of digital archives, and it was the best-attended by far. We were delighted to have over 60 participants from 18 different institutions take part in the two-day workshop focused on current and future methods to better capture, preserve, and share knowledge about the past&#8230; <a href="https://acorjordan.org/archivist-workshop-2019/"><em>Click here to read the full text.</em></a></p>



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<h5 class="rtl-content wp-block-heading"><strong><a href="https://acorjordan.org/archive-workshop-2019-arabic/">أساليب الأرشفة الإلكترونية: ورشة عمل 2019</a></strong></h5>



<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size"><strong>سامية خلف كفافي</strong></p>



<p class="rtl-content has-medium-font-size">نظم المركز الأمريكي للأبحاث الشّرقية ( أكور) في شهر تموز لعام 2019 ورشة عمل ضمن سلسلة ورشات أرشيف أكور الالكتروني للصور والوثائق بعنوان &#8220;تبادل مهارات الارشفه الالكترونية بين المكتبات والمتاحف ومراكز المعلومات &#8221; وقد شارك في الورشة ما يقارب من 60 شخص من المهتمين بالأرشفه في المكتبات والمتاحف والمراكز البحثيّة العلميّة ومكتبات الجامعات حيث تضمن جدول الورشة على عدة مَحاور واستضاف عدد من المحاضرين من خارج وداخل الاردن واستمرت الورشة لمدة يومين بناء على رغبة المشاركين في الورشة التي عقدت في تموز عام&nbsp; 2018م</p>



<p class="has-text-align-right has-medium-font-size"><a href="https://acorjordan.org/archive-workshop-2019-arabic/">لتصفح المقال باللغة العربية هنا</a></p>



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<figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" src="https://publications-cdn.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/20250508235528/samya-blog-pic-e1568725001800.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-64006"/><figcaption>Group photo of participants at the Archival Methods Workshop 2019. Photo by Abed alFatah Ghareeb.</figcaption></figure>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><br><span class="has-inline-color has-blue-color">View and download the 2019 Archival Methods Workshop presentations below (in order of presentation):</span></h4>



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<p><strong>Day 1 (July 2, 2019) &#8211; National Library of Jordan</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/JR_IIIF_2019.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF)</strong></a></td><td>Jack Reed, Stanford University</td></tr><tr><td><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/JH_Qatar_Digital_Library.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Qatar Digital Library</strong></a></td><td>John Hayhurst, British Library, Qatar Foundation</td></tr><tr><td><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AL_HS_Roots-project_2019.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>History of the Department of Antiquities through Roots/Juthur Project</strong></a></td><td>Ahmad Lash and Hala Syoof, Department of Antiquities (DOA)</td></tr><tr><td><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/NT_UJordan_Library_2019.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Digital Publishing at the University of Jordan Library</strong></a></td><td>Dr. Nashrawan Al-Tahat, University of Jordan</td></tr><tr><td><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SK_Metadata_2019.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Archival Metadata Research Standards</strong></a></td><td>Samya Khalaf Kafafi, ACOR</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>



<p><strong>Day 2 (July 3, 2019) &#8211; ACOR</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/JG_Photo-archive_intro_2019.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Introduction: ACOR Photo Archive</strong></a></td><td>Jack Green, ACOR</td></tr><tr><td><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AB%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AFYA_JF_JMuseum_2019.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>The Use of 3D Technologies for Heritage Preservation</strong></a></td><td>Jihad Kafafi and Dr. Yosha al Omari, Jordan Museum</td></tr><tr><td><strong><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/JH_Digitization_Overview_2019-2.pdf" target="_blank">Photo Digitization Overview</a> </strong></td><td>Jessica Holland, ACOR</td></tr><tr><td><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/RM_ED_Lapp_Collection_2019-1.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>The Paul and Nancy Lapp collection at ACOR</strong></a></td><td>Eslam Dawodieh and Rachael McGlensey, ACOR</td></tr><tr><td><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/HK_DOJAM_2019.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Documentation of Objects in Jordan Archaeological Museum</strong></a></td><td>Dr. Hashem Kries, GPIA / Department of Antiquities (DOA)</td></tr><tr><td><strong><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AD_Wikipedia_2019.pdf" target="_blank">Wikimedia Foundation Levant Chapter</a> </strong></td><td>Abbad Diraneya</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>



<p><em>We hope you enjoy this photograph montage from the workshop, put together by Eslam Dawodieh (ACOR Library and Archives Assistant): <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uMhNmPjWmZ5gKhZHipLCUj9cLHTsPzlv/view">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uMhNmPjWmZ5gKhZHipLCUj9cLHTsPzlv/view</a></em></p>


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