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DISCOVER ISLAMIC ART PROJECT TEAM
Local heads of project
AlgeriaDirector of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture (Mourad Betrouni)
EgyptSecretary General, Supreme Council of Antiquities, Ministry of Culture (Zahi Hawas)
GermanyDirector, Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum (Claus-Peter Haase)
ItalyDirector, National Museum of Oriental Art "G. Tucci", Rome (June 2004 – January 2005 Donatella Mazzeo; February 2005 – August 2006 Paola Torre; since September Silvana Balbi de Caro)
JordanPresident, Friends of Archaeology (Mohammad Najjar)
Director General, Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Tourism (Fawwaz Al-Khraysheh)
MoroccoDirector of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture (June 2004 – March 2007 Abdeljalil Elhajraoui; since April 2007 Abdellah Saleh)
Palestinian AuthorityDirector General of Development and Planning, Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (Walid Sherif)
PortugalDirector, Archaeological Area and Museum of Mertola (ClaudioTorres)
SpainDirector, National Archaeological Museum (Rubí Sanz Gamo)
SwedenDirector, Museum for Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities (Sanne Houby-Nielsen)
SyriaDeputy Minister of Culture (Abdal-Razzaq Moaz)
TunisiaDirector of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture (Beji Benmami)
TurkeyVice Rector, EGE University (Fikret Ikiz, represented by Inci Kuyulu Ersoy)
United KingdomDirector, Visiting Arts (Terry Sandell until August 2005); since September 2005 the United Kingdom is represented by the four participating museums: the British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, National Museums Scotland, Glasgow Museums)
Local Coordinators
AlgeriaBoussad Ouadi, Algiers
EgyptEnaam Selim, Cairo
ItalyIrene Salerno, Rome
JordanGhada Al-Yousef, Friends of Archaeology, Amman
MoroccoNaima Elkhatib-Boujibar, Casablanca
Palestinian AuthoritySa'd Nimr, Ramallah
PortugalSantiago Macías, Mértola
Cristina Correia (awareness, fundraising, marketing)
SpainMiguel García, Madrid
SyriaZena Takieddine, Damascus (editorial coordinator)
TunisiaSaloua Zangar, Tunis
TurkeyMehmet Kahyaoglu (until August 2005); since September 2005 Inci Kuyulu Ersoy, Izmir
Academic and Curatorial Advisory Board (also authors of forms for the Database)
AlgeriaLakhdar Drias, Ministry of Culture, Algiers
Houria Chérid, National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Arts, Algiers
Ali Lafer (monuments), Algiers
EgyptMohammad Abbas Selim, Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
Tarek Torky (monuments), Cairo
GermanyJens Kröger, Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum, Berlin
ItalyPaola Torre, National Museum of Oriental Art “G. Tucci”), Rome
Pier Paolo Racioppi (monuments), Rome
JordanAida Nagawi Dodo, Jordan Archaeological Museum, Amman
Ghazi Bisheh (monuments), Amman
MoroccoNaima Elkhatib Boujibar, Casablanca
Kamal Lakdar (monuments), Rabat
Mohamed Mezzine (monuments), Fez
Palestinian AuthorityKhader Salameh, Islamic Museum and Al-Aqsa Library, Al-Haram Al-Sharif, Jerusalem
Nazmi Al-Jubeh, Jerusalem
Yousef Natsheh (monuments), Jerusalem
PortugalClaudio Torres, Santiago Macías, Archaeological Area and Museum of Mertola
SpainÁngela Franco Mata, National Archaeological Museum, Madrid
SwedenFriederike Voigt, Berlin - Stockholm
SyriaMona Al-Muadin, National Museum, Damascus
Abdal-Razzaq Moaz (monuments), Damascus
TunisiaMourad Rammah, Museum of Islamic Art Raqqada, Kairouan
Beji Benmami (monuments), Tunis
Jamila Binous (monuments), Tunis
TurkeySule Aksoy, Gönül Tekeli, Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul
Inci Kuyulu Ersoy (monuments), EGE University, Izmir
Inci Türkoglu (monuments), Istanbul
United KingdomSheila Canby, the British Museum, London
Barry Wood, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Ulrike Al-Khamis, National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh
Noorah Al-Gailani, Glasgow Museums, Glasgow
Assistant Curators (also authors of forms for the Database)
AlgeriaAli Benbella, Leila Merabet, National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Arts, Algiers
EgyptElsayed Hamad, Salah Sayaour, Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
JordanManal Basyouni, Museum of Aqaba; Samarah Woroud, Museum of Al Ramtha
Palestinian AuthorityAttiey Khatteb, Ramallah
PortugalMaria da Conceição Amaral, Archaeological Museum Silves
SpainCarmen Alonso, Margarita Sánchez, National Archaeological Museum, Madrid
SyriaVerena Daiber, Damascus
TunisiaTaha Khechine, Museum of Islamic Art Raqqada, Kairouan
TurkeySevinç Gök Gürhan, EGE University, Izmir
United KingdomEmily Shovelton, the British Museum, London
Further authors or co-authors of forms for the Database
AlgeriaDjamel Souidi, Algiers
GermanyAnnette Hagedorn, Berlin
ItalyRita Bernini, Rome; Maria Reginella, Maria Ilaria Randazzo, Palermo; Paolo Barresi, Trapani
JordanMohammad Najjar, Amman
PortugalAna B. Alcoforado, Rodrigo Banha da Silva, António Borges Coelho, Fernando Branco Correia, Manuel J. C. Branco, Joaquim Caetano, Pedro Dias, Isabel C. Ferreira Fernandes, Cristina Garcia, Susana Gómez Martínez, Artur Goulart de Melo Borges, José Luís de Matos, António Pacheco, Paula Pelúcia Aparício, Lígia Rafael, Manuel Luís Real, Maria Q. Ribeiro, different cities
SyriaSamer Abdel-Ghafour, Wa'al Al-Hafian, Dina Bakkour, Haytam Hassan, Balász Mayor, Benjamin Michaudel, Zena Takkedine, different cities
TurkeySevgi Kutluay, Alev Özay, Seracettin Sahin, Cihat Soyhan, Museum of Turkish Islamic Art, Istanbul; Sedat Bayrakal, Sakir Çakmak, Semra Dasçi, Ertan Das Yekta Demiralp, Inci Kuyulu Ersoy, Sebnem Tamcan, Harun Ürer, EGE University Izmir; Mehmet Kahyaoglu, Izmir
Academic Advising and Revision DatabaseMohammad Al-Asad, Amman
Curators and authors of Virtual ExhibitionsSee Exhibition credits
Artistic IntroductionMohammad Al-Asad, Amman (architecture)
Barry Wood, Istanbul (minor arts)
Historical Cross Referencing
AlgeriaFarida Benouis, Algiers
CroatiaMirjana Repanic-Braun, Zagreb
Czech RepublicZora Wörgötter, Brno
EgyptEnaam Selim, Cairo
FranceEmile Temime, Marseille
GermanyAnnette Hagedorn, Berlin
HungaryTerezia Bardi, Budapest
ItalySaverio Capozzi, Irene Salerno, Rome
JordanMohammad Najjar, Amman
MoroccoAhmed Ettahiri, Rabat
Palestinian AuthorityNazmi Al-Jubeh, Jerusalem
PortugalFernando António Baptista Pereira, Lisbon
Santiago Macias, Mértola
SpainJesús Martínez, Madrid
SwedenSofia Häggman, Stockholm
SyriaZena Takieddine, Damascus
TunisiaSaloua Zangar, Tunis
TurkeyMehmet Kahyaoglu, Brussels; Inci Kuyulu Ersoy, Izmir
United KingdomSheila Canby, London; Ulrilke Al-Khamis, Edinburgh; Louise Reip, London
Website
Webdesign and developmentTentwelve, Brussels
Benoît Henken
Xavier Massaut
Olivier Wauters
Database design, implementation and programmingPascal Havelange, Brussels
Design of editorial framework and editorial co-ordinator DatabaseInci Türkoglu, Istanbul/Brussels
Design of editorial framework and editorial co-ordinator Virtual ExhibitionsMehmet Kahyaoglu, Brussels
Learn with MWNF
Idea and Project developmentÁngela García Blanco, María Jesús Rubio (National Archaeological Museum), Madrid
TextsÁngela García Blanco, María Jesús Rubio
ProductionArtesanos Digitales, Madrid
Pablo Palazuelos (Project director)
Esther Polo (Project manager)
Andrés Montes (Art director)
Juan Carlos de Bona, Iván Velasco (Webmasters)
CoordinationSandra Stuyck, Madrid
Upload Database and Virtual Exhibitions ArabicCSBE, Amman
Editors
Editors and copy-editing ArabicAhmed Ettahiri, Rabat (Database, Virtual Exhibitions)
Bashar Ibrahem, Damascus (Virtual Exhibitions)
Majd Musa, CSBE, Amman (Database)
Abbas Abbas, Damascus (Database, assistant copy-editor)
Editors and copy-editing EnglishMandi Gomez, London (Database, Virtual Exhibitions)
Monica Allen, London (Database)
Editor and copy-editing FrenchMargot Cortez, Brussels (Database, Virtual Exhibitions)
Editor and copy-editing GermanMartin Hager, Berlin (Virtual Exhibitions)
Editor and copy-editing ItalianPier Paolo Racioppi, Rome (Virtual Exhibitions)
Editors and copy-editing PortugueseSantiago Macias, Maria Paula Garcia Viana (Virtual Exhibitions)
Editors and copy-editing SpanishMiguel García, Rosalía Aller, Madrid (Database, Virtual Exhibitions)
Lucía Rodríguez Corral (Database)
Editor and copy-editing TurkishInci Türkoglu, Istanbul
Coordination translation into ArabicVerena Daiber, Damascus
Translators Database
Into Arabicfrom the English Abbas Abbas, Nayef Al-Yasin, Hazar Emmran
from the French Ghada Al-Houssien, Hanan Kassab-Hassan, Rim Khattab
from the Italian Manaf Al-Damad
from the German Hani Saleh
from the Italian Manaf al-Damad
Coordination translation into ArabicVerena Daiber, Damascus
Into Englishfrom the Arabic Hilary Kalmbach, Amal Sachedina
from the German Maria Vlotides
from the French Maria Albertina Torres Broseta, Maria Vlotides, David Ash
from the Italian Laurence Nunny
from the Portuguese Gilla Evans
from the Spanish Laurence Nunny
from the Turkish Barry Wood, Inci Türkoglu
Into Frenchfrom the English Jacques Bosser
from the German Arlette Camion
from the Italian Marguerite Pozzoli
from the Portuguese Inés Oseki-Dépré
from the Spanish Benito Pelegrín
Into Spanishfrom the English Lucía Arias Fernández, Yaiza Martínez, Lucía Rodríguez Corral
from the French Aurora Caballero García, Sakina Missoum, Laura Tortosa Rey-Stolle
from the Italian Carmen Mata Pastor
from the Portuguese Elisa Yagüe García
Translators Virtual Exhibitions
Into Arabicfrom the English Fadel Jetker , Hanan Kassab-Hassan
from the French Ghada Al-Houssien
from the Italian Manaf Al-Damad
Into Englishfrom the Italian and Spanish Laurence Nunny
Into Frenchfrom the English Jacques Bosser
from the Italian Marguerite Pozzlii
from the Spanish Margot Cortez
Into Germanfrom the English Herwig Engelmann
from the English Martin Hager
from the Italian Ulrich Müller-Schöll
from the Spanish Aimée Torre Brons
Into Italianfrom the English and Spanish Saverio Capozzi
Into Portuguesefrom the English and Spanish Santiago Macias
Into Spanishfrom the English Yaiza Martínez, Lucía Rodríguez Corral
from the Italian Miguel García
Into Turkishfrom the English and French Alper Taspinar
Translators Artistic introduction
All from the Englishinto Arabic Majd Musa
into French La Compagnie des Mots
into Spanish Lucía Rodríguez Corral
Translators Historical Cross Referencing
From the Frenchinto Arabic Ahmed Ettahiri
From the Englishinto French Odile Chalvet
Photographerssee Database
Plans of monuments and sites
Design and harmonisationSergio Viguera, Madrid
Aygül Uçar, Izmir (plans Turkish monuments)
CoordinationSakina Missoum, Madrid
Visual communication and designChristian Eckart, Vienna
Press officers
UK and English-speaking pressSue Bond, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
France and French-speaking pressIsabelle Meglinky, Paris
Germany and German-speaking pressAnnette Schäfer, Berlin
Technical Advisory BoardAicha Benabed, Tunis
Cristina Correia, Lisbon
Amr Hamdy, Cairo
Javier Muñiz, Madrid
Mohammad Najjar, Amman
Discover Islamic Art coordination team Brussels
Head of projectEva Schubert
Assistant to the head of projectMehmet Kahyaoglu
Office ManagerIsabel De Jesus Fonseca
AccountantLara Servais, Angel Fernández García, DTC
Administrative advisorChristian Gérard, MTP
Legal advisorsMaarten Goiris