Location: Sulaymaniah, Iraq
Language: Arabic
Duration: 00:05:08
Source: A24 News Agency
Restriction: A24 clients
Dateline: 6-3-2022
Storyline:
In cooperation with the Iraqi Institute for the Conservation of Antiquities and Heritage, the Directorate of Antiquities in Sulaimaniyah inaugurated Kurdistan’s first center for conservation, restoration, and preservation of manuscripts. The Gerda Henkel Foundation and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) funded the project, which was attended by officials of Kurdistan. The center aims to preserve manuscripts that transmit Iraqi history from damage and extinction. Organizers aspire to transform the building designated for the preservation of manuscripts into an institute to train and qualify cadres in the region.
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– Soundbite (Kamal Rashid – Director of Antiquities of Sulaymaniyah Governorate):
“Kurdistan Parliament issued a decision related to Antiquities and Heritage, which included preserving manuscripts and all archaeological artifacts. The Department of Antiquities, in cooperation with the Institute for the Conservation of Antiquities and Heritage in Kurdistan and a German organization, funded the project. The center, the first of its kind in the region, was opened in the Antiquities Department to prepare cadres on how to process and maintain manuscripts.”
– Soundbite (Kefi Mustafa – Director General of Antiquities and Heritage in the Kurdistan Region):
“The center is the first in Iraq to use modern technology in the preservation, documentation, and collection of manuscripts.”
– Soundbite (Hashem Hama – Director of the Sulaymaniyah Museum):
“In cooperation with the Department of Antiquities in Sulaymaniyah, we were able to open a center dedicated to preserving manuscripts. We aim to expand it to become an institution for qualifying cadres in the region.”
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