Mahmoud Hawari

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Mahmoud Hawari ( Arabic محمود هواري, DMG Maḥmūd Hawārī , Hebrew מחמוד הווארי, * around 1953 in Tarshiha , Israel ) is a Palestinian archaeologist .

Hawari graduated from the University of London with a PhD . From 2004 to 2007 he lectured at the University of Oxford . Then he taught at al-Quds University and at Bethlehem University . From 2009 to 2012 he was visiting professor at the University of Bir Zait .

Hawari directed several archaeological projects in Palestine, including the restoration of the palace of the Hisham from 2009 to 2014 . He participated in various international projects, including Museum Without Borders projects and the 12-Country Euro-Mediterranean Project from 1996 to 2000.

Hawari was a curator at the British Museum in London . He was a research fellow at the Khalili Research Center, Oxford University. His specialties are Islamic art, architecture and archeology of the premodern Middle East . He is an expert in the management and museology of the Palestinian cultural heritage.

His main interests are the Ayyubid , Mamluk, and Ottoman periods. He researches the transition from antiquity to early Islamic culture, in particular the Umayyad desert palaces .

Since 2004 he has been an advisor to the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) for sites nominated for UNESCO World Heritage Sites .

Hawari was appointed General Director of the National Palestinian Museum in Bir Zait north of Ramallah in the West Bank in 2016 .

Works

  • Pilgrims, Sufis and Scholars. Islamic Art in the West Bank and Gaza (Islamic Art in the Mediterranean) together with Yusuf Natsheh and Nazmi Al-Ju'beh, Museum With No Frontiers, 2020, ISBN 978-3902782502
  • Ayyubid Jerusalem (1187-1250): An architectural and archaeological study , BAR International Series, Volume 1628, 2007, British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd, ISBN 978-1407300429
  • Early Ottoman Art: The Legacy of the Emirates together with Manuela Marin ao Binous, Jamila, Museum With No Frontiers International Exhibition Cycle: Islamic Art in the Mediterranean: Turkey, 2002, ISBN 978-1874044451

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David Sheen and Mahmoud Hawari - View of Israel at nakba-2018.ch. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Dr Mahmoud Hawari Appointed as Director General of the Palestinian Museum at palmuseum.org. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b Mahmoud K. Hawari at orinst.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Hawari, Mahmoud
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hawari, Mahmoud K.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Palestinian archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Tarshiha