The 2018 MBI Al Jaber Public Lecture at the Seminar for Arabian Studies was delivered by Robert Carter, Professorial Research Fellow at UCL Qatar. The presentation was held in the BP Lecture Theatre at the British Museum.
“Palaces and Water in the Early Alhambra” was the final lecture of the 2017/18 MBI Al Jaber Lecture Series and it was presented by Palaces and Water in the Early Alhambra.
The MBI Al Jaber Foundation is the main sponsor for “Buildings That Fill My Eye: The Architectural Heritage of Yemen”, a photographic exhibition which will open shortly at the Pergamonmuseum in Berlin.
“Blue and White Ceramics in the Middle East: Exchanges with China”, the seventh lecture in the 2017/18 MBI Al Jaber Lecture Series, was delivered by Dr Melanie Gibson, Executive Trustee of the Gingko Library and Senior Editor of the Gingko Library Art Series.
“Telling Stories in Basrah: A New Museum for Iraq”, the sixth lecture in the 2017/2018 MBI Al Jaber Lecture Series, was introduced by Joan Porter McIver, UK Project Coordinator of the Friends of Basrah Museum (FOBM).
Chris Doyle, Director of CAABU (Council for Arab British Understanding), shared his views on the effect that Trump and Brexit have had on Britain’s relations with the Middle East at the 5th lecture of the 2017/18 MBI Al Jaber Lecture Series.
Dr Shahina Ghazanfar, Research Associate at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, shared the travel experiences of Aucher-Éloy, the first plant collector to work and classify the flora of Oman
The MBI Al Jaber Foundation was recently given a unique opportunity of visiting the British Library and previewing some of the exhibits that will be part of a new project called ‘Discovering Sacred Texts’.
The MBI Al Jaber Foundation team attended the Overseas Development Institute’s panel discussion, “Yemen's Economic Future: From Survival to Reconstruction”, on 8th February, 2018.
