Mahmoud Hawari

Mahmoud Hawari is the director of The Palestinian Museum in Birzeit (25 km north of Jerusalem), which opened in May 2016, despite not having any exhibits.[1]

Mahmoud Hawari was born in Tarshiha, Israel, and received master's and PhD degrees from the University of London. From 2004 to 2007 he was a lecturer at the University of Oxford, and from 2009 to 2012 a visiting professor at Birzeit University, having previously taught at Al-Quds University and Bethlehem University.[2]

He was appointed in May 2016, just two weeks before the museum's opening, and succeeded Jack Persekian, who was ousted by the board after three and a half years.[1][3]

Hawari was previously a research associate at the Khalili Research Centre, University of Oxford, and a visiting academic at the British Museum in London.[3]

As of May 2016, he has a book in preparation, The Citadel of Jerusalem: A Comprehensive Archaeological and Architectural Study, Monograph of the British Academy by Oxford University Press.[4]

Publications

  • Ayyubid Jerusalem (1187-1250): an Architectural and Archaeological Study, (BAR International Series 1628, Archaeopress), Oxford, 2007 ( ISBN 978-1407300429)
  • Pilgrimage, Sciences and Sufism, Islamic Art in the West Bank and Gaza, (Palestinian Authority and Museum With No Frontiers, Electa, al-Faris), Vienna and Amman 2004 (co-author, co-editor). ISBN 1-874044-42-2

References

  1. 1 2 "Palestinian Museum Prepares to Open, Minus Exhibitions". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  2. ↑ "Palestinian Museum Appoints Dr Mahmoud Hawari As First Director General". Artlyst.com. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  3. 1 2 "Mahmoud Hawari appointed new director of long-awaited Palestinian Museum". Theartnewspaper.com. 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  4. ↑ "The Khalili Research Centre - Dr Mahmoud K. Hawari". Krc.orient.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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