This project was funded by the Nahrein Network [https://www.nahreinnetwork.org] through a kind philanthropic donation to University College London. It ran from 1 November 2021 to 31 August 2025.
Project team
The project team comprised:
- Mr Emad Abdulhamid, editor and translator, 15 April – 31 August 2025
- Dr Nadia Aït Saïd-Ghanem, postdoctoral researcher, 1 August 2024 – 31 August 2025
- Ms Oana Borlea Stancioi, project administrator, 1 November 2021 – 31 July 2024
- Mr Joshua Britton, research assistant, 1 May – 31 August 2024
- Dr Parsa Daneshmand, postdoctoral researcher, 1 November 2021 – 30 September 2023
- Dr Misha Enayat, project administrator, 1 August 2024 – 31 August 2025
- Ms Selwa Kazwini, editor and translator, 15 April – 31 August 2025
- Professor Eleanor Robson, project director, 1 November 2021 – 31 August 2025
- Ms Wesam Youssef, research assistant, 14 August 2023 – 13 May 2024
Project partners
We are very grateful to the following people for advice and expertise:
Advanced Research Computing Centre [https://www.ucl.ac.uk/advanced-research-computing/], University College London
- Raquel Alegre
- Tim Band
- Anastasis Georgoulas
- Mosè Giordano
- James Hughes
- Amanda Ho-Lyn
Ashmolean Museum [https://www.ashmolean.org], Oxford
- Professor Paul Collins
- Dr Nancy Highcock
Field Museum [https://www.fieldmuseum.org], Chicago
- Dr Julian Siggers
- Dr Deborah Bekken
- Dr Jamie Kelly
- Dr William Parkinson
- Dr Karen Wilson
Penn Museum [https://www.penn.museum], Philadelphia
- The late Dr Abdulamir Al-Hamdani
- Dr Laith Majid Hussein
- Mr Ali Shalgham
- Mrs Luma Jassim
- Mr Raad Hamid Abdullah
- Dr Ahmed Aziz
- Mr Ahmed Al-Mamoori
- Mr Ammar Al-Taiee
08 Jul 2025