Mahmoud Hawari is a Palestinian archaeologist and academic. From 2016 to 2018 he was the director of
The Palestinian Museum in
Birzeit
Birzeit ( ar, بيرزيت), also Bir Zeit, is a Palestinian Christian town north of Ramallah, in the central West Bank. Its population in the 2007 census was 4,529. Birzeit is the home to Birzeit University and to the Birzeit Brewery.
Location
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(25 km north of
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
), which was officially inaugurated in May 2016.
Mahmoud Hawari was born in
Tarshiha
Ma'alot-Tarshiha ( he, מַעֲלוֹת-תַּרְשִׁיחָא; ar, معالوت ترشيحا, ''Maʻālūt Taršīḥā'') is a city in the North District in Israel, some east of Nahariya, about above sea level. The city was established in ...
, Israel, and received master's and PhD degrees from the
University of London
The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...
. From 2004 to 2007 he was a lecturer at the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
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, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
, and from 2009 to 2012 a visiting professor at
Birzeit University, having previously taught at
Al-Quds University
Al-Quds University ( ar, جامعة القدس) is a Palestinian university with campuses in Jerusalem, Abu Dis, al-Bireh, and Hebron.
Overview
The idea of establishing an institution of higher learning in the outskirts of Jerusalem was con ...
and
Bethlehem University
Bethlehem University ( ar, جامعة بيت لحم) is a Catholic university in the city of Bethlehem in the West Bank, Palestine. It is the first university founded in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
History
Established under Israel ...
.
He was appointed in May 2016, two weeks before the museum's opening, and succeeded
Jack Persekian Jack Persekian (born 1962) is a Palestinian artist and curator from Jerusalem. He is of Armenian descent and a United States citizen.
Biography
Born to an Armenian family in East Jerusalem, Persekian started his career in the arts world as a music ...
, who resigned over disagreements with the board after three and a half years.
Hawari was previously a research associate at the
Khalili Research Centre, University of Oxford, and a curator at the
British Museum
The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum ...
in London.
In May 2016 he was preparing a book, ''The Citadel of Jerusalem: A Comprehensive Archaeological and Architectural Study'', Monograph of the British Academy by Oxford University Press.
Publications
*''Ayyubid Jerusalem (1187-1250): an Architectural and Archaeological Study'', (BAR International Series 1628, Archaeopress), Oxford, 2007 ()
*''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).
References
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Living people
Alumni of the University of London
Year of birth missing (living people)