1st Edition
Cultural Heritage in the Middle East and North Africa Non-state Actors, Mediators and De-Centralised Practices
01. Cultural Heritage and Non-State Actors in MENA
Sarina Wakefield and Annette Loeseke
Part I: Entrepreneurial Heritage: Non-Governmental Actors
02. Heritage Activism as Political Participation: The Case of the Association pour la
Sauvegarde de l’Ile de Djerba
Virginie Rey and Stephen Pascoe
03. Tārikna al-mustakbal: heritage-making practices in Port Said, Egypt
Katrine Hedegaard Mandrup
04. The rise of Saudi female cultural entrepreneurs: the case of Al Ula
Ghadah W. Alharthi
Part II: Private Brokers: Patronage as Practice
05. Private Heritage Patronage and Its Impact on the Future of Heritage in Bahrain
Nadine Boksmati-Fattouh
06. Private Collectors in Saudi Arabia
Wael Dugdugi
07. An Enduring Archive of Syrian Art, Artists and Exhibitions: Atassi Foundation for Art
and Culture in Dubai
Georgina S. Walker
Part III: Critical Silences: Art as Activist Practice and Cultural Mediation
08. Speculative Heritage: Artistic Practices, Dynamic Flows and the Diversification of
Heritage in Morocco
Sarah Dornhof
09. By Order of Assad: Strategies for Re-Imagining Cultural Heritage during the Syrian
Conflict
Nour A. Munawer and James Symonds
Biography
Sarina Wakefield is Lecturer in Museum Studies and Dean of Internationalisation at the University of Leicester. Her research focuses on the politics of transnational museology. She has over 20 years of experience of working on the cultural heritage and museology of the Arabian Peninsula.
Annette Loeseke is a Professor of Art History and New Museum Studies at Braunschweig University of Art in Germany. Her research intersects museum and memory studies, visitor/stakeholder studies, cultural ecosystems, synergies and transformative curatorial
practice in superdiverse societies, with social and environmental justice as special focal points
