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The Levantine Foundation

Introduction

Posted on November 12, 2020February 10, 2021

The Levantine Foundation is a charity registered in England and the Arab Republic of Egypt, whose aim is to record and preserve cultural heritage on paper and related materials in the Near East through expertise, education, and dissemination of knowledge.

The Foundation is grateful to The British Council’s Cultural Protection Fund in Partnership with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport for the ongoing grants awarded for 2019-21.

Committed to the preservation of Egyptian and Near Eastern heritage on paper and related materials and to its wider cultural dissemination.

  • News
    Downloadable film for school children in Arabic & English The Wonders of Writing: The Story of How Books were Made Explore and learn about the history of writing and make your own note-book with Alexia.
    Preserving world Memory [Continue Reading →]
  • Conservation process
    The conservation process begins with a preservation-needs assessment, recording the physical [Continue Reading →]
  • Cataloguing
    A vital part of recording the collection is the detailed cataloguing of its diverse contents. June [Continue Reading →]
  • Newsletter
    In the new 2020 Levantine Foundation Newsletter, CEO Elizabeth Sobczynski writes:- After a number [Continue Reading →]
  • Education and Training
    Safeguarding Egyptian Written Heritage through Preservation, Conservation and Digitisation
    23 November – 2 December 2020

    The 4th Training Programme for heritage professionals, librarians of monastic collections and university students was attended by 206 delegates from across the world. [Continue Reading →]

Tweets by The Levantine Foundation

United Kingdom

Ms Elizabeth Sobczynski

Email: es.aicp@btinternet.com


Egypt

Mrs Nevene Sami

Email: nsami@cf-holding.com

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