Blogs

The Islamic Baydha Project: Archaeology, training and community engagement in the Petra region

By Dr Micaela Sinibaldi, Honorary Research Fellow at Cardiff University. The CBRL-affiliated Islamic Baydha Project was...

10 December 2019

Cultural Corridors of Peace – safeguarding Bedouin cultural heritage in the 21st century

By Dr Carol Palmer, Director at CBRL Amman During 2019, CBRL co-organised a regional gathering of Bedouin in Jordan as part of the Cultural Corridors...

01 December 2019

Researching Syrian refugees in Jordan and the rise of refugee rentierism

By Dr Gerasimos Tsourapas, CBRL Pilot Study recipient and Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham. One of...

20 November 2019

Beyond app-ologies:* the complex significance of technologies in refugees’ everyday experiences in Jordan

By Dr Mirjam Twigt, 2018 CBRL Visiting Fellow In my forthcoming book, which I worked on...

10 November 2019

A line in the desert: Investigating the Khatt Shebib

By Dr John B. Winterburn, CBRL Travel Grant recipient and Research Associate at University of...

01 November 2019

Understanding the value of moderation in contemporary Jordan

By Dr Geoffrey Hughes, CBRL Pilot Study recipient and lecturer in anthropology at the University...

30 September 2019

The role of national narratives in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

By Professor Rosemary Hollis, former CBRL Trustee Academics are encouraged to break new ground and...

20 September 2019

Middle Bronze Age daggers from the Levant: Lethal weapons or symbols of power?

By Dr Andrea Dolfini, CBRL Travel Grant recipient and Senior Lecturer in Later Prehistory at Newcastle University Archaeologists have long wondered...

10 September 2019

A writer’s reflections at Wadi Faynan, Jordan

By Andrew Michael Hurely, author and participant of Alta’ir Creative Exchange 2019 As we sit...

01 September 2019