British universities receive Saudi funds

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JEDDAH: Over the past decade, Saudi Arabia has been the largest source of donations from Islamic states and royal families to British universities, much of which is devoted to the study of Islam, the Middle East and Arabic literature.

A large share of this money went toward establishing Islamic study centers. In 2008, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal donated £8 million (SR 48.5 million) each to Cambridge and Edinburgh for this purpose, Al-Eqtisadiah business daily reported yesterday.

Oxford has been the largest British beneficiary of Saudi support. In 2005, Prince Sultan, the late crown prince, gave £2 million (SR 12 million) to the Ashmolean Museum. In 2001, the King Abdul Aziz Foundation gave £1 million (SR 6.1 million) to the Middle East Center.

There are many other donors. Oxford’s £75 million (SR 454.6 million) Islamic Studies Center was supported by 12 Muslim countries. Ruler of Oman, Sultan Qaboos bin Said, gave £3.1 million (SR 18.8 million) to Cambridge to fund two posts, including a chair of Arabic.

Ruler of Sharjah, Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al-Qassimi, has supported Exeter’s Islamic studies center with more than £5 million (SR 30 million) since 2001. Trinity Saint David, part of the University of Wales, has received donations from the ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan.
While Islamic studies are the most popular target for donors, support is certainly not restricted to the subject. The Saïd Business School at Oxford University was set up by Wafic Said, a Syrian-Saudi businessman, with a £23 million (SR 139.4 million) initial donation.

Donations are not the only financial links to the Gulf. According to the Observatory for Borderless Higher Education, of the 200 branch campuses opened by universities around the world, 37 are in the UAE and 10 are in Qatar.

University College London has an archaeology campus in Qatar. Bolton, Heriot-Watt, the London Business School, Manchester Business School, Cass Business School and Middlesex have bases in Dubai or neighboring Ras Al-Khaimah, the newspaper said quoting the Financial Times.
These satellite campuses have two purposes: for countries that need to expand their higher education rapidly, it allows them to build capacity. For the university – if they can make them work – it allows them to tap potentially lucrative markets.

British universities receive Saudi funds | ArabNews

 

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Louvre opens Islamic culture wing

A new exhibition space at Paris's famous Louvre museum spotlights Islamic culture. CNN's Jim Bittermann reports.

The Louvre unveils Islamic art wing

September 21, 2012
By: Laith Bazari, Al Arabiya-Paris

In the Louvre in Paris and over an area of 3,000 square kilometers, new exhibition halls, dedicated to displaying treasures from Islamic art, were inaugurated. These halls house rare and exclusive collections comprised of more than 2,500 masterpieces chosen from the museum's possessions.

The collections include a wide range of artifacts covering several phases of Islamic heritage from Spain to India, thus spanning the period form the seventh till the 19th century. Most of the items are put on public display for the first time.

"The main purpose of displaying those artifacts is offering a chance for the visitors of the Louvre, whose number amounts to nine million a year, to become acquainted with Islamic art. The project cost 100 million Euros. France paid one quarter of this amount and Arab countries paid the rest,"said Henri Loyrette, general director of the Louvre Museum.

The external structure of the museum contains a two-floor suite made of contemporary glass and is covered with a golden-colored steel ceiling. The internal structure inspires guests to imagine what type of items are displayed, determine their geographical and historical background, and decipher the codes of their ornaments then compare their speculations with those offered by specialists.

"We displayed the items in chronological order to allow guests to familiarize themselves with Islamic history,"said Sophie Makariou, director of the Louvre's Islamic art department.

The inauguration of the new halls is a milestone in the history of the Louvre, for this is the first project of its kind since the inauguration of the glass pyramid in the past century.

"When I became manager of the Louvre in 2001, I suggested to president Chirac that a museum of Islamic art be established since the Louvre only contained a small section for that,"said Loyrette.

 

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Qatar Foundation and British Library partnership connects generations by unearthing historic documents dating back to 18th century



Qatar: Saturday, October 30 - 2010 at 11:16

Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, and Baroness Tessa Blackstone, Chairman of the British Library Board, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today establishing a partnership that aims to help the young generation in the Gulf connect to and understand their past.

Through the agreement, tens of thousands of documents - including political records, letters and maps - and medieval manuscripts relating to centuries of history of the Arabian Gulf will be made available online to pupils, students and scholars across the Gulf region and around the world.

As part of this 4-year project, curators and experts from the UK national library will digitise India Office Records on the Gulf, spanning a period from the middle of the 18th century to 1951. In addition, the project will digitise manuscripts that demonstrate the influence of the Islamic world on the fields of science and medicine during the medieval period.

Speaking at a ceremony to mark the signing of the MOU, Her Highness Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned said, "Qatar Foundation is proud to enter into a partnership with the British Library, an institution that has an international reputation for supporting research and scholarship. We as Muslims and Arabs - especially the young - should not look at our history with nostalgia but with fresh eyes."

Her Highness added that this project 'ompliments the work done at the World Digital Library' of which both British Library and Qatar Foundation are partners. The World Digital Library was established through a partnership with the Library of Congress in Washington DC signed last spring.

The goal of the project is to make this treasure trove of historic material available online in English and Arabic, alongside scholarly and contextual commentary. Users ranging from school children to academic researchers to family historians will benefit from a rich and accessible resource for study - both in the Gulf region and throughout the world.

The British Library's Director of Scholarship and Collections, Phil Spence, said, "The British Library is delighted to be working in partnership with Qatar Foundation on this exciting project, which we hope will provide unprecedented online access to a wealth of original documents and manuscripts relating to Gulf history. By sharing the expertise of our curators, our technical know-how and elements of our unrivalled collections, we look to develop a long-term and strategic relationship with Qatar Foundation, to the benefit of users around the world."

Following the initial development of online portals to this content, the project will seek to bring together records and archives held by other institutions, across Europe and the Gulf region, with websites hosted in London and Doha developing as regional hubs for the delivery of the full range of material. In this way, diverse and geographically dispersed items will be brought together virtually, along with interpretative material and teaching resources to make them accessible and relevant to a wide online audience.

Following the signing of the MOU, the scoping phase of the project is scheduled to take place over the next six months, after which a detailed work plan for the digitisation project will be devised.

1001 Inventions and The Library of Secrets

Link official :

1001 Inventions - Discover The Muslim Heritage In Our World | 1001 Inventions

 

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Although Arabs comprise 20% of Muslims world wide, but they still in the foreground in spreading and subsidizing Islam.

 

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Although Arabs comprise 20% of Muslims world wide, but they still in the foreground in spreading and subsidizing Islam.

I wouldn't be so sure this cocaine addict intention is to spread Islam.

 

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And soon directly at home.


Louvre Abu Dhabi

 

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Although Arabs comprise 20% of Muslims world wide, but they still in the foreground in spreading and subsidizing Islam.

We in pakistan are well aware of this subsidy.

 

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We in pakistan are well aware of this subsidy.

I am glad we can help

 

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We in pakistan are well aware of this subsidy.

Don't use the word "we" next time, speak for yourself and your people.

 

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Although Arabs comprise 20% of Muslims world wide, but they still in the foreground in spreading and subsidizing Islam.

That's because Arabs are the richest...

 

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And soon directly at home.

Louvre Abu Dhabi


Louvre Abu Dhabi Through an intergovernmental agreement signed on March 6, 2007, France and the United Arab Emirates decided to create a universal museum, bearing the name Louvre Abu Dhabi, with an opening slated for 2014. This unprecedented venture lays the foundations for a new type of cultural collaboration between two sovereign nations, and fulfills mutual needs and aspirations.

Who in the Muslim world isn't aware of Frances love for Muslims. I guess the answer is obvious from this announcement

How does this building benefits Islam or Muslims? for that matter what about the fact the French have shown to be Most anti Muslim Nation? what exactly are you celebrating?

 

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Don't use the word "we" next time, speak for yourself and your people.

I am speaking for My self and My people thats why i say we the Pakistani people are well aware of this subsidy.We the Pakistani People would be honored to share all the graduates with Arab nations and hope fully Arab nations can also enjoy the fruits of their Dollars.

I am glad we can help

Repeat after me and i am sure if you are a Muslim you will not problem RepeatingThere is no god worthy of worship except God and Muhammad is His messenger. ...

 

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Louvre Abu Dhabi

Louvre Abu Dhabi Through an intergovernmental agreement signed on March 6, 2007, France and the United Arab Emirates decided to create a universal museum, bearing the name Louvre Abu Dhabi, with an opening slated for 2014. This unprecedented venture lays the foundations for a new type of cultural collaboration between two sovereign nations, and fulfills mutual needs and aspirations.

Who in the Muslim world isn't aware of Frances love for Muslims. I guess the answer is obvious from this announcement

How does this building benefits Islam or Muslims? for that matter what about the fact the French have shown to be Most anti Muslim Nation? what exactly are you celebrating?

Why with the France? Oh, it’s extremely simple…

So, we will have access to the most beautiful and largest collections of art in the world that will almost all exposed the one after the other directly in the GCC to 'Louvre Abu Dhabi'.

Like this…

Then we will absorb all their historicals knowledges, scientific and technical studies, of conservation and restoration, the single result of thousands of years of hard work (Louvre Museum Paris, France).

And finally we will buy thousands works of art comparable across the world to create our own collections.

 

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Isn't UK richer than Saudi?

Shouldn't the Arabs focus on developing their own institutions?

 

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Isn't UK richer than Saudi?

Shouldn't the Arabs focus on developing their own institutions?

This is called, the 'soft power'. A means of combating in particular the enemies Western extremists.