Core regional course on conservation of heritage sites in the Arab region
10 June – 12 July 2007

• Antonio ALMAGRO GORBEA, architect, Research Professor, Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Granada, Spain
• Zaki ASLAN, conservation architect, Course Leader, Project Coordinator of ATHAR Programme, ICCROM
• Ernesto BORRELLI, chemist, Laboratory Coordinator, ICCROM
• Giorgio CAPRIOTTI, conservator, Rome, Italy
• Giorgio CROCI, structural engineer, Director of the Master course on Recovery and Preservation of Historical Buildings, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
• Rami DAHER, conservation architect, Associate Professor of Architecture, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
• Ala’ El HABASHI, architect, Specialist in History of Conservation Management Systems in the Arab Region, Giza, Egypt
• Ridha FRAOUA, archaeologist and lawyer, Specialist in Heritage Law, Thun, Switzerland
• Jukka JOKILEHTO, architect, specialist in conservation theory, Advisor to the Director-General of ICCROM
• Hossam MAHDY, architect and researcher of architectural conservation and urban heritage, Egypt
• Corrado PEDELI, conservator of archaeological objects and Sites, Aosta, Italy
• May SHAER, conservation architect, Department of Antiquities, Jordan
• Stefan SIMON, conservation scientist, Berlin, Germany
• John STEWART, conservator, specialist in conservation of mosaics and archaeological sites, London, United Kingdom

Guest lecturers

• Ziad ALS'AD, conservation scientist, Yarmook University, Jordan
• Ihsan FETHI, architect, urban planner; Chairman, Departments of Graphic and Interior Design, Philadelphia University,  Amman, Jordan
• Moawiyah IBRAHIM, archaeologist, Al-Isra University, Jordan
• Shadia TOUQAN, architect, Chief Technical Advisor, Technical Office, Old City of Jerusalem Revitalization Programme, Welfare Association

Course team

• Zaki ASLAN, conservation architect, Course Leader, Project Coordinator of ATHAR Programme, ICCROM
• Ruba SALEH, architect, Course Project Assistant, ATHAR Programme
• Yasmine MAKAROUN, Architect, Course Scientific Coordinator; Course Coordinator, postgraduate programme on Conservation of Monuments and Sites, University of Lebanon, Tripoli, Lebanon
• Isabelle SKAF, Conservator, Course Scientific Coordinator; Director of Conservation Sarl., Lebanon
• Rahel WOLDE MIKAEL, Administrative Assistant, ATHAR Programme

Regional and national institutions

• Dr Rita AWAD, Director of Culture, ALECSO
• UNESCO Amman Office
• Dr Fawwaz KHRAYSHEH, Director General, Department of Antiquities, Jordan

updated on: 27 January, 2010