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The Arab Museum Boom: Matahef at Menart Fair

Matahef joins Menart Fair 2026 in Paris as media partner. On October 24, we host the round table “The Arab Museum Boom: Are We Building Structures or Audiences?”, a conversation on whether the region’s new museums are building audiences, or just buildings

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Matahef Issue 04 Out Now

What Remains: Culture, Memory & the Duty of Recovery Between unprecedented building and unprecedented loss, this issue asks what remains, from two centuries of Egypt’s museums to Mosul‘s restored monuments, Gaza‘s rescued antiquities, and nine thousand years of Byblos.
With exclusive interviews with Anne-Claire Legendre, Daniel H.
Weiss, Venetia Porter, Claude Lemand, Suad Amiry, and more, and the debut of Ziyara.
What remains is not a memorial.
It is our responsibility.

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Arab Museums — Windows to our heritage, visions of our future

المتاحف العربية — نوافذ على تراثنا، ورؤى لمستقبلنا

Matahef offers a 360-degree approach to museum practices, innovation, and cultural leadership across the Arab world. Published quarterly in English with select Arabic features, it connects museum professionals and cultural enthusiasts while championing heritage preservation, igniting curiosity, sparking dialogue, and nurturing a passionate community committed to cultural collaboration.

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