Richard Wilding
@richardwilding
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Heritage consultant, writer, film producer & photographer promoting archaeology, history & cultural tourism in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iraq & Kurdistan
Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iraq, KRI
Joined July 2008
Thanks to @ASOResearch for supporting the emergency conservation project I’ve been working on with @DrRajwan1 and the University of Qadisiyah @QadisiyahArc to protect and document the manara of Umm Al-Qurun on the Darb Zubaydah in Najaf, Iraq
A 2024 Shepard Urgent Action Grant funded emergency preservation and documentation at Umm Al-Qurun, a site on the Darb Zubaydah pilgrimage route in Iraq. Learn about the site and measures taken by reading the grant report from @DrRajwan1 & @richardwilding:
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Thank you @karwanTahir and @KRG_UK for supporting this initiative
As part of #Kurdishcommunity outreach and promoting the #Kurdishlanguage, I was delighted to sponsor this excellent multi-objective colouring book for the children, which will help them learn Kurdish, meet the artists, and enjoy entertainment. Thanks to @GulanCharity, @richardwilding, the producer and editor of the book and the curate Mariwan Jalal.
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RT @karwanTahir: As part of #Kurdishcommunity outreach and promoting the #Kurdishlanguage, I was delighted to sponsor this excellent multi-…
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My article for @RSAsianAffairs, co-authored with Elisabeth Dodinet @AF_ALULA, looks at the benefits heritage revitalization projects and cultural tourism are bringing to local communities in @ExperienceAlUla. #heritage #culturaltourism @RCU_SA @AlUlaFm
#SaudiArabia's Vision 2030 is transforming the Kingdom. @richardwilding explains how the ambitious programme of cultural, social and economic diversification is reshaping the country's heritage tourism sector. Read here -
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Archaeologist William Kennett Loftus led the first excavations at #uruk (now #warka, Iraq) from 1850 to 1854, revealing the secrets of our earliest known forms of writing, literature and urban civilisation. This new collection of his unpublished letters has been transcribed by John Curtis @britishmuseum (free download @academia, requires registration) Photograph of the Eanna Ziggurat, Uruk by Richard Wilding, March 2024. Thanks to @anhaduannu97
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Lithuanian media reports on the emerging digital sector in Iraq and the country’s autonomous Kurdistan Region. via @LRTenglish
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@LeDaffErbil @vvanwilgenburg Wow, looks very different to how it was when you showed me round the building site! Looking forward to visiting…
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I’m proud to share some of my visual storytelling and cultural identity work for Shurooq in Sharjah. Our project promotes the special blend of heritage, natural history and cultural tourism offered in Mleiha, unveiled as a new National Park at Arabian Travel Market, Dubai.
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RT @BroadcastProME: Richard Wilding enlightens audience at Xposure with 'Endangered Heritage of the Middle East' talk
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RT @xposureXPF: ريتشارد وايلدينغ قضى 13 عامًا في المملكة العربية السعودية، باحثاً في الميزات الثقافية للملكة وموثقاً الحِرف وعلم الآثار وال…
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RT @GhadahWA: يوم 22 فبراير #يوم_التأسيس الذي يرمز إلى العمق التاريخي والحضاري والثقافي للمملكة العربية السعودية. اسعدتني دعوتي من قبل @…
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RT @KurdChronicle: In this article, Richard Wilding describes the appointment of Emir Faisal as king of the newly created state of Iraq in…
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This Thurs 30th November, I will be speaking at the University of Newcastle about British attitudes towards Kurdish autonomy in 1920s Mesopotamia/ Iraq.
This week's Archaeology seminar is at 4pm on Thursday 30th November. @richardwilding will present 'Shaikh Mahmoud and the Kurdish uprising: Changing British attitudes towards Kurdish autonomy'. The seminar will be in person (ARMB 2.98) and on Zoom (ID: 833 5248 0190)
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RT @ExeterIAIS: UPCOMING EVENT (23/11/23) "Shaikh Mahmoud and the Kurdish Uprising: Changing British Attitudes towards Kurdish Autonomy" A…
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@karwanTahir @KRG_UK @Kurdistan Thanks @karwanTahir for including our @GulanCharity exhibition and events programme at the @OfficialAuk
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The last time I met Faris was in the Mam al Yan IDP camp during the height of ISIS brutality in 2015. Now he is running a restaurant in Akre, Nineva Province.
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Thanks to the Centre for Peace and Human Security @cphs_auk at AUK, Duhok for hosting my talk about Kurdish / British relations 100 years ago as part of the @GulanCharity events programme for ‘Halabja in the Golden Days’ @OfficialAuk
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Banners designed by Mariwan Jalal, installed at @OfficialAuk as part of the @GulanCharity exhibition ‘Halabja in the Golden Days’
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