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Forum on Terrorist Financing to Address Illicit Sales of Antiquities In U.S. and Internationally

By |September 4th, 2015|Cultural Racketeering|

Forum on Terrorist Financing to Address Illicit Sales of Antiquities In U.S. and Internationally Thursday, September 24, 2015 8:30 - 11:30 AM Asia Society, 725 [...]

Response by Antiquities Coalition Chair Deborah Lehr on ISIS’ Destruction of the Ancient City of Nimrud

By |June 25th, 2015|Press Releases|

Response by Antiquities Coalition Chair Deborah Lehr on ISIS’ Destruction of the Ancient City of Nimrud Press Release - Antiquities Coalition 6 March 2015

Antiquities Coalition Calls on U.S. and All Nations to Use All Policy and Legal Tools to Halt the Destruction, Trafficking, and Sale of Illicit Antiquities

By |June 25th, 2015|Press Releases|

Antiquities Coalition Calls on U.S. and All Nations to Use All Policy and Legal Tools to Halt the Destruction, Trafficking, and Sale of Illicit Antiquities [...]

Response by Antiquities Coalition Chair Deborah Lehr On ISIS’s Destruction of the Ancient City of Nimrud

By |June 25th, 2015|Press Releases|

Response by Antiquities Coalition Chair Deborah Lehr On ISIS's Destruction of the Ancient City of Nimrud Press Release - Antiquities Coalition 19 March 2015

Egypt Organizes an International Conference to Combat the Looting of Culture Heritage in the Arab World

By |June 25th, 2015|Press Releases|

Egypt Organizes an International Conference to Combat the Looting of Culture Heritage in the Arab World Press Release - Arab Republic of Egypt 29 April [...]

Ten Middle East And North African Countries Announce Cairo Declaration, Take Steps To Prevent The War Crime Of Looting And The Destruction Of Heritage: Joint Effort To Stop Terrorist Funding And Cultural Destruction

By |June 25th, 2015|Press Releases|

Ten Middle East And North African Countries Announce Cairo Declaration, Take Steps To Prevent The War Crime Of Looting And The Destruction Of Heritage: Joint [...]

2015 Cairo Conference: Cultural Property Under Threat

By |June 25th, 2015|Press Releases|

2015 Cairo Conference: Cultural Property Under Threat Press Release - Antiquities Coalition 26 May 2015

Andrew Moore on preserving ancient artifacts from the hands of ISIL

By |June 18th, 2015|Our Voices|

Andrew Moore on preserving ancient artifacts from the hands of ISIL CCTV 13 April 2015

Digital Monuments Men wage online war against Islamic State looting

By |June 8th, 2015|Cultural Racketeering, The Antiquities Coalition in the News|

Digital Monuments Men wage online war against Islamic State looting Ben Farmer The Telegraph 6 June 2015

UN unable to stop IS relic-smuggling from Iraq and Syria

By |June 8th, 2015|The Antiquities Coalition in the News|

UN unable to stop IS relic-smuggling from Iraq and Syria James Reinl Middle East Eye 4 June 2015

Heritage in Crisis discussed on The Jim Bohannon Show (AUDIO)

By |June 3rd, 2015|The Antiquities Coalition in the News|

Heritage in Crisis discussed on The Jim Bohannon Show The Jim Bohannon Show 22 May 2015

Heritage in Crisis discussed on The Jim Bohannon Show

By |June 3rd, 2015|Cultural Cleansing|

Heritage in Crisis discussed on The Jim Bohannon Show The Jim Bohannon Show 22 May 2015 Antiquities segment starts at 40:25   On [...]

Save statues, Saves lives

By |June 3rd, 2015|The Antiquities Coalition in the News|

Save statues, Saves lives Matthew Bogdanos, Tess Davis, Atheel Al Nujaifi Foreign Policy 2 June 2015

Ancient City of Palmyra Falls to IS Militants (VIDEO)

By |June 3rd, 2015|The Antiquities Coalition in the News|

Ancient City of Palmyra Falls to IS Militants Associated Press 21 May 2015

Ancient City of Palmyra Falls to IS Militants

By |June 3rd, 2015|Cultural Cleansing|

Ancient City of Palmyra Falls to IS Militants Associated Press 21 May 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a64zwyJkuGA#t=16

BBC covers ISIS taking Palmyra (VIDEO)

By |June 3rd, 2015|The Antiquities Coalition in the News|

BBC covers ISIS taking Palmyra World News America BBC 21 May 2015

BBC covers ISIS taking Palmyra

By |June 3rd, 2015|Cultural Cleansing|

BBC covers ISIS taking Palmyra World News America BBC 21 May 2015 BBC Palmyra

(Arabic) Antiquities Coalition Chair, Deborah M. Lehr interviewed by Radio Sawa (AUIDO)

By |June 2nd, 2015|Our Voices, The Antiquities Coalition in the News|

(Arabic) Antiquities Coalition Chair, Deborah M. Lehr interviewed by Radio Sawa Radio Sawa 30 March 2015

2015 Cairo Conference: Cultural Property Under Threat

By |May 26th, 2015|Providing Solutions|

TEN MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES ANNOUNCE CAIRO DECLARATION, TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT THE WAR CRIME OF LOOTING AND THE DESTRUCTION OF HERITAGE [...]

The Cairo Declaration

By |May 20th, 2015|Private-Public Partnership|

The Cairo Declaration Released in Cairo, Egypt May 14, 2015 Recognizing the continuing threat to our economic, cultural well-being and national security as a result [...]

‘Cultural Property Under Threat’ Cairo Delegation Press Release

By |May 20th, 2015|Providing Solutions|

TEN MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES ANNOUNCE CAIRO DECLARATION, TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT THE WAR CRIME OF LOOTING AND THE DESTRUCTION OF HERITAGE JOINT [...]

Culture Under Threat: Fighting Terrorist Financing in the Middle East

By |May 19th, 2015|Our Voices|

Culture Under Threat: Fighting Terrorist Financing in the Middle East Deborah Lehr and Wendy Chamberlin Huffington Post 12 May 2015

Cairo Declaration to protect Middle East cultural heritage

By |May 19th, 2015|The Antiquities Coalition in the News|

Cairo Declaration to protect Middle East cultural heritage Nevine El-Aref Ahram Online 18 May 2015  

Iraq says ISIS demolishes ruins to cover up looting operations

By |May 19th, 2015|The Antiquities Coalition in the News|

Iraq says ISIS demolishes ruins to cover up looting operations Associated Press Asharq Al-Awsat12 May 2015  

UN says destruction of Mideast historical sites ‘war crime’

By |May 19th, 2015|The Antiquities Coalition in the News|

UN says destruction of Mideast historical sites 'war crime' Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press Washington Post 13 May 2015

U.N., Arab officials seek to counter militant threat to monuments

By |May 19th, 2015|The Antiquities Coalition in the News|

U.N., Arab officials seek to counter militant threat to monuments AFP Cairo Al Arabiya 13 May 2015

Ten Middle East And North African Countries Announce Cairo Declaration, Take Steps To Prevent The War Crime Of Looting And The Destruction Of Heritage: Joint Effort To Stop Terrorist Funding And Cultural Destruction

By |May 19th, 2015|Photographic Evidence|

CAIRO, May 14, 2015 – Ten nations from across the Middle East agreed today to take cooperative and ongoing steps to stop the looting and [...]

“Cultural Property Under Threat: The Cultural, Economic and Security Impact of Antiquities Theft in the Middle East” Conference Agenda

By |May 14th, 2015|Private-Public Partnership|

2015 Cairo Conference Cultural Property Under Threat: The Cultural, Economic and Security Impact of Antiquities Theft in the Middle East  Day 1 • 13 May [...]

“Cultural Heritage: Conflict and Reconciliation” Smithsonian Webcast

By |April 19th, 2015|Cultural Heritage, Cultural Racketeering|

          Webcast HERE Cultural Heritage: Conflict and Reconciliation Friday, April 17 2:00-3:00 p.m. Leadership Panel 3:00–4:00 p.m. Discussion Panel Meyer Auditorium Freer [...]

(Arabic) Antiquities Coalition Chair, Deborah M. Lehr interviewed by Radio Sawa

By |March 30th, 2015|Cultural Racketeering|

March 30, 2015 Radio Sawa Antiquities Coalition Chair, Deborah M. Lehr interviewed by corespondent Amir Bibawy on Radio Sawa. This interview is in Arabic, and focuses [...]

Culture in Conflict: Where Can ISIS Get $1 Million?

By |March 26th, 2015|Cultural Cleansing, Cultural Racketeering|

  With the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the world rightfully asked how a militant faction too extreme for Al-Qaeda [...]

The Tomb Raiders of Mesopotamia: Fighting ISIL, terrorism financing and saving our cultural heritage

By |March 26th, 2015|Our Voices, Relevant Reading|

The Tomb Raiders of Mesopotamia: Fighting ISIL, terrorism financing and saving our cultural heritage Mark V. Vlasic Huffington Post 26 March 2015

Regional Conference Aims to Shut Down ISIS Funding from Antiquities Looting and Trafficking

By |March 26th, 2015|Our Voices|

Regional Conference Aims to Shut Down ISIS Funding from Antiquities Looting and Trafficking Antiquities Coalition Blog 26 March 2015

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