Author: Ali Khadr

  • Basrah Museum

    Merger News

    October 14, 2020
    The British Institute for the Study of Iraq (BISI) and the Friends of Basrah Museum (FOBM) have announced that they…
  • The Palaces at Nimrud

    The Nimrud Archives

    August 18, 2020
    Thanks to generous support from an anonymous donor, BISI has begun to catalogue the archive.
  • Jews of Iraq Conference

    Jews of Iraq Conference

    July 28, 2020
    This major international conference took place between 16 and 18 September 2019. Organised by The British Institute for the Study…
  • The Trustees of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq were deeply saddened to hear of the sudden death of Dr Lamia Al Gailani-Werr last Friday 18 January 2019 in Amman, Jordan.

    Dr Lamia Al Gailani Werr

    April 5, 2019
    The Trustees of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq were deeply saddened to hear of the sudden death…
  • Geoffrey Turner 1941-2018

    Geoffrey Turner 1941-2018

    December 12, 2018
    Obituary: Geoffrey Turner, one of the foremost authorities on the architecture of the Neo-Assyrian empire, passed away in Brussels on…
  • Nimrud, NW Palace. Courtesy of the Oxford Archaeology Image Database

    The Nimrud Digitisation Project

    September 28, 2017
    British Institute for the Study of Iraq (BISI) can announce the start of an important initiative to digitise and release…

  • Basrah Museum

    January 6, 2017
    Basrah: its history, culture and heritage workshop and conference to celebrate the opening of Basrah Museum

  • Nimrud

    December 12, 2016
    Now that the Iraqi army has regained control of the ancient Assyrian capital city of Nimrud, the scale of the…