Country: Palestine
Collection Type: Museum University
Collection Size: 1,000-10,000
Period: 1930-1960
Type of Material & Format: Black and White images Digital files
Website: http://www.birzeit.edu/institutes/museum

Birzeit University Museum is a pioneering art space that produces and promotes contemporary artistic practice as a form of creative knowledge and that offers instrumental tools for social change and cultural dialogue.
Birzeit University Museum offers exhibitions, collections and education programs. Most of Birzeit University Museum photographic collections are donated from individuals or institutions that they have worked with during the exhibitions or research workshops.
The photographic collection reflects the daily life of Palestinian in the last century such as weddings and so on.

Contact Details:
Name: Ayman Hashem Al-Shweiki
Email: ayman.914h@gmail.com ; virtual.gallery@birzeit.edu
Address: Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine.
Tel: 00 970 2 2982976

Other:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Birzeit-University-Museum-متحف-جامعة-بيرزيت-689195884477463/timeline

Website: http://virtualgallery.birzeit.edu

Country: Jordan
Collection Type: Research center
Collection Size: 10,000-50,000
Period: 1930-1960 1960-1980 Later than 1980
Type of Material & Format: Black and White images Colour images Digital files Film-based negatives Prints
Website: http://cbrl.org.uk/british-Institute-amman

The British Institute in Amman (BIA) is an independent research organization in Jordan. The BIA works to build academic cooperation between British and local universities and other organizations engaged in research; organizes events including conferences, workshops, public lectures and seminars; provides facilities for researchers including a library, study space, guest accommodation, equipment, and fieldwork vehicles; and offers Arabic language training in cooperation with the Qasid Language Institute.

The institute’s origins are as an archaeological field station of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, which became an independent institute in 1978.
The core of the collection derives from the archive of the institute’s founder, Crystal-M Bennett (1918-1987) and dates from her years active in the field, principally the 1960s to early 1980s. The Institute also possesses numerous photographs donated by associated researchers. The collection includes around 15,000 photographs, which depicts themes of archaeology and heritage as well as ethnography.

Contact Details:
Name: Carol Palmer (Director) and Rudaina Momani (Librarian)
Email: director@bi-amman.org.uk and library@bi-amman.org.uk
Address: 102 Uhod Street Tla’ Al-Ali Amman, Jordan
Tel: .+ 962 6 534 1317

Country: Tunisia
Collection Type: Public/ National Archive
Collection Size: 10,000-50,000
Period: 1860-1900 1900-1930 1930-1960 1960-1980
Type of Material & Format: Black and White images Digital files Prints
Website: http://www.cdn.nat.tn/

The Centre de Documentation Nationale (CDN) (National Documentation Center) is a governmental agency, and enjoys administrative and financial autonomy. The CDN holds a collection of around 10,000 black and white photographs, which are mostly copies taken from Tunis Africa Press Agency. These photographs document national and historial events during the 20th century, with various subjects such as Tunisia in the 20th century, the Husainid Dynasty, transportation and modernity, monuments and historical sites. The photograph library is open to the general public and is mostly consulted by researchers, journalists and historians. The collection is partly catalogued and digitized, and available on the CDN’s online database.

Contact Details:
Name: Mounir Alhaji, Director ; Kaouther Dridi, Collection representative
Email: kaouther_kiki@hotmail.fr
Tel: +216704020; +216704002; +216704960
Address: Boulevard Mohamed Albouazizi – El Menzah 1004 – B.P 603 Ariana 2080 – Tunis

Country: Algeria
Collection Type: State agency/ Ministry
Collection Size: > 50,000
Period: 1860-1900 1900-1930 1930-1960 1960-1980 Later than 1980
Type of Material & Format: Black and White images Colour images Digital files Film-based negatives Glass plates positives and/or negatives Prints
Website: http://www.cndpi.org/

Appointed by presidential decree in 1984, the « Centre National de Documentation de Presse et d’Information (CNDPI) » has a mandate to collect, process and preserve all types of information, as well as to publish and circulate documents.

CNDPI is involved in different projects with public institutions and contributes to realizing major goals related to communication and information. It possesses a rich digital and historiographical heritage, which depicts more than a century of Algerian history through texts and photographs.

The photographic archive contains around 1 711 953 negatives and 15 000 photographic slides related to prehistoric and historical vestiges, monuments and historical sites; the social status of Algerians between 1945 and 1954, portrayals of personalities from arts, literature, science and political fields, the major stages of Liberation war, as well as all Algerian cultural, socio-economic and political activity from more than a half century.

The CNDPI also has publications and also contains a video library housing around 800 video recording and reports on political, economic, historical and cultural issues.

The material is available for researchers and teachers and contributes to implementing national politics related to press documentation.

Contact Details:
Name: Nacera Boudjemia
Email: bourouilanacera@yahoo.fr
Address: 2 rue Farid Zouioueche, Kouba, Alger
Tel: 021 77 78 72 / 021 29 89 34

Country: Lebanon
Collection Type: Press
Collection Size: > 50,000
Period: Later than 1980
Type of Material & Format: Black and White images Colour images Digital files Prints
Website: http://www.alhayat.com

Dar Al-Hayat Information Center has been created with the re-launch of the Lebanese newspaper Al-Hayat of 1946-1976 as a Pan Arab newspaper from London in October 1988. Based in Beirut, the center is currently a corporate unit that caters for Daralhayat publications (Alhayat international and its local editions, Laha Magazine and alWasat Magazine (ceased in 2004)).

The center’s photographs collection covers all Dar Al-Hayat publications interests and holds in its Beirut central archives over 270,000 photographs. All pictures have been archived either as born digital photos or as digital conversion from original prints and slides. A very limited photograph collection belongs to Alhayat of 1946, due to the fact that the old archives was destroyed by a fire in 1976 during the Lebanese civil war.

Database replication for internal access is made available in the 3 main geographical sites (London, Beirut and Riyadh).

Contact Details:
Name: Nada Itani
Email: nada@alhayat.com
Tel: +9611-987990 ext 405
Fax: +9611-983921

Country: Jordan
Collection Type: Foundation or Association
Collection Size: < 1,000 Period: Later than 1980 Type of Material & Format: Black and White images Colour images Prints Website: http://daratalfunun.org Darat al Funun aims to provide a platform for contemporary Arab artists, support critical discourse and research, stimulate artistic exchange, document and archive Arab art, and spread awareness and appreciation of contemporary visual arts. Khalid Shoman Collection is a private collection that was never created with the idea to 'invest' or establish a collection covering a specific period or style, but more an investment in the artists and support of their practice. This gained particularly significant impact during the eighties and nineties when there was very little support for contemporary Arab art, particularly within the private sector. Begun in the early eighties, the collection reflects the shifts and transformations of artistic practices in the region. It now represents around 800 works by over 140 modern and contemporary artists and a wide range of media. The collection is the Khalid Shoman Private Collection, which is legally separate from Darat al Funun-The Khalid Shoman Foundation. The collection is on public view on a rotating basis to the general public. Researchers could have access with special request. Contact Details: Name: Mohammed Zakaria / Eline Van Der Vlist (Artistic Director) Email: mohammed.n.zakaria@gmail.com / eline.vandervlist@gmail.com Address: 13, Nadeem al Mallah st., Jabal al-weibdeh, Amman, Jordan Tel: +962 6 4643251/2 Website: www.daratalfunun.org

Country: Jordan
Collection Type: Research center State agency/ Ministry
Collection Size: 1,000-10,000
Period: 1900-1930 1930-1960 1960-1980 Later than 1980
Type of Material & Format: Black and White images Colour images Digital files Film-based negatives Prints
Website: http://www.doa.gov.jo/En/index.php

The Department of Antiquities aim is the protection of antiquities as well the presentation of antiquities, including research, survey, excavation and site management.

Founded in 1923, the Department of Antiquities of Jordan was established under the management of Mr. Ridha Tawfeq who relocated it from Jarash to Amman. The main goal of the Department of Antiquities (DoA) at that time was to protect all antiquities defined according to the law as any movable or immovable object made, written, inscribed, built, discovered, or modified by human beings including caves, sculpture, coins, pottery, manuscripts and other kinds of manufactured products which indicate the beginning and development of science, arts, handicrafts, religions, traditions of previous civilizations, or any part added or rebuilt after that time. Additionally, the goal included research, survey, excavation and site management.

Leading British archaeologist, Lancaster Harding, was appointed as Director General of the DoA in 1936. His well-known book “The Antiquities of Jordan” is a reference to all those who wish to learn about the archaeology of Jordan.

Photograph collections of the DoA include the private collection of Lancaster Harding (1936-1956) containing 4130 photos, as well as Horsfield collection (1919) containing 119 photos, the Department of Antiquities of Jordan Collection (1955-1975) containing 989 photos, the Jerusalem Collection (1965-1970) containing 88 photos and the Jordan Archaeological Collection containing 367 photos.

In 2004, the DoA began archiving negatives and digitizing part of their collection. The photographs depict archaeological sites, artifacts or objects, and city views.

The collection is available to researchers.

Contact Details:Name: Hala Al-Syoof, Photo Specialist
Email: halasyoof@yahoo.com
Address: Jebel Amman Street, Sultan al-Atrash P.O. Box 88, Amman
Tel: +962 2 4644336, 4641275, 4644482, 4642669

Country: Libya
Collection Type: State agency/ Ministry
Collection Size: 10,000-50,000
Period: 1930-1960 1960-1980 Later than 1980
Type of Material & Format: Black and White images Colour images Film-based negatives Glass plates positives and/or negatives Prints Slides (positives)

The Department of Antiquities tasks include the protection, raising awareness, and scientific research regarding all archaeological finds, movable and unmovable.

The photo archive in the Red Castle (Saraya Alhamra) in Tripoli belongs to the Department of Antiquities (DOA) and is the main custodian of Archaeology in Libya.It was first created by the Italian colonial power in the beginning of the 20th century (1912-1941) and the occupation of Libya, the occupation was accompanied by extensive archaeological activity which continued throughout the occupation period. The archive has grown in size following Libya’s independence, which witnessed an increase in archeological activity and discoveries in the 50s up to the 1990s.

The collection contains a broad spectrum of photographic material; including glass plate negatives, black and white photos, in addition to negatives and projector positives of different sizes, covering a period of more than half a century.The images depict a wide range of subjects including: excavation work, from the early excavations of the Italian era, 1920s and 1930s, to the excavations of the modern era in the 80s and 90s, daily life, traditions and historical figures.

The collection is available to researchers and students.

Contact Details: Name: Mahmoud Khalifa Hadia
Email: khalifa910@gmail.com
Address: The Saraya Alhamra (Red castle) , Martyr Square, Tripoli, Libya.
Tel: (218) 3330289 / (218) 21 444 0167