Country: Jordan
Collection Type: Press
Collection Size: > 50,000
Period: 1960-1980 Later than 1980
Type of Material & Format: Black and White images Colour images Digital files Film-based negatives Prints
Website: http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public/Main_english.aspx?lang=2&site_id=1

Established in 1969 as an independent body linked to the Ministry of Information, Petra News is the largest and oldest press agency in Jordan and the official news agency for the Kingdom. The photograph archive holds around 250,000 photographs, consisting of 50,000 images taken between the 1960s and the 1990s which have been digitized, and 20,000 digital photos taken since 1998. Items include film-based negatives, positives, Black and White and color prints in addition to digital files.

Petra’s more recent picture archive started in 1995, with photographs taken by staff photojournalists, and the archive continues to expand as images are added daily from journalistic news production.

The archive is used by most Jordanian newspapers, including Al-Ghad, Al-Rai, Al-Dustour, and Jordan Times. The collection is accessible for researchers by appointment.

Contact Details:
Name: Fayez Abadi, Director General; Majid Abu Khaled, Managing Editor photography and design; Rasamieh El Kobba, Director of Department
Email: director@petra.gov.jo; fabbadi2010@yahoo.com
Address: Jamal Abdel-Nasser Circle, Amman, Jordan / 6845 Code 11118, Amman, Jordan
Tel: +962 65609700

Country: Iran
Collection Type: Private collection
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 Slides (positives)
Website: http://www.datkam.com

The Kamran Najafzadeh private collection was initiated in 1996 to preserve photographs and documents from Iran, while making them accessible for researchers and students. The collection holds more than 150,000 images dating from the 1860s to the present day and covers Qajar Era photography, as well as images of Berlin, and Arab and European photographers. The collection consists of glass-plate negatives and positives, film-based negatives, slides, black and white and color prints, in addition to particular techniques such as cyanotypes. Other materials include postcards, photography books, scanned images from magazines and newspapers, and photography-related objects.

The collection has been featured in publications and various exhibitions in Iran. it is accessible for students and researchers and is partly available on the website and Facebook page.

Contact Details:
Name: Kamran Najafzadeh
Email: datkam@yahoo.com ; info@datkam.com
Address: No: 4, Saba Alley, Lomomba Street, Satarkhan Street, Tehran, Iran
Tel: +98 912 3848019

Country: Egypt
Collection Type: Museum University
Collection Size: < 1,000 Period: 1860-1900 1900-1930 1930-1960 Type of Material & Format: Black and White images Prints Website: http://www.medicine.cu.edu.eg/beta/index.php/en/about/54-history/193-the-museum The idea of establishing the Kasr Al-Eini Museum was first initiated in 1976 by Dr. Mohammed Almenawi, the surgeon gynecologist and obstetrician who was general secretary of the Faculty of Medicine and responsible of the Museum, to present the modern history of modern medicine in Egypt. It was initiated to feature the oldest Faculty of Medicine in the Orient, which was inaugurated in 1827 by Mohammed Ali Pacha to introduce the European techniques in the Egyptian army. The Museum narrates the history of medicine in the Orient, confirming the historical role played by the Qasr Al-Eini School of Medicine as a linkage between medicine in Pharaonic (Ancient) Egypt and modern medicine. The library of the Museum houses numerous rare books and references, an encyclopedia on "The Wise Men of Qasr Al-Eini" or the biographies of 154 professors who lectured in Qasr Al-Eini, with their photographs. Some of these photographs go back to the 19th Century. It also holds various documents and manuscripts, tableaux of marble, portraits and statues. The collection is only available to the public on display; the rest requires permission of the dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Cairo University. Contact Details: Name: Hisham Nigma, Director Address: Qasr Al-Eini campus on Al Manyal ar-Rawdah Island Tel: +202-2364-4665

Country: Bahrain
Collection Type: Foundation or Association Private collection
Collection Size: > 50,000
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.ksdibahrain.com

In the late 1950s, the Bahrain Petroleum Company provided training to two Bahraini photographers in the United Kingdom, Khalifa Shaheen and Abdullah Mohamed al-Khan. In 1971, both individuals founded Studio Falcon Cinefoto in Bahrain, a studio for photography and cinema. They produced photographs for almost 50 years together until they split in 2006.

This led them to creating two competing studios. Khalifa Shaheen and his son created Khalifa Shaheen Digital Images while Abdullah Mohammed al-Khan created Bahrain House of Photography. Al- Khan took the original photographs and the negatives while Khalifa Shaheen took digital copies and the right to use them. Both photographers claim having a million pictures.

Khalifa Shaheen Digital Images (KSDi) collection covers all the fields of Bahrain life with a special attention paid to technological innovations and transports such as airports, aircrafts and related inaugurations since the 1930s. They sell digital print and provide editorial services, as well as digitization services to private institutions. They have digitized the American Mission Hospital’s photographic archive.

Contact Details:
Name: Nader Khalifa Shaheen
Email: nader@ksdibahrain.com
Address: PO. Box 31425, Manama, Bahrain
Tel: +973 17593993

Country: Iraq
Collection Type: Private collection
Collection Size: > 50,000
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 Glass plates positives and/or negatives Prints

Researcher, Photographer and Collector Kifah Al Amin aims for the preservation of photographs related to Iraq and the establishment of an Iraqi Photography Museum.
He started collecting in the 1980s. His photograph collection ranges from the 1895 to today and is still actively growing. Noted Iraqi photographers in his collection include Halim al Khattat, Emri Selim and Muhi Aref. He has published several volumes on the photographic history of Baghdad containing around 3000 images, from his personal collection.

Contact Details:
Name: Kifah al Amin
Email: k.amin@gmx.de
Tel: +964 (0)770-4425 400

Country: Tunisia
Collection Type: Cultural organisation Private collection
Collection Size: 1,000-10,000
Period: 1930-1960 1960-1980 Later than 1980
Type of Material & Format: Black and White images Colour images Digital files Film-based negatives Slides (positives)
Website: http://maisonimage.tn/

The photograph collection of ‘Maison de l’image’ was created in 2011, and primarily consists of photographs related to “L’École de Tunis”. The archive contains around 3,500 images and includes film-based negatives, positives, Black and White and color images, in addition to digital files. Photos were acquired by deposit and the collection is still expanding. The collection is partially catalogued on a database, which is accessible for researchers and students interested in Tunisian Art History.

Contact Details:
Name: Wassim Ghozlani
Email: ghozlani.wassim@gmail.com
Address: 40 Rue Tarak Ibn Zied 1086 Mutuelleville, Tunis, Tunisie
Tel: +216 23 475 705 ; +216 71 840 536m

Other:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maisonimagetn

Country: Egypt
Collection Type: Press
Collection Size: < 1,000 Period: 1930-1960 1960-1980 Later than 1980 Type of Material & Format: Black and White images Colour images Website: http://www.almasryalyoum.com Masry Media Corporation was founded in 2003. When the institution was founded, it began to build a photograph archive, as an important part in a press institution, since they had no old photographs. Thus, they purchased old photographs from old institutions such Al-Ahram, which have the largest archive in Egypt and old photographs from professional former presidential photographers. They held several exhibitions generally for the photographs and published a photography book. The collection is available only for publishing in the newspaper, the website, and all publications. It is not open for the public, except for the researchers with permission from the institution. Contact Details: Name: Ahmed Al-Jamal Email: jammalcairo@gmail.com Address: 49 Mobtadaian st. from Kasr al-Aini st., Downtown Cairo Tel: +2027980100 Other: http://www.egyptindependent.com

Country: Egypt
Collection Type: State agency/ Ministry
Collection Size: < 1,000 Period: 1930-1960 Type of Material & Format: Black and White images Slides (positives) Website: http://www.sca-egypt.org/eng/msa_MP.htm The principal mission of the Ministry of State for Antiquities is to protect and promote the cultural heritage of Egypt, both independently and in cooperation with national and international organizations. To achieve its goals, it formulates and implements all policies concerned with antiquities; issues guidelines and permits for the excavation, restoration, conservation, documentation, and study of sites and monuments; and manages a country-wide system of antiquities museums. In addition, it oversees the publication of journals and books on archaeology and cultural heritage, and finances its own archaeological excavation, documentation, and conservation projects. The Ministry of Antiquities is responsible for the protection of the rich legacy of all of Egypt’s eras, from prehistory through the Pharaonic, Greco-Roman, Coptic, and Islamic periods and into the modern age. Following 23 July Revolution (1952), all photographs of the Egyptian Royal family of Mohamed Ali were collected from the palaces and stored because it was against the principles and thoughts of the Revolution at the that time. Today, the collection is stored in the Abdeen Palace for members of the royal family. Contact Details: Name: Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, Office of the Minister of State for Antiquities Email: ministry.antiquities@msa-egypt.org Address: 3 Adel Abou Bakr Street, Cairo, Egypt, 11211 Tel: +20 02-2736-5645 Other: http://www.sca-egypt.org/eng/MUS_AbdeenPalaceMuseum.htm