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Libyan Update from the VAM: Digitizing Manuscripts from the Trans Saharan Trade in Ghadames, Libya

With support from the U.S. Embassy Libya External Office (LEO), ten of ASOR鈥檚 Libyan colleagues took part in the 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting in November. The meeting provided a forum for people from 39 countries spanning six continents to hear about the work of our Libyan colleagues and exchange ideas on best practices in cultural heritage stewardship. Videos highlighting the work in Libya will be appearing on the ASOR website over the next couple of months as well as on .

Digitizing Manuscripts from the Trans Saharan Trade in Ghadames, Libya

Mr. Qasim Youshaa (Ghadames Manuscripts Association)

Ghadames is one of the five UNESCO World Heritage sites in Libya. Its mud brick architecture is outstanding, but just as remarkable are the collections that have long been sheltered there.
The has been working to digitize and preserve a repository of manuscripts documenting hundreds of years of the trans Saharan trade stretching from the Libyan coast towards the Niger River valley. These efforts have recently expanded as new techniques of digitization and data management have been adopted in partnership with ASOR and .

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