ALIPH in Iraq

Iraq is the raison d’être of ALIPH, and since the organization became operational in Geneva in September 2018, the foundation has supported more than 40 projects in Iraq. Combined, these projects have the goal to rehabilitate monuments and sites, safeguard museums and their collections, preserve and enhance written heritage, protect intangible heritage, and combat looting and illicit trafficking of cultural property. ALIPH is able to carry out its mission to help protect Iraqi heritage thanks to its close working relationships with the Iraqi Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities and the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, with whom the Foundation shares a common holistic approach toward safeguarding and conserving heritage from its roots, stretching back thousands of years, to its future.