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Mrs. Ghada Hijjawi Qaddumi, Vice President -- West Asia

 

BIO DATA of Mrs. Ghada Hijjawi (Qaddumi)

Name: Mrs. Ghada Hijjawi (Qaddumi)
Country: Kuwait
Age: 67
Qualification:
  • Ph.D. History of Islamic Art and Architecture(1990) -- A joint venture between the Fine Arts and the Middle East Studies Departments - Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

  • B.A., Fine Arts(1976) -- Beirut University College (B.U.C.), presently Lebanese American University (L.A.U.), Beirut -- Lebanon

  • M.A., Arabic Literature (1975) -- American University of Beirut (A.U.B.), Beirut -- Lebanon

  • B.A., Arabic Literature (1971) -- American University of Beirut (A.U.B.), Beirut -- Lebanon

  • B.A., Economics (1969) -- American University of Beirut (A.U.B.), Beirut -- Lebanon
Current Designation :
Director - Department of Research & Cultural Studies - National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters, State of Kuwait


Professional Experiences:

1982 - 1984:

  • Associate curator at Dar al-Athar al-Isamiyya Museum - Kuwait National Museum, Department of Antiquities and Museums

1984 - 1990:

  • Curator at Dar al-Athar al-Isamiyya Museum - Kuwait National Museum, Department of Antiquities and Museums

1991 - 1994:

  • Researcher at Dar al-Athar al-Isamiyya Museum - Kuwait National Museum, Department of Antiquities and Museums

1994 - July, 2000:

  • Deputy Director for Culture, Department of Antiquities and Museums - National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters - State of Kuwait

July, 2000 - 2001:

  • Director of the Department of Publishing and Distribution

2000 - 2001:

  • Member in the editing committee of the monthly series of "'Alam al-Ma'rifah", issued by the Department of Publishing and Distribution - National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters

2001 - 2002:

  • Director of Research and Cultural Studies

November 2002:

  • Freelance consultant

Publications:

A. Books:

  • "Book on Gifts and Rarities" Kitab al-Hadaya wa al Tuhaf- study, translation and annotation. Harvard University-Harvard Press, 1997. [Rewriting and elaboration on the Ph.D. dissertation]

  • "Variety in Unity" (Arabic and English) Published by the Ministry of Information, Kuwait, 1987. Translated into French). The part on Islamic coins prepared by Dr. Ramzi Bakhazi. [Prepared for an exhibition from Dar al-Athar al- Islamiyyah Museum, during the Fifth Islamic Conference in Kuwait].

B. Articles:

  • A number of articles "in detail" in the Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah Museum Newsletter discussing one piece or a group of objects in the collection, 1985-90.

  • Billawr (Rockcrystal) (Arabic). Mawsu’at al-Hadarah al-Islamiyyah (Encyclopedia of Islamic Culture), ‘Amman- Jordan, 1988.

  • "Yaqut (Ruby and Sapphire), Article in the Encyclopedia of Islam, 2000.

  • The Mashrabiyya and Stained Glass- in Kuwait Architecture", published in the proceedings of IRCICA Islamic Crafts Conference in Cairo, 1995. (English).

  • "Zumurrud" (Emerald), Article in the Encyclopedia of Islam, 2001.

General Lectures:

  • A lecture on the ancient history of Kuwait and the archaeological excavations in Failaka Island during the cultural season at Jahra City in Kuwait, 1997.

  • A lecture on Islamic Pottery, at the German Institute for Oriental Studies, Beirut -Lebanon, 1999.

  • A paper on "Translation" for a seminar held in Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E, April 2001.

  • Member of the Editing Committee of the monthly series " ‘Alam al-Ma’rifah" , issued in the Department of Publishing and Distribution - National Council for Culture, Arts, and Letters, 2000-2001.

  • Lecture on " Archaeological Evidence on the Ancient History of Kuwait-Dilmun Culture". Prepared for a conference held by the Society of History & Archaeology in the G.C.C. countries, Kuwait, 7-9th November 2001. (In Arabic)

  • Paper on "Paradise & Hell in Islam". Prepared for a Colloquium in Keszthely-Hungary, 7-14 July 2002. (In English)

  • Paper on "The Influence of Islamic Arts and Crafts on European Arts", for the International Congress on Islamic Arts and Crafts organized by IRCICA, in Asfahan, 4-9 October 2002.