Ancient Egypt Today with Heba abd el Gawad

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Heba Abd el Gawad is an exhibition curator, public outreach specialist and researcher in Egyptian heritage within museum contexts. She is the postdoctoral researcher for the project ‘Egypt’s Dispersed Heritage: Views from Egypt’ at the Institute of Archaeology, University College of London, in addition to many other important works. Heba joins the History of Egypt Podcast to discuss public outreach, museum communication and accessibility, and the cultural heritage of Egypt and its people. For more information about the projects discussed in this interview, see the following links: Egypt's Dispersed Heritage project on Twitter www.twitter.com/excavatedegypt and Facebook www.facebook.com/EgyptsDispersedHeritage The Manchester Museum Podcast "Who Owns Egyptian heritage?" Manchester Museum https://www.mmfromhome.com/podcast/episode/39f9e1a5/who-owns-egyptian-heritage-with-heba-abd-el-gawad Arabic Digital Comics during COVID 19 www.al-fanarmedia.org/2020/08/arabic-comics-reach-a-wider-audience-through-digital-projects/ "Fayoum Human Remains Your mummies, Their Ancestors," a webinar on the ethics of displaying and researching human remains in partnership with Egypt Exploration Society and Everyday Orientalist www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC51hWto1J8&t=4603s. The History of Egypt Podcast Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.7	Hello everyone and welcome to a History of Egypt podcast interview.
0:59.0	My guest today is Heber Abdel Gawad.
1:02.6	Heba Abdel Gawad is the lead researcher for the project Egypt's dispersed heritage.
1:08.7	This is a research and public outreach project that aims to put
1:12.9	modern Egyptians and their stories at the forefront of conversations and approaches to ancient
1:19.3	Egypt. For most of Egyptology's history, the scientific and historical work has focused on
1:27.0	European and American institutions and scholars.
1:30.3	In the 21st century, there is a growing movement to bring Egyptians back into the fold, so to speak, of their country's heritage.
1:39.3	Haber works in this field, as well as curating museum exhibitions aimed at presenting the voices
1:47.0	and faces of Egyptians in history, both modern and ancient. As you will see, Heber is a passionate
1:54.7	and insightful commentator. I expect we will hear much more from her in the future. Please join me in welcoming Heba Abdel Gawad to the History of Egypt podcast.
2:06.6	Okay, Heba, good morning and welcome to the History of Egypt podcast.
2:20.0	Hi, it's lovely to be talking to at this, well, it's very late at night for me, so I don't,
2:25.3	and I know it's like, what time is it at your end?
2:28.9	For me, it is just after 11 a.m.
2:31.4	Okay, well, yeah.
2:33.2	Yeah.
2:33.8	So, for those of my listeners who aren't necessarily
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