According to a recent UNCTAD report, commerce, tourism and transportation have suffered a considerable downturn since October 7th. As a result, 80% of businesses in East Jerusalem have either partially or completely ceased operations. https://unctad.org/news/economic-crisis-worsens-occupied-palestinian-territory-amid-ongoing-gaza-conflict
These are some of the long-term projects in which we have been engaged.
The Virtual Illés Initiative is a pioneering, transdisciplinary digital humanities project that aims to compile these fascinating records and facilitate universal access to these uncovered facets of the city.
Recognizing our comparative advantage as internationally engaged professionals in diverse fields, we propose to assemble a group of international cultural heritage experts and scholars.
The Mughrabi Quarter of Jerusalem was wiped off the face of the map by the State of Israel in 1967, but it remains intact – albeit in miniature – as part of the Illés Relief of Jerusalem (1873).
With the aim of protecting and preserving the cemetery as a place of living memory and of eternal sanctity, we welcome poetry that celebrates Mamilla as a resting place for generations of Palestinian families.
ARCH serves as guide and guard of vulnerable cultural heritage in Jerusalem.
