Heba Abd el Gawad | Egypt’s Dispersed Heritage
Egyptian Egyptologist Heba Abd el Gawad is the project researcher for the AHRC funded project: ‘Egypt’s Dispersed Heritage: Views from Egypt’ at the Institute of Archaeology, University College of London aimed at amplifying the voice, visibility, and validity of modern Egyptian communities in UK museums. She has previously led various curatorial roles in the UK including co-curating Two Temple Place’s 2016 Beyond Beauty: Transforming the Body in Ancient Egypt exhibition, project curator of the British Museum’s Asyut Project, and more recently has guest curated Listen to her! Turning up the Volume on Egypt’s Ordinary Women exhibition at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. She specializes in the history of Egyptian archaeology focusing on the past and present Egyptian perceptions and representations of the collection and distribution of archaeological finds from Egypt to the world.
Further Reading:
Abd el-Gawad H, Stevenson A. Egypt’s dispersed heritage: Multi-directional storytelling through comic art. Journal of Social Archaeology. February 2021. doi:10.1177/1469605321992929
Abdou, E (2018) Reconciling Egyptians with their ancient past? Analyzing students’ perspectives and curriculum representations of ancient Egyptian history. Mada Masr, 21 December. Available at: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/12/21/opinion/u/reconciling-egyptians-with-their-ancient-past/
Stevenson, A (2019) Scattered Finds: Archaeology, Egyptology and Museums. London: UCL Press.
Ashmawi, A (2012) Legal Thefts: Stories of Thefts of Egyptian Antiquities, Their Smuggling and Attempts to Recover Them. Cairo: Egyptian Lebanese Publishing House [in Arabic].