SANDS

SANDS – رمال

SANDS explores and researches the ancient cultural treasures of the Islamic World: libraries, universities, museums, monuments, architecture, ancient cities, Unesco heritage sites, and heritage in danger.

SANDS is a weekly newsletter written and curated by Alberto Di Gennaro, hosted by SquareKufic. You can subscribe to the newsletter via LinkedIn, or read the articles here, at SquareKufic.

ISSUE 12 – 17th JUNE 2022

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

An insatiable need for knowledge

ISSUE 11 – 27th MAY 2022

JAZAN AND FARASAN ISLAND

History and natural Paradise

ISSUE 10 – 13th MAY 2022

AL-RAJAJIL

The Stonehenge of Saudi Arabia

ISSUE 9 – 29th APR 2022

KHAMERENEBTI II

The Pyramid of the Queen

ISSUE 8 – 22nd APR 2022

BOSRA

An amazing Syrian heritage

ISSUE 7 – 15th APR 2022

AL-NAFUD

Saudi Arabia sands

ISSUE 6 – 8th APR 2022

AL-UQAIR

By the Uqair Protocol, the modern Saudi Arabia

ISSUE 5 – 1st APR 2022

UNAYZAH

The “Paris of Najd”

ISSUE 4 – 25th MAR 2022

GHARDAIA, IN THE M’ZAB

The Pentapolis of the desert

ISSUE 3 – 18th MAR 2022

SUAKIN

Starting point on the Sudan Hajj Route to Makkah

ISSUE 2 – 11th MAR 2022

AL-DIRIYAH

Where it all began

ISSUE 1 – 4th MAR 2022

ZUBALA

Reviving the Darb Zubaydah Hajj Route