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• keep in touch Issue No. 65 - Aachen, Germany - RWTH Aachen University Alumni Magazine, Renowned Expert in the Field of Cultural Heritage and Conservation - Prof. Dr. Saleh Lameii received prestiguous Gazzola Prize, Germany - Summer 2018keep in touch Alumni Magazine Issue 65 - Aachen, Germany - Renowned Expert in the Field of Cultural Heritage and Conservation Prof. Dr. Saleh Lamei received prestigious Gazzola Prize, Germany - Summer 2018
  
• SAIDAGATE - Sidon, Lebanon - Prof. Saleh Lamei, Director General of CIAH and Advisor of the Hariri Foundation for Heritage in Lebanon participated in the inauguration ceremony of Dar Ali-Hamoud - an old Ottoman-era building in Sidon, Lebanon - Feb 20, 2015
• Alwafd Newspaper Vol. 1597- Cairo, Egypt - Interview with Prof. Dr. Saleh Lamei on Egypt's Antiquities, rumors on rent of monuments, the need for raising awareness for heritage and the preservation of antiquities amongst Egypt's population from an early age as well as giving a retrospective insight of his work in that field in the past 50 years - Oct 9, 2014
• Alyaum Newspaper - Jedda, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Prof. Dr. Saleh Lamei leads the scientific lecture on restoration of Al Shaf'ei Mosque in Jedda organized by the Department of Monuments and Antiquities of the General Architecture Association of Saudi Arabia - Apr 14, 2014
• Supreme Council of Antiquities - Cairo, Egypt - Prof. Dr. Saleh Lamei has been appointed Member of the Board of the Supreme Council of Antiquities according to the decree of H.E. Prime Minister Dr. Hazem Al-Beblawi for two years (2014 & 2015) in accordance with the request of H.E. State Minister of Antiquities - Dec 24, 2013
• Al-Ahram Newspaper - Prof. Dr. Saleh Lamei representing Egypt in the Third Saudi Arabian National Cultural Heritage Forum - Dec 7, 2013
• Al Riyadh Newspaper - Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Interview with Prof. Dr. Saleh Lamei - Director General of CIAH - Restoration of the ancient Al-Ghimama Mosque in Medina based on international restoration standards for Heritage - November 30, 2013
• JEMAHS - The Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archeology & Heritage Studies (JEMAHS), a Penn State Universiyt Press publication, published in Vol 1 of its fourth issue an article authored by JEMAHS board member Prof Dr. Saleh Lamei, titled: "The Reservation of the Villa Cāsdaglī ('Ali 'Abdallatīf School) in Cairo, Egypt - November, 2013
• Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities - Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Interview with Prof. Dr. Saleh Lamei - Director General of CIAH - held at the Commission in Riyadh - November 25, 2013
• Abdullatif Al Fozan Award - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Prof. Dr. Saleh Lamei nominated as member of the Board of Trustees of the Abdullatif Al Fozan Award for Mosque Architecture.
  The award will be given every three year. Its first cycle will address mosques built in Saudi Arabia since 1970. The winners were announced during the celebration ceremony - November 1, 2013
• Saida City Net News - Hariri Foundation - Lebanon conducts a honouring ceremony in the city of Sidon honouring Prof. Saleh Lamei for his over 30 years of engagement and activities for the conservation and preservation of Islamic cultural heritage in Lebanon - June 7, 2013
• Arab University Beirut - Lebanon - The Arab University Beirut honors Prof. Dr. Saleh Lamei at the golden jubilee event of the Faculty of Architecture - January 22, 2013
• UNESCO IRAQ Samara Project , Further UNESCO recommendation for CIAH based on its valuable support in a World Heritage flagship project  - August 21, 2011
• Al-Ahram Newspaper - Morning News , "Prof. Dr. Saleh Lamei elected as SCA Board member" - June 1, 2011
• Wanted in Africa , Culture: Cairo’s Garden City villa to be restored -  July 3, 2010
• Modern Egypt News Archive, "U.S. Fund Supports Study for Restoration of Historic Cairo Villa" - June 3, 2010
• Al-Ahram Hebdo Issue No. 766, "Réhabiliter l'héritage kurde" - May 13-19, 2009
• Gulf Times Time-Out, "Reconstructing a labour of love" - June 4, 2008
• Construction History UK, "The Hağğ Baha' addin Al-Hariri Mosque in Sidon, Lebanon: Linking Heritage and Contemporary Architecture" - 2007
• MUSEUM International No 225 - 226, "Hertage Landscape of Egypt", UNESCO Culture Sector - December 2005
• MUSEUM International No 1 - 2, "Insights into Current Conservation Practices" - May, 2005
• Al-Ahram Weekly Issue No. 716, Profile, Saleh Lamei: Expression of the self - September 11 - 17, 2004
• The Independent World, Places of Prayer haunt architects of peace on Cyprus's divided island - March 22, 2004
• "Kosovo: cultural heritage in danger", South East Europe TV Exchanges - September 26,  2003
  
• Islamic Tourism Issue No.5, Towards a Revival of Islamic Arts and Crafts,  - Winter 2003
• UNESCO delegation finally arrives to Kosovo and Metohija - September 13, 2003
• Hala Sultan Project, Cyprus, Cyprus News Agency News in English - September 07, 2002
• Hala Sultan Project, Cyprus, The Egyptian State Information Service - August 2002
• Hala Sultan Project, Cyprus, Arabicnews.com - July 30, 2002
• Al-Ahram Weekly Issue No. 575, "Heritage  - No Easy Task", Feb. 28 - March 6, 2002
• Cyprus News Agency: [02] UNOPS Programme Manager Interview - May 1, 2001
• Cyprus News: Notes & News, Cyprus High Commission - Summer 2000
• Back to Earth: Adobe Building in Saudi Arabia - 1997
• Aga Khan Development Network, "Great Omari Mosque", 1986, Aga Khan Award for Architecture 1989