Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz has long been on a mission to revive the lost remnants of Iraq ― physical, cultural and historical ― through an unlikely set of materials: scraps of Arabic and English newspapers, vibrantly colored Middle Eastern food packaging and tin cans that used to contain Iraqi date syrup.
UAE won the Excellence Award in Museum and Cultural Guidance (category of Institutes and Ministries) and Palestine won the first place in the award for museums and archaeological sites.
Out of the 11 Arab countries competing in the Arab Cultural Guide Program Awards, the UAE has won the Excellence Award in Museum and Cultural Guidance. Mea..