Iraq war artifact added to British war collection
October 29, 2010
The Imperial War Museum now includes a car destroyed in a Baghdad suicide bombing during the Iraq war alongside artifacts, symbolizing civilian death tolls and devastation of Iraqi history.

Can conservationists save Oscar Niemeyer's fairground in Lebanon?
April 20, 2010
Once the pride of Tripoli, Lebanon – designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer – the international fairground became another casualty of the 1975 civil war. It hasn't recovered yet. 

Egypt salvages its modern treasures
January 11, 2010
With Cairo in transition, collectors scramble to save a fading era.

In Syria, delicate preservation work is pushing against profit-driven speed.
August 31, 2009
Damascus is rediscovering its architectural gems, but hasty restoration puts history at risk.

Syria: Where war hides history
August 26, 2009
A dispatch from Dura-Europos, on the Euphrates River in eastern Syria. 

Syria: Iraqi artists, now refugees, struggle to pursue art in exile
July 28, 2009
A dispatch from Damascus and the studios of a few Iraqi refugee artists.