Biladi in the press

BBC News2024

Interview

Interview with Joanne Bajjaly — Baalbeck's ruins remain under international protection

L'Orient-Le Jour2023

Interview

Ghassan Salamé — Reviving cultural tourism once the security situation stabilises

L'Orient-Le Jour2025

Interview

How Biladi and Blue Shield are helping to preserve the cultural heritage of war-torn countries

ABC News Australia — By Design2026

Interview

Lebanon formally requesting from UNESCO 'enhanced protection' for 34 archaeological sites

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France 242024

Interview

« C'est un crime d'effacer la mémoire d'un peuple » — le patrimoine archéologique libanais en danger

France 242024

Press & media coverage

Press Article

In Tyre, these Blue Shields meant to protect millennia-old heritage against strikes

L'Orient-Le Jour2026

Press Article

Destruction is no longer a consequence of war, it has become its main objective — Lebanon's heritage under siege

Le Figaro2026

Press Article

Satellite images show Israel's destruction of the historical city of Tyre

Al Jazeera2026

Social Media

Field footage — Biladi on the ground protecting Lebanese heritage

Instagram2026

Social Media

Field footage — Emergency heritage response

Instagram2026

Press Article

In Nabatiyeh, nearly 70% of heritage buildings are no longer habitable

L'Orient-Le Jour2025

Social Media

Field footage — Assessing heritage damage in South Lebanon

Instagram2025

Press Article

Heritage at risk — Israel targets Lebanon's historic landmarks

The New Arab2024

Press Article

Mending the memory in Chamaa village — A retreat with Saint Peter on a Jabal Amil hill

Legal Agenda2024

Press Article

Lebanon rushes to protect its antiquities from Israeli strikes

The New York Times2024

Social Media

Field footage — Documenting heritage sites at risk

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Instagram2024

Press Article

Monuments Men of the Lebanese Army — Protecting historical heritage

L'Orient-Le Jour2023

Press Article

Esterdad — A session for Lebanese, Syrian and Iraqi specialists

L'Orient-Le Jour2018

Field Report

SARAA — Safeguarding Archaeological Assets of the Arab region

British Institute at Ankara — Heritage Turkey2022

Award & Recognition

Jouhouzia selected at the Paris Peace Forum scale-up program

Paris Peace Forum2022

Award & Recognition

Jouhouzia — Programme sélectionné au Paris Peace Forum (FR)

Paris Peace Forum2022

Field Report

Saving heritage after the Beirut Blast — Blue Shield emergency response

Blue Shield International2020

Field Report

Action plan to preserve heritage sites during conflict — UNIFIL, Blue Shield and DGA Lebanon

UN Peacekeeping2019

Documentary

No to illicit trafficking — UNESCO workshops raising awareness across Lebanon

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UNESCO Multimedia Archives2017

Campaign Coverage

Unite for Heritage — Social media campaign for wartime cultural protection in the Middle East

UNITE4HERITAGE2016

Press Article

Syria in My Mind — Helping refugee children reconnect with their cultural roots

L'Orient-Le Jour2015

Press Article

Syria in My Mind — A journey through Syria's heritage with refugee children

AN-NAHAR2015

Partner Report

Syria in My Mind — AVSI partnership for Syrian refugee children in Lebanon

AVSI Foundation2019

Press Article

Southern Lebanon faces 'catastrophic cultural loss' as Israeli ground invasion expands

The National2026

Press Article

Can Lebanon's ancient cultural heritage be protected from war damage?

Arab News2024

Press Article

Au Liban, des vestiges vieux de plus de 2000 ans menacés par la guerre

Radio-Canada2024

Press Article

Protecting Lebanon's heritage under fire — damage exceeds 66 sites

An-Nahar2024

Press Article

Lebanese Heritage Under Siege

Middle East Institute2024

Press Article

The fight to save Lebanon's crumbling history

The New Arab2024

Press Article

Robert Fisk investigation citing Joanne Farchakh on the looting of Iraqi antiquities

Illicit Cultural Property (via The Independent)2009

Field Report

Securing & protecting three archaeological museums for the prevention of looting

Cultural Emergency Response2021

Field Report

BSI signs Cultural Property Protection MoU with Blue Shield Lebanon and Biladi

Blue Shield International2021

Academic Article

About Lebanon — Experiences in cultural heritage protection and valorisation

Rivisteweb (Dal Maso & Farchakh Bajjaly)2013

Academic Chapter

Politicians: Assassins of Lebanese Heritage? Archaeology in Lebanon in times of armed conflict

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Cambridge University Press2011

Lost Treasures from Iraq — Photographs by Joanne Farchakh-Bajjaly (2002–2004)

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University of Chicago — Oriental Institute2005

Lecture

Mesopotamia Endangered — Lecture by Joanne Farchakh on the looting of Iraqi antiquities

UC Berkeley2005

Biladi — Heritage for Peace Building (member profile)

Anna Lindh Foundation—

Biladi NGO profile

Sustain Lebanon—

Press Article

Lebanon — Cultural heritage as a tool for peace

Peace Insight (Ashoka)2015

Social Media

Paris Peace Forum #PPF22 recap — Jouhouzia selected for the SCUP program