THE TEAM - FOUNDERS

Alia fares

Alia Fares is an archaeologist and building historian by training and a passionate cultural heritage manager. She is a founding member and executive director of Herigatech. She has been working in the cultural heritage sector for than 25 years, travelling between Europe and the Middle East, both as a site director with diverse academic publications, as well as a cultural heritage manager. Alia has specialized in Roman architecture and is finalizing her PhD at the University of Cologne, Germany. Today, she works for the American Society of Overseas Research, supporting ASOR’s Cultural Heritage Initiatives in the Sahel and North Africa. She is also a consultant for the German Development Bank, as well as the British Council. Furthermore, Alia has founded several NGOSs in her career, such as the Heritage Education Program (www.hep-web.org). In her free time, she volunteers for the Lebanon Mountain Trail Association, leading projects and assisting in the protection and preservation of the cultural and natural heritage along this 480km trail. Alia leads Herigatech’s future vision and directs its cultural and archaeological projects around the globe.

ALIA FARES

 

 

Hanan Charaf

ACADEMIC PARTNERS  - EXTERNAL CONSULTANTS

SCHOLAR PARTNER

Dr. Hanan Charaf  is a Lebanese American archaeologist and accomplished scholar, with a PhD in Archaeology from the  University of Sorbonne, France. She is presently professor at the Lebanese University, as well as Director of the North African  Cultural Heritage Project (2021 –) of the American Society of Overseas Research. She heads the Heritage Advocacy and training program at ASOR’s North African  Cultural Heritage Initiatives, training partners in topographic surveying and 3D-modelling programs for heritage documentation. She is specialised in pottery from the Bronze age and has more than 25 years of experience as site director, having extensively surveyed and excavated numerous sites in the Middle East and the Gulf with many scientific publications. Herigatech Ltd. is proud to partner with Dr Charaf as its academic consultant.

DR. HANAN CHARAF