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The Royal Irish Academy is hosting a Discourse on 'Cultural Heritage and Recent Conflicts' by Mounir Bouchenaki, Director of the Arab Regional.
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Mounir Bouchenaki
Algerian archaeologist
Mounir Bouchenaki (Arabic: منير بوشناقي; born 16 November 1943) is an Algerian archaeologist and incumbent Director of the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage.
He was Director-General of ICCROM[1] from 2006 to 2011, UNESCO's Assistant Director General for Culture (2000-2006), Director of the World Heritage Centre (1998-2000), Director of UNESCO's Cultural Heritage Division (1990-2000).[2] In January 2011, he was named honorary special adviser of UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and of ICCROM Director-General.
Early years
Mounir Bouchenaki was born on 16 November 1943 in Tlemcen in French Algeria to an Algerian family, of Bosniak origin. Having obtained at Alger University and obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Ancient History, he went on to become Curator of the archaeological site and museum of Tipaza from 1966 to 1971, when he had carried out a major operation to safeguard a new archaeological ancient