But if He chooses not to move In the way we prayed He would be confident, He is. And even though it seems impossible to me, He is able. Yet I know when my eyes fail to see, He is able. We pray the best we can, But we must leave it in His hands. Heritage Singers - He Is Able Tabs & Lyrics : Like peering through a window blurred with rain, Emotions run together in a flood of doubt and pain.
Since 2007, thanks to international operations, the National Museum of Afghanistan has repurchased much of its original collection, although it has been estimated that about 20% o is still on the black market. The National Museum of Afghanistan, re-opened in 2004, hosts one of the most important collections worldwide of the Persian period, which in the years following the outbreak of the civil war, between 19, due to the Taliban looting have lost about 70% of its assets. These are added to the 843 antiquities recovered in 2012 by the British authorities and returned to Kabul.
We prayed as best we could, But we must leave it in His hands. Like peering through a window blurred with rain, Emotions run together in a flood of doubt and pain. We talked about this with the Director of the Archaeological Institute of Afghanistan, Noor Agha Noori, whom ArtEconomy24 interviewed exclusively.HERITAGE SINGERS. On this issue, on 14 September 2021, during the international conference on “The fight against the illicit trafficking of cultural assets: for a strengthened global dialogue” organized by UNESCO, the lawyer and editor of Cultural Property News, Kate Fitz Gibbon, was very critical about the role of UNESCO, international bureaucracy attached to UNESCO Conventions, and what UNESCO could do to better help countries facing art market turmoil like Afghanistan.
Today, museum’s governance, the Archaeological Institute and cultural authorities are employing their own pre-existing expertise to handle the situation. We had specific laws and regulations in place for the management and safeguarding of our cultural heritage. But if He chooses not to move.He Is Able Lyrics: Like peering through a window blurred with rain / Emotions run together in a flood of doubt and pain / Weve prayed as best we can / Now.Nine Buddha heads returned from the UK to the National Museum in Kabul in 2019Which policies have you implemented to keep the Afghan heritage safe?Currently, there is no legal procedure to follow in heritage safeguarding as the Taliban rejected the Constitution in force, which is the backbone of the country’s legal structure. And even though it seems impossible to me, He is able.
We are afraid that history will repeat: when the Taliban occupied Bamiyan, they looted many antiquities. Unlike in the past, this time we are in possession of inventories of museum collections and documentation relating to archaeological sites that can help us protect and rebuild.What's your opinion on the restitution of artifacts awaiting to be returned to Afghanistan?The recent change in our government provides opportunities to the looters. As the Talibans are a religious group, the professionals working in the museum sector fear for pre-Islamic heritage. The Taliban have promised to protect Afghan cultural heritage from looting and destruction and public collection. Based on recent history, and the Taliban recent behaviour towards professionals working in the cultural heritage field and antiquities, we have little hope, but the future is unpredictable.
I would recommend the international community and neighboring countries to ban the entry of artifacts from Afghanistan this is what the UNESCO Conventions require State Parties to do.I am totally in favor of safe haves. We believe that there are still thousands of artifacts located in various countries which were illegally transported by smugglers. In the last two decades more than 10000 artifacts have been returned from various countries around the world (Uk, Japan, Sweden, Usa, Switzerland, France, to name a few). Today, Afghanistan has ratified the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of ownership of Cultural Property, the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects, and the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.
If UNESCO would take the lead, we could still save our heritage.Any chance you could work with the current government to prevent looting?This is a question for the future, as right now no one at the government understands the urgency of the protection of cultural heritage from looting. I believe this operation could be continued with the concrete help of the international community. With the support of a team at the Ministry of Information and Culture, I started to transfer the most important Afghan antiquities to some western countries, like the United States, but unluckily things have quickly escalated and we were not able to complete the task. Based on the articles of the Convention, State Parties can build safe rooms outside of conflict areas, in third countries to store their cultural property in danger.
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