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Advisory Board Members ![]()
Did you know that… … the magnifying glass was an invention of the Arab optician Ibn al-Haitham (around 1000)? He analyzed the design of the eye, and due to his trailblazing inventions on the path of rays he is regarded as the "father of optics". ![]() Museum of Arab Culture, Nuremberg The Nabatean settlement of Petra in Jordan was a center of ancient civilization. Coffee Exhibition ![]() Dr. Thomas Bach President of Ghorfa (Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry) Dr. Günther Beckstein Former state prime minister of Bavaria Anton F. Börner President of the German Federal Association of Wholesale and Foreign Trade Dr. Jürgen Franzke Former director of the DB Museum of Nuremberg MdB Günter Gloser Member of the German Bundestag, fromer Minister of State for Europe Prof. Dr. Claus-Peter Haase Former Director of the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin MdB Joachim Hörster Member of the German Bundestag Max Leonhard Association of the Friends of Islamic Art and Culture Marcel Pott Journalist and author of books Salem Quateen Former deputy of the Arab League, representation in Berlin Prof. Dr. Walter Raunig Former Director of the Ethnological Museum, Munich Dr. Peter Schönlein Former Lord Mayor of Nuremberg Prof. Dr. Udo Steinbach Former Director of the Orient-Institut, Hamburg Ulrike Trapp Corporate Consultant Dr. Saud Al-Turki Counselor of the Government of Saudi Arabia Dr. Stefan Weber Director of the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin |