Welcome to Qirab™

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A project of the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation

Qirab™ is dedicated to supporting the preservation of manuscripts within the Islamic cultural sphere through knowledge sharing and open source technology. We publish Arabic translations of technical texts and standards as well as produce innovative hardware and software designs.

Featured Projects

Integrated Pest Management

Arabic translation of an essential book on protecting collections of cultural heritage objects from biological infestations

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NDSA Levels of Preservation

Arabic translation of the
NDSA Levels of Digital Preservation

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Qirab Conservation Cradle

An open-source manuscript repair support hardware design

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Explore our projects!

Read about our designs and find out how you can use them in your projects.

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Contributions welcome!

We publish our hardware and software projects on GitHub. New users are always welcome!

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