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06 From the Editor Youth and the future of the museum
08 Contributors Meet the experts and thought leaders shaping this issue.
10 The Pulse AI adoption outpaces policy, ALIPH turns ten, Gaza’ s manuscript rescuers are honored, and more news from the field.
12 In Focus Morocco’ s museum landscape, from ethnographic and archaeological museums to private collections and contemporary art spaces.
66 In Celebration Two centuries of photography.
76 The Majlis EXCLUSIVE | Ghassan Salamé on culture in times of war and protecting endangered heritage.
88 Beacons The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto: a model of cross-cultural engagement.
94 In Conversation Samia Halaby looks back on a lifetime of abstraction that remains as bold as ever, and Amina Agueznay on how weaving becomes architecture in Asətta, Morocco’ s first Venice Biennale pavilion.
108 Audience Matters How a network of 400 + US history museums is bringing Gen Z into the conversation.
112 Curator ' s Cut Young Arab cultural practitioners in their own words, Venetia Porter on Gaza’ s artists in Marseille and Sahab, the museum in the clouds.
124 Leadership Voices Strategy is not a luxury: a message to the next generation of museum leaders.
126 Timekeepers Paul Guiragossian at 100, the Sudan Museum in Exile.
142 Staying Power How the Young V & A reinvented itself.
144 Digital Dimensions AI and the museum experience of tomorrow, game designers as cultural collaborators and the practical guide to going digital.
160 Learning Lab Museum education from Al Ain Museum, Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi and the Egyptian Museum.
172 Guardians Protecting the past, managing the future: security as a tool of museum leadership.
176 Designing Museums Amale Andraos on the architect’ s role in shaping a cultural institution’ s mission.
182 Ziyara Matahef invites you to The Sacred Thread, and on The Grand Tour, Revisited.
190 Unframed Othman Lazraq on MACAAL and why the museum is never finished, and Azza Fahmy on jewelry as memory, craft and cultural identity.
212 Matahef Reads Four new reads, from Arab cities and Morocco’ s Venice pavilion to Louay Kayali’ s life and Lebanese legends for young readers.
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