Lecture by Diana Darke
Diana Darke is a Middle East cultural historian with special focus on Syria. She holds degrees in Arabic from Oxford University, and in Islamic Art & Architecture from SOAS, London, and has spent over 40 years living and working in the region, for both government and commercial sectors. Among her publications are the bestsellers My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis and The Ottomans: A Cultural Legacy. Her book Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture shaped Europe (published by Hurst in 2020), received three Book of the Year 2020 awards. Its sister volume, Islamesque, has been selected by Daunts as a History and Current Affairs Book of the Year 2024. She is a Non-resident Scholar at Washington DC’s Middle East Institute, a respected Middle East think-tank.
Location: Alis Argiriadis Amphitheatre
23/9/2025 5:30- 6:30 pm
Dear Participants,
We are pleased to inform you that the gala dinner will take place today, September 23, at the Athens Marriott Hotel.
We look forward to welcoming you.
Best Regards
