Foreword by Dr. Alaa Aldin Al Chomari

At the outset of the year 2026, I am pleased to introduce this significant cultural initiative, the Swaida Intellectual Digital Magazine, a knowledge platform dedicated to documenting both tangible and intangible heritage and to providing rigorous academic and cultural content for the public and for researchers alike.
Initiatives that work toward preserving cultural memory and documenting heritage represent a fundamental pillar in the development of social awareness. This project stands as a pioneering step in this direction, offering well-documented material, archival images, and studies that contribute to the dissemination of knowledge and the encouragement of scholarly research.
I hope that this platform will serve as an additional step toward strengthening interest in heritage studies and that it will provide readers and researchers with a space to discover new materials that enrich the understanding of the region’s history and culture.

Dr. Alaa Aldin Al Chomari

Researcher, Department of Oriental and Islamic Studies, University of Tübingen