Annual Tareq Rajab Museum Lecture of Dr. Ziad Rajab titled: “Medicinal & Amuletic Artefacts in the Tareq Rajab Museum” The ongoing Covid 19 pandemic is but the latest in a string of pandemics and plagues that have occurred throughout human history and all through time societies have strived to protect themselves against these plagues and illnesses. Along with traditional medicines and cures, people have resorted to more superstitious methods of protection such as the use of magic squares, talismanic clothes and jewellery, and magic bowls, among other things, all in the desperate quest to survive and avoid affliction. This talk focuses on major events in the Middle East and presents…