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              A Palestinian woman prepares food on a fire inside her damaged home, at Shati refugee camp in Gaza city. Reuters

              How lessons learnt from the Nakba help Gazans with daily survival

              MENAMay 15, 2026
              Mleiha Archaeological Centre in Sharjah is treated as 'a living being, with its own layers of meaning' in Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi's book, says Zaki Nusseibeh. Photo: National Geographic

              Reclaiming time through literature at the UAE's prehistoric heritage sites

              BooksApril 09, 2026
              Israeli strikes hit ruins at the Phoenician Port in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre in March. AFP

              Southern Lebanon faces 'catastrophic cultural loss' amid Israeli invasion

              CultureApril 02, 2026
              Beit Beirut, a renovated mansion used as a snipers' nest during the Lebanese Civil War, is now a Unesco-protected museum. AFP

              Unesco grants enhanced protection to 39 cultural sites in Lebanon as war rages

              CultureApril 01, 2026
              Bisht is an outer garment worn by men for important occasions. Satish Kumar / The National

              Koshary, bisht and kohl among Arab additions to Unesco cultural heritage list

              CultureDecember 11, 2025
              Al Ahalla is a poetry-based performance that features rhythm created by bamboo sticks. Photo: Department of Culture & Tourism, Abu Dhabi

              Al Ahalla, kohl and bisht added to Unesco's intangible cultural heritage list

              CultureDecember 11, 2025
              Diwali or Deepawali is one of the biggest festivals in South Asia. EPA

              Modi hails Unesco listing of Diwali: ‘People in India are thrilled’

              CultureDecember 10, 2025
              Khaled El Enany has been elected as Unesco director general. AFP

              Unesco selects Egypt's Khaled El Enany as its new chief

              MENAOctober 06, 2025
              The Al Nuri Mosque in the final stages of renovation. AFP

              Al Nuri Mosque has endured eight centuries of conflict and flux

              MENASeptember 01, 2025
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              Shadi's take on Trump pulling the US out of Unesco

              CartoonJuly 23, 2025
              Unesco headquarters in Paris. The agency has diversified its sources of funding, receiving only about 8 per cent of its budget from Washington. AFP

              Trump pulls US out of Unesco in blow to culture and education agency

              USJuly 22, 2025
              The 5,000-year-old Jebel Hafeet Tombs were named a Unesco world heritage site in 2011. Khushnum Bhandari / The National

              A look back at the UAE's first Unesco World Heritage site in Al Ain

              Art & DesignJuly 13, 2025
              Artefacts such as handmade tools found at Faya Palaeolandscape, in the Central Region of Sharjah, indicate a sophisticated level of occupation unique to the area. WAM
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              Sharjah site with 210,000 years of human history wins World Heritage status

              UAEJuly 11, 2025
              The Faya palaeolandscape in central Sharjah is an area of crucial archaeological significance. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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              Sheikha Bodour: Unesco nomination for Sharjah's Faya an extraordinary journey

              UAEJuly 10, 2025
              Al Hadba minaret and two churches have been reconstructed as part of a Unesco project to revitalise Mosul after its destruction under ISIS rule. The National

              Mosul’s historic landmarks rise from the ruins of ISIS’s destruction

              MENAFebruary 05, 2025
              The leaning Al Hadba minaret, nicknamed the 'hunchback', has been painstakingly restored. Reuters

              Unesco chief says Mosul ‘beacon of hope’ as Al Nuri Mosque restored

              MENAFebruary 05, 2025
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