Al Talli features decoration of collars, hems and cuffs of clothes using cotton or silk threads, intertwined with gold and silver threads.

"The revival of Mosul's heritage will reveal that the only way to live together is by believing in diversity as a mosaic, where each distinct piece is integral to the revelation of the whole, where any missing piece will, in the end, drop all of their shared destiny," adds the...

Falconry was added to the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage in 2010, in countries including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

A robust cultural and creative sector remains at the heart of the UAE’s growth strategy and to give it a further boost, the UAE has been rallying for the amplification of culture and arts education, she adds, while speaking at the fifth edition of the Paris Peace Forum in Abu...

The UN warning followed a study of 18,600 glaciers at 50 World Heritage sites -- covering around 66,000 square kilometers (25,000 square miles) -- which found glaciers at a third of the sites were "condemned to disappear".

Under its recently announced Experts Program, the Saudi Ministry of Culture has provided an intensive leadership training course for Man and The Biosphere (MAB), a UNESCO program.

Abu Dhabi, UAE - The Culture Summit Abu Dhabi began in the UAE capital with discussions on the impact of the pandemic on culture. Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Youth, said, “If an issue happens in Brazil or Iraq or Syria, it affects us as well,...

UAE Ministry of Culture and Youth participated in the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development – MONDIACULT 2022, which took place in Mexico.

According to the Ministry of Education, the learning cities project is implemented in partnership between its Continuous Education Department and Yanbu Royal Commission.

Algeria's northeast was particularly hard-hit since Wednesday in blazes exacerbated by climate change but the fire service said most of the fires there had been put out.

The government has this month begun bailout negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, as its tourism and import-dependent economy has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic and elevated global food and energy prices.

A UNESCO-listed rabbit warren of 16th-century battlements and Ottoman palaces, the Casbah has been the site of key moments in Algeria's history.

The sector also saw a decline of 25 percent of its Gross Value Added in 2020. However, while most of the sector suffered a sharp decline, online publishing and audiovisual platforms experienced growth due to increased reliance on digital content during the pandemic, the joint report highlighted.

UNESCO inscribes the culture of cooking borshch soup in Ukraine on its list of endangered cultural heritage amid Moscow's opposition.

Ex-director of the Louvre in Paris, Jean-Luc Martinez, was charged over the purchase of a pink granite stele depicting the pharaoh Tutankhamun and four other works for $8.5m.

Morocco this week reopened land borders with the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, two years after they were shut due to Covid and a major diplomatic row

46 out of 290 MPs in Iran proposed the draft law earlier this week, dubbed the "optimal utilization of ancient objects and treasures"

The 200 volunteers at work in Baghdad remove garbage from a stretch of one of the mighty rivers that gave birth to the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia.

Retirees and YouTubers, on package tours or lugging backpacks, are braving Iraq's still basic tourist infrastructure to visit ancient sites that rival those of Egypt, Syria and Jordan.

The UAE’s first mountain nature reserve, Fujairah’s Wadi Wurayah National Park, WWNP, has been put on the UAE’s tentative list of nominations for UNESCO World Heritage Site status. The nomination has been submitted to UNESCO’S World Heritage Centre for assessment on the basis of the Outstanding Universal Value, OUV, of...

UNESCO stated that about 99 percent of all of the liquid groundwater on Earth is groundwater, although the resource is often poorly understood or undervalued.

The objective of the new aid provided by World Bank is to "protect vulnerable Afghans and help preserve human capital and key economic and social services."

The soaring minarets of the 16th-century Suleymaniye mosque paint the postcard image of Istanbul, but that is now blighted by rickety wooden scaffolding at a nearby construction site, sparking fury on social media. The latest row over Istanbul's skyline has seen opponents of the new building attack botched restoration work...

Armenia will be the official guest of honor this year due to its rich and diverse cultural stock, while Indonesia will be the distinguished guest

The reconstruction of Al-Hadba minaret and Al-Saa’a and Al-Tahera Churches in the city is being carried out by UNESCO in cooperation with the UAE.

Saudi Aramco, the oil company, will establish a coffee center in Jizan while using "advanced irrigation techniques to improve agricultural capacity".

Season 8 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is set to launch in Saudi Arabia, and some of the best drivers in motorsport have gathered at one of the world's most picturesque sporting locations.

About six meters underground, four interconnected ablution rooms built of stone and plaster which measures three meters in height and 3.5 meters in width were found along with the extensive prayer room at Al-Nuri mosque in Iraq.

Kuwait's National Council for Culture, Arts and Literature (NCCAL) and Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) discussed on Monday the means of promoting cooperation between the two organizations. The Secretary-General of NCCAL Kamel Al Abdul Jaleel met with visiting chief of ISSCO Salem Al Malik in Kuwait. The...

The two countries will seek to protect intellectual property rights, and also agreed to host cultural events, facilitate public participation in events.

In a collaboration between the Mosul fine arts academy, a Belgian theatre company and UNESCO, 19 students are getting a chance to make their first short films.

In a collaboration between the Mosul fine arts academy, a Belgian theatre company and UNESCO, 19 students are getting a chance to make their first short films.

This year’s theme is “Arabic Language, a bridge between civilizations."

Fjiri, which commemorates the history of pearl diving, originated on Bahrain's island of Muharraq and is performed in festivals throughout the country.

A total of 16 Muslim-majority countries, led by Saudi Arabia, presented the nomination to UNESCO, which announced the listing on Twitter.

While launching the report, Acting Director of the Information Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ibrahim bin Sultan Al Hashemi said that Qatar believes in the right of Arab peoples to access facts and accurate information in their correct contexts without distortion, referring to Qatar's well-known efforts in this...

The Netherlands will provide support to the Lebanese media to ensure access to and delivery of reliable information for voters.

Qatar was elected as a member of the World Heritage Committee for four years, after securing 114 votes during the meeting of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the 1972 World Heritage Convention.

All member nations of UNESCO adopted on Thursday a historical text that defines the common values and principles needed to ensure the healthy development of Artificial Intelligence. UNESCO said AI is present in everyday life, from booking flights and applying for loans to steering driverless cars. It is also used...

UNESCO's choice of December 2, the National Day of the UAE, as World Futures Day, is a sign of appreciation for the UAE’s global role over the past 50 years to imagine and create the future, the country's leadership has said. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of...

Omani sailor Ahmed bin Majid has been added to the list of world’s influential personalities on his 600th birth anniversary by UNESCO.

The last edition of the festival was held in 2002, the year before the US-led invasion that toppled the veteran dictator Saddam Hussein.

Ashaafean is the first Libyan site to be categorised as a UNESCO biosphere reserve.

The historic mosque is being built under UNESCO's "Revive the Spirit of Mosul" initiative for rehabilitating Iraq's second city. UAE has pledged half of the $100 million for the project.

The streaming giant is trying to establish itself in the continent through investments in young talent.

It was seized by the US Justice Department in 2019, two years after US billionaire David Green opened a museum dedicated to ancient Christian history.

The UN body has registered the Farasan Island Marine Sanctuary in its Man and Biosphere Program.

Unesco’s Li Beirut initiative has been working for three months to inspect the museum’s artefacts for inventory, classification, and storage.

A public spat has broken out in Jordan over the decision to mine for copper in parts of the Dana Natural Reserve, one of the sites being considered by UNESCO as part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

The Arab countries have vowed to continue to work for the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goal to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education.