As part of its initiative “Arab Youth for Heritage”, ARC-WH partnered with International Forum Bosnia to provide four participants from the University of Bahrain and the German University of Technology in Oman with a scholarship to join the 18th International Summer School Youth and Heritage (ISSYH). The summer school will [...]
The training workshop on the World Heritage Convention and the nomination process for World Heritage sites took place from 21 to 23 March 2023 at the premises of the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH) in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain. The importance of this workshop lies in the fact [...]
In celebration of International Museum Day, the Arab Regional Center for World Heritage (ARC-WH) is pleased to invite you to attend the lecture “Landmarks of Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib (Yemen)” by Dr. Ali bin Mubarak Tuaiman – Associate Professor of Archeology and Ancient Architecture, Head of the National Team [...]
My Heritage competition is part of the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage’s initiative “Arab Youth for Heritage”. This competition provides youth with an opportunity to tell different stories centered on World Heritage sites in the Arab region through the production of a short film. The competition encourages youth to [...]
‘Dive into Heritage’ is a project supported by the Ministry of Culture in Saudi Arabia that aims at creating an innovative online platform to present digital data of UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Arab region and its related intangible heritage. The project, which underwent a regional survey, a reflection [...]
The workshop on ‘Climate Action for World Heritage: Advanced Workshop on Risk Management in World Heritage Sites in the Arab States Region’, which was held from March 5 to 9, is the second workshop in a joint training programme between the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage and the International [...]
Underwater cultural heritage is one of the most important types of human heritage, with UNESCO estimating that there are millions of sunken marine artefacts worldwide and other underwater historical sites, many of them in the Arab region. Accordingly, the Arab Regional Center for World Heritage, in cooperation with the Heritage [...]
A public presentation by Samer Rantisi was held on 1 February 2018, at the premises of ARC-WH on the Restoration and revival of the Old City of Nablus. The presentation discussed the achievements of the Jerusalem programme and the reconstruction of the Old City.
The theme of the celebration in 2022 focused on “The Contribution of the Arabic Language to Human Civilization and Culture”. This year’s celebration included interventions by Mr. Youssef Al-Siddiq, the Tunisian translator who contributed to the translation of several books of the Knowledge Transfer Project, and Mr. Ali Mazraa, the [...]
Endorsed during the 24th session of the UNWTO General Assembly held in Madrid from 30 November to 1 December, ARC-WH officially joined the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) as an affiliate member. On the occasion, ARC-WH presented to its fellow affiliate members, the Centre’s strategic role in the Arab [...]
The Impact Assessment on World Heritage was organised by the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage in cooperation with the Heritage Commission in Kingsom of Saudi Arabia and the ICCROM-IUCN World Herirage Leadership programme. The workshop was attended by 25 Saudi Heritage professionals from variuos field of Heritage related sectors [...]
The Arab Regional Center for World Heritage (ARC-WH) launched the second edition of the book “World Heritage Sites in the Arab Countries” on Friday, 19 November 2021, at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris, France. Her Excellency Shaikha Mai Bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, Chairperson of the governing board of the [...]