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Iraq’s national museum reopened last year after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 stolen pieces were recovered (AFP Photo/Sabah Arar)

Fund Set up to Protect Endangered Heritage Sites

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 3, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

Representatives of around 40 countries on Saturday approved plans to establish a fund to protect heritage sites in war zones and a network of safe havens for endangered artworks. A closing statement issued after two days of talks in Abu Dhabi did not specify the total...

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Opinion: Respecting the Traditions of Peoples

by Khaled al Qashtini | Jul 9, 2016 | Opinion

One of the distinguishing features of Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr 2016 is the importance accorded by department stores like Marks and Spencer and supermarkets such as Sainsbury’s to the tastes and preferences of Muslims and their rituals. Although Muslims make up...

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Concrete blocks are placed next to the historical city walls at the main entrance of Sur district, which is partially under curfew, in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey March 17, 2016. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar

Turkish Writer Quits UNESCO to Protest Damage to Heritage, Rights Abuse

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 26, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

Turkey’s goodwill ambassador to the UN cultural agency UNESCO resigned on Thursday, accusing it of hypocrisy in overlooking the damage of major big parts of a heritage site throughout clashes between the Turkish army and militants in his country’s mainly...