UNESCO World Heritage Site
Egypt’s wealth fund to develop Cairo Citadel district into tourist destination
Egypt
June 2, 2020
Egypt’s wealth fund to develop Cairo Citadel district into tourist destination
CAIRO (Reuters) — Egypt’s antiquities authority is to transfer Cairo’s historic Bab al-Azab district — with Ottoman-era architecture and the…
Afghanistan: Floods threaten communities, minaret of Jam
Middle East
May 27, 2019
Afghanistan: Floods threaten communities, minaret of Jam
The most recent rain storms started on Thursday and have hit large areas of Afghanistan, including the capital, Kabul. Floods…
Iraqis turn to budding ecotourism to save marshes
Middle East
May 22, 2019
Iraqis turn to budding ecotourism to save marshes
Thirty years after Saddam Hussein starved them of water, Iraq’s southern marshes are blossoming once more thanks to a wave…
Sharqia’s Holy Family flight celebrations to be added on UNESCO World Heritage Map
Egypt
February 12, 2019
Sharqia’s Holy Family flight celebrations to be added on UNESCO World Heritage Map
An Egyptian team has begun documenting celebrations along the Holy Family journey route in Sharqia governorate on Monday as preparation…
White Desert National Park becomes Egypt’s first park to join UNESCO World Heritage list
Egypt
August 19, 2018
White Desert National Park becomes Egypt’s first park to join UNESCO World Heritage list
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) regional office in Cairo said on Saturday that the White Desert…
“Okath Market” to be added to the UNESCO list for World Heritage Sites
Archaeology
July 7, 2018
“Okath Market” to be added to the UNESCO list for World Heritage Sites
President of Okath Market Abdallah Al-Sawwat announced that Prince Sultan Bin Solaiman has ordered the launch of the necessary steps…
France’s Hollande postpones Middle East conference to summer
Middle East
May 17, 2016
France’s Hollande postpones Middle East conference to summer
French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday an international conference due in late May in Paris to relaunch peace talks…
Visit China’s Great Wall before it comes tumbling down
Life & Style
August 7, 2015
Visit China’s Great Wall before it comes tumbling down
Around 30% of China’s Ming-era Great Wall has disappeared over time as adverse natural conditions and reckless human activities –…
Can you guess the world’s top tourism destination?
Life & Style
July 14, 2015
Can you guess the world’s top tourism destination?
You would be forgiven for thinking it was Spain, Thailand or Italy.
Blast damages citadel wall in Syria’s UNESCO-listed Aleppo
Middle East
July 12, 2015
Blast damages citadel wall in Syria’s UNESCO-listed Aleppo
A bomb explosion in a tunnel near Aleppo Citadel in Syria on Sunday damaged a wall of the fortress that…