Palestinian heritage

Palestinian volunteers are carrying out restoration, cleaning and cataloguing efforts to save damaged books and manuscripts at the Great Omari Mosque Library in Gaza City, Gaza, which was heavily damaged during Israeli attacks on 2March 2026. [Getty]
Gaza
MENA
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Volunteers in Gaza race to save Great Omari Mosque's library

Amid the devastation, a small group of volunteers moves slowly through the wreckage, carefully lifting damaged volumes and brushing dust off of fragile pages.

Sally Ibrahim
11 March, 2026
Rafah museum before destruction
Palestinian culture
History
Culture
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Rafah Museum's ruins spark fight to preserve Palestinian culture

The New Arab Staff

Bothaina Hamdan

19 November, 2025
Palestinian_winemaking
Yalla! Let's Eat
Yalla! Let’s Eat
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Journeying through Palestine's timeless winemaking legacy

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

02 October, 2025
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Book Club
Book Club
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Narrative Threads: Rediscovering Tatreez with Joanna Barakat

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Sarah Shaffi

27 August, 2025
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Interview
Interviews
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Lana Lubany: Finding home through her music and true identity

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

10 July, 2025
fire
MENA
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Fire sweeps through historic market in Syria's Damascus

The New Arab Staff
17 July, 2023
Canada
World
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Canada will celebrate 'Lebanese Heritage Month' in November

The New Arab Staff
27 June, 2023
Egypt
MENA
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Egyptian PM sued over demolition of old cemeteries

Thaer Mansour
01 June, 2023
Biden
World
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Biden calls for celebration of Arab American Heritage Month

The New Arab Staff
03 April, 2023
Rivoli, an iconic hotel of Lebanon's golden age__ё Fabienne Akiki
Lebanon
Art
Culture
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'Allo Beirut': The Lebanese exhibition that embraces memory

The New Arab Staff

Stefano Nanni and Yara Hamadeh

23 February, 2023
Egypt
Offbeat
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Egypt recovers 2,700-year-old sarcophagus lid from US

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 January, 2023
Jordan
MENA
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Jordanians celebrate Mansaf's recognition by UNESCO

William Christou
01 December, 2022
A Turkish dance performance at a previous Turkish Festival. [Photo courtesy of Jeff Malet]
Washington DC
MENA
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Turkish Festival to return to Pennsylvania Avenue

Brooke Anderson
14 October, 2022
Egypt
World
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US authorities seize 3000-year-old Egyptian artefact

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 August, 2022
astronomy
astronomy
Society
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Will the stars of Arab astronomy ever shine bright again?

Dana Dawud

Dana Dawud

16 August, 2022
V&A Museum - Lebanese heritage homes
Arab art
Culture
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London's V&A museum recreates heritage Lebanese homes

The New Arab Staff

Maghie Ghali

02 August, 2022
Iran mosque
Iran
MENA
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Iran: UNESCO-listed Isfahan mosque damaged in restoration

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 July, 2022
Lebanon destruction
Lebanon
Society
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The fight to save Lebanon’s crumbling history

Roisin McCarthy

Roisin McCarthy

14 July, 2022
Egypt
MENA
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Outcry as Egypt authorities remove Ahdaf Soueif's houseboat

The New Arab Staff
04 July, 2022
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt: Family denies removal of renowned author's grave

The New Arab Staff
18 May, 2022
U.S. Embassy Charge d’Affaires David Greene in Volubilis
Morocco
MENA
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US funds restoration of ancient Roman city in Morocco

Basma El Atti
20 January, 2022