Arab Capital of Culture explained

The Arab Capital of Culture is an initiative taken by the Arab League under the UNESCO Cultural Capitals Program to promote and celebrate Arab culture and encourage cooperation in the Arab region.

Cultural capitals

YearCity Participating member
1996Cairo[1] Egypt
1997Tunis[2] Tunisia
1998Sharjah[3] United Arab Emirates
1999Beirut[4] Lebanon
2000Riyadh[5] Saudi Arabia
2001Kuwait City[6] Kuwait
2002Amman[7] Jordan
2003RabatMorocco
2004Sana'a[8] Yemen
2005Khartoum[9] Sudan
2006Muscat[10] Oman
2007Algiers[11] Algeria
2008Damascus[12] Syria
2009Al-Quds (Jerusalem)[13] [14] State of Palestine
2010Doha[15] Qatar
2011SirteLibya
2012Manama[16] Bahrain
2013Baghdad[17] Iraq
2014Tripoli[18] Libya
2015ConstantineAlgeria
2016SfaxTunisia
2017 Luxor[19] Egypt
2018 Oujda[20] Morocco
2019 Port Sudan[21] Sudan
2020 State of Palestine
2021 Jordan
2022 Kuwait
2023 Lebanon

Notes

i.  The award for Jerusalem was presented to "Palestine"[22] but Israel controls all of Jerusalem, including East Jerusalem (captured in the Six-Day War in 1967 and designated as a part of the Israeli-occupied territories), and unilaterally designated the whole of the city as its own indivisible capital, and has enacted the Jerusalem Law to that effect in a move denounced by the UN Security Council. Jerusalem was unilaterally designated as the capital of the State of Palestine (ar| دولة فلسطين|translit=Dawlat Filastin), officially simply Palestine, by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1988, and again by the Palestinian Legislative Council in May 2002.[23] Palestine is a member of the Arab League and then Secretary-General Amr Moussa supported the Arab ministers' decision that Jerusalem be designated the Arab Capital of Culture for 2009. The city's final status awaits the outcome of future negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (see "Negotiating Jerusalem", University of Maryland and Positions on Jerusalem for more information). In the context of the Arab Capital of Culture, the organising committee is Palestinian and the Israeli authorities have discouraged the holding of events in Jerusalem itself.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy. https://web.archive.org/web/20110725000704/http://www.alquds2009.org/etemplate.php?id=91. dead. 25 July 2011. www.luckyregister.com. 15 December 2022.
  2. Web site: Human Civilizations and Cultures: from Dialogue to Alliance . 1 February 2006 . ISESCO . 28 August 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101213184238/http://isesco.org.ma/english/publications/Human%20Civilizations/p3.php . December 13, 2010 .
  3. Book: Sayyid Hamid, Hurreiz . Folklore and Folklife in the United Arab Emirates . Routledge. 2002. 0-7007-1413-8 . 63 .
  4. Book: Herbert, Ian. Nicole Leclercq. International Theatre Institute . The World of Theatre: An Account of the World's Theatre Seasons 1999-2000, 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 . limited. Routledge. 2003 . 0-415-30621-3 . 225.
  5. Web site: Riyadh: Arab Cultural Capital 2000. Peter Harrigan. July–August 2000. 2009-08-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20090818001431/http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200004/riyadh-arab.cultural.capital.2000.htm. 2009-08-18. dead.
  6. Web site: Para fomentar el debate democrático . UNESCO . 28 August 2009.
  7. Web site: Jordan Embassy US (Original in Jordan Times). December 12, 2001. Jordan braces for Amman Cultural Capital of the Arab World 2002. Hada Sarhan. 2009-08-29. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120301023211/http://www.jordanembassyus.org/12122001002.htm. March 1, 2012.
  8. Web site: Yemen: Sana'a nominated as Arab Cultural Capital. March 2, 2004. Progressio. 2009-08-28.
  9. Web site: Khartoum, Arab Cultural Capital 2005. UNESCO. Bernard Jacquot. 2009-08-28.
  10. Web site: No Page Found . 2022-06-24 . 2014-12-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141209155325/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=&section=middleeast&xfile=data%2Fmiddleeast%2F2006%2FNovember%2Fmiddleeast_November540.xml . dead .
  11. https://archive.today/20121208233451/http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/reportage/2008/01/11/reportage-01 Magharebia
  12. Web site: Damascus: The Arab cultural capital. Al Jazeera English. February 2, 2008. 2009-08-28.
  13. http://www.alquds2009.org/etemplate.php?id=91 Capitals of Arab Culture
  14. http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=208253 Jerusalem: Capital of Arab Culture events jeopardized by occupation
  15. Web site: The National - Latest US news, sport & opinion. The National. 15 December 2022.
  16. http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=281343 Hi-tech amphitheatre 'a beacon of culture'
  17. http://www.dohapress.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1676:iraqi-cultural-week-opens&catid=42:culture-a-art&Itemid=220 Iraqi Cultural Week opens
  18. http://e.gov.kw/News/KUNAMoreNews_Eng.aspx?NewsId=131146 Kuwait Government Online; News
  19. Web site: Luxor Capital of Arab Culture events well underway this July . Egypt Today . July 17, 2017.
  20. Web site: Oujda Named Capital of Arab Culture for 2018 . International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies . December 2, 2017.
  21. Web site: The project of Arab cultural capitals and cities: 22 years later, diagnosis and perspectives . Culture of Peace News Network . 22 December 2018 . 25 May 2020.
  22. http://www.jerusalemquarterly.org/ViewArticle.aspx?id=307 Under Occupation: Celebrations and Contradictions of al-Quds Capital of Arab Culture 2009
  23. Web site: 2002 Basic Law | the Palestinian Basic Law . 2009-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100316005543/http://www.palestinianbasiclaw.org/2002-basic-law . 2010-03-16 . dead .

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