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The '''Arab Capital of Culture''' is an initiative undertaken by [[UNESCO]] |
The '''Arab Capital of Culture''' is an initiative undertaken by the [[Arab League]] under the [[UNESCO]]<ref name="herbert" /> Cultural Capitals Program to promote and celebrate Arab culture and encourage cooperation in the Arab region. |
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==Cultural Capitals== |
==Cultural Capitals== |
Revision as of 00:41, 28 August 2009
The Arab Capital of Culture is an initiative undertaken by the Arab League under the UNESCO[1] Cultural Capitals Program to promote and celebrate Arab culture and encourage cooperation in the Arab region.
Cultural Capitals
Year | City | Participating state |
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1996 | Cairo | Egypt |
1997 | Tunis | Tunisia |
1998 | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates[2] |
1999 | Beirut | Lebanon[1] |
2000 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia |
2001 | Kuwait City | Kuwait |
2002 | Amman | Jordan |
2003 | Rabat | Morocco |
2004 | Sana'a | Yemen |
2005 | Khartoum | Sudan |
2006 | Muscat | Oman |
2007 | Algiers | Algeria |
2008 | Damascus | Syria |
2009 | Jerusalem | Palestine[3][4] |
2010 | Doha | Qatar |
References
- ^ a b Herbert, Ian (2003). The World of Theatre: An Account of the World's Theatre Seasons 1999-2000, 2000-2001 and 2001-2002. Routledge. p. 225. ISBN 0415306213.
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- ^ Israel controls all of Jerusalem including East Jerusalem (now part of the Israeli-occupied territories captured by Israel in 1967), regards the whole of the city as its own indivisible capital and has enacted the Jerusalem Law to that effect. The Palestinian Authority sees East Jerusalem as Palestinian and as the capital of a future Palestinian state and the Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa has stated his support for this position in relation to Jerusalem being the Arab Capital of Culture. The city's final status awaits future negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (see "Negotiating Jerusalem", University of Maryland). See Positions on Jerusalem for more information including the views of other states and organisations. 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.
- ^ Aghabekian, Varsen (Summer 2009). "Under Occupation:Celebrations and Contradictions of al-Quds Capital of Arab Culture 2009". Jerusalem Quarterly (38). Institute of Jerusalem Studies. Retrieved 2009 August 25.
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