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The coach Wael Saeed, the Asian and the world champion in Martial arts with deaf children. (Damascus’ deaf and dumb association facebook page)

‘The Silent Side’ breaks into world of Syria’s hearing impaired

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Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Foundation Launches Online Platform for Virtual Art Exhibitions (Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Foundation website)

Dubai cultural foundation hosts virtual exhibition of artistic paintings

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People look at books at the 40th Legacy Exhibition in Cairo International Film Festival at the Opera House in Cairo. (Reuters)

Arab intellectuals: investing in culture is a necessity, not a luxury

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A mural painting workshop during 2019 edition of Asilah Moussem (Asilah Forum Facebook page).

Asilah Forum Foundation organises art event to uplift citizens

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Muhammad Saud, a 65-year-old Syrian silk farmer, handweaves silk threads on a loom at his home workshop in the village of Deir Mama, in west-central Syria on June 22, 2020. (AFP)

Silkworms long gone, Syrian opens museum to waning craft

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A view of the Kilanieh Noria (water wheel) along the Orontes (Assi) river in the city of Hama in west-central Syria. (AFP)

On Syria river, craftsmen revive famed water wheels

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A view of the 2018 edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair. (AFP)

Sharjah Book Fair undaunted by pandemic, plans special session

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The first phase of the project to rebuild the Great Mosque of al-Nuri was completed. (WAM)

UAE-backed project ends first phase of Mosul’s Al Nuri Mosque restoration

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Lebanese director Carol Mansour uses her phone to film pigeons flying in the centre of the capital Beirut. (AFP)

Lebanese film director looks at Beirut differently since pandemic