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Iraqi

Youssef Akkar, 80, an Iraqi retired teacher displays rare antiques and weapons in his museum at home in Najaf, in February. (Reuters)

Iraqi antique collector turns his house into a museum

Syria

Syrian school children in New York, early 1900s. (Washington Street Historical Society)

Advocates seek preservation of Arab New York

Egypt

This picture taken on October 28, 2018 shows the Khair bek Mosque, at Bab el-Wazir street in the historical Islamic quarter of Cairo. (AFP)

Egypt struggles to restore Cairo's historic heart

Libya

Columns of the amphitheatre at the site of the ancient Roman city of Sabratha. (AFP)

'Jewel of Roman Empire' faces Libya dangers

books

Cover of Rabai al-Madhoun’s “Fractured Destinies.”

‘Fractured Destinies’ offers a window into Palestinian nostalgia and loss

Saudi Arabia

A Saudi woman releases a falcon at Al-Reem Reserve camp, west of Riyadh. (Reuters)

Why Saudi Arabia needs to lift the veil on heritage treasures

Saudi Arabia

A Saudi man leaves a tomb carved into rose-coloured sandstone mountains in the archaeological site of Al Hijr. (AFP)

What is not known about Saudi history and heritage

Libya

Endangered site. A view of Leptis Magna, a UNESCO World Heritage site on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa, some 120km east of Tripoli.

World heritage in Syria and Libya agonising under the world’s idle eyes

Cairo

A view of old Cairo. (The Mosaic Rooms)

Egyptian architect battles to preserve Cairo’s heritage

Karen Dabrowska