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Jordan

A view of the city of Amman (Backgound) from the citadel. (Roufan Nahhas)

Amman Citadel standing guard atop city since antiquity

Turkey

People cast their shadows on a wall as they look at a view of the Bosporus from the courtyard of the Ottoman-era Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul. (Reuters)

Deficient restoration a problem for Turkey’s heritage

Constanze Letsch

Ahwazi

Ahwazi writer Yousef Azizi. (Al Arab)

The Ahwazis’ struggle is also cultural

Mohamed Hemamsi

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