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Maghrebi

A picture taken from the Mount of Olives shows the Old City of Jerusalem with the Dome of the Rock mosque in the centre, on December 6, 2017. (AFP)

Arab culture suffers from a love blind spot

Iraq

A general view of a replica of Ishtar Gate at the site of Babylon, a kingdom in ancient Mesopotamia, now located in modern day city of Hillah. (dpa)

Iraq celebrates naming Babylon a UNESCO World Heritage site

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