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Culture Ministry to Document Saudi Sites of Famous Arab Poets

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Culture Ministry to Document Saudi Sites of Famous Arab Poets

The Saudi Ministry of Culture logo
The Saudi Ministry of Culture logo

The Ministry of Culture has embarked on documenting Saudi sites where Arab poets of the pre-Islamic era lived or were associated with throughout history, and making access to them easy by installing guiding signs.
The project is part of the "Year of Arabic Poetry" initiative; it is carried out in cooperation with the ministries of culture, municipal and rural affairs, and transport, as well as with the municipalities of the designated areas.
In Riyadh, the project documented several sites where famous poets were born and lived, such as Laila Al-Akhiliya, Qays Ibn Al-Mulawwah, Imru' al-Qays and Labid Ibn Rabi'ah. In Qassim, it also documented several sites, including Al-Shanana Tower in Al-Rass city, which was associated with Poet Zuhair bin Abi Salma.
The documentation will include many cities and regions of the Kingdom, including Al-Baha, Al-Ahsa, Taif, Haʼil, Madinah, Asir, and Najran.
Through this project, the Ministry of Culture aims to highlight the Kingdom's cultural and historical depth, and pivotal role in shaping Arab culture.

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The Saint Hilarion complex dates back to the fourth century. Mahmud HAMS / AFP/File
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UN Puts 4th Century Gaza Monastery on Endangered Site List

The Saint Hilarion complex dates back to the fourth century. Mahmud HAMS / AFP/File
The Saint Hilarion complex dates back to the fourth century. Mahmud HAMS / AFP/File

The Saint Hilarion complex, one of the oldest monasteries in the Middle East, has been put on the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites in danger due to the war in Gaza, the body said Friday.
UNESCO said the site, which dates back to the fourth century, had been put on the endangered list at the demand of Palestinian authorities and cited the "imminent threats" it faced.
"It's the only recourse to protect the site from destruction in the current context," Lazare Eloundou Assomo, director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, told AFP, referring to the war sparked by Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel.
In December, the UNESCO Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict decided to grant "provisional enhanced protection" -- the highest level of immunity established by the 1954 Hague Convention -- to the site.
UNESCO had then said it was "already concerned about the state of conservation of sites, before October 7, due to the lack of adequate policies to protect heritage and culture" in Gaza.
The Hamas attack on October 7 resulted in the deaths of 1,197 people in Israel, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.
Israel's retaliatory offensive against Hamas has killed at least 39,175 Palestinians in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run territory's health ministry, which does not give details of civilian and militant deaths.