• International Women’s Day

    International Days

    Archival Photograph, Beirut, 1970 Women at the Heart of Cultural Heritage: Protecting Traditions, Shaping the Future On International Women’s Day, ICOMOS Lebanon recognizes the vital contribution of women to the safeguarding, interpretation, and transmission of cultural heritage. Across tangible and intangible domains — from traditional crafts, community memory, and ritual knowledge to professional practice in conservation and heritage management — women are central actors whose expertise sustains cultural continuity. This day reminds us that equitable participation, recognition, and leadership are essential for heritage that is representative, resilient, and relevant. ICOMOS Lebanon reaffirms its commitment to gender equity in heritage governance and celebrates the women who shape the past and future of our cultural heritage.  

  • World Poetry Day

    © Hidden Mediterranean Men and Women in Zajal On World Poetry Day, ICOMOS Lebanon highlights the richness of Lebanon’s oral poetic tradition of Zajal, inscribed in 2014 on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Zajal embodies the power of language as living heritage - transmitted through performance, dialogue, and communal gathering. Often held in historic settings, these poetic encounters connect living traditions to cultural places. Safeguarding heritage means protecting not only monuments and sites, but also the voices and practices that give them meaning. ICOMOS Lebanon recognizes the contribution of both men and women in sustaining Lebanon’s poetic traditions across generations.