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 […]
© 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. […]
© Libshop.fr — Cascade d’Afqa Water and Heritage: Connecting Past, Present and Future Water is a source of life, a driver of cultural meaning, and a shaper of places and practices. From historic waterworks and sacred springs to cultural landscapes and community traditions, water has sustained cities, inspired rituals, and shaped human settlement long before […]
© ICOMOS International Emergency Response for Living Heritage in contexts of Conflicts and Disasters Celebrated each year on 18 April, the ICOMOS International Day for Monuments and Sites (IDMS), provides heritage enthusiasts, heritage professionals and ICOMOS members with the opportunity to shine a spotlight on the shared responsibility of safeguarding our heritage. This year, IDMS […]
© Ed Robertson / Unsplash A Celebration of the Power of Books On World Book and Copyright Day, we recognize the essential role of research, documentation, and intellectual work in safeguarding cultural heritage. The protection of monuments and sites depends not only on physical conservation, but also on the written knowledge, studies, charters, and […]
