UNESCO: Arab States

Listed in alphabetical order by country. If the name is in red, I don’t have that card. If the name is in black and italicized then I do have that card.

There’s a lot of overlap between the Arab States, Africa, and Asia. I think that Arab States are more culturally specific, so this list includes countries that are in both Africa and Asia; the information is not repeated in those respective lists.

Algeria

  • Kasbah of Algiers
  • Timgad
  • M’zab Valley
  • Tasilli n’Ajjer
  • Al Qal’a of Beni Hammad
  • Djémila
  • Tipaza

Bahrain

  • Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun
  • Pearling, testimony of an island economy

Egypt

  • Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
  • Wadi al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
  • Memphis and Necropolis, Pyramids of Giza
  • Abu Mena
  • Historic Cairo
  • Ancient Thebes and its Necropolis
  • Saint Catherine Area

Jerusalem

  • The Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (thanks, whiterose, for the card showing the Holy Sepulcher)

Iraq

  • Hatra
  • Ashur
  • Samarra

Jordan

  • Wadi Rum
  • Petra
  • Um er-Rasas
  • Qsar Amra

Lebanon

  • Anjar
  • Baalbek
  • Byblos
  • Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)
  • Tyre

Libya

  • Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
  • Archaeological Site of Cyrene
  • Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
  • Old Town of Ghadamès
  • Archaeological Site of Sabratha

Mauritania

  • Banc d’Arguin National Park
  • Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata

Morrocco

  • Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)
  • Medina of Fez
  • Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)
  • Medina of Marrakesh
  • Historic City of Meknes
  • Archaeological Site of Volubilis
  • Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
  • Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)
  • Rabat, modern capital and historic City: a shared heritage

Oman

  • Bahla Fort
  • Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
  • Land of Frankincense
  • Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman

Palestine

  • Birthplace of Jesus: the Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem

Saudi Arabia

  • Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih)
  • At-Turaif District in ad-Dir’iyah

Sudan

  • Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region
  • Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe

Syria

  • Ancient City of Aleppo
  • Ancient City of Damascus
  • Ancient City of Bosra
  • Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din
  • Site of Palmyra
  • Ancient Villages of Northern Syria

Tunisia

  • Dougga / Thugga
  • Ichkeul National Park
  • Kairouan
  • Amphitheatre of El Jem
  • Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
  • Medina of Sousse
  • Archaeological Site of Carthage
  • Medina of Tunis

Yemen

  • Historic Town of Zabid
  • Old Walled City of Shibam
  • Socotra Archipelago
  • Old City of Sana’a
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