2007 Arab Capital Of Culture
The Arab Capital of Culture (Arabic: عاصمة الثقافة العربية, romanized: ʿāṣima ath-thaqāfa al-ʿarabiyya) is an initiative taken by the Arab League under the UNESCO Cultural Capitals Program to promote and celebrate Arab culture and encourage cooperation in the Arab region.
Cultural capitals
Year | City | Participating member |
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1996 | Cairo | Egypt |
1997 | Tunis | Tunisia |
1998 | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates |
1999 | Beirut | Lebanon |
2000 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia |
2001 | Kuwait City | Kuwait |
2002 | Amman | Jordan |
2003 | Rabat | Morocco |
2004 | Sana'a | Yemen |
2005 | Khartoum | Sudan |
2006 | Muscat | Oman |
2007 | Algiers | Algeria |
2008 | Damascus | Syria |
2009 | Al-Quds (Jerusalem) | State of Palestine |
2010 | Doha | Qatar |
2011 | Sirte | Libya |
2012 | Manama | Bahrain |
2013 | Baghdad | Iraq |
2014 | Tripoli | Libya |
2015 | Constantine | Algeria |
2016 | Sfax | Tunisia |
2017 | Luxor | Egypt |
2018 | Oujda | Morocco |
2019 | Port Sudan | Sudan |
2020 | Bethlehem | State of Palestine |
2021 | Irbid | Jordan |
2022 | Kuwait City | Kuwait |
2023 | Tripoli | Lebanon |
Map
Arab Capital of Culture.
Green designates current cities; red is for past cities; and blue for future cities.