Epoch Times - Book Prize Highlights Arab Literature
Mark Abouzeid said: The United Arab Emirates is traditionally a Bedouin culture with a spoken rather than written heritage. Leaders in Abu Dhabi realized a need to rekindle the great culture that produced Arab thinkers who contributed to Europe’s Renaissance and Africa’s centers of learning.
National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage
Mark Abouzeid said: Anamazing resource for anyone working on Intangible Cultural heritage!
Al Maha: Home to Dubais Largest Cultural Treasure Trove
Mark Abouzeid said: As Emirates Hotels & Resort's first conservation-based property celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, Al Maha now boasts a unique collection of over 2,000 authentic Arabic treasures.
Viagens da Iris - Iris's travels: Excerpts from the book "Cultural Tourism", by Bob McKercher and Hilary du Cros
Mark Abouzeid said: Above all else, cultural tourism is a form of tourism. It is not a form of cultural heritage management. As a form of tourism, the decision to embark on cultural tourism must be based on sound, commercial tourism reasons first and cultural heritage management reasons second.
How do you satisfy the needs of the vast majority of people who travel, even if they do not fit this ideal description?
Photos from the Wadi Rum Desert Marathon | Bedouin Heritage Project
Mark Abouzeid said: The Wadi Rum Marathon is an endurance horse race through the desert’s surrounding the Wadi Rum Protected Zone. The event was reborn thanks to the contribution of Sheik Al-Maktoum of the Emirates and has been essential in recreating the horse culture of local bedouin.
Breeding camels: a lesson on traditions, economics and love | Bedouin Heritage Project
Mark Abouzeid said: Sabbah is breeding camels, in addition to his activity as a tourist guide. I was heading with him to the camel fence on a November afternoon.
UNESCO Culture Sector - Intangible Heritage - 2003 Convention : Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Committee (5.COM) - Kenya, November 2010
Mark Abouzeid said: UNESCO's next meeting 5.com on ICH will be held in Kenya, November 2010.
Photographs Bedouins: A Way of Life
Mark Abouzeid said: The Negev Weaving Project series documenting traditional Bedouin weaving techniques
Bedouins to have own museum in Abu Dhabi
Mark Abouzeid said: Mazrouei: museum is the first of its kind, comprises tangible and intangible heritage
Tibetan Epic Poem Belongs to All Mankind
Mark Abouzeid said: Researchers brief the media on their efforts to include "The Epic of King Gesar" on UNESCO's World Intangible Cultural Heritage List
