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Art D鈥橢gypte Festival in Historic Cairo

UNESCO Cairo Office provided its support to the Contemporary Arts Exhibition organized by Art D鈥橢gypte under the theme the "Value of Heritage鈥 in November 2019. The leading artists put their inspirational exhibits on display at the selected historical buildings at 鈥淗istoric Cairo鈥, one of the seven World Heritage Sites in Egypt.

To contribute to this Festival, UNESCO also organized a workshop with the youth from the community discuss youth-led actions to identify, safeguard and transmit their oral traditions, performing arts and other manifestation of ICH so that they themselves would become transmitters and protectors of their own heritage. Over fifty youth participated in this workshop.

The event of Art d鈥櫭塯ypte not only commemorated 40 years since its inscription of 鈥淗istoric Cairo鈥 on the World Heritage List but also the enduring testimony to the living heritage in the city.