The Arab Capital of Culture is an initiative taken by the Arab League under the UNESCO[1] Cultural Capitals Program to promote and celebrate Arab culture and encourage cooperation in the Arab region.
Year | City | Participating member |
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1996 | Cairo[2] | Egypt |
1997 | Tunis[3] | Tunisia |
1998 | Sharjah[4] | United Arab Emirates |
1999 | Beirut[1] | Lebanon |
2000 | Riyadh[5] | Saudi Arabia |
2001 | Kuwait City[6] | Kuwait |
2002 | Amman[7] | Jordan |
2003 | Rabat[6] | Morocco |
2004 | Sana'a[8] | Yemen |
2005 | Khartoum[9] | Sudan |
2006 | Muscat[10] | Oman |
2007 | Algiers[11] | Algeria |
2008 | Damascus[12] | Syria |
2009 | al-Quds[13][14] | State of Palestine[i] |
2010 | Doha[15] | Qatar |
2011 | Sirte | Libya |
2012 | Manama[16] | Bahrain |
2013 | Baghdad[17] | Iraq |
2014 | Tripoli[18] | Libya |
2015 | Constantine | Algeria |
2016 | Sfax | Tunisia |
2017 | Luxor[19] | Egypt |
2018 | Oujda[20] | Morocco |
2019 | Port Sudan[21] | Sudan |
2020 | Bethlehem[21] | State of Palestine |
2021 | Irbid[21] | Jordan |
2022 | Kuwait City[21] | Kuwait |
2023 | Tripoli[21] | Lebanon |