The World Heritage Committee today added seven sites to UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Four of the sites have been inscribed for the natural attributed: Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, the northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island (Japan), Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats (Republic of Korea), Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (Thailand), and Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands...
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The “Royal Eagles” return. Fred Fugen of the Soul Flyers take on Lebanon’s Black Peak
Three of the world’s top wingsuit flyers jump from Lebanon’s highest peak and skim past the iconic Cedars Forrest and the UNESCO Heritage site of Wadi Qadisha. As anyone who’s ever visited Lebanon knows all too well, it’s a land of amazing contrasts and stunning landscapes. And, although a difficult challenge to pull off, perhaps...
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UNESCO launches an online course in Arabic on “Journalism in a pandemic: Covering COVID-19 now and in the future”
A Massive Open Online Course “Journalism in a Pandemic: Covering COVID 19 Now and in the Future”, offered by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin is now available in Arabic in a self-directed format. The UNESCO Beirut office has translated the material of the course into...