The first inscriptions on the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register were made in 1997. By creating a compendium of the world's documentary heritage—manuscripts, oral traditions, audio-visual materials, library and archive holdings – the program aims to tap on its networks of experts to exchange information and raise resources for the preservation, digitization, and dissemination of documentary materials. As of 2018, 432 documentary heritages have been included in the register, among them recordings of folk music, ancient languages and phonetics, aged remnants of religious and secular manuscripts, collective lifetime works of renowned giants of literature, science and music, copies of landmark motion pictures and short films, and accounts documenting changes in the world's political, economic and social stage. Of these, thirteen properties were nominated by countries from the region of the Arab States.
List by country/territory
| Documentary heritage | Country/Territory | Custodian(s), Location(s) | Year inscribed |
Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Mustamlah Min Kitab Al-Takmila |  Algeria
|
National Library of Algeria, Algiers | 2017 | |
| Memory of the Suez Canal |  Egypt
|
Egyptian Embassy, Paris
48°52′04″N 2°17′46″E / 48.867809°N 2.296108°E / 48.867809; 2.296108 (Egyptian Embassy, Paris) |
1997 | |
| National Library of Egypt's Collection of Mamluk Qur'an Manuscripts | Egypt
|
National Archives of Egypt, Cairo | 2013 | |
| Deeds of Sultans and Princes | Egypt
|
National Archives of Egypt, Cairo | 2005 | |
| Persian Illustrated and Illuminated Manuscripts | Egypt
|
National Library and Archives of Egypt, Cairo | 2007 | |
| The Phoenician Alphabet |  Lebanon
|
National Museum, Beirut
33°52′42″N 35°30′54″E / 33.878416°N 35.515096°E / 33.878416; 35.515096 (National Museum, Beirut) |
2005 | |
| Commemorative stela of Nahr el-Kalb, Mount Lebanon | Lebanon
|
Municipality of Zouk Mosbeh; Municipality of Dbayeh | 2005 | |
| Kitab al-ibar, wa diwan al-mobtadae wa al-khabar |  Morocco
|
Bibliothèque al-Quaraouiyyine, Fez | 2011 | |
| Manuscript of al- Zahrāwīsur | Morocco
|
Bibliothèque Nationale du Royaume du Maroc, Rabat | 2017 | |
| Maden Al Asrar Fi Elm Al Behar Manuscript |  Oman
|
Ministry of Heritage and Culture, Muscat | 2017 | |
| Earliest Islamic (Kufic) Inscription |  Saudi Arabia
|
near Al-'Ula and Al Hijr archeological site NW Saudi Arabia | 2003 | |
| Privateering and the international relations of the Regency of Tunis in the 18th and 19th centuries |  Tunisia
|
National Archives of Tunisia, Tunis | 2011 | |
| The Abolition of Slavery in Tunisia 1841-1846 | Tunisia
|
National Archives of Tunisia, Tunis | 2017 |
Notes
Names and spellings provided are based on the official list released by the Memory of the World Programme.
References
- "Third Meeting of the International Advisory Committee of the Memory of the World Programme". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Archived from the original on 2008-05-03. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- "UNESCO MEMORY OF THE WORLD PROGRAMME: The Asia-Pacific Strategy". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. 1999-04-17. Archived from the original on 2005-02-28. Retrieved 2004-10-21.
- "Twenty-three new inscriptions on Memory of the World Register of Documentary Collections". UNESCO Press. 2003-09-01. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- "Memory of the World statistics as of December 2018" (PDF).
- "Al – Mustamlah Min Kitab Al – Takmila | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- "Memory of the Suez Canal | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- "The National Library of Egypt's Collection of Mamluk Qur'an Manuscripts | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- "Deeds of Sultans and Princes | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- "Persian Illustrated and Illuminated Manuscripts | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- "The Phoenician Alphabet | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- "Commemorative stela of Nahr el-Kalb, Mount Lebanon | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- "Kitab al-ibar, wa diwan al-mobtadae wa al-khabar | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- "Manuscript of al- Zahrāwīsu | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- "Maden Al Asrar Fi Elm Al Behar Manuscript | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- "Earliest Islamic (Kufic) inscription | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- "Privateering and the international relations of the Regency of Tunis in the 18th and 19th centuries | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- "The Abolition of Slavery in Tunisia 1841-1846 | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
External links
| UNESCO Memory of the World Programme | |
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| International Register by region | |
| National and Regional Registers | |
Category
|  Commons | |