HE the Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) Dr Nasser bin Hamad al-Hanzab received at Unesco headquarters in Paris the certificate of Qatar's accession to the file 'The Palm ... Knowledge, Skills, Traditions and Practices' as an intangible cultural element on the List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Qatar joined, on Dec. 1, the file of the Date Palm during the 17th session of the Intergovernmental Unesco's Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Rabat. The move reflects Qatar's keenness to preserve the tangible and intangible cultural heritage, as part of the cultural formation of the common Qatari and Arab identity.
With Qatar joining the "Date Palm" file, the number of Arab countries registered for this file has become 13, including: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Palestine, Oman and Yemen, in addition to the State of Qatar.
