UNESCO World Heritage for United Arab Emirates

UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 1 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for United Arab Emirates to date (a red World Heritage symbol denotes a site currently regarded as endangered). For more details of these properties, click on the links to the UNESCO website and the photographic galleries of these sites from OurPlace (where available). Also, check out UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage for United Arab Emirates below.


2011 - Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas)


Intangible Cultural Heritage

Recently UNESCO has begun to document the world's Intangible Cultural Heritage which includes "traditions or living expressions inherited from our ancestors and passed on to our descendants, such as oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals, festive events, knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe or the knowledge and skills to produce traditional crafts". The current listings for United Arab Emirates are shown below - click on the links for more details.


Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

2012 - Al-Taghrooda, traditional Bedouin chanted poetry in the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman
2012 - Falconry, a living human heritage

List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding

2011 - Al Sadu, traditional weaving skills in the United Arab Emirates