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2008 arab capital of culture wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 events toggle events subsection 1 1 january 1 2 february 1 3 march 1 4 april 1 5 may 1 6 june 1 7 july 1 8 august 1 9 september 1 10 october 1 11 november 1 12 december 2 references 3 external links toggle the table of contents 2008 arab capital of culture 3 languages العربية hausa italiano edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia cultural initiative to promote arab culture 2008 arab capital of culture dates 2008 locations damascus syria website http damascus org sy index php the 2008 arab capital of culture was chosen to be damascus syria the arab capital of culture is an initiative undertaken by unesco 1 under the cultural capitals program to promote and celebrate arab culture and encourage cooperation in the arab region the preparation for the festivity began in february 2007 with the establishing of the administrative committee for damascus arab capital of culture by a presidential decree events edit the festival s events included january edit naseeb a musical concert by abed azrie 2 february edit sah al nom a musical by the lebanese legendary diva fairouz 3 doxbox festival of documentary film the first documentary film festival in the middle east 4 opera of carmen by georges bizet 5 an oud concert by anouar brahem 6 march edit a musical concert by the orchestra of mari 7 bahok a dance performance by akram khan 8 house of cinema a celebration of arab cinema 9 world poetry day a series of poetry workshops in celebration of the world poetry day 10 april edit a musical concert by italian opera orchestra i solisti veneti 11 may edit women sing their voices converse a music performance by arab female musicians at azm palace 12 june edit the return of ali bey a street theatre and music performance about ali bey al abbasi 13 just flamenco a flamenco performance by spanish bailora isabel bayon 14 in tribute to world refugee day a concert by naseer shamma 15 july edit world music nights a series of concerts by groups from different parts of the world with focus on ethnic music the concerts included dhafer youssef pink martini faudel johnny clegg angelique kidjo lena chamamyan and tinariwen classical music nights a series of classical music concerts in tribute to solhi al wadi 16 the falcon abdulrahman al dakhel a dance show by the syrian dance group inana about abd ar rahman i the first umayyad caliphate in spain 17 julio iglesias performing at the roman theatre of bosra 18 august edit a series of concerts by the lebanese musician ziad rahbani at the citadel of damascus it was the first time rahbani performs in syria 19 the festival of oak of mallajeh the 12th edition of this annual cultural festival was held under the patronage of arab capital of culture festival 20 september edit spiritual music days a series of concerts by a number of traditional and spiritual musical groups 21 memory club hosts colette khoury an event and talk by the syrian writer 22 october edit zenobia an opera by luca antonio predieri about the zenobia the syrian queen of palmyra 23 a series of concerts by lebanese artist julia boutros at the citadel of damascus 24 an orient of palaces claude shaeffer and the royal palace of ugarit an exhibition at the national museum of damascus 25 november edit world ceramics masterpieces from the victoria and albert museum an exhibition 26 27 damascus international film festival in its 16th edition was held under the patronage of the festival 28 contract a dance performance by the myosotis dance theatre group 29 december edit an adaption of a streetcar named desire directed by ghassan massoud 30 aramel on the bicycle a play by jawad al assadi 31 and we also love life a tribute to mahmoud darwish a series of concerts by lebanese musician marcel khalife the tour included in addition to damascus concerts in the cities of latakia homs and aleppo 32 references edit herbert ian nicole leclercq international theatre institute 2003 the world of theatre an account of the world s theatre seasons 1999 2000 2000 2001 and 2001 2002 routledge p 225 isbn 0 415 30621 3 برنامج الاحتفالية archived from the original on 2008 03 20 retrieved 2009 01 23 برنامج الاحتفالية archived from the original on 2008 04 04 retrieved 2009 01 23 برنامج الاحتفالية archived from 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mariamite cathedral oriental orthodox syriac cathedral of saint george synagogues elfrange synagogue jobar synagogue menarsha synagogue racqy synagogue historic gates bab al faradis bab al jabiyah bab al saghir bab al salam bab kisan bab sharqi bab tuma souqs and caravanserais jaqmaq caravansarai as ad pasha caravansarai sulayman pasha caravansarai al harir caravansarai midhat pasha souq al hamidiyah souq al buzuriyah souq culture and education national museum of damascus national library of syria damascus opera house damascus university national university hospital syrian virtual university international university for science and technology syrian private university arab international university higher institute for applied science and technology higher institute of music in damascus higher institute for dramatic arts national institute of public administration damascus community school lycée charles de gaulle shami hospital entertainment bakdash ice cream parlor bawabet dimashq 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