An editorial illustration of Sidi Bou Said, showing white houses, blue doors, old streets, and the Mediterranean Sea.

قَرْيَةُ سِيدِي بُوسَعِيدٍ التُّونِسِيَّةُ تَدْخُلُ قَائِمَةَ التُّراثِ العالَمِيِّ

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فِي ٢٥ِ يُولْيُو ٢٠٢٦، أَدْرَجَتْ لَجْنَةُ التُّراثِ العالَمِيِّ بِاليُونِسْكُو قَرْيَةَ سِيدِي بُوسَعِيدٍ التُّونِسِيَّةَ فِي قائِمَةِ التُّراثِ العالَمِيِّ. وَاتَّخَذَتِ اللَّجْنَةُ القَرارَ بِالإِجْماعِ فِي دَوْرَتِهَا الثّامِنَةِ وَالأَرْبَعِينَ، الَّتِي عُقِدَتْ فِي مَدِينَةِ بُوسانَ بِكُورِيَا الجَنُوبِيَّةِ.

وَتَقَعُ القَرْيَةُ قُرْبَ العاصِمَةِ تُونِسَ، عَلى تَلٍّ يُطِلُّ عَلى خَلِيجِ قَرْطاجَ وَالبَحْرِ المُتَوَسِّطِ. وَتَشْتَهِرُ بِبُيُوتِهَا البَيْضاءِ وَأَبْوابِهَا الزَّرْقاءِ وَشَوارِعِهَا القَدِيمَةِ. وَتُظْهِرُ عِمارَتُهَا تَأْثِيرَ ثَقافاتٍ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ. وَتَحْمِلُ القَرْيَةُ اسْمَ وَلِيٍّ صُوفِيٍّ عاشَ هُناكَ فِي القَرْنَيْنِ الثّانِي عَشَرَ وَالثّالِثَ عَشَرَ. وَيُساعِدُ التَّسْجِيلُ عَلى حِمايَةِ هٰذا التُّراثِ لِلأَجْيالِ القادِمَةِ.

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Tunisia’s Sidi Bou Said Joins the World Heritage List

On July 25, 2026, UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee added Tunisia’s village of Sidi Bou Said to the World Heritage List. The committee made the decision unanimously at its forty-eighth session, which was held in Busan, South Korea.

The village is near Tunisia’s capital, Tunis, on a hill overlooking the Gulf of Carthage and the Mediterranean Sea. It is famous for its white houses, blue doors, and old streets. Its architecture shows the influence of different cultures. The village is named after a Sufi holy man who lived there in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The inscription helps protect this heritage for future generations.

Key Vocabulary

Arabic Part of speech English
أَدْرَجَتْ verb inscribed
لَجْنَةُ noun committee
التُّراثِ noun heritage
بِالإِجْماعِ adverb unanimously
تَلٍّ noun hill
يُطِلُّ verb overlooks
عِمارَةُ noun architecture
وَلِيٍّ noun holy man
الأَجْيالِ noun generations

Sources

  1. Tunis Afrique Presse: لجنة التراث العالمي لليونسكو تقرر بالإجماع إدراج قرية سيدي بوسعيد ضمن قائمة التراث العالمي
  2. UNESCO World Heritage Centre: Village of Sidi Bou Saïd
  3. UNESCO: World Heritage Committee 2026

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