War and Cultural Heritage: Two Paris Exhibitions Explore Resistance

A radio broadcast on RFI examined how war endangers cultural heritage, featuring curators of two Paris exhibitions: 'Byblos, cité millénaire du Liban' at the Institut du Monde Arabe and 'Patrimoines en résistance. De Tombouctou à Odessa' at the Cité de l'architecture. Guests included Agnès Carayon (curator of Byblos), Elisabeth Essaian and Mathilde Leloup (curators of Patrimoines en résistance), and Tania Zaven (director of the Byblos site in Lebanon). The discussion covered intentional and accidental destruction of museums, historical sites, and places of worship in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Mali, and the Middle East, emphasizing that war deprives populations of their history and cultural heritage. The broadcast also mentioned the Saison Méditerranée event involving sixty French cities and nearly two hundred projects including exhibitions, concerts, and performances, presented by Jose Marinho.