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The permanent office of the Conference on Antiquities and Cultural Heritage in the Arab World met at the headquarters of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization, on April 23-24, 2025, to follow up on the recommendations of the previous session (26) which was organized in the city of Fez in the Kingdom of Morocco, and preparations for the next session (27) of the conference to be organized in the State of Qatar in the period from October 28-30, 2025. The meeting was attended by the head of the conference office, Dr. Fouad Al-Mahdawi, from the Kingdom. from Morocco, and Professor Baham Mohamed Laghdaf, from the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, and Professor Fatima Al-Ali Al-Maadid from the State of Qatar, as coordinator for the next session, and Mr. Tariq Al-Bakoush and Dr. Samira Al-Suhaili as representatives of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the Republic of Tunisia, in addition to the Culture Management Team of the Arab League Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, headed by Dr. Hamid bin Saif Al-Nofali, Director of the Culture Department, and the two experts Dr. Imad Sawla, Dr. Al-Mustafa Hammadi, and Mr. Abdel-Hadi Laghmari, project coordinator at the Culture Department. The meeting’s items included: presenting the recommendations of the previous session (26) of the conference and evaluating the level of their implementation, at the level of commitments of both the organization and the Arab countries, presenting the topic of the next session (27): the conceptual paper, and the conference’s axes, a preliminary presentation of the agenda of the next session, developing the work of the conference and organizing the work of its permanent office. It is worth noting that the next session of the conference will be entitled: “Sustainability of the Archaeological and Cultural Heritage: Future Challenges and Strategies.” The following topics will also be discussed: Sustainability: concept, mechanisms and approaches, natural challenges, environmental challenges, technical and human challenges, sustainability strategies, and a focus on developing effective strategies, digital transformation in cultural heritage, cultural tourism, and the experiences of Arab countries in the sustainability of cultural heritage.