Preserving heritage keeping identity

The Sharjah Institute for Heritage (SIH) is a Sharjah-based cultural, scientific and academic institution. It concerns preserving, conserving, documenting and disseminating of the UAE's intangible cultural heritage through a series of major events and cultural activities that address this aspect. Among these events are the Sharjah International Narrator Forum (SINF), World Heritage Weeks in Sharjah, Bisharet Al-Qaidh (good omen of summer), and "Lailat Al Niss” (Eve of mid of Sha'aban), along with a series of seminars, lectures, scientific and intellectual forums organized throughout the year to raise the awareness on the importance of heritage and its conservation.