Buraidah

King Faisal Center Team Publication Date: 2025 Book Classification: History Publisher: Al Obaikan Number of Pages: 234 Format: Hardcover Overview: The city of Buraidah formed a cultural beacon, gaining a high status due to its strategic location and deep cultural roots, becoming a vibrant heart of literature and knowledge and an influential economic artery since ancient times. It is a lively center in the Qassim region, with its unique cultural heritage that includes all cultural sectors, among them the culinary arts sector, and related dishes and foods, along with its agricultural fertility that made it a pioneer in date palm cultivation and home to the largest annual date festival in the world. Registering Buraidah as an innovative city in culinary arts with UNESCO reflects its rich heritage. The book "Buraidah" highlights the cultural value of this registration, as it is the first Gulf city and the second Arab city in culinary arts to join UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network. This book describes Buraidah’s journey with international documentation in the UNESCO list, narrates the city’s culinary arts, their cultural implications, and their dimensions that reveal important aspects of the rich cultural, social, and historical heritage of Saudi Arabia. His Royal Highness Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan Al Saud Minister of Culture Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Culinary Arts Authority