ABSTRACT
Destruction of cultural heritage in the Arab world has become a major characteristic of the waves of the Arab Spring revolutionary movements. This chapter explores the attempts of different international and national organisations and entities to document Syria’s tangible and intangible heritage. The increasing worldwide public interest in using social media platforms on a daily basis and as a tool of documenting events is examined to show how such digital techniques have become a vehicle to share: (a) the promotion of documentation practices in Syria; (b) the reports on damaged heritage in post-Arab Spring states and (c) the endorsement and documentation of ongoing heritage-related projects in Syria.
