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A woman with a screen-printed headscarf called Habari
Children are preparing themselve for a wedding procession. The two small children are still wearing their school uniform
A woman in a rural area with traditional clothes
A Sheikh with his family in traditional clothes. The man is wearing a black Abbaya
A woman showing how to card wool. She is wearing a silk Habari (head scarf)
Zabadani Plains with trees and agriculture
A female Kurdish tribe leader wearing a screen-printed headscarf called Habari
A gathering of men in a reception room with wall textile cover
Harran al-ʿAwamid, Hayat bin Qays al-Harani mosque
A Kurdish woman spinning with a suspended spindle. She is wearing a traditional overgarment
A little boy from a resettlement village is drawing water from a tap embedded in the ground
Two Kurdish women. The woman on the right is wearing a traditional woven overgarment
A traditionally crafted tapestry cover (Kilim)
A woman in a rural area with traditional clothes
A traditional house in Jabʿadin
Summerrestaurant in Bludan
An agricultural field and poplar trees in Yabrud
South-west Syria: Qalamun Mountains, the village of Maʿlula with its light blue or white house paintings
Maʿlula, traditional hillside houses with galleries during the 1960s
Maʿlula, traditional hillside houses with galleries opening to the valley during the 1960s
Traditional houses, Ma’lula
Monastry St. Sergius on the edge of the mountain plain overlooking Maʿlula
The historical centre of Maʿlula with St. Lawandius Church and hillside houses facing the valley
View of the old town from Maʿlula with its traditionally light blue painted facades
Staircase and old wooden door in a traditional House in Maʿlula
Maʿlula, the procession to the Holy Cross celebration also passes through the narrow alleys of the old town.
Chest of drawers in traditional inlay technique with mother of pearl in an old house in Maʿlula
The foothills of Antilibanon- Mountains overlooking the Zabadani plain
General view of the fertile Zabadani plains
Bludan hillside houses with galleries on the foot of Anti-Lebanon Mountains