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The Byzantine Tower in Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi
The Citadel of Aleppo, on the left the minaret of its Great Mosque (Maqam Ibrahim) – view from the west, in the foreground is the minaret of the Jamiʿ Sayf ad-Dawla

Minarets of the Old City of Aleppo

On the Genocide Memorial Day: at a stop on the pilgrimage, Armenian priests throw wreaths into the Euphrates to commemorate the victims of the genocide of 1915-17 who died in this very river

Places of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide

Silk Brocade woven at Mattini company in Damascus

Syria, a Textile History

View over the roof of the south-western Madrasat Ismaʿil Basha al-ʿAzm to the Umayyad Mosque with its high transept of the prayer hall with a central dome and its three minarets

Tall Columns and Massive Pillars – the Great Umayyad Mosques of Damascus and Aleppo

Music & Religion

Music & Religion

General view al-Bara ruins

Destruction and Vandalism in the Ancient Villages of Northern Syria: Al-Husn Church, al-Bara

Busra, general view of the old city.

Fata Morgana in Busra*

From Animals and Plants: Textile Raw Materials

From Animals and Plants: Textile Raw Materials

Memories from Aleppo

Memories from Aleppo

Application of the relief paste of a ‘Ajami decoration

The Soul of ‘Ajami: Interview with Ziad Baydoun

ʿAjami in Aleppo: A Tale of Traveling Motifs

ʿAjami in Aleppo: A Tale of Traveling Motifs

Machicolations on the wall of Damascus Citadel

The Citadel of Damascus – Protector of the City and Witness of Its History

A group of domed houses in the village of Shaykh Hilal

The Village of Shaykh Hilal – Architectural Heritage in the Syrian Steppe (al-Badiya)