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

A warper (al-musaddi) is installing the warp threads on the mechanical loom

Silk Fabric and Social Ties in Syria

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

Historic Cable-Stayed Bridge of Dayr az-Zawr

Historic Cable-Stayed Bridge of Dayr az-Zawr

The Sound of Dayr az-Zawr

The Sound of Dayr az-Zawr

The Donkey Guide of Max von Oppenheim

The Donkey Guide of Max von Oppenheim

A Bedouin woman is weaving with a horizontal loom

The Art of Syrian Textile Production

A Peek into Syria’s Sericulture World

A Peek into Syria’s Sericulture World

Hammam Bahram Basha, the dome of the inner part (juwwani)

The Public Hammam – an Ancient Syrian Tradition

Soap of Aleppo: fresh soap to dry

The Classic Soap of Aleppo and Its Production