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

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

Folk Music

Folk Music

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*

At the Grainmill, Find Me

At the Grainmill, Find Me

Hand printed table cloth from Hama at Hassan's Shop, Old Damascus

The Threads of Life: Syrian Textile Ornamentation

Bassel Abdulwahab covers himself with selfmade woven garments

Unforgotten: The Fragrance of Memories

Memories from Aleppo

Memories from Aleppo

General view of Suq al-Buzuriyya

Suq al-Buzuriyya: History in a Perfume Bottle

The Aleppo Room …from a Personal Viewpoint

The Aleppo Room …from a Personal Viewpoint

Bayt Ghazala, courtyard - northern facade

Beit Ghazaleh: The House of My Great Grandparents

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

The Public Hammam – an Ancient Syrian Tradition

View to the south from the battlements of the citadel to the city in 1916

The Khusrawiyya Complex

Soap of Aleppo: fresh soap to dry

The Classic Soap of Aleppo and Its Production

Jamiʿ al-Utrush, tomb - interior view of the dome damages

Aleppo – a Global Space in a Local Place