View over the late antique ruins of a residential building towards the modern small town of al-Bara

Al-Bara in the Zawiya Mountain – the Largest Ruined Settlement of the “Ancient Villages of Northern Syria”

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

The Sound of Dayr az-Zawr

The Diversity of Music in Syria

Music & Religion

Music & Religion

Abdelraouf Baydoun working with the craft of ‘Ajami in his workshop in Malaysia

‘Ajami or Damascene Painting: Traces of a Traditional Handcraft

Busra, general view of the old city.

Fata Morgana in Busra*

At the Grainmill, Find Me

At the Grainmill, Find Me

From Animals and Plants: Textile Raw Materials

From Animals and Plants: Textile Raw Materials

Memories from Aleppo

Memories from Aleppo

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

Bayt Wakil (Aleppo-Room Berlin), details of the painted wooden panel

A House in the Sisi Alley – a Panorama with Signs and Changes

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

The Khusrawiyya Complex

A group of domed houses in the village of Shaykh Hilal

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

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