Al-Madrasa al-Hallawiyya, entrance - Zengid inscription in Naskhi script

Al-Madrasa al-Hallawiyya, entrance – Zengid inscription in Naskhi script

Traditional production of animal glue

Traditional production of animal glue

Jamiʿ as-Saffahiyya, prayer niche

Jamiʿ as-Saffahiyya, prayer niche

Jamiʿ al-ʿAdiliyya, a niche on the right side of the prayer hall's entrance

Jamiʿ al-ʿAdiliyya, a niche on the right side of the prayer hall’s entrance

Fortification tower north of the Bab Antakiya, view during the removal of historical annexes

Fortification tower north of the Bab Antakiya, view during the removal of historical annexes

Jamiʿ as-Saffahiyya, exterior windows

Jamiʿ as-Saffahiyya, exterior windows

Fraternal help from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) – rail modernisation on the Syrian railways

Fraternal help from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) – rail modernisation on the Syrian railways

<strong>From Palmyra to Istanbul</strong>

From Palmyra to Istanbul

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

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

Ghuta landscape with view over the south of Damascus to Jabal Qasyun, 2007

The Ghuta, the Former Paradise Belt around Damascus

Traditional Textiles: An Endangered Tradition

Traditional Textiles: An Endangered Tradition

Bayt Ghazala, courtyard - northern facade

Beit Ghazaleh: The House of My Great Grandparents

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)