Jurn Kabir, a rural house, where each room has its own door opening on the courtyard
Jurn Kabir, children at the sabil of a private house, where people passing find potable water
Jurn Kabir, a hedgehog child
In the Euphrates valley in Jurn Kabir, shepherd herding the flocks of his village
In the sleeping compartment of the tent of a semi-nomadic family from Maskana-region
Jurn Kabir: in 1998 brooms were still made by hand in some villages
Jurn Kabir, a typical old house of the Euphrates valley near Qalʿat Najm with a large log (willow) transverse to the longitudinal axis.
Jurn Kabir, Well on the shore terrace, overlooking the wide flood plain of the Euphrates, which was flooded in the Tishrin reservoir
Weekly market in Maskana, at the end of a sales day
The village of Jurn Kabir before the region was flooded by the Tishrin dam
Jurn Kabir, whitewashing with chalk milk
Jurn Kabir, Girls from Habuba Kabira are preparing the lime milk from local chalk
Pointed arch in the Najm Castle (Qalʿat Najm)
View over the floodplain of the Euphrates valley to the village on the eastern steep bank
Villages and the fertile floodplain of the Euphrates valley, that were flooded by the Tishrin-Lake
Jabal ʿAruda, a view towards the Euphrates
Feast of the excavation with musicians playing the local music with mizmar (local oboe) and big drum
Jabal ʿAruda, Maqam (shrine) ash-Shaykh ‘Aruda
General view of Najm Castle (Qalʿat Najm)
Jabal ʿAruda, ruins of a temple from the middle of the 4th millennium BC
Part of the remains of Najm Castle (Qalʿat Najm)
A boy is presenting a woven Kilim tapestry made by his mother
A traditionally crafted tapestry weave
Jurn Kabir, flatbreads are rolled out with a stick, so that they can become wafer-thin and can be baked on the tray over the fire.
Jurn Kabir, in the center of a traditional double-room house (areas for living, sleeping, supplies, kitchen)
Jurn Kabir, a tawny owl, which occurs there frequently
Fraternal help from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) – rail modernisation on the Syrian railways
From Palmyra to Istanbul
The Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016): Destruction of the Ghazala House (Beit Ghazaleh) (1/2)
The Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016): Former Life in the Ghazala House (Beit Ghazaleh) – the Destroyed Heritage (2/2)
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Jurn Kabir, a rural house, where each room has its own door opening on the courtyard
