A view of people in traditional dress with a camel in Shahba

A view of people in traditional dress with a camel in Shahba

A couple a day after their wedding

A couple a day after their wedding

Tall Mumbaqa, Women prepare food for the banquet of the excavation

Tall Mumbaqa, Women prepare food for the banquet of the excavation

Tall Mumbaqa, Feast in a goat-hair tent during the excavation

Tall Mumbaqa, Feast in a goat-hair tent during the excavation

Tourists with a local resident at the Peak of Mount Hermon (Jabal Haramun)

Tourists with a local resident at the Peak of Mount Hermon (Jabal Haramun)

Aleppo, Bab al-Maqam city gate, general view from south, ca. 1932 during French mandate

Aleppo, Bab al-Maqam city gate, general view from south, ca. 1932 during French mandate

Damascus, Glass Blowing Workshop near Bab Sharqi

Damascus, Glass Blowing Workshop near Bab Sharqi

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Making of burghul in Yabrud during the sixties

Making of burghul in Yabrud during the sixties

Maʿlula, the procession to the Holy Cross celebration also passes through the narrow alleys of the old town.

Maʿlula, the procession to the Holy Cross celebration also passes through the narrow alleys of the old town.

Rural life in Qalamun mountains (Antilibanon): peasants returning home from grape harvest

Rural life in Qalamun mountains (Antilibanon): peasants returning home from grape harvest

Popular restaurant on Barada River

Popular restaurant on Barada River

Popular restaurants on both banks of the Barada River

Popular restaurants on both banks of the Barada River

Women wearing screen-printed headscarfs (Habari)

Women wearing screen-printed headscarfs (Habari)

Popular restaurants on both banks of the Barada River

Popular restaurants on both banks of the Barada River

At the peak of Mount Hermon (Jabal Haramun)

At the peak of Mount Hermon (Jabal Haramun)

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IMG_20210309_163153K-scaled

Bayt Mustafa Basha al-Husayni in Homs before and after the war

Bayt Mustafa Basha al-Husayni in Homs before and after the war

The destroyed south-western part of Bayt Mustafa Basha al-Husayni, Homs

The destroyed south-western part of Bayt Mustafa Basha al-Husayni, Homs

The destroyed south-western part of Bayt Mustafa Basha al-Husayni

The destroyed south-western part of Bayt Mustafa Basha al-Husayni

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IMG_20210309_163027

Suq al-Hamidiyya

Suq al-Hamidiyya

Building the walls of the example dome house in Taanayel (Libanon)

Building the walls of the example dome house in Taanayel (Libanon)

Bayt Junblat, the large courtyard and iwan

Bayt Junblat, the large courtyard and iwan

A renovated Aleppine house in al-Jallum neighborhood

A renovated Aleppine house in al-Jallum neighborhood

Masbanat al-Jubayli, a soap cooking pot

Masbanat al-Jubayli, a soap cooking pot

Western shore of Jabbul-Salt Lake, abondoned village with dome houses

Western shore of Jabbul-Salt Lake, abondoned village with dome houses

On the western shore of Jabbul-Salt Lake, dome houses with ventilation openings of the living room

On the western shore of Jabbul-Salt Lake, dome houses with ventilation openings of the living room

Near Safira, upper opening in a dome , used to fill in straw or chaff

Near Safira, upper opening in a dome , used to fill in straw or chaff

On the western shore of Jabbul salt lake, triangle door of a kitchen as a domed room

On the western shore of Jabbul salt lake, triangle door of a kitchen as a domed room