An olive and vegetable grove in the Ghouta of Damascus
An olive and vegetable grove in the Ghouta of Damascus
Making falafel sandwiches
Introducing the blue dye in boiling water to the silk threads. This process is repeated several times until the silk absorbs the blue dye effectively
Making falafel sandwiches
Cooling bread in the street before storage
Man with fresh bread
Aghabani table cloth
Aghabani with customized geometric design combining leaves, flowers and branches
Al-Madrasa ar-Rukniyya al-Barraniyya – view from the south
Making pickles
Aghabani table cloth
Aghabani table cloths with gold and silver threads
Hanging dyed silk to dry after washing it in cold water
Aghabani table cloth with gold and silver threads
Aghabani table cloth with gold and silver threads
Hand printed fabric combining plant and animal motifs
A two-story building in a village in Ghuta
Hanging dyed silk to dry after washing it in cold water
Introducing the blue dye in boiling water to the silk threads. This process is repeated several times until the silk absorbs the blue dye effectively
A room in the family wing (haramlik or juwwani), Asʿad Basha al-ʿAzm Palace
A room cladded with ‘Ajami decoration in a Damascene house
A room cladded with ‘Ajami decoration in a Damascene house
Jamiʿ (mosque) ash-Shaykh Muhyi ad-Din Ibn ʿArabi, seen from Friday’s suq
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
Traditional production of animal glue
Modern interpretations of the traditional craft of ‘Ajami (workshop of Aliya Alnuami)
Door and windows of a room in the ground floor, Khan Sulayman Basha al-ʿAzm
Painting of a calligraphy work of a contemporary ‘Ajami decoration
Hand carved wood block used for printing fabrics
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