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An abandoned rural noria on the Orontes river
A woman with her children and a spindle in her left hand
Cows in a field in the Ghouta of Damascus
Habuba Kabira, upper part of a cantilever dome construction
A boy is presenting a woven Kilim tapestry made by his mother
Children are preparing themselve for a wedding procession. The two small children are still wearing their school uniform
A woman with a screen-printed headscarf called Habari
Ghuta of Damascus, an alley in one of the villages
A woman spinning with a suspended spindle
Habuba Kabira, view over cantilever domes during construction
Habuba Kabira, view into a plastered cantilever dome with openings and decorative layer
A woman showing how to card wool. She is wearing a silk Habari (head scarf)
A Sheikh with his family in traditional clothes. The man is wearing a black Abbaya
Yabrud: Streetlife with shops and residential houses, townspeople and peasants
The general structure of the example dome house in Taanayel (Libanon) before the end of the construction process
The dome house in Taanayel: final touches
Habuba Kabira, how three cantilever domes are connected (two cantilever domes are posed on a relieving arch)
Habuba Kabira, View from the inside of the room while constructing the dome
Rural life in Qalamun mountains (Antilibanon): peasants returning home from grape harvest
A modern building and a traditional mud fence in one of the Ghouta fields of Damascus
Harvest of cotton in ar-Ruj plain
Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Baking flat breads on the tannur wall (tannur deepened in the ground)
General view of the hillside houses of Maʿlula town
Deserted houses in Jabal al-Hus south of Aleppo
A courtyard of a domed house in the village of Shaykh Hilal
Kirkbiza in the Dead Cities: A farmer ploughing his field with a metal plough, pulled by a mule and an ox.
Habuba Kabira, the new dome house has received its first plaster layer
A traditionally crafted tapestry cover (Kilim)
Herd of sheep in a grove of trees in the Ghouta
North-East Syria, Kurdish wedding celebration