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Once a preserver of a traditional art, famed Syrian storyteller's life upended by war. Associated Press. Published June 9, 2014 2:57am EDT | Updated December 7, 2015 11:04pm EST.
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A cultural exhibition featuring Syrian art, traditional clothing, musical instruments, and handicrafts aims to expand visitors' understanding of the country and its people.
Rome, SANA-In honor of the traditional Syrian handicrafts and within the days of “The Damascene Rose... From Syria to Turin” organized by the Royal Museums in Turin and the Syrian Trust for ...
MOIFA’s exhibit highlights some of the traditional Syrian arts that may be at risk of being lost in the ongoing civil war there, which, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, has ...
Abeer and Moteaa Al Hariri recreate a sense of their homeland through postcards, Syrian jewelry, Syrian scenes on birchbark, and colourful dioramas featuring little dolls clad in traditional ...
The last shadow puppeteer in Damascus lost most of his equipment to war and endured life as a refugee in Lebanon, but he now believes the old Syrian art form might survive after the United Nations ...
STORY: This 80-year-old is fighting to preserve the art of silk-dyeingLocation: Damascus, Syria The process involves tying knots in raw silk fabric then dyeing it various colors to create patterns ...
Art has traditionally been the only space in Syria where political tensions and opinions could be expressed — and as such is feared and repressed by the government.
Images of Syria in the news media over the past decade have become almost numbing in their repetitiveness, documenting the horrors of civil war, death, destruction and endless streams of refugees ...
Shadi al-Hallaq, a puppeteer, holds two puppets during a performance in Damascus, Syria December 3, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The last shadow puppeteer in Damascus lost most ...