(My goal is to revive this craft. This work can enable the poor to survive and the rich to thrive even more.” For centuries, brides across Syria used to receive a robe “The hajja (elderly lady, ...
Ancient textiles discovered at Dura-Europos during the Yale University-French Academy excavations / Lisa R. Brody -- Lavish textiles at Palmyra during the Roman period and throughout the eastern ...
Following more than five decades of repression under the Assad regime, these artists are seizing the moment of cultural revival. “I’ve never known what it’s like to paint in peace; I’ve spent half of ...
DAMASCUS — Hundreds of eager Syrian art enthusiasts and bewildered passers-by alike descended on the illuminated terrace of a French colonial-era post office directory. The crowds flocked to the ...
Maaloula, Dec. 28 (SANA) Local tourism authorities and cultural groups on Saturday opened a traditional handicrafts exhibition in the historic town of Maaloula, northeast of Damascus, featuring ...
The Kurds constitute one of the most important social and cultural components of Syrian society and are widely recognized as ...
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.
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