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#25 Photographing Syrian Graffiti

By Peppermint Patty

ShareI loved Hanitizer’s list of 23 fun things to do in Syria so much that I had to add a new favorite. I’ve been working on a post on my recent trip to Syria for awhile, but in the meantime I’ll share with you one of the most enjoyable activities in which I partook in… »

The Monologic Tactic of Belly-Butting

By sunbula

ShareA Damascene anecdote courtesy of: KABOBfriend and covert KABOBoperative Sarah (with deep epistemological inclinations on physical space and hegemony of discourse). At a recent house-warming party, a friend and I got into a discussion of how much we disliked middle-aged men in the Middle East—although the phenomenon is certainly found all over the world, I’ve… »

Street Signs Pt. 3

By sunbula

Share Rabi’a al-Shamiya. A pious worshiper, the wife of Ahmad bin abi al-Hawari. buried in a mosque carrying her name. died 135 A.H. (does anyone know if she is the same as Rabi’a al-`Adawiyya?) Shukri al-`Assali. Among the martyrs of 6 March, 1917. Born in 1868, amongst the advocates for the Arab Renaissance, executed by… »

Street Signs Pt. 2

By sunbula

ShareIbn Sina Blvd: Ibn Sina, al-Husayn bin `abd-Allah, the doctor-philosopher, the scholar of logic, language, poetry and nature/botany(?), born 370 A.H. The most famous of his books is “Law in Medicine”. Died 428 A.H. PS: There is most appropriately a signboard for a “specialist medical clinic” above the sign. Badreddin el-Hassani: the biggest modernizer (tarboush… »

Trivia through Damascene Street Signs

By sunbula

Share So amongst the (probably very few) cool things the Syrian regime, or at least the Damascene municipality has done is to put smart-looking shiny blue captions under street signs named after historical figures, poets, or places that explain who or what they were and what their significance is. I have decided to photograph as… »

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