Damascus

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Damascus Rise!

By Sarakenos ⋅ June 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

A regime only falls when they no longer control the capital city

Thanks, But No Thanks, Mr. Obama

By Guest ⋅ April 25, 2011 ⋅ 3 comments

We do not seek and do not want the sort of ‘help’ that is offered from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, the USA, or France: we are not blind and we can see how that ‘help’ is only offered when it is seen as serving those interests.

#25 Photographing Syrian Graffiti

By Peppermint Patty ⋅ May 26, 2009 ⋅ 12 comments

I 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 ⋅ October 26, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

A 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 ⋅ July 24, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

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 the [...]

Street Signs Pt. 2

By sunbula ⋅ July 21, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Ibn 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 ⋅ July 21, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

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 many [...]