big wonderful damascus
by call_me_rhia
A wonderful, great, enourmous city! I don't know exactly how many millions of people live there, and anyway I guess the number would simply scare me. And yet, this big place can be cosy, frinedly, intimate. It's the lace I felt most at home: a city of charm, of contrasts, of chaos. A lady I saw in the street - which for me represented the essence of Damascus. Black stilettos, tights bright green fake leather trousers, a black biker jacket and a black hijab that covered most of her face. Anywhere else she would have looked ridiculous - in Damascus - she simply looked in between modern and traditional life.
No shortage of pictures of Bashar assad!
by Bavavia
Bashar Assad is everywhere!! wherever you go, he is there, lol.. on cars ( his face plastered as a banner on back of cars ) , in the postoffice, billboards, money change places, and on and on....guaranteed wherever you end up, he will be there watching over you!!
place des martyrs is the place...
by fabrice
place des martyrs is the place where the israeli spy elie cohen was hung to death in public.He gave a lot of information to israel concerning the military syrian plans to attack israel from the golan.he succeeded to live around syrian personnalities in damascus,saying he was a wealthy argentinian born in syria
Salihiyya - Mosque & Mausoleum of Mohi al-Din
by MM212
Located in Salihiyya Quarter, this early Ottoman mosque was built in the 16th century in a mix of Ottoman, Mamluke and Syrian styles. Attached to the mosque is the Mausoleum of Mohi al-Din ibn al-Arabi, a famous 12th century Sufi mystic who was born in Andalusia. He was one of the early founders of Sufism and his tomb continues to be a pilgrimage site to this day. Attached are photos of the mosque and mausoleum. Notice the recycled Corinthian columns in the mosque's hypostyle prayer hall.
Souq Saroujah
by TheWanderingCamel
This area of Damascus, just outside the walls of the old city, north of the footbridge over ath-Thawra, is a mix of a few grand old houses, now mostly very run-down and occupied by several families (2 are now backpackers' hostels, Jane Digby's house was located here), new office buildings and apartments,shops, mosques and mausoleums, all scrambled up together in a maze of little streets - lots of atmosphere here as people go about their daily lives.
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Alley in Old Damascus
Old Damascus
juice seller at hamadiya Market
citadel wall
