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Night Falls on Damascus

articles: [ The Eight Gated City ] [ Hamsa ] [ Battle of Maisalun ] [ The Last King ] [ Delicacies ]

Further resources

There are a growing number of  English language Syrian websites and blogs. Here is a sampling.

• Syria Planet - Thoughts of Syrian Bloggers Across the Globe
• Creative Syria - Culture, Arts, and History Centre in Montreal
• Syrian History - An online collection of photos, songs, and articles
   
• Ghalia's on Flickr - Syria through a remarkably perceptive  eye. Also, search Flickr using tags like Syria, Damascus, historical sites etc. The talented photographers will astound you!

Maps of Syria at the time of the French Mandate

• Unimap - an excellent and clear representation
• David Rumsey - interactive map by Bartholomew & Sons from 1922, simply lovely
• Historical Atlas of Syria - maps from from 1517 (Ottoman Empire) to the present

The Hamsa: darkfiber presents a collection of "eye in hand" imagery

Articles on Damascus
by Habeeb Salloum, a Syrian-Canadian historian and writer

from Aramco World Magazine (

The Aramco World Magazine site has been extensively updated. I've left the article titles and authors intact, but have delinked the content as the issues are now in PDF form. I encourage you to visit the site if you would like to delve deeper.

•   The Artist in Damascus, Malt, C. H., ND 81: 24-31
•   By The Walls Damascus, Beck, F., JF 73: 2-3
•   Dos Passos in the Desert, Lebling Jr., R. W., JA 97: 2-11
•   Growing up in Damascus, Sa'Adah, M. R., MA 79: 18-27
•   The Imperial Capital, Hitti, P. K., SO 73: 18-23
•   The Longest Hajj: The Journeys of Ibn Battuta: Editor's Note, Bullis, D., JA 00: 2-5
•   The Longest Hajj: The Journeys of Ibn Battuta, Part 1: From Pilgrim to Traveler—Tangier to Makkah, Bullis, D., JA 00: 7-15
•   On the Streets of Damascus, Toth, A. B., MA 91: 11-19
•   Restoration of Damascus, McConnell, P., MA 82: 2-9
•   Room for Tradition, Khouri, R. G., MJ 93: 10-17
•   Silks And Seeds And Silver Swords, Da Cruz, D., MJ 65: 26-32
•   The Street Cries of Damascus, Taylor, G., SO 71: 12-15
•   Sweet Street, Tracy, W., MJ 67: 26-27
•   Tales in the 'hood: The Last Hakawati, Aziz, B. N., JF 96: 12-17
•   Visions of Damascus, Simarski, L. T., MA 91: 20-31
•   A Walk Around Damascus, Dec 62: 22-24

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