A dance studio in Chicago is working with young Syrians who have recently resettled to the city. In this short documentary, Fold, Embrace, Expand: From Damascus to Chicago, we meet Akram and Retaj, who are 7 and 10 years old, and follow them in their dance classes and transition to the city.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad mourned Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the Iranian officials who perished in the helicopter crash on Sunday in the northwest of the Islamic Republic, expressing ...
05/19/2024 - 9:01 pm | View Link - First Arab Diplomatic Football Tournament launched in Damascus
Damascus / SANA- The first Arab Diplomatic Football Tournament was launched Friday on the field of al-Jalaa Stadium in Damascus, in cooperation among a number of Arab diplomatic missions in Syria, the ...
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- Damascus | History, Map, Population, & Facts | Britannica
Damascus, city, capital of Syria. Located in the southwestern corner of the country, it has been called the “pearl of the East,” praised for its beauty and lushness; the 10th-century traveler and geographer al-Maqdisī lauded the city as ranking among the four earthly paradises.
05/19/2024 - 12:45 pm | View Link - Damascus
Damascus - Ancient City, Syria, Oasis: Although Damascus is well-known to be an ancient city, it remains unclear exactly when the oasis was first settled. Excavations in 1950 demonstrated that an urban centre existed in the 4th millennium bce at Tall al-Ṣālḥiyyah, southeast of Damascus.
05/18/2024 - 9:08 pm | View Link - Ancient City of Damascus
Ancient City of Damascus. Founded in the 3rd millennium B.C., Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. In the Middle Ages, it was the centre of a flourishing craft industry, specializing in swords and lace. The city has some 125 monuments from different periods of its history – one of the most spectacular is the 8th-century ...
05/18/2024 - 11:28 am | View Link - Damascus – Travel guide at Wikivoyage
Damascus was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age. It is entitled the City of Jasmine and is a major cultural centre in the Levant and the Arab world. The city is home to about 2.5 million people (2022), and the metropolitan area to 5 million.
05/18/2024 - 11:28 am | View Link - Old city of Damascus
The old city of Damascus (Arabic: دِمَشْق ٱلْقَدِيمَة, romanized: Dimašq al-Qadīmah) is the historic city centre of Damascus, Syria. The old city, which is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, [1] contains numerous archaeological sites, including some historical churches and mosques.
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