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Syria's historic sites rival those of its Middle Eastern neighbours; it also lays claim to the oldest continuously occupied city (Damascus vies for the title with Aleppo), the spunkiest Crusader castle (Crac des Chevaliers) and the best preserved Roman theatre (in Bosra).
Admittedly, Syria is still on the US State Department's list of countries sponsoring terrorism, but don't let that deter you. The government may not be among the world's most benevolent, but the Syrian people are renowned for their friendliness and hospitality, as anyone who's been there will agree.
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Sat, 23 May 2015 | By mylifeinruins | Views [485] | Scholarship Entry
In the beginning was the word...and the word was born in Ugarit. This very spot in Syria witnessed the birth of the first alphabet in history. This land, nowadays suffering the brutality of war, was once described by a historian as "the land every cultured ... Read more >
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Wed, 20 May 2015 | By zententia | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 20 May 2015 | By zententia | Views [465] | Scholarship Entry
Should the unreachable be forgotten? As of 2010 it has not been possible to visit Palmyra. As of last week the city has been under threat of destruction. Perhaps next week she will be gone forever. Dramatic, yes, but bear with me, I have a story to tell.... Read more >
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Mon, 2 Mar 2015 | By zjds | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients 3 red bell peppers, roasted, skin removed 1 cup walnuts, toasted ? cup panko bread crumbs, toasted 3 teaspoons pomegranate syrup* 2 tablespoons lemon juice 2 garlic cloves ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes ½ teaspoon paprika ½ teaspoon cumin ...
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Sat, 28 Feb 2015 | By opheliac | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients rice mutton chestnuts cinnamon salt almond pine nut olives oil raisins nutmeg laurel How to prepare this recipe Put the batten in a pan then Put the mutton and place them soft cinnamon and then place them grilled chestnuts and ...
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Mon, 24 Nov 2014 | By syriantrip | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Since I was child I have always been fascinated by photography but not as art or technique but as an image, instant imprinted on a piece of paper. After graduating in Architecture in Bari (South Italy), I started traveling to Europe; with the excuse ...
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Tue, 4 Nov 2014 | By syria | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
A Syrian born and raised in Damascus - Syria , Studied communication arts at the lebanese american university in Beirut - Lebanon , Moved to New York because of the unfortunate events that are taking place back in my hometown. Everyone has they're own ...
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Fri, 31 Oct 2014 | By jayme1200 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I am a an artist an photographer who has been interested and involved in telling simple stories about people wherever they are.
I like to get close to my subjects and also tell inner truths through observing and taking photographs.
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Wed, 29 Oct 2014 | By kamiii | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I am a child from a mixed marriage - my mother is Bulgarian and my dad is Syrian. I was born in Bulgaria, and lived in Sofia, its capital, for 18 years. Well, I have never lived in Syria, though when was younger, and in fact when the country was not ...
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Wed, 29 Oct 2014 | By breakingwave | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I always had soul of an artist.
After I finished studies of tourism, history of art and cultural anthropology I bought camera, started to travel and than in my life all pieces of puzzle suddenly fitted together. I fell in love with photography. Travelling ...
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Fri, 24 Oct 2014 | By opheliac | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
my ambitions makes me look closer and find what world really are . I love to see world from my eye's with heart and mind. I choose the moment that i live it and i capture it with it sense and i always back to my memory and compare the past with the present ...
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Wed, 22 Oct 2014 | By elia | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I'm interested in visual arts majors, especially cinema studies (film production specifically), and photography.
I've always been experimenting in different visual arts at school and during my first two years of college in Syria. I've had several professional ...
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Wed, 22 Oct 2014 | By 360daysinawarzone | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I'm a photo journalist with more than 8 years experience, I worked in different domains and recently I'm working with Reuters news agency.
I spent last two years in a war zone in Syria- middle east ,taking photos to fighters,and homeless which are ...
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By opheliac | Views [456] | Scholarship Entry
Quiet night by the smell of winter. sits beside the fireplace was I , with my coffee-colored skin that black woman from Palmyra, and rain knocking on my window .. I drank my coffee and I firmly luggage because early in the morning we will embark on a ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Oct 2013 | By ala-hmedy91 | Views [605] | Video | Scholarship Entry
love photography painting and media began that I was 5 years ago, when caught the first image and entered behind the image and then faded away this feeling, but I came back in the 18years old and began photographing all the details that could not be ... Read more >
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