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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By | Views [1384] | Scholarship Entry
Panting, we weave through the barrels of olive soap and bruised pistachios, trying to keep an eye on Ziad’s massive head of hair as he bobs in and out of the tiny shops in the souk. His pace is unrelenting until he finally turns down an alley and ducks ... Read more >
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Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By jreuter | Views [1313] | Comments [1]
We entered the border to Syria from Turkey at approximately 8:30 AM, and for the next 8 hours, we sat on a bright red, hard-plastic bench, waiting for our visas. The official policy concerning an American's entry into Syria is that a visa MUST be obtained ... Read more >
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Tue, 23 Jun 2009 | By jadepeters | Views [1056]
I arrived in Damascus, Syria yesterday via taxi with ‘taxi team’ of Mike and Nikki. The tour leader has divided the 12 of us into 3 pre-allocated ‘taxi teams’ of which we are to travel throughout Syria with. I was couldn’t believe it when he told us, ... Read more >
Sun, 7 Dec 2008 | By joealotto13 | Views [873]
Ok, I'm finally writing my Damascus thing. Obviously, I liked it there. Three days turned into two weeks. It was difficult pulling myself away from there. We went to a Sheesha bar everynight next to our hotel. It was the type of place you shake ... Read more >
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Sat, 22 Jan 2011 | By bettedarling | Views [831]
Well, I love Damascus. Seriously. I haven't felt this way about a city since my first few days in New York. The Souqs (markets) with some stalls which are older than the USA. The Jasmatiya St. - the Las Vegas of Sweets - mmmmm, so delicious - honey, phillo, ... Read more >
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 | By ala-hmedy91 | Views [616] | 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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Thu, 6 Nov 2008 | By dan_kimi | Views [511]
Well, we are here! What a city this is too! We love it. WE spent the first day lonley planetless so had to use our senses to guide us from the airport to the city which I was not not keen on as we had no idea how much the taxis were! Needless to say ... Read more >
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By | Views [462] | Scholarship Entry
When travelling always trust your gut. A truth that should be applied in all the qualities of life, but this fact really took its meaning when me and my two travel friends discovered a hidden gem of Palmyra. This city of ruins that stands against time ... Read more >
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Wed, 16 Apr 2014 | By | Views [379] | Scholarship Entry
I loved her more than my self it was my all hope my girlfriend ^tala^ i lost her in this war with bomb that killed her .. i am trying to relive my deadheart by love life and help people cuz she used to do this so whatever u answer i would like to thank ... Read more >
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Fri, 13 Nov 2009 | By tk-tempany | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 20 Feb 2010 | By pecosbiff | Photo Gallery
Crusader castle and then some
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Sat, 4 Sep 2010 | By pauluiza | Photo Gallery
Aleppo - 4 thousand year old city (possibly oldest continously inhabited city in the world)
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Thu, 10 Jan 2013 | By jadecantwell | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I first started shooting on an old Canon film SLR when I went on exchange in Mexico in 2007 - learning from basic black and white development and printing to digital photography. Since then I have been practicing photography as a hobby, slowly building ...
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Mon, 14 Jan 2013 | By chloe_billebault | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
My name is Chloe, 29 y.o., French. I studied photography right after high school but being still quite young I wasn’t ready to focus on a career path yet. I went on to live in Australia, then travelled through Africa for a while, back to France, then ...
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