Gallery - Islamic Damascus

HALF THE CRESCENT Syria Jordan Israel-Palestine Egypt SYRIA thirty-six years on a pillar GALLERY ISLAMIC DAMASCUS : GLORY OF ISLAM

Text & Html : Tan Wee Cheng ; Photos : Casey Goh and Tan Wee Cheng

Bismi Allah Al Rahman Al Raheem... (By the name of Allah, the beneficial, the merciful...) Caliph al-Walid decided to erect an impressive mosque suited to the grandeur of the Arab state 'whose like was never built before, nor will ever be built after' - The Grand Omayad Mosque was the result.

*Click to see details*	*Old & New* *The souq, or market of Damascus extends all the way into the Roman Temple of Jupiter*
*Shopping With Big Brother* *The Leader encourages you to shop at the Souq al-Hamidiyeh. Huge photos and paintings of Assad and his late son overlook the souq every fifty meters.*
*Click to see details*	*Glory of Islam* *The Grand Omayad Mosque*
*Patterns* *Details of ceilings, Grand Omayad Mosque*
Click to see details	*Hero* *Tomb of Salah-ad-Din*
*Traditions* *Water-pipe smoking in Damascus*	*Post Card*
	*Marketing* *Friendly tomato sellers in the Al Amin District*

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