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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.
 
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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. 
 

 
 
 
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Glory of Islam 

The Grand Omayad Mosque

Patterns 

Details of ceilings, Grand Omayad Mosque

 
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Hero 

Tomb of Salah-ad-Din

Traditions 

Water-pipe smoking in Damascus

 
Post Card
Marketing 

Friendly tomato sellers in the Al Amin District

 
Christian Damascus
 
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