Picture Of The Week

19Dec09

From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hazy_jenius/2274232091/
Something must have been changed in the WordPress format because I can’t get my text to go where I want it to. So for now, it’ll be a little different. Sorry.

 In the Old City, Damascus, Syria.

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Chaufage Squatting

09Dec09

It’s so cold! Brrrrrr! I was just telling my mom earlier today that if I was in the Donner Party, I’d be the first to go.
Speaking of family and freezing weather brings me to “chaufage squatting”. Chaufages are radiators and are what some people use to heat their houses in Syria. (I think it might come from the French [...]

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Picture Of The Week

06Dec09

From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/damascus_shamsouri/2236968821/

 
 
 

This old picture was taken up in Qassyoon, the mountain overlooking Damascus, in, I’m assuming a cafe. I love that the narghiles (or sheeshas, or hookahs or whatever you call them) are covered in snow.

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Picture Of The Week

25Nov09

From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/syrialooks/154291028/in/photostream/

 
Coffee cups in Arabica Coffee’s window. Downtown Aleppo, Syria.

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Picture Of The Week

09Nov09

From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/friend_faraway/2681424933/

The photographer said: ”I frequented quite regularly at his shoes whenever I go to Bab Jabiye in Damascus Old city. I managed to capture his portrait and surprisingly giving me a perfect smile!”
Old City, Damascus, Syria.

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Picture Of The Week

23Oct09

From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/35237358@N00/328592121/

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Outside seating for cafes in Aleppo, Syria. This neighborhood in Aleppo is called “Shelal” meaning “Fountains”. (Look to the left.)

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Picture Of The Week

07Oct09

From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/syrialooks/153850939/in/set-72157594387034888/

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A street in Aleppo, Syria.

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Picture(s) Of The Week

26Sep09

So I was only going to post one picture, but then I found some more. Think of it as a “final days of summer” theme or something cheesy like that.

View of the Mediterranean from the balcony of the photographer’s friend. Lattikia, Syria.

Laundry drying in Slonfeh, Syria.

Kids of the photographer’s friend. (I think.)

Syrian [...]

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في الشام القديمة

22Sep09

In Old Damascus there is graffiti. (Please ignore the messed up date with the title.)
The patriotic:

Music fans:

The slightly more amateur (or is the childlike-ness deliberate? Hmm…):

My personal favorite (note “Moww!!!!” instead of “Moo!!!!”):

And of course, the inevitable, ever-present “u+me=luv”:

All pictures from Flickr.

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Picture Of The Week

18Sep09

From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/twose/103797249/in/set-72057594063399965/

A street in Old Damascus, Damascus, Syria.

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