The #Umayyad #Mosque in #Damascus

The #UmayyadMosque, also known as the Great Mosque of #Damascus, is one of the most significant and majestic mosques in the Islamic world. Located in the heart of the #Old City of #Damascus, it is considered a masterpiece of early #Islamic architecture.

حادثے کی وجوہات کا تعین کرنے کے لیے حکام کام کر رہے ہیں، گورنر دمشق مروان
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Those were the days Turkish series were sweeping through the Middle East. The Turkish beau, Kıvanç Tatlısoy, was the wallpaper of every hotel receptionist in central Damascus - not to mention the ultranationalist crime drama series, Kurtlar Vadisi (Valley of the Wolves), captured below.

Umayyad Mosque. Sami checking where the visitors are from.

Hafez Al-Assad next to Hasan Nasrallah. Probably burning together in hell.

Umayyad Mosque. Fuat and I. I miss you my friend.

As I was reading Leif Stenberg's posts on the events in Syria, I recalled our October 2010 trip to Damascus. What a crew that was: Sami Zubaida, Elisabeth Özdalga, Catherine Raudvere, and the late Fuat Keyman.

#Syria #Damascus #UmayyadMosque #HafezAlAssad #HasanNasrallah #KurtlarVadisi

لاکھوں کی تعداد میں لوگوں کی شرکت ، بزرگ ، نوجوان اور خواتین شامل
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