Mummies on the drums!

World Music Nights in Damascus, Arab Capital of Culture 2008

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July 17th 2008
So, summer school 1 is over and today we begin the second of the three intensive English courses. We had some great students. Russ was invited to go out for the afternoon and smoke some hubbly-bubbly with some of the guys he taught. They took him to a local café, which seemed to be men only, where he was treated to a couple of hours of strong Arabic tea, fresh fruit salad and a long puff on the w ... read more

Middle East » Syria » South » Damascus

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Following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire during World War I, Syria was administered by the French until independence in 1946. In the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Syria lost the Golan Heights to Israel. Syrian troops - stationed in Lebanon since 1976 in ... ... read more