Nine Months in Syria

The tranquility of this park a block outside the old city walls belies its bloody history. Damascenes say that when the Mongols sacked Damas...

What to do with a large, deserted, half-crumbling, centuries-old Arabic-style courtyard house in the old city of Damascus? Turn it into a r...

Amid the busy store fronts, the bustling markets, the twisting alleys of the old city and the drab apartment blocks of the new city, there i...

Outside the National Museum, which houses a nice collection from Syria's ancient past, is a virtual graveyard of Roman urns, capitals an...

The bread comes from down the street -- I walk to the baker every morning for a fresh raghif for 10 cents -- the lebeneh madabbleh (dried...

The billboards changed overnight from campaign to congratulations. This one reads: "Congratulations; Congratulations; Oh, our country;...

Weery of the kitchen construction, the perpetual car horns from the busy street below my room, and the early-morning sun from the east-facin...