By Tom Breihan
When two completely singular voices link up to record together, it can be a fascinating thing.Omar Souleyman is a Syrian musician whose music draws from a number of traditional Arabic styles but also uses dance beats and synthesizers.
Aleppo, one of the oldest towns in the world, has not escaped modernisation. A forest of parabolic antennas picks up television programmes from all over the world, relayed from space by satellites in geostationary orbit, a high orbit 36 000 km above the Earth. Television is now one of the most popular mediums in the world.
Of Syrian and Lebanese Heritage, ANISSA HELOU, our “In the Kitchen” blogger is one of the most prominent food writers when it comes to Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine. With regular columns in the Financial Times, Helou has also appeared twice on the Martha Stewart show. When she is not travelling to discover new recipes [...]
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis When French engineer Jacques Montlucon bought one of the famed, centuries-old courtyard houses of Old Damascus six years ago he had no idea it contained an architectural marvel. But Montlucon, who has restored artifacts from the Titanic and helped rescue goods from a sunken Napoleonic merchant ship, has a knack for [...]
A trip in both cities Aleppo and Damascus taken by Teresa, a single female dating disaster who travels the world in search of something. Her comment about this trip on her blog is: “Syria, never travel alone, always take Imodium with you”. Watch this short movie about her impression of the Crazy Streets of Aleppo. There are [...]
By Eric Wilson Citing exotic travel destinations as a design inspiration is about as original as pinning a collection on “The Eyes of Laura Mars” or anything starring Tilda Swinton. But Anna Sui has a gift for mining fashion gold from her trips around the world, which makes her an ideal guest for a show like [...]