Me and mah boy Aaron (harun) -- its gonna be the cover of our soon to be released gospel-jazz-hop cd -- entitled ''Smoke Sheesha or Die Trying" -- its to encourage the youth, at least the ones who listen to our unique gospel-jazz-hop, to smoke and reach enlightenment :P ehee heheh okay well no.. twisted humour? yes, it happens eheh
- Some snapshots of Lady Zaineb (pbuh)'s shrine
- Some more snapshots of Lady Zaineb (pbuh)'s shrine area
Inside the Ummayyad mosque...ancient isnt it? so much Roman influence in its architecture...
Pictures at a different hammam (public baths), called Malik al-Thaher,arguably one of the oldest in damascus, at least a melenium -- with Ibrahim and Aaron
really beautiful, honestly...nothing could be more relaxing! it was nice way to end the bday :) you really feel like your in a different era hahah, you start speaking classical arabic like you mean it heheheh --- gotta love the hammam experience...you gotta try it :P eheh it sunnah too :P the Imams used to go as well (well, anyway..its more complicated than that isn't it) ...they have a day for women as well...
Some of Ibrahim's boys -- really cool fellas
more pics of the Ummayyad mosque..pics are pretty dark though...
Ibrahim and i blazing it up :P --- okay...just so you don't get any far-streatched ideas, the sheesha thing only rarely happens, maybe once a month or something lol -- after much deliberation its not something to get used to or do on a regular basis...you should listen to our soon to be released cd..
some more pics...Good Sheesha and Zuhorat (flower-tea) -- ah reminds me of thesheesha controversy in Iran, lol ahah
more...........okay you've had enough lol there are plenty more but these are the more settled ones :P
Old city in Damascus, Hamediya
Aaron ibn Farouqiyo and Ibrahim al-Afghani from the tribes of bani mansour :P
yup....
Old hammam pic....
Our good ol'pal Salah-ed-Din, well not so good really, a greatconqueror but then he has a lot of blood on his hands, he didn't have a
problem slaughtering shia' dissidents (among others), humm and he's
certainly not alone in that today – some things never change?
Souq al-Hamediya - well at least its ceiling
Mr. Salah-e-dins many castles...
more pics of the old city...
ahem..
yup this is syria :) hope you enjoyed em
2 comments:
I have never been to Syria unfortunately, but from the pictures you posted and from what we see on the satellite Syrian channel, looks very interesting. Aside from the wonderful mubarak maqaamaat(Holy Shrines), you have all those ancient places to visit and perhaps the entire city have this beautiful ancient design which I find truly amazing(or shall I say it in fus7a: "fi3lan raa2i3" or actually "فعلا رائع").
Enjoy your stay there and keep us in your prayers.
wassallam
H.H
It is very interesting :) but i can't really speak for Syria, i've only really been in Damascus--but yeah, there is alot of heritage and history to it, alot to seee and experience..
:)
takecare and keep us in yours
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