A reason to love Syria
Other than the food, I absolutely love the Syrian ability to hang on to the heritage and modernize it without taking out the identity and the rich heritage. They rennovate ancient buildings and use them for restaurants, hotels, and even fashionable clothes stores, rather than demolish them.
Check these fantastic interior shots from the Villa Moda Boutique, a Kuwaiti franchise, that opened recently in Damascus.
Beautiful! I’m absolutely loving the red bright chandlier, the contrast with the sober stone behind it is amusing. Me wants the chandlier…
Khalidah
March 28, 2006 @ 1:38 am
Creative and beautiful indeed
wedad
March 28, 2006 @ 10:45 am
:’( I love syria my family is there!!
Ghalia
March 28, 2006 @ 10:47 pm
Uh oh, Ruba it just opened last Friday! I thought I’ll be the 1st to blog about it!
It is really amazing how thy rennovated the old khan!
Anonymous
March 31, 2006 @ 8:55 am
Wow! Its fantastic. I love the displays, the ambience seems to make for a much more pleasant and less frenetic shopping experience.
Anonymous
April 4, 2006 @ 2:46 am
looks like fun, but could an American visit and not get stoned/stabbed/beheaded? I don’t mean to sound sarcastic–I really want to know if it is safe to visit.
Anonymous
April 10, 2006 @ 6:44 pm
I am an Architect that was born and raised and Damascus and have been living in New York City for years. I have to say that I felt so proud and happy to see old Damascus being preserved and converted into such a beautifull and trendy place. Let’s keep all that going. Syria has a lot to offer to the world. Very well done!
Moey
April 21, 2006 @ 8:35 pm
syria love.. no comment
another word. KUWAIT MADE IT NOT SYRIANS
Anonymous
May 31, 2006 @ 5:58 pm
Syria and Kuwait love..
Why not!
Isn’t it time to grow up and actually DO things together..
Gread job guys, I love the place..
bush
December 5, 2007 @ 4:04 am
i love aleppo ..im aleppo live in uk