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Syria Culture:     more books (82)

Mari and the Bible (Studies in the History and Culture of the Ancient Near East, V. 12) by Abraham Malamat, 1998-07-01 The Nusayri-Alawi Religion: An Enquiry into Its Theology and Liturgy (Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture, 1) by Meir Mikhael Bar-Asher, Arieh Kofsky, 2002-07-01 State And Society In The Late Bronze Age: Alalah Under the Mittani Empire (Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians) by Eva Von Dassow, 2008-02-15 From Samarkhand to Sardis: A New Approach to the Seleucid Empire (Hellenistic Culture and Society) by Susan Sherwin-White, Amélie Kuhrt, 1993-02-15 Emar: The History, Religion, and Culture of a Syrian Town in the Late Bronze Age Everyday Life and Consumer Culture in Eighteenth-Century Damascus (Publications on the Near East, University of Washington) by James Grehan, 2007-03-15 The Great Mosque of Damascus: Studies on the Makings of an Ummayad Visual Culture (Islamic History and Civilization) by Finbarr Barry Flood, 2000-12 Discovering World Cultures: The Middle East (Volume 4, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria) (Middle School Reference) Mesopotamia and the Bible: Comparative Explorations Antisemitism around the world: Antisemitism in Japan, Antisemitism in the United States, History of the Jews in Lebanon, History of the Jews in Syria, Libyan Jews Readings in Folk-lore: Short Studies in the Mythology of America, Great Britain, the Norse Countries, Germany,India, Syria, Egypt, and Persia by Hubert M. Skinner, 2003-11-01 The Syrian Goddess: Being a Translation of Lucian's De Dea Syria, With a Life of Lucian (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) by Lucian, 2010-01-29 Nawar (Syria) History of Asceticism in the Syrian Orient. A Contribution to the History of Culture in the Near East, II. Early Monasticism in Mesopotamia and Syria. ... Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium) by aA. Voobus, 1960-01-01

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61. 1reader.com -- Usenet And Usefulnet -- Soc.culture.syria
    syrian cultural matters and affairs. Homepage No informationsoc.culture.syria syrian cultural matters and affairs. Detailed  
    http://1reader.com/soc/culture/syria_text.html

62. Hybridmagazine.com :: Indie Counter-culture Daily, No Secret Handshakes.
    A Layman's Guide To WWIII Arab Christians By Kevin Filan syria. syria may be aMoslem nation, but it is one in which a strong Christian presence remains.  
    http://www.hybridmagazine.com/culture/0203/syria.shtml
    
    Extractions: By Kevin Filan Syria Egypt Iraq Israel Lebanon ... Syria The conversion which changed Saul of Tarsus from a zealous opponent of the new Christian schism into the Apostle Paul took place outside of modern-day Damascus. Paul's greatest contribution to Christian theology - his acceptance of gentiles into what had until then been predominantly a Jewish sect - came during his stay in the Syrian capital of Antioch (a region today claimed by Turkey). The Ummayad Mosque was formerly a church, and contains a tomb which allegedly houses the head of St. John the Baptist. Today, the country which has given the world eight Popes and countless priests, bishops and saints is considered by many to be a junior member of the "Axis of Evil" and a hotbed of "Islamic terrorism." Yet almost 10% of Syrians profess one of a variety of Christian faiths and Christmas and Easter are still celebrated as national holidays. Syria may be a Moslem nation, but it is one in which a strong Christian presence remains. Even after the great Syrian conversion, Syria remained relatively tolerant of Christians. After the Armenian Genocide, many refugees made new homes in northern Syria. Today they are well-integrated into Syrian society, and have faced little in the way of persecution from their Moslem neighbors. The same can be said of the Syriac Orthodox, Christians who hold their services in the Aramaic tongue originally spoken by Jesus and his disciples. While the Syrian Constitution requires that the President be Moslem, it also guarantees freedom of religion. Although Arabic is the official language in public schools, the Government permits the teaching of Armenian, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Chaldean in some schools on the basis that these are "liturgical languages."

63. Detail : Culture Of Syria Through The Ages
    culture of syria through the ages. Title culture of syria throughthe ages Author Toueir, Kassem Support Book (Monography) 16pp  
    http://babsouria.online.fr/medd604.htm

64. ST Saint Helena To Syria
    maps, statistics and more references. Jul 12, 2002, 246pm ST Saint Helena to SyriaSamoa. Find a calendar, history of the past and present culture, sports.  
    http://www.classbrain.com/artcrtour/publish/cat_index_12.shtml

65. Penpals (Syria) - Email Pals For Exchange Of Language And Culture
    Penpals (syria) Members Search Results. Click on a name for more informationor to contact the member. ani. syria. Arabic, Middle Eastern. Czech.  
    http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/Search-PenPals.asp?selCountry=Syria

66. Introduction To The Syrian Culture
    This Distance learning course not only discusses the culture in syria,but also its history, its politics over the last few years.  
    http://www.american.edu/TED/etown/distance/syria.htm
    
    Extractions: Introduction to the Syrian Land. Socy 556-09 LINKS: The Distant Learning Initiative Requirements for Distant Learners Getting Started Description of the Course ... Schedule of Assignment The Distance Learning initiative The distance learning initiative is an explicit demonstration of our modern world that has been characterized very much by the fast growing technology that is bringing the whole universe into one single entity. With the advent of the Internet, the world has become our campus where it is possible to teach almost any course to anyone who lives in any spot of the globe. We, the American University, have only recently started this initiative of teaching courses online and we would appreciate any helpful comments or ideas. Distance Learning has its advantages and its disadvantages. The great aspect about Distance Learning is that it opens opportunities to a wider student audience, many of which cannot afford attending on-campus classes. Also, it is more convenient for outside speakers to participate in teaching some lectures while the are in their own country or back at home. In addition, and most importantly, it provides a learning opportunity for those of different classes, social, cultural, economic, ethnic and experiential backgrounds to fully participate in obtaining their education and knowledge through means that are to some extent easy to be attained. Some courses are easier to be taught than others are; those include the ones that require more visual learning than audio or physical learning. In any way, our course requirements conform to the visual (reading) learning experience and belong to the category where acquiring the needed sufficient knowledge online is an affordable task to be done.

67. Culture.htm
    recent years, syria had been controlled for long periods of time by foreign nations.This contributed very little to the development of a national culture.  
    http://www.plhs.esu3.org/hs/student/apfall00/Syria/culture.htm
    
    Extractions: The Syrian Arab Republic Culture The People The population of Syria was estimated to be about 16 million people in 1999. There are also about 38,200 people living in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. 41% of the population is between the ages of and 14 years. 56% of the population is between the ages of 15-64 years old. Only about 3% of the population of Syria is over the age of sixty-four. The population growth rate was about 2.58% in the year 2000 estimate. There are about 31.11 births for every thousand people. There are only 5.29 deaths for every thousand people. About 4.06 children are born to every woman. The life expectancy for the people of Syria is 68.46 years. For men, the life expectancy is 67.35 years, and for women, it is 69.64 years. The population of Syria is 90.3% Arab, while Kurds, Armenians, and other groups make up 9.7% of the population. 74% of the population of Syria is made up of Sunni Muslims. Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects form another 16%. Syria is 10% Christian, and there are a few tiny Jewish communities in the cities. The official language of Syria is Arabic. Many people also speak Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian. There are a few people people who speak and understand French and English.

68. Syria Fears Internet Impact On Culture
    syria fears Internet impact on culture syria is bracing nervouslyfor the arrival of the Internet, wondering what impact a sudden  
    http://www.metimes.com/issue99-48/reg/syria_fears_internet.htm
    
    Extractions: Syria is bracing nervously for the arrival of the Internet, wondering what impact a sudden flood of previously unavailable information will have on this conservative society. "We are a traditional society and we want to preserve this. We don't want to change our society to an information society without our traditions," said Saadalla Agha al Kalaa, spokesman for the Syrian computer society. "We are looking to make change, becoming an information society but preserving our usual way of life." Al Kalaa told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday evening that concern with the affect on families was one reason that access to the Internet was still restricted to offices. Access to the Internet in Syria is just being expanded to 1,200 connections from an even more modest number installed more than a year ago. However, the government is studying proposals that officials say will lead to the introduction of internet service providers and unlimited numbers of subscribers by the end of next year. "We are thinking in the Syrian Computer Society of making an awareness plan for families, for the fathers and mothers, about the meaning of having the internet at home.

69. Culture And Climate - Tell Leilan, NE Syria
    Slide 17 of 26.  
    http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/dees/V1003/lectures/culture_climate/sld017.html

70. The Country & People Of Syria
    About syria * Business * culture * Education * History * Media * Organizations* Travel * Gateways * Arab Countries. Business and Economy.  
    http://www.hejleh.com/countries/syria.html
    
    Extractions: Situated on trade and military routes between the Mediterranean and Mesopotamia, Syria (which historically included all of modern Syria and Lebanon, and parts of Israel, Jordan, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia) has always been an object of foreign conquest. Settled (c.2100 B.C.) by the Amorites, a Semitic people from the Arabian peninsula, it fell to the Hittites (15th–13th cent B.C.), the Assyrians and Babylonians (11th–6th cent. B.C.), the Persians (6th–4th cent. B.C.), and the Greeks (333 B.C.). Syria was Hellenized by the Seleucids and had fallen to Rome by 63 B.C. After a period of Byzantine rule (5th–7th cent. A.D.) Syria was conquered (633–40) by Muslim Arabs. Most Syrians converted to Islam, and Damascus, as the usual capital of the Umayyad caliph (661–750), became the center of the Islamic world. The area was later ruled by the Seljuk Turks, the Mongols, Saladin, and the Mamluks. Christians also came to Syria on the Crusades (11th–14th cent.). It was part of the Ottoman Empire from 1516 until the end of World War I, and in 1920 France received a League of Nations mandate over the Levant States (roughly modern Syria and Lebanon).During World War II Free French forces granted (1944) independence to Syria, but French troops did not leave until 1946. Syria joined with Egypt in the United Arab Republic in 1958, but withdrew in 1961.

71. Society And Culture
    Site dedicated to the Hazems familt members. Category Regional Middle East syria Society and culture http//hometown.aol.com/ahazem/AmmarHazem.htm.  
    http://www.ad.com/Regional/Middle_East/Society_and_Culture/__Syria/

72. SYRIA - JORDAN CULTURE AND RELIGION _ I.CARE Travel
    Day 4 Departure toward Jordan. Stop at Bosra for visit the site. Continue to Deraafor the departure of syria to Jordan at Ramtha. Crossing of the line border.  
    http://www.icare.net/anglais/products/syria.htm

73. IWon - Travel Guide - History & Culture
    iWon Travel. 5 iWon 6 Travel 3 Middle East 3 syria History culture, Powered by. HISTORY and culture History culture. History.  
    http://www.iwon.com/travel/travelguide/history/0,20310,Middle_East-535,00.html
    
    Extractions: History Historically, Syria included Jordan, Israel and Lebanon as well as the area now known as Syria. The country was in a top strategic spot, and its coastal towns became important Phoenician trading posts. Later, Syria was a pivotal part of the Roman, Persian, Egyptian and Babylonian empires. It finally ended up as part of Ottoman Turkey and, along with Lebanon, was dished out to France when the Turkish Empire broke up after WWI. The Syrians weren't too pleased with this arrangement (they had been an independent nation from 1918-20) and staged an insurrection in 1925-6, which resulted in the French bombing Damascus. In 1932, Syria had its first parliamentary elections, and although the candidates had been picked by the French, they refused to accept France's proposed constitution for the country. In 1939, France granted Turkey the Syrian province of Alexandretta, further sharpening feeling against the imperial overlords. France promised independence in 1941 but didn't come through with it until 1946. Civilian rule didn't last long in Syria: in 1954, after several military coups, the Ba'athist section of the army took over the country. The Ba'ath Party was founded in 1940 by a Christian teacher and was committed to a form of pan-Arabism under which Syria would forfeit its sovereignty. This led to the formation of a United Arab Republic with Egypt in 1958, but several people thought this wasn't such a hot idea, and another series of military coups trundled across the country. By 1966 the Ba'ath were back in power, but the celebrations were curtailed by the 1967 Six Day War with Israel and the 1970 Black September spat with Jordan. While everyone was otherwise occupied, Defence Minister Hafez al-Assad seized power.

74. Culture Shock!: Syria - Softcover Book - Middle East
    culture Shock! syria Map / Chart / Atlas / Street Directory; MiddleEast; Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company. culture Shock  
    http://maps.netstoreusa.com/m05/7420/1558682430.shtml

75. News
    A Friend In Need syria Times (þMonday, þFebruary þ10, þ2003) DamascussyriaTimes culture 32-2003 What does a library in a house mean?  
    http://enews.ajeeb.com/Viewchannel.asp?ID=&ChannelID=12

76. Global Sources Travel Guides - Syria
    Fate is also an important part of syrian culture. In general, it is probablynot wise to send a female to conduct business in syria.  
    http://www.globalsources.com/TNTLIST/TRVGUIDE/SYRIA/SYR_BC.HTM
    
    Extractions: Syrians are friendly, talkative, and hospitable people, though they can sometimes be cautious when it comes to Westerners, because the government policy toward the West often changes. The standard greeting is the handshake, which is acceptable when meeting men and women. However, a man should let a woman initiate a handshake. If she does not, smile and nod slightly. Sometimes Syrians will greet people with a warm embrace, and greetings are often accompanied by questions about one's health or family. If a person has a title, be sure to use it. BUSINESS ETHIC AND FRAMEWORK People, family ties, and personal relationships are placed above business. Fate is also an important part of Syrian culture. One does the best one can; but the outcome is ultimately in the hands of God. Class distinctions often determine a person's opportunities and influence their attitude toward getting ahead in life. WOMEN Many Syrian women are well-educated, but the opportunities open to them are limited to fields such as teaching and social services. Foreign women should be prepared for the restrictions this conservative Muslim society places on women. Behave with discretion at all times. Do not make prolonged, direct eye contact with Syrian men. Being professional, poised, and self-confident will help in business, but male colleagues may be taken more seriously and given more respect. In general, it is probably not wise to send a female to conduct business in Syria.

77. Index Of /faq/by-newsgroup/soc/soc.culture.syria
    Parent Directory 14-Nov-2000 2145 - culturesIndex of /faq/bynewsgroup/soc/soc.culture.syria. Name Last modifiedSize  
    http://ejo.univ-lyon1.fr/faq/by-newsgroup/soc/soc.culture.syria/

78. Browsing Regional Middle East Syria Society And Culture Category
    Browse Regional Middle East syria Society and culture Top Regional MiddleEast syria Society and culture. Categories History Personal Pages.  
    http://www.uksprite.com/search/search/Regional/Middle_East/Syria/Society_and_Cul
    
    Extractions: WebSearch Low-cost advertising at UKSprite Join Login @UK.Sprite Home Latest Headlines UK Weather World Weather ... UK Travel Guide Fun TV Guide Lotto e-Greetings Mobile Fun Communicate Email Login Get Free Email Free Text Messages Lifestyle Horoscopes Dating Recipes Health Shop DVD's Books Videos More... Deals Auctions Classified Ads Site Map

79. TDS; Passports, Visas, Travel Documents - Syria Pages
    syria. culture. Ramadan, the holly month of fasting and worship, isnot only a month of piety and religious duties, but also a social  
    http://www.traveldocs.com/sy/culture.htm
    
    Extractions: Syria Ramadan, the holly month of fasting and worship, is not only a month of piety and religious duties, but also a social phenomenon which affects the whole set of customs and habits of the Syrian society. Ramadan is a month of vivid social activities. First and foremost, it is a month in which family ties become closer than ever, in a society that is already known for its strong family relations. Almost every member of the extended family will take care to invite the whole family to an Iftar (break-fasting) banquet. And in turn he or she will be invited to other banquets held by the rest of the family members. During the month of Ramadan, one will expect to dine with the whole extended family an average of four to five times. Long Ramadan nights are usually spent with friends and neighbors. Playing cards and backgammon, smoking water pipes, exchanging small talk and chats in groupings of tens and more are a typical pastime favorite in Ramadan. Are you considering going out to a restaurant or a café in Ramadan for Iftar or after? Be sure to reserve your place two days in advance. You need a miracle to find a vacant table in the fashionable places around the city. Even with the less popular outings you may end up with a disappointment: don’t take the risk of an impromptu night out. Ramadan’s atmosphere and special ambiance leave also their mark on the streets of the major cities. The day start’s a bit late, shops are quite and calm, and pedestrian are few. By midday, life starts to accelerate, and shops (especially food and grocery shops) buzz with clients, cars start to drive around faster and faster, in an ever increasing tempo, just like Ravel’s Bolero, this peaks up just before the Iftar, when the city dies suddenly, and life completely disappears from the city. It is a fascinating and unique scene: a bustling city of around five million inhabitants like Damascus becomes a ghost town for about two hours.

80. Syrian Society & Culture
    syria Directory Society culture Religion(9). syria Directory Society culture Governmental(13). syria Directory Society culture Embasis(4).  
    http://english.syriaport.com/syria/society_culture/
    
    Extractions: Syria Port Home Forums Chat Agent ... Embasis(4) Ahmad Kuftaro Description: The official web site of Sheikh Ahmed Kuftaro, the Mufti of Syria. http://kuftaro.org/ Arabic English French German Turkish Japanese Al Maamoun school - Ramy Isawi Description: The site contains historical view about the secondary school Al Maamoun , formal news, informatic room, youth activities room, opinion page, members page and other services. http://www.geocities.com/mamoomramy/ Arabic Al-Fatemy Pages Description: Welcome guests to Al-Fatemy website that contains a place for java, other scripts for website building and links to many Arabic useful websites. http://www.fa6emy.8m.net/ Arabic Alnemat Arabic Christian Magazine Description: Bible Readings in Arabic Studies Stories Testimonies, hymns and poems answers. http://www.thegrace.com/ Arabic English Alzahraa Description: A web site about Islam, contains Islamic knowledge, FAQ and links to other Islamic sites. http://alzahraa.org/ Arabic Arab CIN Description: http://www.arabcin.org/

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