GUF4358187: Woman in the inner course of the mosque of Umayyads (Umayyads, Umayyads), Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358196: Colonnade behind stones, Palmyra site, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358197: colonnade at sunset with the monumental arch, site of Palmyra, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358215: Palmyra site with the castle of Fakhr ed Din, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358216: Damascus from Mount Kassioun, Syria, 2003. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358228: Key ring representing different religious and political leaders, Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358241: Prayer in the mosque of Umayyad (Umayyad, Umayyad), Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358246: Family near Umayyad Mosque (Umayyad, Umayyad), Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358266: Women veiled, Damascus, Syria. 2003 / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358328: Woman with bag (detail), Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358329: Saladin Mausolee (1138-1193) (Salah al Din Yusuf al-Ayyubi (al Ayyubi), Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358351: Smokers of narghileh, Damascus, Syria / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358406: Women veiled, souk Hamidiye, Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358423: Madrasa Abdullah, crafts from Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358455: Mirror reflecting the interior of the palace of the souk, Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358461: Grocery and merchant, souk of Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358475: Painting by President Assad and his son Bassel above the souk in Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358477: Saffron and other spices, souk of Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358485: Spices, souk of Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358487: Souk, containers containing spices and dried fruits, Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358501: Interior of the hammam Nour ed Din (1154), Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358510: Hammam Nour ed Din (1154), Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358629: Course of the mosque of the Umayyads (Umayyads, Umayyads) seen from the Corinthian columns, Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358667: Woman legs with manteu in the wind, Damascus, Syria / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358681: House with advertising, center of the old town, Aleppo, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358722: Fountain of Al Fathyyeh Mosque 1742, Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358735: Men, souk Hamidiye at night, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358785: Damascus from Mount Kassioun, Syria, 2003 / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358806: Glassware in Damascus, 2003, Syria / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358825: Statue of Intendant Ebih-il (detail), frontal view, Sumerian era (circa 2400 BC). Found on the archaeological site of Tell Hariri, Syria. Alabaster, shell, lapis lazuli, shale. Height 0,53 cm. Louvre Museum, Paris. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358848: Local coffee maker and biscuits, pastry shop Moussattat, Aleppo, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358862: Typical cookies with in the background the son of the owner of the pastry shop Moussattat, one of the oldest in the city of Aleppo, Syria / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358892: Portrait of the writer Amélie Nothomb, Paris, France, 2004 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358905: Paris 2004 the French writer and literary critic Frederic Beigbeder. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358916: Paris 2004. French writer Frederic Beigbeder. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358918: Paris 2004 the French writer and literary critic Frederic Beigbeder. / Bridgeman Images