March 22, 2009

Damascus Street Scenes
Damascus, Syria

A collection of photographs from a stroll through the heart of Damascus:

This is the Muslim answer to the American Barbie. I believe this "Fully" is actually a knockoff of the real 'Fulla'. Check out the brief BBC blurb on the doll. (also on Wikipedia)

Fulla, dressed in a traditional Islamic headscarf and overdress, comes with her own pink felt prayer rug. Tarek Mohammed, chief salesman at Toys'r'Us in Cairo, said: "Fulla sells better because she is closer to our Arab values—she never reveals a leg or an arm."

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Comments:

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MB

April 28th, 2009

How's did the language bit work out? When I was reading your earlier entries where you were working it out, phonetically, it reminded me how similar the basics will be, from there to India.

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Caitlin

May 12th, 2009

Beautiful photographs. I absolutely love the second last one.

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Emily

May 17th, 2009

Your site is so enjoyable and the photos draw me in so… Thank you for the time you put into this marvelous, intriguing site!

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