Damascus
Damascus is the capital of Syria, the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam. Known colloquially in Syria as aš-Šām and dubbed, poetically, the "City of Jasmine", Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world.
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Abdul Rahman Munif
Saudi Arabian novelist
Asma bint Umais
Ja'far ibn Abi Talib's wife
Anthony Shadid
Correspondent
Mustafa Badreddine
Military leader
Baibars
Sultan of Egypt
Ghazi Kanaan
Former Syrian Minister of Interior
Salim Hatum
Armed force officer
Mahmoud Zuabi
Bilal ibn Rabah
Muezzin
Emir Abdelkader
Algerian military leader
Tariq ibn Ziyad
Commander
Afif Bahnassi
Syrian art historian
Khâlid-i Baghdâdî
Islamic mystic
AlDhahabi
Historian
Nasri Shamseddine
Lebanese singer
Usama ibn Munqidh
Poet
Jamal alAtassi
Syrian Politician
Zuhair Masharqa
Politician
Farajallah elHelou
Lebanese Political figure
Khaled Taja
Syrian actor
Khalid ibn Hashim
Algerian author
Lutfi alHaffar
Syrian businessman
Ibn Kathir
Historian
Ibn Rajab
Scholar
Ibn Qudamah
Author
Omar Amiralay
Bedir Khan Beg
Fouad Ghazi
Syrian singer
Mustafa alHallaj
Artist
Ibn `Asakir
Islamic scholar
Marie Jubran Musician
Soprano
Hayyim ben Joseph Vital
Rabbi
Mamdouh Adwan
Syrian writer
Bağdatlı Ruhî
Ottoman poet
Ibn Khallikan
Islamic scholar
Jane Digby
Salim Kallas
Syrian actor
Subhi alRifai
Syrian actor
Khalid Bakdash
Syrian Politician
Izzat Darwaza
Politician
Taj alDin alHasani
Syrian Politician
Esam Abjy
Actor
Abdullah Atfeh
Former Syrian Minister of Defence
Abu Khalil Qabbani
Syrian playwright
Nasuhi alBukhari
Syrian soldier
Said alGhazzi
Syrian lawyer
Muhammad alAshmar
