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Good read while in Aleppo… By Agatha Christie
Murder On The Orient Express
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A very related criminal roman to Aleppo
The great Britsh writer joinded her huspend the kolonikl in the Britsh roiial army stationed in Aleppo conflicting with the the Ottman 4th army led by Musttafa Kamal
Malwan engaged in arechological diging the region of the Mespotampia
Her classic mystrey -now a majoe eEmi film with Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot
The Orient Express stands snowbound in the Balkan ,while on board the passangers are locked in for the night
By morning one of them has been brutally murdered
& Hercul Poirot confront s tweleve un likley suspects |
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Why stay longer in Aleppo?
-Aleppo is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, competing for this title with only Damascus & Jericho (Jericho is a city in the Palestinian territory). When Rome was built in 750 BC, Aleppo was already 2500 years old.
-Aleppo contains the Middle East's 3rd highest number of historical monuments after Istanbul & Cairo. Aleppo is considered an open-air museum.
- UNESCO has registered -Aleppo as a human heritage site, joining other rare cities as Genova & Florence in Italy, Pamukkale in Turkey and Cairo in Egypt.
-Aleppo has the world's largest citadel with dimensions of 550 X 370 meters and has never been captured by force throughout the long history of the city.
-Aleppo was located on the Silk Road (the city was the metropolis of commerce of the old
World, and contains 68 (a record number) of caravansaries (hotel of sorts, of the past).
-Hotel Baron of Aleppo is the 8th oldest hotel in the world. It was built in 1909 and it's guests have included Lawrence of Arabia and Agatha Christie.
- The museum of Allepo is one of the most important museums in the world due to its collection of ancient Syrian civilization artifacts from the Euphrates River region (only 60km east if Allepo). With the closure of Iraq, the museum is the best place to see these finds.
- Aleppo was mentioned twice by Shakespeare in his works in Macbeth & Mercant of Venice.
- Aleppo has the Middle East's 2nd best well-preserved walls after Jerusalem. The walls of Aleppo & the walls of Vienna (Austria) played a unique historical role in preventing global change. (Allepo walls blocked the Crusaders in 1124AD and the Vienna walls stopped the the fall of Western Europe into the hands of Muslim Ottamans.
- Aleppo is a land of faith:
* Although Jesus was born in Bethlahem, the name Christ was used here for the first time in history attributed to his followers in the region between Aleppo & Antakia.
* The first church in history was built in the region of Aleppo.
* St. Simeon Cathedral (38km west of Aleppo) is the Middle East's 2nd biggest church (12,000 square meters)
· Aleppo houses the Middle East's 2nd biggest Christian community after Beirut (12 denominations, the most numerous in the world).
· Damascus & its twin city Aleppo were the capitals of the Omyad state, the most prosperous and powerful Arab Islamic State in the world during the 7th and 8th century, extending from the boundary of France to the Indian border.
· The Aleppo vaulted Suq (Al midina) is the Middle East's longest Suq (16km, 1500 shops).
· The 2nd pioneer European consulate was founded in Aleppo (the Dutch consulate) & the Bukha house (Bukha is the former Belgian consulate to Aleppo) is the oldest continuously inhabited house in the Middle East from the 15th century.
· Syria (especially cultivated in the plains of the Aleppo region) is the worlds 6th largest producer of olive oil from which the famous Aleppo olive oil soap is made according to the same same traditions of the past (possibility of special tour).
· The niche (Mahrabe) of the Fardous Islamic School in Aleppo is the 2nd most beautiful niche in the world after the one of the Hamra palace in Cordoba in Spain.
Have fun :
Daily Hammam Arabic Bath
Pay 350 SP to the Hostel you get :
1-walked to the Hammam &explained about its architecture & traditions
2-clean towel &piece of Aleppo olive oil soap .
3- good hair washed, good body scrubed (with black cloves) & washed according to the traditions of the Hammam.
4-one tea.
* Ladies hours :
Daily from 13.30 h to 17.00 h where crew &guests are all females.
men &couple hours :
09.00 till 24.00 h
*message is an extra charge of 50sp .
Symbol of the Arab nation
There is no other flag deserves more to be sown on your backpack than the Syrian Patch!The Syrian flag summarizes the long political history of the Arab nation.
It was originally formed in 1916 when the the allies requested Sheriff Hussein the leader of the great Arab .revolution against the Ottomans to claim a certain flag in order to recognize the Arab boats sealing in the red sea from the Ottoman ones the target of the British navy .
The red color refers to the tribe of Quraish of the 6th scenery (now in Saudi) from which the prophet Muhammad descended.
The white color refers to The Omyied state of the 7,8th scenery centered in Damascus &Aleppo when Arabs reached their golden time there state extended from France to India.
The Black color refers to The Abaside state from the 8th till the 13th which capital was Baghdad (Iraq)
The green stars refer to the Fatimit State of 11,12,13 scenery, centered in Cairo
Tailor made courses in the hostel - Arabic language spoken by 275 million Arabs & used by one million Muslim for praying - In 1992 the security concel accepted the Arabic language as an official global language beside English, French, Spanish, Russian &Chinese Cairo ,Damascus, Aleppo &Amman are the best places in the world
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