Damascus — /deuh mas keuhs/, n. a city in and the capital of Syria, in the SW part: reputed to be the oldest continuously existing city in the world. 936,567. French, Damas. * * * Arabic Dimashq City (pop., 1994: 1,549,932), capital of Syria. Located at an… … Universalium
DAMASCUS — DAMASCUS, capital of Syria; in olden times a caravan center at an oasis in Southern Syria, on the principal crossroads between Mesopotamia Syria and Palestine Transjordan. In the Bible The name appears as דַּמֶּשֶׂק Dammesek (but once as… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
List of Arab universities — This is a list of Arab Universities. See also the List of universities and colleges by country. =Algeria= *University of Algiers جامعة الجزائر *University of Batna جامعة باتنةBahrain*Arab Open University *University of BahrainEgyptPublic… … Wikipedia
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Star Academy Lebanon Season 1 — tar Academy 1 The first season of the show made its debut in early December, 2003. The first season ended on the 4th of April, 2004. It quickly became a popular show. Tickets to show became harder to get as the show went on. The students,… … Wikipedia
Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… … Universalium
Muhammad Kurd Ali — Muhammad Kurdali (1876 1953) (Arabic: محمد كرد علي) was a notable Syrian scholar, historian and literary critic in the Arabic language. He was the founder director of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Damascus (1918) till his death. Contents … Wikipedia
Arabic language — Arabic redirects here. For other uses, see Arabic (disambiguation). For the literary standard, see Modern Standard Arabic. For vernaculars, see varieties of Arabic. For others, see Arabic languages. Arabic العربية/عربي/عربى al ʿarabiyyah/ʿarabī … Wikipedia
Modern Standard Arabic — Standard Arabic and Literary Arabic redirect here. For the classical language, see Classical Arabic. For the general article, see Arabic language. Modern Standard Arabic العربية الفصحى/عربي فصيح[note B] al ʿarabiyyah al fu … Wikipedia
