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| Brian McMorrow | profile | all galleries >> Middle East, North Africa & the Caucasus >> Syria سوريا >> Damascus >> Damascus - Souqs | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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 Souvenir shop beneath the Minaret of Jesus |
 Craftsman beating silver and copper thread into a brass plate, Badreddin Al-Hassan Street |
 Tea service, Badreddin Al-Hassan Street |
 Friendly boy waves a cane, Straight Street |
 Along Straight Street, away from the tourist shops around the Umayyad Mosque, you can find great deals |
 Swordsmith, Al Mustaqeem Street, Damascus |
 Swordsmith apprentice at work on a scabbard |
 Master swordsmith displaying his expensive but high quality wares |
 The souvenir shops carry inexpensive imitation swords, this one he quoted at 800 SYP ($15) but how to get it home... |
 Some shops call these daggars "Damascus Steel" but they are most likely "Pattern Welded Steel" copies |
 Camel bone handle daggers of pattern welded steel made to resemble old Damascus steel blades |
 Silver coins and medallions, Badrul Din al-Hussein St. |
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