Interesting about Syria
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Syria is a country with a huge amount of history, its cultural monuments are preserved to our days and attract tourists of different ages and nationalities from around the world in this fantastic Middle East country. No matter if you are a teacher or a lawyer or a person engaged in metal forming, you will find something interesting for you in this fabulous country.
It is surprising that many ancient monuments have been survived to the present day.
Art in the Arab world is its architecture above all, perhaps because it is prohibited to represent living objects in this Arabic Country.
Everywhere in Syria, you can come across with the ancient and classical monuments and architectural patterns of Muslim's culture, as well as the Roman's and Byzantine's culture.
A few churches remained after the Crusaders. The Koran is one of the greatest examples of classical Arabic literature. Al-Muallakat is an ancient collection of Arabic poetry.
Syria had been the center of poetry in the Arab world for ten centuries, the best poems were written by Al-Mutanabbi (who considered himself a prophet) and Abu Firas al-Hamdani.
One of the greatest records of Arabic literature is Alf Layla wa Layla (A Thousand and One Nights), a collection of stories about different times and peoples. The Art of Bedouin in Syria is represented by silver ornaments, colorful fabrics and machetes.
Sculpture, jewelry and housewares of Sumerian, Hittite, Assyrian and Phoenician periods monuments of Hellenistic, Roman and Arabic cultures are collected in the National Museum of northern Syria in Aleppo.
There are ruins of the Phoenician city-states on the Mediterranean coast near Latakia, the most famous of which is Ugarit discovered during the excavations of the hill Ras Shamray.
You can get acquainted with the Roman heritage in theatrical performances, which are held every summer at the festival in the town of Busra al-Hariri in southern Syria.
Wherever you are in Syria, everywhere you can hear the word "tafaddal" ("welcome") when people will invite you on a visit for a cup of tea.
Islam is the main religion in Syria. This is a monotheistic religion and the Koran is the holy book of Islam.
Islam forbids the eating of pork and drinking of alcohol, and this rule is applied to a greater or lesser degree throughout Syria.
Islam also has a tendency to separate the sexes, for example, there are public places only for men.
Although there is a family room in many places, where women are allowed. When the Syrians are eating, they usually order the appetizers - Mezze, and then the main dishes, which the Syrians are eating from one dish.
Arabic lenten bread - hobz - is eaten with almost all dishes. Other dishes include - falafel, fried balls of legumes, shaurma - specially cooked sliced lamb, and fuul - paste from the Fava beans with garlic and lemon.
Mensaf is considered Bedouin dish - a whole lamb with the head, served with rice and nuts.
