The cleverest people I know say that the new girl is sad because she had to leave her home
Set amid the arid glamour of Lebanon’s beaches and urban landscapes
graduating high school and college with honors
when Rumi encountered his spiritual mentor
even though—or maybe because—they are unlike in nearly every way
A Short History of Islamic Syria - Echoes of Bilad al-Sham through the centuries (634-2024) | Issa Meyer what colour is your mosque The cleverest people I knowCivil war, refugee crisis, terrorism over the past decade, Syria, crushed beneath an absurd and ruthless tyranny, has too often made headlines for reasons unworthy of its millennia old legacy of grandeur, refinement, and learning. Yet this blessed land cradle of an exquisite civilization, seat of the mightiest of the caliphates, and stage of the triumphs of more than one illustrious dynasty holds a truly unique place in the annals of the Muslim world,