november 2006
the town of hosn in eastern syria, north of damascus.
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syria or toscana?
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jeanette (pictured here) is an undergrad in dmsc univ's english department. she & her classmates are struggling to understand the meaning of ts eliot's _the wasteland_, and my discussions with her are limited to explaining modernist aesthetics w/her (which has helped me expand into new realms of arabic vocab). i remember liking this poem very much the first time i read it in highschool. i went back and reread this poem sometime last week -- yuck.
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this is where st. george (of the dragon fame) is buried.
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krak de chavalier, a crusader castle without peer. 12th cent. see the panorama pixs to get a better sense of the size and immensity of the building.
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a highly developed water system.
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david (france), me (USA), gabreel (tchad), owais (pakistan).
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tayseer, gebreel, owais.
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the church up top.
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greek?
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a close-up of that green stuff.
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a whole city once resided inside this castle.
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back: eva, liz, jeanette, daleel, rino, irene, allison.
front: um david, tayseer, bart, owais, gebreel, david.
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