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News Syria » Culture: Syrian Minister of Culture Sparks Controversy With Islamic Chant in Orthodox Church

News channel or source: https://www.ncregister.com/cna/syrian-minister-of-culture-sparks-controversy-with-islamic-chant-in-orthodox-church

Published on: Thursday 21 August 2025

Syrian Culture Minister Mohammed Saleh was criticized this week after a video surfaced showing him at a historic Orthodox church with Islamic chanter Al-Mu’tasim Billah Al-Assali, who performed an ...

News Syria » Culture: Serve and protect: How Europe can stabilise the Middle East by saving its culture and infrastructure

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/culture-infrastructure-europe-role-stabilising-095934227.html

Published on: Friday 10 July 2026

Europe can save ancient civilisations and stablise the Middle East. It's an ambitious but achievable target according to Nabil Al Lao, founder of Damascus Opera theatre and a refugee in Italy for ...

News Syria » Culture: Syria receives 23 artifacts from France, strengthening cultural cooperation

News channel or source: https://sana.sy/en/culture-and-arts/2328078/

Published on: Tuesday 07 July 2026

Syria has received 23 archaeological artifacts that had been on loan to the Arab World Institute in Paris since 2010, in a move that ...

News Syria » Culture: The Claims of Culture at Empire's End: Syria and Lebanon under French Rule

News channel or source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.31732053

Published on: Sunday 28 September 2025

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News Syria » Culture: Syrian student's library helps Arabic culture blossom in Berlin

News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/us/news/stories/syrian-students-library-helps-arabic-culture-blossom-berlin

Published on: Wednesday 21 June 2017

Bookshelves laden with Arabic works are pushed aside, chairs and cushions rearranged and microphones tested. In a loft above the Berlin rooftops, Muhannad Qaiconie and team are preparing their unique ...

News Syria » Culture: UNHCR-run festival in Syria highlights arts and culture of Iraq

News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/africa/news/unhcr-run-festival-syria-highlights-arts-and-culture-iraq

Published on: Wednesday 02 April 2008

DAMASCUS, Syria, April 3 (UNHCR) - As the Iraq crisis enters its sixth year, the UN refugee agency has been highlighting the culture and artistic talents of the Iraqi people during a weeklong festival ...