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All About Syria
All About Syria
All About Syria
3.Population of syria
4. The flag of Syria.how
was it created?
• Specialities. Kibbeh bil sanieh: The national dish of minced meat and
bulgur wheat baked with a filling of spiced meat and pine nuts. Fatteh:
Crumbs of fresh or stale breads toasted and served with meat or
vegetables and sauce. Yabrak: Vine leaves stuffed with rice and minced
meat.
• Varieties: black tea, fresh mint tea, mate or thick, cardamom flavoured
coffee for an instant hit of thick black caffeine. Top Tipple: Arak –
similar to the Greek Ouzo – aniseedy and strong! Serving Suggestion:
While away the hot afternoons in the souk with lots of mint tea, a
nargila pipe and plenty of conversation.
!Syria fun facts!
• 1. Syria’s capital, Damascus, has claims to be the oldest continuously occupied city in the
world.
• 2. The name of Damascus was first recorded by the ancient Egyptians in the 15th century BC
• 3. In the Middle Ages, Damascus was a major point on the silk road from Asia and gave the
name to the woven fibres known as damask
• 4. Syria was put under emergency law in 1963. It was lifted in 2011 when civil war broke out.
• 5. The King James Bible refers to Damascus 45 times in the Old Testament and 15 in the New.
• I hope all of you enjoyed the
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