01View from the top of the Mirage Hotel. The tall building is the town hall
021960s municipal building in Bab al Faraj
03Mazen Salah, designer and owner of a textile store next to the souk
04Rolan Chelhot, manager of Al Mansouriya hotel
05The roof of the Mirage hotel
06KLM agent Fuad Hilal in his office
07View from St Antoine de Padoue church over the Al-Aziziah quarter
08Mother Teresa Notre Dame de Dormition, a Catholic Syriac church
09Villa near Aleppo University
10Café next to Baghdad Railway Station
11Car belonging to the manager of the Baron hotel
12Syrian Catholic church (built 1625) in the quarter of Al-Jdeidah
13Modernist buildings in Mother Teresa Square, once a Christian cemetery
14Al Rahman mosque
15Nauman Wannes, manager of Mirage hotel
16Smoking hookah in Monroe café in the Christian neighbourhood of Al-Aziziah
17Dana al Mouine, a jewellery designer, in Janot Armenian diner
18Author Myriam Antaki in her study
19Mr Azrak in his patisserie
20Librairie le Phare
21Art teacher Zena Sabbagh, who belongs to an association to safeguard Aleppo’s craftsmen
22Waiter in the restaurant at Mirage hotel
23Aleppo’s ‘Flat Iron’ building in the Midan Armenian quarter
Syria is moving away from the staunch socialist principles that dominated the country for decades. President Bashar al Assad has created a new merchant class and forged business links with neighbour Turkey. Nowhere has benefited more than the city of Aleppo.
Monuments of Syria
Ross Burns, revised edition 1999
While most guidebooks on Syria will limit their account to the main monuments and buildings, Burns’ handbook contains information on obscure mosques, hidden palaces, and some of the European consulates in Aleppo’s old city.
Aleppo: Rehabilitation of the Old City: The Eighth Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design
Ed. Joan Busquets, 2005
An overview of the work of the Aga Khan Trust and the local government to rehabilitate the city’s heart, which comprises the largest covered souk in the Middle East.
Verses of Forgiveness
Myriam Antaki, 2002
The only novel translated into English by Syrian author Antaki who lives
and works in Aleppo. It’s a story of a Palestinian refugee coming to grips with his roots when he discovers his father was a French Jew who escaped the Holocaust to become an Irgun terrorist.
Les Secrets d’Alep
Florence Ollivry, 2006
For French readers, Ollivry’s book on Aleppo’s cuisine is a fascinating introduction to the city, its people and history. Illustrations by local artists Georges Coussa and his wife Zena Sabbagh.
Issue 50
We present 10 of the world’s most charming places, from an airport to a restaurant. And on page 113, the venerable Stephen Bayley explains why charming the pants off people will always get you through.
Issue 35
A call for better treatment of Lebanon's army of maids and nannies, plus a transport boost in São Tomé and why Africa didn't make out 25 most liveable cities.
Issue 38
The donation scandal engulfing the Thai prime minister, and why tiger poachers have leopard in their sights.
Issue 36
Solid economic growth and foreign investment have transformed Mozambique’s fortunes since the end of the civil war in 1992, but the big challenges lie in tackling the poverty and corruption that continue to block the cap…
Issue 33
Having fought with most of its neighbours, Eritrea has few friends. And offers of help from the West are turned away as the president believes aid does more harm than good. But meanwhile people starve and flee abroad.
Issue 60
Canberra celebrates its centenary, New Zealand gets building and Tonga gets broadcasting (in Chinese).
Issue 16
Bullet-proof training in Colombia, the US's Project Laundry List and plans for new high-speed rail.
Issue 64
Why Argentina's president leaves the Boeing at home, why Chile is feeling British and why Brazilian admen are feeling relieved.
Issue 31
Israel’s violent history means that its hospitals have much to teach other countries about how to deal with major bloodshed on their streets. Rambam Medical Center in Haifa is offering medics pioneering training in handling…
Issue 43
China finds itself left behind in the race to develop Mongolian resources, but its home-grown film industry will get to double in size.
Issue 21
Syndey's new take on speed dating - it involves tightrope-walking and clowning - plus witchcraft in Papua New Guinea, and political isolation in Fuji.
Issue 47
The substantial motorcade of the 'humble' Ugandan president, Norway looks to turn Quatar's desert green and a new bridge betwen Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
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