Category: Damascus

Damascus: Dar al-Hadith

Damascus: Dar al-Hadith

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And in Dar al-Hadith there is a subtle meaning
On carpets where I incline and take refuge:
Perhaps I might touch with my very face
A spot touched by al-Nawawi’s foot.”
Quoted by ...

Education in the Era of Imam al-Nawawi

Education in the Era of Imam al-Nawawi

THE STATE OF EDUCATION IN DAMASCUS DURING THE ERA OF AL-NAWAWi’S
From a PdD thesis by Abdoullah al-Zouebi (Glasgow Univ. 1999)

The Educational field enjoyed revival and progress during the lifetime of al-Nawawi, despite the political changes and the major events in the region. The ...

Qasida | Li fi Dimashq sababa – لي في دمشق صبابة | Sh. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi

Qasida | Li fi Dimashq sababa - لي في دمشق صبابة | Sh. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi

Love for Damascus

Lines selected from the poetry collection "Under the Shade of Sham" (Fi Zhilal al-Sham)
By Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
لي في دمشق صبابة - أبيات من ديوان (في ظلال الشام) للعلامة الشييخ محمد أبي الهدى اليعقوبي

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Qasida | Salam – سلام للشام | Sh. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi

Qasida | Salam - سلام للشام | Sh. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi

A greeting to Sham

From the poetry collection "Under the Shade of Sham" Fi Zhilal al-Sham
By Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
سلام للشام - من ديوان (في ظلال الشام) للعلامة الشييخ محمد أبي الهدى اليعقوبي

Ramadan in Sham 1427

Ramadan in Sham 1427

Damascus 2006. Praise be to the One who guides us to His Way, and salutations on His Messenger, the Noble Family and Tribe, and those who follow their paths. – Thanks to whom thanks are due first and foremost, our host, the erudite scholar ...

Studying in Damascus

Damascus 2003. – “Damascus is commonly acknowledged by the local and foreign inhabitants as a very safe place to live. Crime is minimal, and rarely exceeds petty theft. Rape, murder, grand theft, are all virtually unheard of. It might be difficult to believe, and ...