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New City 184-5, 182-3 archaeology 21, 215 ABBREVIATIONS Old City 175-81, 176 architecture LACT A u s - shopping 191-3 Aleppan houses (S) 178 Stralian Capital sights 175-85 Damascene houses (S) 93 Territory souqs 191-3, 191, 9 Lebanon 256 NSW New South tours 185 Syria 72-3 A Wales travel to/from 193-4 area codes AamiqNT Marsh (L) 261,Northern 353 Ter- travel within 194 Lebanon 387 Aanjarritory (L) 351-3, 12 Alexander the Great 23-4, 373-4 Syria 236 AaqouraQld (L) 316 Queensland Al-Ghab (S) 166-7 Armenians 45, 67, 250, 353 Abbasids 25 Al-Joubaili Soap Factory (S) 179 Cilicia Museum (L) 278-9 Abed, Pepe 312 Al-Khosrowiyya Mosque (S) 181 Army Museum (S) 98 Abi-Saad, Pierre 310 Al-Merjeh (S) 95 art galleries, see galleries Abu Shady 109 Al-Muallaq Mosque (L) 331 arts, see also literature, music accommodation, see also individual Al-Omari Mosque (L) 275 Lebanon 253-7 locations alphabet 23, 149-50, 306, 307 Syria 69-74 phrases 413 Amchit (L) 312-13 Arwad (S) 139-40 Lebanon 380-1 American University of (L) 271 al-Assad, Bashar 29 Syria 226-7 (L) 346 al-Assad, Hafez 28-30, 153 activities Amrit (S) 141 Assassins 170 Lebanon 381-3 animals Assyrians 23 Syria 227-8 Lebanon 260 ATMs INDEX Adonis 315 Syria 76 Lebanon 385-6 Adonis Valley (L) 314-17 An-Nuri Mosque (S) 156, 163 Syria 233 Grotto (L) 314-16 Apamea (S) 167-9, 167, 8 al-Atrache, Farid 72 Ain al-Fijeh (S) 125 Aphrodite 315 AUB Museum (L) 273 Ain Dara (S) 196-7 Arab Epigraphy Museum (S) 89 Ayyubid Palace (S) 180 air travel 390-1, 398 Arabic language 411-18 Ayyubids 26 airports 390-1 arak 49, 350 Azem Ecole (S) 91 Akkad, Moustapha 194 Aramaeans 23 Azem Palace (S) 92, 163 Akkadians 22 language 122 Azze Hrawe (S) 157 Al Bustan Festival (L) 295 archaeological sites, see also castles Al-Adliyya Mosque (S)179 Aanjar (L) 351-3, 12 B Al-Anderine (S) 171 Ain Dara (S) 196-7 Ba’ath Party 28-9 Al-Bahramiyya Mosque (S) 177 Al-Bass (Tyre; L) 376 (L) 354-61, 355, 357, 57 Al-Bara (S) 199-200 Al-Mina (Tyre; L) 375 accommodation 359-60 Al-Bass (L) 376 Apamea (S) 167-9, 167, 8 festival 354 Aleppo (S) 172-200, 174-5, 176, Baalbek (L) 354-9, 357, 57 food 360-1 182-3, 191 Bosra (S) 125-8, 126, 6 history 354-7 accommodation 185-7 (L) 306-10, 306, 10 information 357 Al-Jdeida 181-4 Cyrrhus (S) 197 ruins 357-9, 357, 57 drinking 190-1 Dead Cities (S) 198-200, 8 travel to/from 361 entertainment 191 Dura Europos (S) 222-3, 222 Baalbek Museum (L) 357-8, food 187-90 (S) 198 359 history 173 Mari (S) 223 Bab al-Qinnesrin (S) 179 information 174-5 (S) 206-11, 207, 6, 60 Bab al-Saray Mosque (L) 367 Qatura (S) 196 Bab Antakya (S) 175-7 000 Map pages (L) 366-8 Balaa Gorge (L) 317 000 Photograph pages Temple of Echmoun (L) 370-1 Balaa rock formations (L) 316-17 Ugarit (S) 149-51, 150 Gorge (S) 125

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- INDEX i n d Cyrrhus (S)197 Cyrrhus cycling customs regulations culture Crusades 25-6,133,137 Crusader Castle(L)308 credit cards courses 102,103,229,279-80 Cotton Festival (S)231 costs, Corniche (Beirut;L)273 convents, consulates coffee 287 climate change393 climate 383-4 428 Damascus (S)78-118, Damascene houses92-4 Palace (S)93 Dahdah D e x 000 000 - travel to/from116-18 tours 103 souqs 115, sights 85-100 shopping 112-16,113 Salihiyya 98-9, Old City85-94,105, information 81-5 history 79 food 106-9 festivals 103 111-12 entertainment 109-11 drinking 94 Quarter Christian accommodation 103-6 Syria 227-8,398-9 Syria Lebanon 382,402 229 Syria Lebanon 384 66-74 Syria Lebanon 248-57 233 Syria Lebanon 386 63 Syria Lebanon 245 230 Syria Lebanon 384-5 62-3,229 Syria Lebanon 243-4,383-4 98 s y

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d d n 109 i . 3 (S) 185 r y s Arabic phrases 415 books 406 insurance 405 406 internet resources medical services 407 vaccinations 405-6 accommodation 164 drinking 165 food 164-5 history 160 information 162 sights 162-4 tours 164 travel to/from 165-6 travel within 166 Hammam al-Abd (L) 331 (L) 331-2 Hammam al-Jadid Hammam al-Nahaseen (S) 185 Hammam al-Nouri (L) 329-30 Hammam al-Qaimariyya (S) 101 Hammam al-Uthmaniyya (S) 162-3 Hammam az-Zahariyya (S) 101 Hammam Bakri (S) 101 Hammam Na’eem (S) 185 (S) 100 Hammam Nureddin an-Nasry Hammam Yalbougha - x e Halabiyya (L) 218-19 Hama (S) 160-6, al-Hafez, Amin 28-9 Amin al-Hafez, 359 Hajar al-Hubla (L) hakawati H Great Mosque (Baalbek; L) 358-9 Mosque Great (Tripoli; Mosque Great L) 330-1 Line (L) 35 Green (L) 345 Grotto of St Anthony heat illness 409 Hejaz Railway (S) 395 Hejaz train station (S) 95 Hélou, Charles 34 hepatitis A 407 hepatitis B 407 hamsters 76 Hanbila Mosque (S) 99 Hariri Foundation 366 Hariri, Rafiq 31, 39-40 Hariri, Saad 40-1 Harissa (L) 305 hashish 360 , the (S) 119, 125-30, Hayek, Michel 296 health 405-11 hammams d n i - 2 332-index-syr3.indd 429 332-index-syr3.indd 430 2

- INDEX i n d local transport literature 64-5,245-7, Litani Dam(L)353-4 lesbian travellers288 leishmaniasis 408 legal matters Lebanon MountainTrail338 Lebanon 241-389, Lebanese NationalCovenant28 Lawrence, TE26-7,188 (L)132,144-9, Latakkia language 412-19 land mines378 Laklouk (L)316-17 (L)353-4 Lake al-Assad(S)214-16, Lake L Kurds 67 Ksara Winery(L)350-1 (S)133-6, Krak desChevaliers Well(L)309 King’s kibbeh 430 madrassas (S)121-3 Maalula an-Nu’aman(S)198 Ma’arat M e x 000 000 - within Syria 401-2 within Syria within Lebanon 402 69-70 Syria Lebanon 253 231 Syria Lebanon 385 232 Syria Lebanon 385 travel to/from148-9 sights 146 information 146 history 145 food 147-8 148 drinking accommodation 146-7 food vocabulary52 courses 102,103,229,279-80 Madrassa al-Qartawiyya (L)331 al-Qartawiyya Madrassa (L)329 al-Machhad Madrassa al-Adeliyya(S)90 Madrassa (L) 332 Madrassa Burtasiya (L)329 Al-Nouriyat Hassan(L)329 Al-Khairiah s y

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96 d d n 96 i . 3 323-4 Reserve (L) 261, 339 (S) 95 95-7, r y s Horsh Ehden Forest Nature Nature Horsh Ehden Forest 260-1 in Lebanon in Syria 77 Islands ReservePalm (L) 261, 333 Reserve Beach Nature Tyre (L) 376 95-7, Chouf Cedar Reserve (L) 261, Lebanon 254-5 Lebanon Syria 64, 71-2 Homs Museum (S) 157 Marie Baz Wax Museum (L) 318 Mosaic Museum (S) 168 Musée du Savon (L) 367-8 Museum (S) 181 of Popular Tradition National Museum S) 184-9 (Aleppo; National Museum S) (Damascus; National Museum of Beirut (L) 270 National Museum of Lattakia (S) 146 Museum (S) 206 Palmyra St Charbel museum (L) 345-6 Soap Museum (L) 367-8 Sursock Museum (L) 276-8 Suweida Museum (S) 129 Wax Museum (L) 309-10 Arab Epigraphy MuseumArab Epigraphy (S) 89 Army Museum (S) 98 Museum (L) 273 AUB Baalbek Museum (L) 357-8, 359 Cilicia Museum (L) 278-9 Deir ez-Zur Museum (S) 220 Ebla Museum (S) 198 Gibran Museum (L) 340 Hama Museum (S) 163 Historical Museum of Damascus - x e N Nahr al-Aasi (L) 361 Nahr al-Kalb (L) 302-3 Nasrallah, Hassan 374 National Museum (Aleppo; S) 184-9 National Museum (Damascus; S) National Museum of Beirut (L) 270 National Museum of Lattakia (S) 146 national parks & reserves Muslim Brotherhood 160 Musyaf (S) 169 music Moussalayha Castle (L) 314 Castle (L) Moussalayha Murex Hill (L) 368 museums Mt Lebanon (L) 293-317, (L) Mt Lebanon d n i - 2 332-index-syr3.indd 431 332-index-syr3.indd 432 2

- INDEX i n d Ruweiha (S)199 Rue Monot(L)276 Royal Tombs(L)309 368 rose-water Romans 23-4,79,202-5 Roman ruins, (L)378-9 rock carvings road distancechart Valley fever 408 Rift restaurants 50 religion 42-5 refugees 31,34 Haroun68,216 ar-Rashid, (S)217-18, Rasafa Shamra(S)149-51, Ras al-Ain(S)224 Ras 432 Serjilla (S)199 Serjilla (S)171 Seriana ofYoussefChehab(L)319 Serail 24 Seleucids (S)121 Seidnayya Castle(L)366-7 Sea schistosomiasis 408 Sayyida Zeinab Mosque(S)100 Sayyida RuqayyaMosque(S)90-1 Sassanids 24 Sarouj (S)171 Sanayeh Public(L)271 Garden 25-6 (S)122 St TheclaGap St Thecla123 St Paul’s Chapel(S) 94 St Paul 123 Church(L)313 Orthodox St Georges Monastery(S)136-7 St George’s Cathedral(L)275 St George’s St Estaphan(Stephen)Church(L)313 St Charbelmuseum(L)345-6 Saida (L), Saghbine (L)354 Safita (S)142 safety Sabra (L)37 S e x 000 000 - Syria 400 Syria Lebanon 403 Lebanon 248 Syria 230 Syria road travel401,404 Lebanon 244 s y

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