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Syrian-Swiss Days

Mr. Eng. Ahmad Ali Manssourah, Governor of Aleppo,
and Mr. Martin Aeschbacher, Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation in Syrian Arab Republic
The Swiss Consulate in Aleppo has the honor
to invite you to the activities of the Syrian-Swiss Days as per to the following timetable:

Thursday, 23 July 2009

* Balloon Launch "Tribute to Aleppo"
Location: In front of the entrance of Aleppo Citadel
Time: 17:00

* Inauguration of the Syrian-Swiss Photo Exhibition entitled "Joy of life"
Location: Directorate of Culture - Sabe 'Bahrat.
Time: 20:00
The exhibition takes place on Friday 24, Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 July between 18:00 – 22:00

Monday, 27 July 2009

A lecture by Professor Jean-Marie Le Tensor entitled "27 years of Swiss research in the Syrian desert: More than a million years of human adventure"
Conference is in French with a report projection in Arabic.
Location: Directorate of Culture - Sabe 'Bahrat.
Time: 20:00

Tuesday, 28 July 2009

Jazz Concert: Alphorn Eliana Burki and her band
Location: the square in front of the entrance of Aleppo Citadel
Time: 20:00

Wednesday, 29 July 2009

Evening tribute to Henri Dunant (the founder of Red Cross Movement)
in cooperation with Aleppo branch of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the International Committee of the Red Cross
Location: Directorate of Culture - Sabe 'Bahrat.
Time: 20:00

Thursday, 30 July 2009

Screening of "Die Hebstzeitlosen: The Forgotten Fall Days"
Location: in the courtyard of Khan Al-Wazir
Time: 20:00

Friday, 31 July 2009

Jazz Concert: the Syrian-Swiss band:
"ShoghArt & Amadis Dunkel"
Location: in the courtyard of Khan Al-Wazir
Time: 20:00

Saturday 1st August 2009

Two sessions of activities for children of members of the Federation of charitable
communities
Location: the hall of Al-Nour Charitable Society

Hey
in Syria,there are many interesting places, it depends when you will go and how many days you have ,then I will give you the important places to cover.
Let's say 7-10 days are good for Syria, 2 in Aleppo(castle-souks-khans) 2 in Damascus(old city-museums-day trips around) and rest in between 1 at least in Palmyra .

Ziad Rahbani in Damascus Again

Hello Everyone :)
Do you love music as much as I do !? do you enjoy listening to different music from other cultures and languages !Have you listened to Arabic Jazz! The master of Arabic Jazz is coming to Damascus sooon
Ziad al Rahbani ,son of Fairouz (the most famous Female Arabic singer)

The Lebanese artist Ziad Rahbani intends to hold four musical and vocal concerts, at the Damascus Citadel on the 15th of July next. The concerts, scheduled to last 4 days, are entitled "Miniha." Mena Group, the event organizers, commented that; "It has chosen it open with Ziad Rahbani at the request of the broader audience for a quality arts event that will be the most important event for the summer of 2009".

Mena also pointed out that ticket prices and points of sale will be announced at a later date.
This year’s celebrations will reflect Ziad Rahbani’s spirit embodied in sketches, a series of texts and comments which will be performed between the musical performances by a number of Syrian musicians and a Syrian choir.

Ziad Rahbani held five live concerts last summer during the celebrations of Damascus, Arab Capital of Culture 2008, and was received with great admiration from the public and those who appreciate his work.

If you are interested ,later I would provide you with ticket prices and where you can get them :)