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Culture
of Artifacts
Is the system of artifacts that the members of society use
to cope with their world and with one another, and that
are transmitted from generation to generation through
learning.
Syrian Culture
The Syrian Handicrafts industry is the perpetuation
of a long-existing heritage in the making of textile
material, kilims, glass, copper utensils and furniture
with exquisite detailing.
People have imprinted their stories, fears, passions and
aspirations, expressed themselves through
the complexity of the cloth or furniture graphics. The
people of Syria have always found their salvation in the
Handcraftsmanship, at home or at the workplace, and were the originators of the
contemporary oriental art - a booming
industry in the world of today.
samples of the
heritage continuation:
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Kilim |
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Brass |
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Mosaic |
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Silver |
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Wool carpet |
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Textile-Damask |
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Textile-Brocade |
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Straw |
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Furniture |
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Syrian
Cuisine
Okra with Meat
(served with Plain Rice)
Ingredients:
250
ml of water
500 mg beef meat cut in cubes
1/2 teaspoon of mixed spices
1 or 1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 tablespoon of Vegetable Oil
2 chopped medium-sized onions (or 300mg)
6 chopped tomatoes or (800mg)
1/2 kg of Okra
6 garlic cloves
1 Paprika
1 lemon in slices
Pomegranate syrup
How to:
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Fry the meat cubes with the chopped onions in vegetable
oil (use half quantity) for 10min:
mixture 1
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Add spices
(use half quantity) then water and leave mixture1 for another 10 min to cook
the meat well
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In an another pan, fly-fry the okra in vegetable oil with the
lemon slices for 4-5 min, then add the fresh
tomatoes, garlic, paprika, mixed
spices and salt. Leave mixture 2 for 8-9 min
on mild fire.
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Remove meat carefully and add to Okra mixture.
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Finally add the Pomegranate syrup on top.And it is ready
to be served with plain rice.
PS. For vegetarians, meat can be substituted
with soja or simply minus mixture 1 |
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Product of the month - Damascene
Brocade "The Dancing girls"
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Who
was Albert Einstein? The Father of
Relativity
Source: Phosphore Magazine
A Rebellious Teenager
Albert was born in 1879 Ulm, Germany. Raised
in a well-off middle class, non-religious
Jewish family, he had a fine childhood but
the parents were little concerned because
little Albert had trouble speaking. He
finally uttered his first words at 3 years
old: "The milk is too hot" - a fast
catching-up!
At 12 years old, influenced by his engineer
uncle, he studied the geometry of Euclid and
a
year later, he read the philosophy of
Kant. But in school, he was a real mess: he
rejected authority and hated learning by heart! At 15, he
abandoned school in Munich so he can escape the
military service.
A
neglected genius
At 17 years old, he entered the Polytechnic
School of Zurich in Switzerland where
he met his first wife, Mileva. A year after
his graduation, he was still jobless as
judged by his professors to be dangerously
independent...
Later on, he worked as an engineer at the
Federal Office of Graduates in Berne and in
his free time he devoted himself to Physics
- his passion!
A recognized Scientist
In 1905, he published 4 articles in a
prestigious Physics magazine that made his
reputation. Primo, Einstein suggests that
light is made up of small particles called
"quanta". Secundo, he legitimates the atomic
structure of substances by explaining the
Brownian movement. Tertio, he develops the
theory of Restrained Relativity that
redefines the connection between space and
time. Also establishes the mass-energy
equation: E=mc2. By then, all universities
welcomed him and he got to
publish the theory of General Relativity
and established the first cosmological
model. In 1921, he was granted the Nobel
Prize for the development of the quanta theory.
Lonely but interdependent
Absorbed in his equations and the Pacifist cause, Einstein forgot a bit
about his family. He'd rather play the
violin or even go boat sailing instead of
taking care of his children. With the
emergence of the Nazis, Einstein
militated in favor of the Zionists'
disarmament. He went to the States to teach at
Princeton University before Hitler took
power. Deeply worried about the development
of the atomic bomb by the Germans, he
personally asked President Roosevelt to
accelerate research in the USA.
He regretted his action when E=mc2 saw
daylight in a fatal application in
Hiroshima. He died in Princeton 1955. It is
said that doctors have kept his brain with the hope of
discovering the secret of his genius spirit. |
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