Mark Voss

SYRIA

August 2004

Circus promoters dressed as Teletubbies head out to distribute fliers. Outskirts of Damascus.
   
Umayyad Mosque. 8th century. Damascus.
   
Courtyard sweeper at the Umayyad Mosque.
     
  
Drink vendor in the Hamadiyya Souq. Damascus.
   
Blackberry juice vendor near the Umayyad Mosque.
   
Coffee shop gents. Damascus.
     
  
Sayyida Zaynab Mosque. Damascus.
   
Making felafel in Hama.
   
Pilgrims at the shrine of Imam Husayn. Umayyad Mosque.
     
  
Ancient waterwheel. Hama.
   
A boy in the Aleppo souq.
   
Balancing ledgers in Aleppo.
     
  
Crusader-era fortress of Crac des Chevaliers.
   
Modern-day rumble seat on the road to Hama.
   
Roman-era ruins at Palmyra.