Old Damascus Heritage
(defined by UNESCO):
Souk Al-Atik
Abstract
The Souk Al-Atik know in French as "Souk des oiseaux" (Market of birds), was destroyed in a couple of days in November 2006.
The place was protected by the UNESCO world heritage convention, because in the buffer zone of Old Damascus.
The Syrian journalist Waed Almhana heared the activity of buldozers and advertised too late, just could constate the destroying.
Immediatly, he alerted medias, and UNESCO world center. He also wrote an article, to publish this information and try to awarness about the "Way of destruction of Old Damascus".
Press articles
Article of Waed Almhana about the Destruction of Souq Al-Atik:
- Article published online, 29/11/2006.
original, in Arabic
, translated in French
Articles About Waed Almhana:
- Article, by Razan Zaytounah (in Arabic), in Aljareeda online newspaper, 03/2009.
link
this artcicle translated in French
- Article, (in Arabic), in all4syria, 03/2009
link
- Article, (in English), 04/2009
link
Photos of Souk Al-Atik
Before destruction
Before destruction
Before destruction
After destruction
After destruction