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April 23, 2008

Does anyone know what this is for?

Posted by mutehead under Aleppo | Tags: Aleppo, monument, Syria |
 

 

One Response to “Does anyone know what this is for?”

  1. Alloush Says:
    April 24, 2008 at 4:03 am

    It’s a roundabout, you know, the city has ordered all the companies to make and decorate and maintainance the roundabout with a bonus that they can put their names or their logos as advertisment.

    it’s a great idea, and some of them are really cool.

    what you see is a symbol of a masjid, I don’t like these kind of structures, I like those which is artistic in Arabic.

    you have Al-Salam roundabout, near 16 October bridge, near train station. here is a photo for it:
    http://aqmme2.googlepages.com/peace.jpg

    Notice the way it was written, Arabic script is not just a script, Arabic words are an art itself, you can feel something while looking at it, I love it [plus it's the name of a girl I love ;)].

    and other one “Omar AL-Mokhtar” which is made as memorial for both the freedom fighter Omar al-Mokhtar and the great Director “Mostafa Al-Akad” who made a great movie about him, he was died in a terrorist attack in jordan.

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