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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Aleppo or Alep , Arabic Haleb, city (1993 est. pop. 1,500,000), capital of Aleppo governorate, NW Syria. It is a commercial center located in a semidesert region where irrigation is used to grow grains, cotton, and fruit. The city is also a market for wool and hides. Manufactures include silk, printed cotton textiles, dried fruits and nuts (especially pistachios), and cement. Aleppo is a transportation hub; it has an international airport and is connected by rail with Damascus and the Mediterranean port of Latakia, as well as with Turkey and Iraq. The city was inhabited perhaps as early... Read more

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	Profile: Citizens of Aleppo, Syria, are still waiting for some signs of an economic upturn promised by President Bashar al-Assad ; 00-00-0000 Profile: Citizens of Aleppo, Syria, are still waiting for some signs...implemented. In Syria' s second-largest city, Aleppo, many people seem disappointed at the...horn) KATE SEELYE reporting: Natives of Aleppo love to boast that there's is the most... Read more
	A stitch in time.(Syrian architect Adli Qudsi works to restore historic district of Aleppo, Syria) ; ...preserve the cultural heritage of the ancient city of Aleppo For centuries the city of Aleppo stood at the crossroads of trade and empire, located...learning, nearly equalling that of Greece and Rome. Aleppo's monopoly on trade came to an end with the discovery... Read more
	Damaskus-Aleppo: 5000 Jahre Stadtentwicklung in Syrien. (Brief Reviews of Books). ; Damaskus-Aleppo: 5000 Jahre Stadtentwicklung in Syrien...This volume of essays on Damascus and Aleppo, concerned with the historical development...historic centers of the ancient cities of Aleppo and Damascus, but also to deal with the... Read more
	The Ottoman City Between East and West: Aleppo, Izmir, and Istanbul. (Brief Reviews of Books). ; The Ottoman City Between East and West: Aleppo, Izmir, and Istanbul. By EDHEM ELDEM...cultural dynamics. The cities they chose are Aleppo (Masters), an Arab Ottoman city; Izmir...eighteenth centuries, the period in which Aleppo, Izmir, and Istanbul were at their maturity... Read more
	The aesthetics of spiritual practice and the creation of moral and musical subjectivities in Aleppo, Syria (1).(dhikr (the invocation of God through prayer, song, and movement)) ; ...through prayer, song, and movement) in Aleppo, Syria, as an embodied practice mediated...of aesthetic and spiritual practices in Aleppo, Syria. It focuses on the dhikr, or ritual...associated with Sufism. Many participants in Aleppo understand dhikr to be an orthodox Sunni... Read more
	MUSLIM PHYSICIAN COMMEMORATED WITH ISESCO SEMINAR IN ALEPPO ; ...Scientific Heritage Institute of the University of Aleppo, in the Syrian city of Aleppo. The seminar was organized by the Rabat-based Islamic...in cooperation with the Syrian University of Aleppo, and International Organization for Medical Sciences... Read more
	HISTORY OF THE ALEPPO CODEX ; ...holy manuscripts: Around 930 A.D.: The Aleppo Codex is written on parchment in the Holy...Some scholars believe the Codex moves to Aleppo, Syria - how and when is unclear. 1947...is sent to Jerusalem. Sam Sabbagh, an Aleppo Jew living in New York, had carried it... Read more
	KUWAITI AIRWAYS FLIES TO ALEPPO ; ...inaugurated its first direct flight to Aleppo in northern Syria. The Kuwaiti airliner is schedule to fly twice a week to Aleppo during the summer season. The representative...it was decided to directly fly to Aleppo following a tremendous demand by the... Read more
	ISLAMIC UNITY IMPERATIVE - MUFTI OF ALEPPO ; According to IINA, Sheikh Ahmed Hassun, the Mufti of Aleppo in Syria, has emphasized the importance of unity among Muslim nations. He said the unity between Syria and Lebanon was crucial... Read more
	MANAGEMENT REORGANIZATION PLAN AT ALEPPO UNIVERSITY ; The Thawra newspaper reported on the plan to reorganize the management of Aleppo University. The paper quoted University President Dr. Muhammad Said Farhud, who told the paper in mid- September 2002 that the... Read more

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