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Digging up the courtyard looking for exotic Mamluk marble motifs but none is found. Old lattice black/white tile floor appears beneath.
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Ceiling collapsing over my head. Water is leaking in
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Syrian Engineer Amer Shishiklee. We met in the Jewish quarter while he was finishing Talisman, a man that can get a renovation permits moving fast.
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Abu Ammar gets the crew to start stripping the wall, I am praying for a Mamluk era wall or two. Maybe some Roman stones.
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Old stone peaking out as the old plaster is peeled off.
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In ten minutes flat one hundred years of layered plaster was forked off and the sand stone Mamluk decoration comes out to see the light
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Old Doctor Jajeh Clinic with 1960's nylon cotton curtains. All the rooms face a courtyard fountain
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More sand stone art tile in the courtyard laced with black stone.
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We are happy to find the black-basalt stone still in there after all these years. Colors on the window represent Syrian Flag
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Abandoned sky light on second landing. Fuel barrels stair Giahd in the face.
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Allam, my brother looking for treasures in loose stones in the wall, even if something was found I was too late.
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Second floor roof top befroe the terrace was renovated
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