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A woman and her son find shade in the interior of the Khan As'ad Pasha during an art exhibition. April 2019. Photo Alex Ray.
Khan As'ad Pasha or the As'ad Pasha Caravansarai, old Damascus. Not far from Straight Street. Image by Alex Ray
Shoppers pass by the exterior walls of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus at sunset. April 2019. Photo Alex Ray

Worshipers explore the halls of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. April, 2019. Photo Alex Ray
The main prayer room, Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus. Image by Alex Ray
A hand-carved mother of pearl inlay table in the sitting room of a 16th-century Damascene house. April, 2019. Photo Alex Ray
Heritage Hotel, old Damascus. Image by Alex Ray
Young boys play in a public fountain on the edge of Aleppo's destroyed Old City. May 2019. Photo Alex Ray