Fairuz is a Christian and
although she is a globally active peacemaker. People in the Middle East (
Christians and Muslims and Jews ) listen to Fairuz EVERY day......when
they sit on the balcony drinking their coffees and smokes, reading
newspaper, when they eat the lunch, when they go to the work, come back
home from work....Her voice unites the whole Mediterrenean.
This video shows the real beauty of Syria (Syrien) specially Aleppo (Halab) which is with Syria's capital Damascus the biggest city in Syria.
Aleppo is the most populous city in Syria, with a population of
2,181,061 as indicated in the official census of 2004. According to the
official estimate announced by Aleppo City Council, the population of
the city reached up to 2,301,570 by the end of 2005.
More than 80% of Aleppo's inhabitants are Sunni Muslims. They are mainly Arabs followed by Kurds and Turkmens. Other Muslim groups include few numbers of ethnic Circassians, Chechens, Adyghe, Albanians, Bosnians, Bulgarians, and Kabardin.
The Arabic-speaking population of Aleppo uses the North Syrian dialect of the Levantine Arabic.Being one of the largest Christian communities in the Middle East, Aleppo is home to many eastern Christian congregations, mainly Armenians, Syrian Christians
and Melkite Greeks. Nowadays, more than 250,000 Christians live in the
city representing about 12% of the total population. A significant
number of the Syrian Christians in Aleppo speak the Armenian language and hail from the city of Urfa in Turkey. The large community of Orthodox Christians belongs to the Armenian Apostolic,
Syrian Orthodox and Greek Orthodox Churches. There is also a strong
presence of Catholic Christians in the city including Melkite Greeks, Maronites,
Latins, Chaldeans and Syrian Catholics. Evangelical Christians of
different groups are a minority in the city. Several areas have a
Christian and Armenian majority, such as the old Christian quarter of
Jdeydeh. Modern Christian districts include Aziziyeh, Suleimaniyeh, Gare
de Baghdad, Ourubeh and Meydan. There are 45 operating churches in the city, possessed by the abovementioned Christian congregations.
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