Damascus
Damascus is the capital of Syria, the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam. Known colloquially in Syria as aš-Šām and dubbed, poetically, the "City of Jasmine", Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world.
People born in Damascus (First 49 people) - Page 5
Abd al-Karim al-Nahlawi
Syrian military officer
Sabri Saidam
Politician
Salim Sabri
Actor
Samer al-Masry
Syrian actor
Sara Azmeh Rasmussen
Norwegian author
Sara Shamma
Syrian artist
Sari Nusseibeh
President of Al-Quds University
Sawsan Abou 'Affar
Syrian actor
Seif Eddin Subaie
Actor
Shady Muqresh
Syrian instructor
Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf
Ottoman polymath
The Sheik II
Professional wrestler
Ammar Abd Rabbo
French-Syrian journalist
Marwan Kassab-Bachi
Painter
Maysoun Abou Assad
Syrian actress
Tammam Azzam
Syrian artist
Tarek Abdo
Syrian actor
Ulfat Idilbi
Syrian novel writer
Vahé Katcha
French author
Wafaa El Mowisly
Actor
Yasser al-Azma
Syrian writer
Youssef Absi
Haitham al-Maleh
Syrian human rights activist
Nouri al-Jarrah
Syrian poet
Asaad Arabi
Moaz al-Khatib
Former imam
Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i
Mohammad Jihad al-Laham
Syrian Politician
Shukri al-Quwatli (Şükrü el-Kuvvetli)
Government official
Cemil Bilsel
Turkish lawyer
Yusuf al-'Azma
Former Minister of War and Chief of General Staff of Syria
Hasan al-Kharrat
Najah al-Attar
Vice President of Syria
Mohammed Ali Bey al-Abed
Former President of the mandatory Syrian Republic
Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar
Political leader
Jamil al-Ulshi
Former Prime Minister of Syria
Maamun al‑Kuzbari (Me'mun el‑. . .
Syrian Politician
Ata Bey al-Ayyubi
Former President of Syria
Abdul-Nabi Isstaif
Professor
Faryal
Film actress
Salah al-Din al-Bitar
Syrian Politician
Seif Al-Sheikh Najib
Director
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
Caliph of Damascus
Amani El-Hakim
Movie actress
Said al-Ghazzi
Former Prime Minister of Syria
Khalid al-Azm
Former Prime Minister of Syria
Nasuhi al-Bukhari
Syrian soldier
