Syria March 2017 Drawings and paintings

From 1 to 10 March, 2017, I traveled through Syria, visiting Damascus, Homs and Aleppo. I drew the inhabitants, displaced persons and neighborhoods of the war torn cities.

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Road block in the rain, Homs (gouache 38,5 x 25,5 cm.)

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Baba Amr, Homs

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Baba Amr, Homs

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Family Mualak, displaced persons, returned to Baba Amr, Homs

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Soldier Abu Hadi, Baba Amr, Homs

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Akkad motorbike in deserted shopping street, Baba Amr, Homs

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Baba Amr, Homs

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Baba Amr, Homs (gouache, 43 x 31 cm.)

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Suq Attarin, Aleppo

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Minders Lama and Na'mad with friend in the lobby of Hotel Shahba, Aleppo

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Restaurant Cordoba in Azizieh, Aleppo

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Top: Jisr al-Hajj, Aleppo
Bottom: Queue for bread, Fardous, Aleppo

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Top: Salahieh, Aleppo, with couple searching on Google Maps where to go
Bottom: customer in juice bar, Shaar, Aleppo

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Shaar, Aleppo, side street with barricade

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Watertank in Qatarji, Aleppo (gouache, 33 x 30 cm.)

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Students at the campus of University of Aleppo

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Students at the campus of the University of Aleppo

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Students at the campus of the University of Aleppo

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Civil engeneer Yusuf Masriq in his office at the city yard in Aleppo

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Carolien Roelants interviewing Bart Vrolijk, UNESCO Educational Programm, at Four Seasons Hotel, Damascus

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dr. Mahmoud al-Shabab, dean of the College of Arts and Science, and dr. Abdelnaser al-Wannous, professor Visual Communications at the International University of Science and Technology, Damascus

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Ghiath, owner of restaurant Ninar, and Hadir Massoud, interior designer, Damascus

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Syriac Martyrs' Park, Old City, Damascus (gouache, 27,5 x 40,5 cm.)