Beds of Rest, 1890’s
‘Beds of rest in a hot bath’ (Lits de repos aux Bains Chauds) photographed by S. Hakim /postcard, Damascus, Syria 1890’s
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System for Drinking, 1928
‘System for Drinking’ (Système de Boire) postcard. Syria 1928
The Syrian Horse, 1851
Turkish figures smoking a pipe standing beside a horse’ sketch by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873) The Syrian Horse In 1851, a western author traveling through the middle east witnessed a peculiar surgery performed on a horse. While Read More …
Syrian Man with Pipe, 1902
‘A venerable Syrian beggar seated holding his hookah pipe’, Syria 1902
Bedouin Smoker, 1920
A Bedouin is seen smoking his water-pipe in a coffee house in Deir ez-Zor on the Euphrates River in Syria. 1920
Godfather of the Hashischins, 1853
Godfather of the Hashischins Dr. Jacques-Joseph Moreau arrived back home to Paris in 1840 believing he had found the key to his research. Stashed deep in his baggage he carried this new tool into the madness of the mind: Hashish! Read More …
Hemp in the Mist, 1951
‘Hemp drying near irrigation ditch’ in Damascus, Syria – 1951