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Three strong oxen were living in the bush. one red, white and black. One day a lion came upon them and wondered how he might eat the three oxen. The lion realized that he could not attack all the three oxen at the same time . He made a plan to divide them and eat them one by one.
The lion came to the red & black oxen and told them that the white ox was spoiling the bush where they lived. He suggested that the white ox should be killed in order to save the environment. Unknowingly the two oxen thought that the lion was right and allowed him to kill and eat the white ox.
After few days, the lion again came to the red ox and told him that the black ox was arrogant and was intending to kill him (the red ox). The lion suggested that he should protect the life of the red ox by killing the black ox. The red ox agreed the lion’s plan and killed the black ox.
After few days the lion came to the red ox and said, “It is now your time to die.”
The red ox now understood the planned trick of the lion, but was powerless .
The red ox said to the lion,
“You killed me when you killed the white ox.”
Syrian woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus) male on a tree trunk.
Samiec dzięcioła białoszyjego (Dendrocopos syriacus) na pniu drzewa.
Syrian Bedouin, somewhere between the desert ruins of Palmyra and the city of Homs.
The land was once a forest of ancient Pistachio trees but now arid except for brief moments in spring when it provides enough sustenance for the sheep to produce milk used for cheese.
A land and people now consigned to history.
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John Wreford, Istanbul Based Photographer
The Syrian horse sculpture can be found standing on the cliffs over looking the entrance to Uddevalla's harbour. Standing at 5 meters tall and weighing just over 500kg it's quite an impressive statue. And one that is photographed quite often (though not by me)!
I took this near Damascus in Syria while there 5 years ago. It looks more like something out of Star Wars than a house! I wonder what has happened to it?
Syria in 2010.
Krak des Chevaliers is a Crusader castle in Syria and one of the most important medieval castles in the world.
Palmyra is a set of spectacular ruins in Syria (which none of us have visited recently), but which I was fortunate to have seen in 2001. ISIS dynamited several of the monuments here, murdered the chief historian, etc. and tried to remove any evidence of any pre-Islam religion. The Brits set up a model of this arch in London (Trafalgar Sq), which was on the news yesterday.
Preservationists/archaeologists who have visited the site (since its recent re-capture by the Syrian govt) are cautiously optimistic that some of these monuments (including this arch) can be reconstructed...
Leaving an oily smudge over the desert - the beaten up Hartmann loco forges a lonely path across the sands with its rickety train en route from Damascus to Deraa on the old Hedjaz Railway.
Syria. October 2007. © David Hill.
Syrian woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus) on a tree trunk.
Dzięcioł białoszyi (Dendrocopos syriacus) na pniu drzewa.
Syrian woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus) female foraging on a branch.
Samica dzięcioła białoszyjego (Dendrocopos syriacus) żerująca na gałęzi.
This portrait of a Syrian Bedouin woman was made on one of my many visits to the harsh Syrian desert between Homs and the border with Iraq.
The Umayyad Mosque also known as the Great Mosque of Banu Umayya located in the old city of Damascus, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world.
After the Muslim conquest of Damascus in 634, the mosque was built on the site of a Christian basilica dedicated to John the Baptist (Yahya), honored as a prophet by Christians and Muslims. A legend dating to the 6th century holds that the building contains the head of John the Baptist.The mosque is also believed by Muslims to be the place where Jesus (Isa) will return at the End of Days. The mausoleum containing the tomb of Saladin stands in a small garden adjoining the north wall of the mosque.