Other travel articles, and a journal from my 2002 three month trip to Damascus can be found at:

http://erikagreen.com/travel/

Hello! Allow me to introduce myself before peregrinations through Damascus and beyond. I'm Fahimi Alimah (not my real name) a 40something American woman married to an adorable Syrian man.

This article was submitted by my sisinlaw, Diana, she found it on a REALLY interesting site called travelintelligence.net