• Damascus Community School is an unlicensed American school founded by the former US secretary of state John Foster Dulles in 1957 in Damascus, Syria....
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    Damascus (/dəˈmæskəs/ də-MASK-əs, UK also /dəˈmɑːskəs/ də-MAH-skəs; Arabic: دِمَشق, romanized: Dimašq) is the capital of Syria, the oldest capital in the...
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    Damascus High School (DHS) is a public high school in Damascus, Maryland, United States. It is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools system. Damascus...
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    fourth U.S. president, appointed Hughes postmaster of the developing community of Damascus in 1816. Hughes received permission from Congress for a postal route...
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  • National School Ahmed Asaa'd Kadek School Al-Awael Typical High School Al-Bassel High School for Outstanding Students Damascus Community School Hassan ibn...
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    the community. Its residents voted to disincorporate in 2016, and, after a legal challenge, its disincorporation was completed in 2020. Damascus is located...
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    The Damascus affair of 1840 refers to the arrest of several notable members of the Jewish community in Damascus on the accusation of murdering Father...
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  • Arkansas Damascus, Georgia Damascus, Maryland Damascus, Ohio Damascus, Oregon Damascus, Pennsylvania Damascus, Virginia Damascus Township, Wayne County,...
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    Ghuta (redirect from Damascus oasis)
    countryside and suburban area in southwestern Syria that surrounds the city of Damascus along its eastern and southern rim. Ghouta is the Arabic term (ghuta) for...
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    romanized: al-Jāmiʿ al-Umawī), also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of Damascus, the capital of Syria, is one of the largest and oldest...
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    considered one of the foundational documents of the ancient Jewish community of Qumran. The Damascus Document is a fragmentary text, no complete version of which...
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  • cultural center and the US-sponsored Damascus Community School in response. The incident also led to a mass rally in Damascus in which protestors criticized...
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    Jewish Quarter of Damascus (Arabic: حارة اليهود, DMG Ḥārat al-Yahūd) is the quarter in the southeastern part of the Old City of Damascus inhabited mainly...
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    the name to Damascus in 1914. The present name is a transfer from nearby Old Damascus, which it was named for Damascus, Syria. Old Damascus would be bypassed...
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  • Bawabet Dimashq (category Restaurants in Damascus)
    بوابة دمشق, romanized: Bawābat Dimashq, lit. 'Damascus Gate'), is a family owned restaurant in Damascus, Syria, that opened in 2002. It is the largest...
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    canceled. On October 28 Syria closed an American school called the Damascus Community School in Damascus and a US cultural center. Iraq was in an awkward...
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    John of Damascus (Arabic: يوحنا الدمشقي, romanized: Yūḥana ad-Dimashqī; Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Δαμασκηνός, romanized: Ioánnēs ho Damaskēnós, IPA: [ioˈanis o...
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    were large communities in Aleppo ("Halabi Jews", Aleppo is Halab in Arabic) and Damascus ("Shami Jews") for centuries, and a smaller community in Qamishli...
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    of the Jews from Spain in 1492 CE. There were large Jewish communities in Aleppo, Damascus, and Qamishli for centuries. In the early 20th century, a large...
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    the clan. Syria remained the Umayyads' main power base thereafter, with Damascus as their capital. The Umayyads continued the Muslim conquests, conquering...
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    and 2002. This is a Maryland state record which they share with Damascus High School. Their hockey team (Upper Montgomery County Lightning) were JV state...
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    folded British International School in Cairo - Left EMAC in 2011 when conference folded Damascus Community School American Community School of Athens...
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    The Damascus Pentateuch or Codex Sassoon 507 is a 10th-century Hebrew Bible codex, consisting of the almost complete Pentateuch, the Five Books of Moses...
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    Saint Ananias House (category Churches in Damascus)
    ancient underground structure in Damascus, Syria, that is said to be the remains of the home of Ananias of Damascus, where Ananias baptized Saul (who...
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  • Sarianna (2000). "The relationship between the Damascus Document and the Community Rule". The Damascus Document: A Centennial of Discovery. Brill. pp...
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    to the al-Assad family. Born and raised in Damascus, Bashar graduated from the medical school of Damascus University in 1988 and began to work as a doctor...
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    Bullis School is an independent, co-educational college preparatory day school for grades K-12. The school is located in Potomac, Maryland, a suburb of...
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  • Agency (USIA) and Voice of America (VOA). Hadid and his family lived in Damascus, Tunisia and Greece before moving to Washington, D.C. when he was 14 years...
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    district of the city of Damascus, populated by Palestinians. It is located 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) from the center of Damascus and within municipal boundaries;...
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    importance. Within the Levant, both the Umayyad Mosque in the city of Damascus and the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron have held interchangeable...
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