Places
Search sacred sites, historic landmarks, schools, bookstores, and resting places across Syria.
18 places
Afaq Bookstore
مكتبة آفاق
General and religious bookshop ('Horizons') in central Damascus.
al-Amir Bookstore
مكتبة العامر
Bookshop dealing in classical Islamic texts and student editions.
al-Ansar Bookstore
مكتبة الأنصار
Religious bookshop named for the Helpers of Medina.
al-Firdaws Bookstore
مكتبة الفردوس
Religious bookstore on Damascus's publishing row.
al-Risala Foundation
مؤسسة الرسالة
Damascene Islamic publishing house, among the most prolific printers of classical texts in the Arab world.
Dar al-Bayan Bookstore
مكتبة دار البيان
Publisher-bookshop of Qur'anic exegesis and Arabic rhetoric titles.
Dar al-Bayruti
دار البيروتي
Family bookshop and publisher of the Bayruti house, a fixture of the Damascene book trade.
Dar al-Fajr Bookstore
مكتبة دار الفجر
'Dawn' bookstore, stocking Islamic studies and Arabic literature.
Dar al-Fayha & Dar al-Manhal
دار الفيحاء ودار المنهل
Twin publishing houses issuing Qur'anic sciences and Arabic grammar texts.
Dar al-Ghawthani
دار الغوثاني
Damascene publishing house specialising in Qur'anic sciences and the works of the city's reciters.
Dar al-Malla Bookstore
مكتبة دار الملا
Bookshop of the Malla family, sellers of classical texts.
Dar al-Mustafa
دار المصطفى
Publisher of devotional and biographical works on the Prophet.
Dar al-Qalam
دار القلم
'House of the Pen' — one of Damascus's most respected Islamic publishers, known for careful critical editions.
Dar al-Sunna
دار السنة
Bookstore specialising in hadith collections and their commentaries.
Dar al-Taqwa
دار التقوى
Damascene publisher of Islamic law, spirituality, and heritage editions.
Dar al-Tawhid wa al-Sunna
دار التوحيد والسنة
Bookshop and publisher specialising in creed and hadith literature.
Dar Ibn Kathir
دار ابن كثير
Publisher named for the historian Ibn Kathir, issuing hadith and history collections.
Ibn al-Qayyim Bookstore
مكتبة ابن القيم
Bookshop named for the Hanbali polymath Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya.