https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4 Doing our best ^-^ ~~~ !!! en-us 2018-03-28 02:33:54 UTC 2024-07-15 15:49:56 UTC hello@padlet.com alexag0803 https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/246746678 10% of Syria is Christian. Not a lot of Syrian are Christians compared to Muslims, but Christianity is represented in the Middle East by the Maronite church.]]> 2018-03-28 02:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/246746678 alexag0803 https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/246746900 Arabic is the official language of Syria. Several modern Arabic dialects are used in every day life, spoken in the Levantine in the west and Mesopotamian in the Northeast. ]]> 2018-03-28 02:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/246746900 alexag0803 https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/246746935 Decades after being under the French war after World War I put French language as one of the main official language in Syria, and the legacy still remains heavily today. Despite French is not recognized as official or national language of Syria, French remains widely spoken language among intellectuals in Syria.]]> 2018-03-28 02:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/246746935 alexag0803 https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/246746984 This language is spoke at home, Syria opposes the idea of it being spoken in the public life. Central Kurdish and Northern Kurdish is also spoken in Syria. These Languages are also spoken in other neighboring countries.]]> 2018-03-28 02:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/246746984 alexag0803 https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/246747133 This Muslim festival is celebrated to mark the end of the feast of Ramadon.]]> 2018-03-28 02:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/246747133 alexag0803 https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/246747162 Eid al-Adha is a Muslim festival that marks the culmination of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorating the sacrifice of Abraham. It is celebrated on August 21st for Muslims and Druze's.]]> 2018-03-28 02:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/246747162 alexag0803 https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/246747252 The Prophets Birthday is celebrating/observed on December 1st. This day marks the celebration of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's Birthday. A day to reflect how Muslims can live honorably by holding lectures on Muhammad's life in Islamic institutions and mosques.  ]]> 2018-03-28 02:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/246747252 alexag0803 https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/246747451 Syria's dominant religion is Muslims with the percent of about 90. Muslims are monotheistic meaning they worship one god. They worship Allah. Their holy book of Islam is called Quran. Sunnis also make up about 75% of the total. Shias make up the remaining 12%.]]> 2018-03-28 02:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/246747451 alexag0803 https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/247115519 Syrian music, like other Arabian music is tied to the storytelling tradition and often recounts tales of love, honor, and family. Classical Arabic music features the "oud", an ancient stringed instrument similar to the "lute"; small drums held in lap; flute. Syria was one of the earliest centers of Christian hymnody, in a repertory known as Syrian Chant, which continues to be the liturgical music of some of the various Syrian Christians.]]> 2018-03-29 01:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/247115519 https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/250146119 The estimated percent of adult population (age 15 and older) is about 86.41% of the adult population are able to read and write in Syria. About 1,531,459  people of the adult population are illiterate, meaning they cannot read or write.Syrians have contributed to Arabic literature and music and have a proud tradition of oral and written poetry. Writers must contend with government censorship, but fiction writing is nit as tightly monitored as non-fiction. Prominent contemporary Syrian writers include, among others, Adonis Muhammad Maghout, Haidar Haidar, Nizar Quabbani and Zakariyya Tamer.]]> 2018-04-10 07:42:42 UTC https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/250146119 https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/250236172 Syria is a traditional society with a long cultural history. Importance is placed on family, religion, education and self discipline and respect. The Syria's taste for traditional arts is expressed in dances such as the Al-Samah the Dabkeh in all their variations and word dance.]]> 2018-04-10 12:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/250236172 https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/250240078 2018-04-10 12:59:29 UTC https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/250240078 https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/250984098 Syrian cuisine is one of Syria's most popular dishes along with along Fattush, Shanklish, and Kubbeh. Also, along with many other dishes. Syrian food is also affected by the civil war, for example Syrians ate Sfiha before the civil war all the time,but  now that they are in a civil war loads of families can't afford it.  ]]> 2018-04-12 03:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/250984098 alexag0803 https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/250986915 Syria is a unlimited government and considered a unitary republic with a semi presidential style government. Syria is currently a developing country. Also, a semi presidential government is a country which a president exists along with a prime minister and a cabinet, with the latter two being responsible for the legislative branch. Right now in Syria, Syrians are now facing their fifth year of civil war, caused by the conflict between the forces of Ba'ath government and the forces who want to remove the government. This war has caused many to die and many other Syrians fleeing to other neighboring countries.]]> 2018-04-12 03:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/250986915 alexag0803 https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/250997604 With a civil war going on Syria's economy has fallen apart. Syria once had a promising economy and it was a place for refugees from other countries, from other conflicts. Now, Syria has a civil war on its hands with refugees from their country going into other neighboring countries. With the Civil war going on the economy system is basically crippled. ]]> 2018-04-12 04:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/250997604 alexag0803 https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/250998908 There is many ways the people of Syria dress. Syria is a moderately large country that encompasses many various religions and ethnic groups. If you go to eastern Syria (Ezzour, Palmyra, and Raqqah)you will probably see mire tribal and Arab style of dress , and woman dressed more conservatively. Also, people in the western side of Syria people wear regular clothes, like pants and shirts. Muslims wear thing that cover their body even in the hot desert sun.]]> 2018-04-12 05:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/250998908 alexag0803 https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/250999893 2018-04-12 05:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/250999893 alexag0803 https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/251000244 Family life in Syria has been pretty harsh these past seven years, since the civil war started. Lots of families have either died or became a refugee and fled Syria into a neighboring. If some Syrians still live in Syria, they probably are poor from burdens the war brought to them.  ]]> 2018-04-12 05:22:33 UTC https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/251000244 https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/251123790 Art right now in Syria is about how to commemorate the beauty of a once beautiful country or how to express the grief of searing images— their houses destroyed, their neighbors and countrymen unburied in the streets. Many of the paintings explore the role of media the conflict to the outside world— how the conflict is being framed and packaged to people, what is being highlighted and what isn’t. This artwork is a copy from the original photo, from which a boy was found dead. He and his family were going to a nieghboring country to flee the war in Syria, when he was drowned and found dead on shore. When this original picture was posted, it went viral. There was a big breakout of outrage. People were furious that little kids like this have died from Syria’s civil war.]]> 2018-04-12 13:10:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alexag0803/9op53nun18v4/wish/251123790