Artist Interview: Layal Watfeh
Get to know the Toronto-based Syrian award-winning musician, voice actor, and composer Layal Watfeh
The 100-year-old Damascene Syrian/Armenian, Yervant Stepanian, was one of the city’s many special gems. Born at the start of the French Mandate in Syria & Lebanon, he moved from Beirut and settled in Damascus in 1937 at the age of 16 for better economic opportunities. He introduced the Jacquard card cutting technique to Damascus. The Jacquard machine greatly simplified the process of manufacturing patterned textiles (mainly silk), which helped expand Damascus’ production of its iconic brocades.
Yervant was one of the significant figures in the art of silk-making and brocade in the book “La Soie et L’orient” (Silk & the Orient) by Florence Ollivry & photographer Rima Maroun.
Get to know the Toronto-based Syrian award-winning musician, voice actor, and composer Layal Watfeh
In the 14th century, Syria had two of the most notable astronomers who contributed to the world of astronomy and the Syrian Muslim community. Al Khalili came up with tables
Muhammad Faris, an exceptional and prominent figure in the history of space, is considered the second Arab person to set foot in space. He was born in the city of