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At the foot of mountains, Damascus is a large oasis city fed by rivers into gardens and old courtyards. Its long run as Umayyad capital in the 700s and later Ottoman rule layered mosques and souks, giving stories a sense of continuity under pressure. The Hit and Shadow Puppets sit on its shelf. Open Damascus on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 11 books, 7 movies, 1 TV show and 2 games set in Damascus.
The Hit
Will Robie is a master of killing.A highly skilled assassin, Robie is the man the U.S. government calls on to eliminate the worst of the worst-enemies of the state, monsters committed to harming untold numbers of…
Shadow Puppets
Bestselling author Orson Scott Card brings to life a new chapter in the saga of Ender's Earth.Earth and its society have been changed irrevocably in the aftermath of Ender Wiggin's victory over the Formics. The unity…
Inescapable
Twenty-five years ago Adib a promising young officer in the Syrian military police suddenly left Damascus under suspicious circumstances. Abandoning the love of his life Fatima he made his way to Canada and wiped the…
A French Woman
Wed just as war breaks out Jeanne hardly gets to know her military husband Louis before the debacle of 1940. While waiting for his return from a POW camp Jeanne journeys through countless affairs with Louis' comrades-…
Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed is a non-linear action-adventure video game, during which the player controls a 12th-century Levantine Assassin named Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad during the Third Crusade, whose life is experienced through the…
Saul: The Journey to Damascus
Known as Saul the Butcher the stoning of Stephen was said to have shattered Saul's faith in the Temple and its denial of Christ as the Messiah. His conversion to Christianity and baptism as Paul changed the history of…
موت صغير
منذ أوجدني الله في مرسيّة حتى توفاني في دمشق وأنا في سفرٍ لا ينقطع. رأيت بلاداً ولقيت أناساً وصحبت أولياء وعشت تحت حكم الموحدين والأيوبيين والعباسيين والسلاجقة في طريقٍ قدّره الله لي قبل خلقي. من يولد في مدينة محاصرة…
دمشق يا بسمة الحزن
تدور أحداث هذه الرواية في دمشق، إبان الانتداب الفرنسي. فتصف لنا حياة أسرة دمشقية في ظل جو وطني، يدعو إلى النضال والثورة على المستعمر، فيتداخل الحدث الخاص بالحدث العام ويتساوقان بتناغم وانسجام يدل على براعة المؤلفة…
The Day I Lost My Shadow
It is winter in Damascus. Sana with her eight-year-old son is living alone while her husband works in Saudi Arabia. When Sana runs out of gas to cook or warm the house she takes a day off to find a gas cylinder. From…
A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile
There is no indication that this typical online flirtation between two strangers would turn into a case of shocking international intrigue. For months Sandra in Montreal and Amina a Syrian-American bond romantically and…
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