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Syria Today Magazine
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Syria Today Staff Managing Partner & Editor-in-chief Abdul Ghani Attar Partner: Louma Tarabeine Consultant Editor: Dalia Haidar Managing Editor: Alma Hassoun Senior Editor: Jennifer MacKenzie Associate Editor: Anna Dabrowska Editorial Staff: Muhammad Atef Fares, Sarah Abu Assali Business Reporter: Rasha Faek Contributors: Maysaa Abu Hassen, Ziad Ayoub Arbache, Zeina al-Azem, Kinan Bahnassi, Abdul Kader Husrieh, Ebrahim al-Karmi, Yousef Meslmani, Razan Rashidi, Nabil al-Samman, RanaTamimi, Abdulhamid Qabbani Art Director: Ghalia Lababidi Photography:Manaf Hassan, Carole al-Farah, Fadi al-Hamwi, Adel Samara, SANA Cartoonist: Ala Rustom Cover: Adel Samara Office and Marketing Manager:Vivian Toumeh Administrative Assistant: Nour Ekkah IT Manager and Web Developer : Tareq Mnadili Messenger: Abdul Rahman al-Mzek Useful Numbers Financial Services Damascus Securities Exchange (DSE) Tel: 519 0000, Fax: 519 0099 www.dse.sy
Al Baraka Bank Tel: 443 5550 Fax: 443 5551 www.albarakasyria.com Arab Bank Tel: 9421 Fax: 334 9844 www.arabbank.com Bank Al Sharq Tel: 668 03000 Fax: 668 03301 www.bankalsharq.com Bank Audi Syria Tel: 238 88000 Fax: 225 9744 www.banqueaudi.com Bank of Jordan Tel: 639 00000 Fax: 814 2562 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Bank of Syria and Overseas (BSO) Tel: 226 0560 Fax: 226 0555 www.bso.com.sy Banque Bemo Saudi Fransi (BBSF) Tel: 231 7778 Fax: 231 8778 www.bbsfbank.com Byblos Bank Syria Tel: 334 8244 Fax: 334 8207 www.byblosbank.com Central Bank of Syria Tel: 221 6800 Fax: 221 3076 www.banquecentrale.gov.sy Cham Bank Tel: 33 919 Fax: 334 8731 www.chambank.com Commercial Bank of Syria Tel: 221 8090 Fax: 221 6102 www.cbs-bank.com Syria Gulf Bank Tel: 9721 Fax: 231 26112 www.sgbsy.com Fransabank Tel: 335 3030 Fax: 211 3150www.fransabank.sy Int. Bank for Trade & Finance Tel: 238 80000Fax: 232 5793 www.ibtf.com.sy Qatar National Bank (QNB) Tel: 333 9779Fax: 333 9776 Syrian International Islamic Bank Tel: 611 4692/1 Fax: 611 4694 www.siib.sy
Insurance companies Adir Insurance Company Tel: 334 4177 Fax: 334 4324 www.adirinsurance.com Al-Aqeelah Takaful Insurance Tel: 332 8544 Fax: 332 8546 www.al-aqeelahtakaful.com Arab Orient Insurance Company Tel: 9323 Fax: 335 2110 www.insurncesyria.com Arabia Insurance Company Tel: 662 7745 Fax: 662 7750 www.arabiasyria.com Arope Syria Tel: 222 4999 Fax: 334 8144 www.arope.com National Insurance Company Tel: 334 8670 Fax: 334 8690 www.natinsurance.com Syrian Kuwaiti Insurance Company Tel: 332 8060 Fax: 332 8062 www.skicins.com Solidarity Alliance Insurance Co. Tel: 374 2414 Fax: 374 2415 www.solidarity-sy.com Syrian Arab Insurance Tel: 9206 Fax: 334 8039 www.syrian-arab.com Syrian Insurance Company Tel: 221 8430 Fax: 223 0357 www.syria-insurance.com Syrian Islamic Insurance Company Tel: 335 3350 Fax: 335 3474 www.siic.sy Trust Syria Insurance Company Tel: 9894 Fax: 447 2652 www.trustsyria.com United Insurance Company Tel: 5046 Fax: 334 1934 www.uic.com.sy
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) Agency for Combating Unemployment-ACU -- Tel: 612 2607 Amal Al-Ghad -- Tel: 374 1010 BIDAYA (Boosting and Inspiring Dynamic Youth Achievement) -- Tel: 333 2002 SHABAB (Strategy Highlighting and Building Abilities for Business) -- Tel: 661 1689 SYEA (Syrian Young Entrepreneurs Association) www.syea.org Syria Trust for Development -- Tel: 612 5026
International Organisations Aga Khan Network -- Tel: 334 3610/1 DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service -- Tel: 371 925 FOA - UN Food and Agriculture Organization -- Tel: 613 2920 or 9700 SEBC (Syrian-European Business Centre) -- Tel: 613 3865 UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) -- Tel: 612 9811 UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) -- Tel: 613 3035/9 UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) -- Tel: 612 2592/3 United Nations -- Tel: 612 9811 UNV (United Nations Volunteers) -- Tel: 6129811 WFP (World Food Programme) -- Tel: 612 0597/8 WHO (World Health Organization) -- Tel: 332 9315
Foreign Missions A Algeria, Tel: 333 1446, Fax: 333 4698 , www.ambalgdamas.com Argentina, Tel: 333 4168, Fax: 332 7326 , This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Armenia, Tel: 613 0952, Fax: 613 3618, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Austria, Tel: 613 80100, Fax: 611 6734, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it B Bahrain, Tel: 613 2314, Fax: 613 0502, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Belgium, Tel: 613 99931, Fax: 613 99977, www.diplomatie.be/damascus Brazil, Tel: 612 4551, Fax: 612 4553, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Bulgaria, Tel: 445 4039, Fax: 441 9854, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it C Canada, Tel: 611 6870, Fax: 611 4000, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Chile, Tel: 331 1891, Fax: 333 1563, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it China, Tel: 333 9594, Fax: 333 8067, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Cuba, Tel: 333 9319, Fax: 333 3802, www.embacubasiria.com Cyprus, Tel: 613 0812, Fax: 613 0814, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Czech Republic, Tel: 333 1383, Fax: 333 8268, www.mzv.cz/damascus D Denmark, Tel: 61909000, Fax: 61909033, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it E European Commission Tel: 332 7640 Fax: 332 0683 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it F Finland, Tel: 612 7570, Fax: 611 9777, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it France, Tel: 339 0200, Fax: 339 0221, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it G Germany, Tel: 3790 0000, Fax: 371 8768, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Greece, Tel: 611 5009, Fax: 611 4920, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it H Hungary, Tel: 611 0787, Fax: 611 7917, www.invitation.hu/damascus/index.html I India, Tel: 334 7900, Fax: 334 5711, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Indonesia, Tel: 611 9630, Fax: 611 9632, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Iran, Tel: 612 0800 Fax: 611 0997, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Iraq, Tel: 3341290 Fax: 334 1291 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Italy, Tel: 333 2621 Fax: 332 0325 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it J Japan Tel: 333 8273 Fax: 333 9920 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Jordan Tel: 613 6261 Fax: 613 6263 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it K Kuwait Tel: 611 7644/5 Fax: 611 7647 M Malaysia Tel: 612 2811 Fax: 612 2814 www.kln.gov.my/perwakilan/damascus#mce_temp_url# Morocco, Tel: 611 0451 Fax: 611 7885 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it N Norway Tel: 612 2941 Fax: 667 0165
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P Pakistan, Tel: 613 2694 Fax: 613 2662 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Philippines Tel: 6132626 Fax: 6110152 Poland Tel: 333 3010/333 6010 Fax: 331 5318 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Portugal Tel: 332 0253 Fax: 333 8464 Q Qatar Tel: 333 6717 Fax: 3320370 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Russia Tel: 442 3155/6 Fax: 442 3182 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Romania Tel: 332 7570/1 Fax: 332 7571 S Serbia Tel: 333 6222 Fax: 333 3620 Slovakia Tel: 613 2114/5 Fax: 613 2598 www.damascus.mca.sk South Africa Tel: 613 51520 Fax: 611 1714 Spain Tel: 613 2900/1/2 Fax: 613 2941 T The Netherlands Tel: 333 7661 Fax: 333 9369 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Tunisia Tel: 613 2700/4 Fax: 613 2704 Turkey Tel: 335 01940 Fax: 333 9243 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it U United Arab Emirates Tel: 333 5703 Fax: 331 7731 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Ukraine Tel: 611 3016 Fax: 612 1355 United Kingdom Tel: 373 9242 Fax: 373 1600 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it United States of America Tel: 333 1342 Fax: 339 13999 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Airlines Aeroflot Tel: 232 4354 Fax: 232 0105 www.aeroflot.ru Air Algérie Tel: 221 5267 Fax: 221 5767 www.airalgerie.dz Air Arabia Tel: 232 2014/5/6 Fax: 234 97681 www.airarabia.com Air France Tel: 379 0800 Fax: 379 0821 www.airfrance.com.sy Air Malta Tel: 231 1700 Fax: 231 1704 Alitalia Tel: 222 2662 Fax: 221 5897 www.alitalia.com Austrian Airways Tel: 222 0498 Fax: 225 0368 www.austrian.com British Midlands Tel: 331 0000 Fax: 331 7880 www.flybmi.com Cham Wing Airlines Tel: 9211 Fax: 225 4506 www.shamairlines.com Conviasa Tel: 232 2014/5/6 Fax: 232 20119 www.conviaso.aero Cyprus Tel: 232 4513 Fax: 232 4854 www.cyprusairways.com CZA Czech Airlines Tel: 223 8814 Fax: 224 5757 www.czechairlines.com Egypt Air Tel: 224 0164 Fax: 222 3992 www.egyptair.com.eg Emirates Tel: 9934 Fax: 619 0788 www.emirates.com/sy Etihad Airways Tel: 334 4235/6/7/8 Fax: 334 4242 www.etihadairways.com Gulf Air Tel: 224 9575 Fax: 229 62932 www.gulfairco.com Iranian Air Tel: 222 6431 Fax: 221 7911 www.iranair.com KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Tel: 221 3395 Fax: 224 5726 www.klm.com Kuwait Air Tel: 2899 Fax: 221 9166 www.kuwaitairways.com Malev Hungarian Airlines Tel: 222 7944 Fax: 221 6666 www.malev.com MEA Tel: 221 3147 Fax: 224 5654 www.mea.com.lb Qatar Airways Tel: 332 6083 Fax: 332 6084 www.qatarairways.com Romanian Airlines Tel: 222 3332 Fax: 222 2920 www.tarom.ro Royal Jordanian Tel: 232 2014/5/6 Fax: 232 2019 www.rja.com.jo Saudi Arabia Airlines Tel: 231 2222 Fax: 333 2912 www.saudiairlines.com Syrian Arab Airlines Tel: 222 0700 Fax: 237 2905 www.syriaair.com Tunisian Air Tel: 224 8887 Fax: 231 6821 www.tunisair.com Turkish Airlines Tel: 9376 225 7277/8 Fax: 9376 ext. 5 www.turkishairlines.com Yemen Airlines Tel: 9960/70 Fax: 231 3005 www.yemenia.com
Telecommunications MTN Tel: 0944 222111 Fax: 662 6276 www.mtnsyria.com Syrian Computer Society (SCS) Tel: 9955 Fax: 373 9988 www.scs-net.org SyriaTel Tel: 0932 190000 Fax: ext. 99999 www.syriaTel.com
Hotels Afamia Hotel Tel: 222 8963 Antique Khan Hotel Tel: 541 9450 Art House Tel: 662 8112 Beit Marrash –Aleppo Tel: 021-8297 Beit Rose Tel: 544 1241 Beit Rumman Hotel Tel: 545 1092/3/4 Fax: 545 1095 www.beitrumman.com Beit Wakil –Aleppo Tel: 021-211 7083 Fax: 211 7082 Beit Zaman Tel: 543 5380 Fax: 541 1311 Blue Tower Hotel Tel: 334 0240 Fax: 334 2112 Carlton Tel: 212 2000 Fax: 212 2007 www.carltonhotel-syria.com Carlton Aleppo Tel: 021-363 3118 Fax: 021-333 0202 www.carltoncitadel.com Cham Palace Tel: 223 2300 Fax: 221 2398 www.chamhotels.com Carol Julia Dumna –Aleppo Tel: 021-333 0660 Fax: 021-333 9005 Dar Al-Yasmin Tel: 544 3380 Fax: 544 3386 Dar Zamaria Martini – Aleppo Tel: 021-363 6100 Fax: 021-363 2333 www.darzamaria.com Dedeman – Damascus Tel: 332 2650 Fax: 373 8661 www.dedeman.com/damascus.aspx Dedeman –Aleppo Tel: 021-266 1600 Fax: 021-227 0150 Ebla Cham Tel: 224 1900 Fax: 542 7275 www.chamhotels.com Fardoss Tower Tel: 223 2100 Fax: 223 5602 www.fardosstower.com Four Seasons Tel: 339 1000 Fax: 339 0900 www.fourseasons.com Mirage –Aleppo Tel: 021-228 8555 Fax: 021- 228 8114 Old Vine Hotel Tel: 225 0901/02 www.oldvine.com Omayad Hotel Tel: 223 5500 Fax: 221 3516 www.omayad-hotel.com Queen Center Rotana Tel: 666 4003 Fax: 666 4002 Semiramis Tel: 221 3813 Fax: 221 6797 www.semiramis-hotel.com Ramsis –Aleppo Tel: 021- 221 6700 Rawda Tel: 641 2606 641 6210 Safir Tel: 647 0140 Fax: 647 0131 Shahbandar Palace Tel: 544 1359 Fax: 544 1360 www.alshahbandar-palace.com Sheraton Hotel – Damascus Tel: 222 9300 Fax: 224 3607 www.sheraton.com Sheraton Hotel – Aleppo Tel: 021-212 1111 Fax: 021-2121136 www.sheraton.com Sheraton Hotel - Ma’aret Sednaya Tel: 595 8000 Fax: 595 8022 www.sheraton.com/sednaya Talisman Hotel Tel: 541 5379 Fax: 543 3944 www.talismanhotels.com Tadamora Palace Tel: 214 0995/6 Fax: 214 0998 www.tadamorapalace.com
Restaurants Ahla Tala Talleh Tel: 373 0866 Al DarTel: 542 3232 Al Khawali Tel: 221 7728 Al Rawda Tel: 444 2563 Al Sanabel Tel: 444 9689 Al Zeitounah Tel: 543 1324 Alfredo Tel: 612 6857 Algora Café & Restaurant Tel: 331 6279/ 331 6215 Al-Koukh Restaurant Tel: 311 5395 Al-Qarieh Restaurant Tel: 547 5551/2 Art Café Ninar Tel: 452 2257 Art Café Tel.: 232 5757 Mob: 0988 995 566 Bab Al-Hara Restaurant Tel: 541 8644 Mob: 0988 994 199 Bab Kissan Tel: 544 5595 Back Door Tel: 444 6255 Beit Jabri Tel: 541 6254/ 544 3200 Beit Sitti Restaurant Tel: 255 9800 Boulevard Tel: 373 0000 Bread & Co. – Zanoubia Tel: 373 3566 Bread & Co. – Damasquino Mall Tel: 214 5040 Brioche Dorée Tel: 334 4192 Mob: 0947 000 680 Casablanca Tel: 541 7598 Class Tel: 613 2668/613 2674 Costa – Abu Rummaneh Tel: 331 8095 Costa – Damascus Boulevard Tel: 231 4194 Damascus Gate Tel: 547 5500 Mob: 0933 202075 Dome Lounge Restaurant Tel: 0991 555 444 Elissar Tel: 542 4300/ 542 8577 Gemini Tel: 9737 Haretna Tel: 544 1148 II Café di Roma Tel: 373 2623/2743 Journalists’ Club Tel: 223 6543 Kaser Al Wali Restaurant Tel: 446 1389/332 2336 La Casa Tel: 333 1288 La Fontana Tel: 611 4020/611 1109 La Luna Tel: 333 6444 La Montagna Tel: 373 5557 La Noisette – Malki Tel: 374 2300 La Noisette – Mezzeh Tel: 611 4020 Le Bistro Tel: 616 2626 Mob: 0966 666 176 Leila’s Tel: 544 5900 Lina’s Tel: 214 3798 Maharaja Indian Restaurant – Abu Rummaneh Tel: 335 5555 Maharaja Indian Restaurant – Mezzeh Tel: 2005 Moka & More - Damascus Boulevard Tel: 335 2281 Moulaya Café Tel: 544 4447/ 541 9786 Naranj Tel: 541 3444 Narciss Palace Tel: 541 6785 / 543 1205 Old Town Tel: 542 8088 Orient Café Tel: 245 9225 Pages Café Tel: 335 3323 Picasso Tel: 332 6400 Pit Stop Tel: 2070 Platinum Tel: 224 3901 Mob: 0988 333 900 Pop One Tel: 9707 Quattro Café-RestaurantTel: 613 3625 Rotana Tel: 232 0211 Fax: 232 0212 www.rotana.net Sahara Café Tel: 613 6000 Salé Sucré Tel: 333 7315 Scoozi Restaurant & Café Tel: 333 2410/ 331 0511 Mob: 0955 576 135 Segafredo – Damascus BoulevardTel: 231 6272 Segafredo – Damasquino Mall Tel: 214 2422 Swiss House Tel: 9484 Taj Mahal Indian Restaurant Tel: 245 3434 Tarboosh Al-Sham Tel: 611 5158 Trattoria Tel: 332 8111 Umayyad Palace Restaurant Tel: 222 0826 Vendome Café Tel: 333 3137 Vino Rosso Tel: 541 6885 Whispers Tel: 223 5500 ext. 30/31 Fax: 221 3516 Zaman Al-Khair Tel: 644 0175/6 Fax: 644 0113
Hospitals Al Assadi – Mezzeh Jebel Tel: 613 2501 Al Hayat – Adawi Street Tel: 445 5322 Al Razi – Mezzeh Tel: 611 8445 Al Shami – Malki Tel: 373 5090 Assad University Hospital Tel: 212 6500 Children’s Hospital Tel: 661 9101 Damascus Hospital – Midan Tel: 221 6000 Dar Al Shifaa’ Tel: 446 5340 French Hospital Tel: 444 0460 Hisham Sinan Tel: 332 3984 Ibn Al Nafees – Rukn el-Din Tel: 512 3637 Italian Hospital Tel: 332 6030 Red Crescent Tel: 442 1600 Tuberculosis Centre Tel: 575 1299
Taxi Services Classic Rent a Car Tel: 0966 009408 Rami International Tel: 311 9991 Royal Taxi – Mezzeh Tel: 666 7491/2 Star Taxi Tel: 9207
Museums Azem Palace Tel: 221 4984 National Museum Tel: 221 9938
Emergencies Ambulance Tel: 110 Civil DefenceTel: 109 Electricity Emergency Tel: 118 Fire Station Tel: 113 Homicide Tel: 159 Military Police Tel: 116 Police Tel: 112
Information Damascus International Airport – Flight Tel: 167 Directory Enquiries Tel: 147 International Call Operator Tel: 143 International Health Info Centre Tel: 161 Operator Tel: 141 |
1 February 2012
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