Maya F- Syria Blog

Syria is the country I have been researching about for weeks. It is located in Asia. The other countries that are close to it are Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Iraq. I have learned a lot about Syria’s government, culture, language, religion, holidays,and most importantly the Syrian Civil War. ISIS is is a terrorist group that is trying to take over Syria. It is called ISIS because that stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham. ISIS gained a lot of criticization from a lot of the Al-Qaeda leaders. The al-Qaeda leaders felt that ISIS would take a lot of Al-Qaeda supporters away. In addition to ISIS trying to take over Syria there has been a civil war since 2011. During the Civil War rebels of Syria were fighting the government of Syria for more than three years. People in Arab countries wanted freedom and an honest government so they protested on the streets. Assad the president used military to stop protesting. Many of the people in Syria were killed and then that's when the Civil War started.  In terms of entertainment, Syria’s music is usually European orchestra and European vocalists. They use an instrument called the nayy and which is like the clarinet. They also have the ‘oud which is a stringed instrument and related to the European lute. Religion is important in Syria. The majority of people in Syria are Muslim, and they celebrate holidays such as Ramadan. When they celebrate Ramadan they don't eat from sunrise to sundown. Ramadan ends with another celebration called Eid al-Fitr. It is a three day celebration and it has morning prayers for all family members. Overall I really enjoyed researching Syria and I hope to learn more in the future.  

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