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Sham Spiritual Oasis is the name of the architecture competition that aimed at developing concepts for a facility of hospitality for travelers and pilgrims through Sham Region (Damascus Area). The Oasis is to serve as a visitor center, a place of spiritual growth and an opportunity to provide initiation to welcoming the other. This Visitor Center is located at the entrance of Wadi Deir Mar Musa Protected Area, near the town of Nebek, Syria.
The competition was launched in March 2008 by COSV (Comitato di Coordinamento delle Organizzazioni per il Servizio Volontario, Milan, Italy), Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi (The Monastery of St. Moses the Abyssinian, Nebek, Syria) and Tanween Arabian Cultural Centre (Prague, Czech Republic). Funds for the project were provided by the European Union as a contribution to the celebration of Damascus as the cultural capital of the Arab world for the year 2008. The competition was open to Euro-Mediterranean architecture and art students. Contributions from professionals from all over the world were also welcomed....more
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Second Exhibition Announced | 9-11-2008
The exhibition “Sham Spiritual Oasis” opens its doors to the public on Saturday 15/11/2008 in the Visitor Center of Wadi Deir Mar Musa Protected Area, in Nebek, Syria....... more
In Pictures: Damascus Exhibition Opening | 15-9-2008
The exhibition "Sham Spiritual Oasis" opened its doors to the public on Sunday 7/9/2008 in Gallery Mustafa Ali in Damascus, and will continue to till the 21st of September 2008...... more
Damascus Exhibition | 19-8-2008
An exhibition of Sham Spiritual Oasis competition works is to be held at Damascus..... more
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