To provide a pinch more context, and a window into Aleppo’s history,
we’ve added a link to the Aga Khan’s speech delivered at Aleppo five
years back.
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Aleppo & Agha Khan Development Network to Boost Cooperation
Thursday, November 23, 2006 – 09:55 PM
http://www.sana. org/eng/33/ 2006/11/23/ 88368.htm
ALEPPO,(SANA) _ An understanding agreement between Aleppo city council
and Agha Khan Development Network (AKDN) was signed here Thursday.
The agreement aims at rehabilitating Aleppo castle and developing and
improving its surrounding to further attract Arab and foreign tourists.
” Inking this agreement comes to crown the understanding memos
earlier signed between the two sides in this regard,” Aleppo Governor
Tamer al-Hajjeh said.
Chairman of Aleppo city council Ma’en al-Shebli and Resident
Representative of AKDN in Syria Mohamed Mufadi Seifo inked the agreement.
Ghossoun /
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Speech by His Highness The Aga Khan at the 2001 Award Presentation
Ceremony of The Aga Khan Award For Architecture
The Citadel, Aleppo, Syria
6 November 2001
http://www.iis. ac.uk/view_ article.asp? ContentID= 101367
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