The View from Damascus…
Last Thursday evening (March 6), I went to Halbouni Mosque, near the historic center of Damascus, for Tarawih prayers. The streets were pitch dark, as the city experiences frequent power cuts at night. When I arrived, I found the mosque packed to capacity, with a congregation mostly made up of young people. There was not even a small space left to pray. Feeling both heartened by the large turnout and disappointed that I couldn’t find a spot, I walked to the Mevlevi Mosque across from the Hejaz Railway