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“Damasks are always in style,” says Claire Vallis, head of design for UK-based Sanderson Design Group, which weaves damask fabrics throughout its portfolio of brands. Similarly, Christopher Hyland—a ...

With the first rays of dawn every spring, farmers in the mountain village of al-Mrah head for their fields to gently ...

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Sitting in his front sittingroom, surrounded by embroidery, painted plates and ceramics decorated with pink Damask roses, Amin Hamza al-Bettar reflects on the harvest season, which has just finished: ...

DAMASCUS (AFP) — Its fame is such that the damask rose features in Shakespeare, but for Syrian farmers growing the flower that produces the heady-scented oil used to flavor Turkish delight, tragedy ...

The farmers of the Kumaon hills in Uttarakhand have started the cultivation of rose, particularly the prized Damask variety, known for their strong fragrance and rich oil content. Initially, it began ...