Ancient Traditions: Aleppo Soap Making, Old Souks, and Hotel Baron

[@NorahsYarnArt]

فيديو جميل جداً، زرت حلب زمان والفيديو رجعني لذكريات حلوة. والسنة الماضية كنت في إشبيلية ولقيت صابون الغار الحلبي ما صدقت أشتريت منه قد ما أقدر. الغرفة الفخمة اللي بالبلكونة ممكن تكون نفس البلكونه اللي ألقى منها عبد الناصر خطاب الوحدة! جولة جميلة، يعطيك العافية. تحياتي من السعودية.

[@PatilToutounjian]

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[@thegloriouslion5200]

Beautiul Syria! The Ottoman-era souks of Aleppo are the most vibrant on the planet! Rebuilding will be done as diligently as possible for the preservation of historic value

[@DjSicEm]

I was just thinking “why hasn’t anyone made an in depth documentary about Aleppo soap” then I watched this. Great video. I love Aleppo soap

[@PatilToutounjian]

Ahh Im so glad you enjoyed it! I love Aleppo soap too!

[@OnnikMusic]

Thank you for the interesting information. It is sad to see the almost abandoned and dysfunctional present state of Hotel Baron. I paid a short visit to this hotel in 1990, on my way from Yerevan to Beirut during the fiercest battles of Lebanon's civil war. I had to leave my luggage here before I made some enquiries on how to travel to Beirut through Damascus. This was indeed a perilous journey. At Hotel Baron I was pleasantly received by a very kind Lady, probably the then owner of this important landmark of Aleppo and the Middle East. I hope she is alive and doing well now.

[@PatilToutounjian]

Oh wow this is so interesting!! Thank you so much for sharing with us.

[@debajyotibanerjee5596]

@@PatilToutounjian Great video

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@@PatilToutounjian Have you seen President's picture here and there posted? How is that?

[@artobaghdayan4944]

Wonderful work! Much appreciated. Good old day! I walked all these places with my dad when I was young!

[@avoaposhian82]

Armenians of Kessab were also famous for producing Laurel soap! There was a factory back in the 1990s and 2000s called "Laurapel", which, as I know, moved to LA after the Syrian War!

[@naregmomdjian4048]

Seeing the hotel like that literally breaks my heart. That was my family's hotel. I spent all my childhood summers there :(

[@PatilToutounjian]

Oh wow 🥺 I feel so sad that I never got to see it before.. I don’t know why when I was living there I never visited 😢

[@naregmomdjian4048]

@@PatilToutounjian it was truly a magical place

[@jackyemenjian469]

thank you I stayed in this hotel for two nights in 1974 fresno ca.

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[@m.c.fromnyc2187]

Great video! Aleppo is a fascinating city, with a very rich and ancient history. Good to know that the Souk el Sakkatiyeh is being restored. The historic Hotel Baron is unfortunately abandoned and damaged, probably beyond repair. The Aleppo soap is a great specialty, but the description of the manufacturing process was lacking - the Guide mentioned the laurel oil, but didn't mention the really most important ingredient, which is the olive oil (at least 80% of the total ingredients).

[@zaneobrah]

great vid, is the whole of the baron hotel closed down now? is it only open to viewings?

[@JamieW-o7b]

In Aleppo, Damascus and Latakia, I was surprised at how fair many of the people were. So much red hair too. Fairer than the people of Greece in most parts. But the west media never showed that on their coverage of the troubles.

[@wewenang5167]

A lot of people in the Levant have red hair and fair skin. Most of red hair and even blonde hair you can see on women but because Muslims women mostly wear hijab you wont see them. Most Levantine Arabs kids when born have red or blonde hair but turn dark after they reach puberty. My mom was red hair until she turned 12. Red hair is so common in the middle east but a lot of middle eastern like to henna or dye their hair black so in some places you wont know. Most of them either descendance of Turkic tribes from central Asia like during the Mamluk and Seljuk times. Most Mamluke had red hair even the famous Sultan Baibar of Egypt. Other red hair may came from Eastern European or Balkans during the Ottoman times. In Ottoman times the Turk put a lot of Circassian, Albanian, Bosnian and other Balkan origin soldiers in Syria, Egypt and Palestine. Many Circassian also settled in Syria after the Russian gen*ci&e of Circassian in 18 century. Although not many Circassian had a red hair but they do look very European and have fair skin. The Arab used to call the red hair Arab Levantine as Arabized Roman. Which kinda true because they were the subject of Byzantine rome before they converted to Islam.

[@JamieW-o7b]

@@wewenang5167 Thank you, great comment.

[@KAREEMJ.]

Especially in Aleppo , being blonde or redhead is not rare cuz everywhere you go inside the city you'll see them more than the countrysides and other cities Im white skinned and my hair is light brown tho

[@YeroDer]

Do you know where I can buy authentic soap like that in the US?

[@OnnikMusic]

In Southern California, where I reside, there are many Armenian shops that sell them. There are also some Middle Eastern shops, where I am sure you can find them too.

[@m.c.fromnyc2187]

Amazon carries a variety of Aleppo soaps. The higher percentage of Laurel Oil, the better quality the soap is.

[@YeroDer]

@@m.c.fromnyc2187 Thanks. I think the tricky part with sites like Amazon is knowing if it's authentic, actually from Aleppo.

[@MDK7181]

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[@catherinepeppers791]

Assyrians may know many Surianiye Christians and Chaldeans in California.

[@girlyartsy8673]

inchkan garotserem haleb, merci as videoin!

[@PatilToutounjian]

Walaw 🥰 shad sirov !! 1-2 had ter ga kal shapat badrasd glla

[@wewenang5167]

is Aleppo under the administration of Assad or Turkiye now?

[@MounaEsper]

Assad

[@scythra5410]

Very sad to see the hotel like that, what it was and what it became...

[@PatilToutounjian]

Absolutely!! I regret never visiting it while i used to live there and see it during those times

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Please write the guide phone number I will come to aleppo next week

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[@catherinepeppers791]

FYI a society in Germany is saving funds to restore Old City of Aleppo when possible.You can join tjis society Friends of Aleppo Altstadt, Berlin, Germany, Prof.Dr.Mamoun Fansa.Germans and Syrians ate saving images of Old Aleppo.

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