Damascus, Syria & Jerusalem in 1938

Independent film by American Andre de la Varre from Prelinger Archives WATCH Reel America on C-SPAN3: www.c-span.org/series/?reelAme...

[@babarasul680]

Europeans have always thought - and still think - that they are better than us. But it's really a matter of perspective. They think we are unsanitary but they don't even wash their behinds, the narrator complained about not wearing gloves as if there's no bakery in Europe where people don't where gloves and Italian wine isn't made by people stomping grapes with their bare feet he also complained about flies getting on bread as if there's yet to be a hot dog stand to be touched by insects. It's also a matter of ignorance, because the narrator is missing cultural context and doesn't understand that even the feet of the baker are probably cleaner than the narrator's face because he washes them 5 times a day. So it's a sense of superiority mixed with a lack of knowledge.

[@HuE3]

😆😆😆👏👏👏

[@user-dw4ui2sx8f]

Racist white zionists brothers who is talking

[@altairauditore1398]

Well said. But that's just the way the west is, especially during those days when orientalism was rampant.

[@waellawess9899]

Oooh, your response was very strong, thank you for it❤

[@shruble6288]

Indeed your last statement with high probability is true. Most of the europeans do not wash hand after peeing, myself witnessed it several times.

[@KhalidAlawi]

I’m Lebanese and I wish the levante can return to our traditional dress

[@MaenAbdulhaq]

Eeeeh wallah

[@aprendoespanol6833]

I was in Jordan recently. Unfortunately, Less and less people wear their traditional dresses recently

[@aggabus]

We have a saying , (me & a friend) of my invent. It goes " The word modesty Is obsolete" . It does not exist in the vocabulary the mine the heart of the younger.

[@spicyroads]

You can’t wear whatever you want ? Or you want to tell others what to do ?

[@MA-yu6wt]

6:19 لو شفت هاللقطة ملونة اليوم جان قلت خليجي. ليش وكيف بلاد الشام تركوا اللبس العربي والبشت والفروة والشماغ والعقال ماعرف 💔

[@user-pf1zd1xh1f]

Damascus was historically famous for iron industry and textile, since ten centuries BC. And was master of engineering.

[@shruble6288]

Interestengly, Damascus iron came from Central Asia. The same generic damascus metal processing methodology was lost, the current damascus metal is the different metal indeed.

[@SchnuppenSchnappe]

@@shruble6288 WAS

[@Imag1na710n]

Narrator was rude, but this was interesting.

[@sarahkamel4460]

That's the tone used by Westners to the rest of the world....after having stolen all philosophy, sciences, and claiming it thiers

[@nashralkhair]

He's rude because he is the oppressor and the one who stole everything from us

[@unitor699industries]

thats the imperialism talking everyone who was not english or french was inferior

[@thomasov2004]

@@sarahkamel4460 those are greek 😅🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sarahkamel4460]

@thomasov2004 not all of them...that's what they want you to think...yes the Greeks but the Arabs too.

[@lesujetdujour2877]

Syrian Aleppo Soap was born more than 4,000 years ago in the city of Aleppo in ancient Mesopotamia, which long competed for the title of oldest city in the world with Damascus. It is to the French crusaders that we owe its discovery and its importation to the old European continent." The oldest ones often say that they were not ill even if food storage was not as sanitized as today. Because they were eating fresh foods, not industrial processed food with pesticids...

[@ChosenC]

It's ironic that he mentions that time means little to the inhabitants-a group of people who pray at five quite strict times a day, strictly abide by time, and lead lives like clockwork. Not to mention Surah Al-Asr, which even swears by time, particularly in a country where, according to him, 80% of the population are Muslims who also follow the Quran...

[@eugeniev-a4]

Not sure they were fervent religious. Extremists are more recent , everyone in Algeria says it as I know

[@bazs2855]

⁠@@eugeniev-a4not necessarily. Praying 5 times a day does not make you extreme. It just makes you a practicing Muslim. Extremism happens went one imposes their ideas on others with no room for varying. “Everyone must be the same”. Being Muslim is voluntary or it’s performative.

[@talibalelm]

سلام على سوريا وفلسطين من البصرة , اقصى جنوب بلاد الرافدين

[@HowlingWo1f]

They have their Palestine it’s called Jordyn, Israel is Jewish land 🇮🇱

[@talibalelm]

@@HowlingWo1f اسرائيل هي ارض يهودية خيالية وقعت على ارض فلسطين مع جل الاحترام لبني اسرائيل فمنهم انبياء الله , وقد زالت ما تسمى بإسرائيل بمفهومكم منذ الفتح الاسلامي وقد زالها الله وعاقب اهلها جعلهم مندثرين في بقاع الارض اما فلسطين الحرة ارض الديانات ومهد الديانات فهي الارض الواقعة من صحراء سيناء جنوبي غربها حتى البحر الاحمر جنوبيها وحتى لبنان العربية شمالها والجولان العربية السورية شمال شرقها فهي منذ الازل فلسطين

[@talibalelm]

@@HowlingWo1f وما تسمى اسرائيل اليوم انما هي تحقيق لما ارادته امريكا وبرطانيا لا ما اراده الله والله اشد واقوى وانما هو يؤخر عاقبة الصهاينة الى يوم لا تنفع نفس ما ملكت في الدنيا وما ينفعها هو عملها الصالح وطاعة الله وقتل الاطفال والله لن يشد من عودكم وستبقون عار والف عار في نظر كل الناس ودولتكم الزائفة الى الزوال وفلسطين ليس مجرد اسم بل عقيدة وشم توشم على مجرى الدم وتطبع على اللسان والفم واسم سيبقى بعد زوالكم وزوال كل مسكن لكم

[@frayze5142]

​@@HowlingWo1f you see Poland Germany France Italy Britain? Yeah that's israel

[@user-wd3qq8tf9v]

Fuck u freaking liar we, will get back our country and u will not be exi st again😂​@@HowlingWo1f

[@suleimanhussien1559]

Cheap soaps 🤣, how rude that was ,maybe he didnt knew tgat soaps was invented in syria or iraq in 9th ceuntry ,and wasnt used by europeans until centuries later🤣

[@tuckedup]

well said

[@ItsTocaDina]

Finally. Someone that actually knows history

[@SuperLn1991]

I think it was said here more as a "non expensive " (compare to imported soaps you could by in western europs back then) more than "non quality" one. He said the same about oranges. Only today people uses the word "cheap" to refer to something of bad quality, back then people say it to mean "affordable", so it's a good thing and it WAS cheap (and of course probably way better than any soap from factories)

[@DrummerJacob]

How are you offended by him saying cheap soap? He didnt even say "soaps" as that would be incorrect English to add an -s to a non count noun, so I think you may not be a native English speaker, but youre a bit overly sensitive about him observing the cheap price of the soap. How is that a reason to go on the defensive? You realize that western countries were at their economic height at this point, so everything in any country was cheap for them. I guarantee you a homeless person in London could afford 50 bars of this cheap soap.

[@DrummerJacob]

@@ItsTocaDina What do you mean finally? And what history? He got the date wrong by nearly 9000 years. Soap was invented in Mesopotamia nearly 3,000 years before Christ was born and dude is saying it was created in the 800s and youre relieved that FINALLY someone knows history? LMAO You clearly dont know history, and neither does OP, and it makes me literally laugh out loud that youre over here praising this guy and hes wrong.

[@koopatroopatricky]

So beautiful footage, I wish I could travel through time and see that with my own eyes

[@Gaudine]

What I find interesting is the drastic change in footwear over the decades. If you look at Damascus today everyone is wearing sandals, flip flops, slides. Back then they all wore closed toe shoes. They weren’t like “it’s hot and I’m more comfortable in casual clothes” like the way people complain today.

[@user-qu6cm3bx8k]

إنشاء الله سوريا ترجع احسن من أول 💔💔💔💔💔

[@sumayanasser6136]

ان شاءالله *

[@saben8871]

مين يحرر سوريا كل السورييين رجالة طلعو لجوء

[@MA-yu6wt]

هي بترجع بترجع مثل مافتحت قبل فلسطين. قول ان شاء الله نكون عايشين وقتها ونشهد على الفتح

[@algadanfarr]

​​@@saben8871 كل ؟ اغلب اهل سوريا لساهم بالبلد والحروب ماوقفت يا قبطي

[@nadasy2502]

​@@saben8871اللي طلعو لجوء مو رجالة هدول مخانيث عايشين على ط..از نسوانن وخواتن

[@maureenflovers7952]

Even this American narrator sounds racist with his little sneering remarks so in between

[@user-vu8pm4dw6d]

Before the European colonisers ruined the peace in the middle east 😢

[@user-pd6lc9th6n]

you must mean the arabs who colonized the entire middle east and north africa and mass murdered Jews, Druze, Copts, Assyrians, berbers, ect

[@basharleenaa.l.8553]

The middle-east never had peace, because of Islam

[@anuragneti7098]

Don't forget the CIA

[@kingmufasa8929]

Liar!

[@kingmufasa8929]

The Bible clearly say who this country belong to

[@ReneeSalloum-cf1by]

First time to say a big shookran. I t is for the kind , sweet hospitality i have received from Syrians x all middle eastern people. Thankyou.

[@rasu1371]

عفوااا🌸

[@nanasyrian3616]

One day Our Greater syria will be free and united 🙏 Long live syria 🇵🇸🇯🇴🇸🇾🇱🇧

[@amberbank1986]

Current ethnicities in these countries are different. Most of them are arabs,

[@nanasyrian3616]

@@amberbank1986 Is this claim based on scientific evidence?

[@amberbank1986]

@@nanasyrian3616 based on history and demographics of these countries.

[@nanasyrian3616]

@@amberbank1986 History doesn't change the DNA

[@amberbank1986]

@@nanasyrian3616 most of the people who lived in these regions got intermixed with other ethnicities or displaced because of violent conquests that happened throughout the history.

[@StarsNight123]

lol it’s so funny at the little rude remarks he says. Unsanitary and then the soaps he said “cheap soaps. But judging from the appearance of the people there, little demand for it” 😂😭 I am Syrian btw

[@sparx180]

Zekidance I caught those nasty remarks as well. Flies, unsanitary. This film is old and in black and white but rest assured they used the soap.

[@TsarOfRuss]

😂😂😂😂 roasting

[@viktorhartt841]

And the note written at the end of Damascus part!! So rude!

[@cabauchiistreetwear7242]

HE AINT Had to say that just because it’s dusty roads doesn’t mean that the people Is dirty they clearly have clean textiles wrapped and wrapped to cover their skin why does he think that they’re dirty because the roads are dusty? I bet you they are cleaner than he is who’s speaking the commentary

[@Heym8]

Funny they say this when this “nasty” bar of soap is the oldest bar of soap in the world and they probably learnt what soap was from us lmao

[@londonmadnessgirl]

Watch without the unnecessary and reducing commentary. Beautiful scenes ❤️

[@zackwaffen9210]

The commentary is accurate.

[@jj-bv3ui]

It was annoying and weird that he kept talking about gloves or sanitation when traditionally European cultures are unsanitary

[@alexmag342]

@@jj-bv3ui No they arent, stop regurgitating myths

[@richardb8104]

@@jj-bv3ui If they were, why would he keep bringing it up?

[@chrysaliscrisis8530]

​@@zackwaffen9210not at all

[@ibie27]

Narrator didnt visit these places and just said whatever bs came to his mind by watching the video, as we are watching.

[@user-or8xk4ep4m]

Shut up

[@Othman1992on]

The commentator is an imperialist white supremacist from the 1930s. What did you expect?

[@Anneliese210]

It's an old video. Now they will crawl up your ass

[@MB-xq9hu]

Warm feelings for my Damascus... Grew up until the age of 15 in Homs not far from Damascus, living in the US and grateful to my America for 38 years since then, but the heart still aches for Syria when I see her being harmed by outside forces. May God bless her and her people Ya Rab! 🙏🏻

[@youmnaala4310]

I the unnecessary comments the beautiful places really ruins the beautiful images of these amazing cities . I don’t understand why the commenter needs to make comparison to the west without understanding that everyone has a different way of living not everyone and thing has to be like the west to be civilised and clean.

[@1337fraggzb00N]

Because the commentary is from 1938 and it is idiotic to judge it by today's standards.

[@garycooper9207]

Because it is imperialists talking in the video

[@yazankhatib9842]

@@1337fraggzb00Nwell the west still does that, they go around judging other countries like they know better and go invade other countries in the name of democracy and freedom even tho we both know that’s not the reasons they invade and even tho their people still don’t have freedom of speech

[@OZzo1]

@@1337fraggzb00N 1938 is not too far away now... there are grandparents who were born at this time. there are middle aged people who's parents were born at this time. by all means we cannot forget that this mindset existed, still exists and has been subtly adapted to fit the modern era.

[@1337fraggzb00N]

@@OZzo1 you did not even slightly get what I wrote, Instead you put words in my mouth and annoyed me with your kunt word salad. Are you trying to be edgy or are you just retarded?

[@sm98710]

Correction: Damascus, Syria & Jerusalem, Palestine in 1938

[@ameer_bsm]

سلاماً على فلسطين ❤❤ ستعود الى سابق عهدها ولن ننسى شهدائنا فو الله لم نزدد الا اشتياقاً فلسطين حرة ابية فلسطين عربية. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@user-dw4ui2sx8f]

اخدوها فى اقل من 70 عام 😢😢😢😢

[@user-wu8lr5pm7l]

Свое прежнее состояние Палестина показала 7 октября.

[@irrelevant9424]

4:16 “…and go south from Syria into Palestine”. Where was the so called state of Israhell? Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@JawadThalj]

They believe that we were countries. They do not know that we are not divided on the basis of borders, but rather in the form of regions and under the rule of one caliph.

[@irrelevant9424]

@@JawadThalj May Allah bring it back.

[@rachidsabil3873]

@@JawadThalj The ethno-national-state is an invention on the europeans that they forced on the lands they colonized to divide and weaken them. One Ummah, one nation

[@100artyom]

Болван. Учи историю.

[@francescobanco]

Not sure what your point is. Zionism began in the 1800s, and Israel became a country in 1948. However, in 1938 there were close to 500,000 Jews living in Palestine (which was called that by the British beginning in 1918 - not the Arab population prior to that). The Jewish presence in Jerusalem (which was the Jewish capitol beginning 1000 BC) was huge and included such institutions such as The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Palestine Symphony Orchestra (composed of Jewish musicians), The Jerusalem Post, etc., all of which still exist today.

[@user-pf1zd1xh1f]

Why is kabab considered not sanitary while it was well done on heat of about 300 degrees cele?

[@hasanmchattan1374]

bro the commentator is long gone lol

[@user-pf1zd1xh1f]

@@hasanmchattan1374 ya i know but the comment has to be said. Donot you agree.

[@yazankhatib9842]

@@hasanmchattan1374yeah but the wrong things he said aren’t

[@yazankhatib9842]

@@hasanmchattan1374yeah but the rude comments he said aren’t

[@yazankhatib9842]

@@hasanmchattan1374it’s always white peoples looking down on other people like they’re better then us even tho everything they know they learned from us from the Middle East first civilisation, hygiene, space, math….

[@MA-yu6wt]

0:35 80% مسلمين 0:45 المسجد الأموي 1:54 الغترة والعقال العربي 5:16 بائع الحطب 5:32 5:44 6:07 6:22 6:28 فروة/بشت شتوي وعبايات سوداء للنساء: 9:05 "اليوم، الارض تنتمي للمسلمين" ما اخفيكم اني صحت💔 آهٍ على بلاد الشام 💔

[@true_jew]

1:54 هدول من الريف

[@ferasalkaisi6796]

My heart still. There in Syria

[@93yoyo360]

So go back and fight for your country

[@Ruthlessleader]

Bet u will never fight when shit hits the fan and will flee like refugees does. Hypocrite

[@AH-nz4nt]

​@@93yoyo360 ضد من ؟

[@zwpm]

interesting...but some additional unnecessary commentary as well in between ..which was mocking.

[@zwpm]

@@Alibaba-gs6ht absolutely very true ...what they achieved in math, science and even medicine has been used by many in the west especially as foundation and reference.

[@oy_t8]

إن شاء الله ترجع نفس أول 💔

[@viktorhartt841]

I don't think it's 1938 since an Ottoman police man appeared in the film. It must be earlier but released in 1938.

[@OrlyYahalom]

Do you refer to the police officer in Jerusalem? He's British

[@viktorhartt841]

@@OrlyYahalom No Orly, look at the one buying oranges in Damascus 1:35 and also at 2:16

[@omarsyr9203]

@@viktorhartt841 I agree

[@mounirzahran6745]

my guess would be that the commentary was added much later, the original being a silent movie documentary. The Ottomans left Syria in 1918. Perhaps the commentator wasn´t even there and was basing his comments on the footage we are seeing right now.

[@gilkujawski7023]

nope. You can see it is after the British take over (1918) since the Jaffa gate soundings are better organized and the Othman clock tower doesn't exist anymore. Tiding this area was the first move of Storrs, the British military governor of the city . in addition, the film depicts mainly Muslims- which can be attributed in such proportions to the city only after the 1920's, when many of them came from Egypt and Arabia. Until the British era Muslims where a minority in town: e,g. According to the Othman census of 1905 from a total population of 32,400 people- 13,300 were Jews, 11,000 were Christians and only 8,100 were Muslims. The Muslims did not care much abut Jerusalem. The city was a backwater town in the Othman Damascus Eyalet. It was only after the interest by the empires in the 19th century and the rise of Zionism that Palestine and Jerusalem were developed, and Muslims immigrated in droves to the area and city . You can also see the dome of the rock prior to its coverage by gold in 1966 by the Jordanian, as an attempt to elevate its importance. Unfortunately the Muslim still treat the city very poorly. the Muslim quarter is dirty and unkept. the Muslims ruin their own archeology and disregard their own rich history in the city (Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid, Fatimid, Kurds (Saladin), Mamluk and Othman). It is a shame that people that supposedly claim their devotion to the city are unable to meet minimal standards of respect to this place- as owners, or more properly as custodians- since it is not something you can "own", as if it is a 2nd hand car.

[@user-wd3qq8tf9v]

ان القلب ليحزن وان العين لتدمع وانا علي فراقك يا فلسطين ويا سوريا لمحزونون😢

[@aishakabrawe3759]

اي والله محزونون ومقهورون

[@t_y_2192]

Happy days before zionism

[@Hadrianus_Olympius]

👍before Germans - Zionists and National Socialists

[@gilyashar]

You mean before the Assads.

[@nsum2885]

@@gilyasharand who do you think put them in power? The west, which is controlled by zionists

[@100artyom]

Ну,да. До солистов была малярии..... Сейчас скучно😂

[@wish1333]

@@gilyashar those are also evil

[@talibalelm]

هذا الفيديو يختنق الصهيوني لما يراه نعم سيداتي سادتي عندما كانوا المسلمين متعايشين مع اليهود الشرفاء في القدس العربية

[@frankjames7272]

surah 98:6

[@talibalelm]

@@frankjames7272 صدق الله العلي العظيم , الاية هنا لا تقصد اليهود في وجه التحديد بل قد شملت اهل الكتاب باجمعهم من ضمنهم المسيحيين والمسلمين وهنا الله يتكلم عن من يكفر , اي من يسيء لله ولاي شيء يؤدي لله ولكن لا يمكني ان انكر ان الله قد وصف اليهود باوصاف منها الغدر والخيانة وغيرها من الاوصاف لاستحلالهم ذبح الرسولين بغير حق وانهم يرون انفسهم اولياء الله وغيرها

[@google4search]

خلاص رجعت الأرض لأصحابها اليهود

[@asmaalasbali1881]

@@google4searchتعرف وين تحطها يا يهود،،ي

[@AH-nz4nt]

​@@google4search 😂😂 بفت أنت مضحك ، و هل ترى أنها عادت لهم هكذا ؟ طالما أنهم يسرقون أرض غيرهم لن ينعموا بالسلام أبدا في المنطقة و لن يعيشوا براحة

[@user-nr6hi5bw7s]

What is the last word written here? 4:15

[@elleash3888]

Palestine

[@Milk-lt9te]

😂😂😂😂 yes no Israel

[@JordnianPetra7]

​@@Milk-lt9te no Israel

[@alfamejeu7237]

@@Milk-lt9tego read the Torah and Bible and you’ll find Israel over 400 times 😂

[@tr1dnt]

Yes, the British called it Palestine. Palestine is the British colonial name. It does not help your point.

[@zaidwal-ug2yn]

الشام دخيل ترابها 😙

[@thefranciswatts]

thank you c-span for helping provide perspective....something woefully lacking in today's society.

[@coffee6902]

إذا كان الحظ و الإجتهاد من صنع مجد الرجل الأبيض الغربي فإن تكبره وغروره هم من سيعيدوه لحجمه الطبيعي عرق وثقافة كباقي الأعراق والثقافات وربما أقل من غيرها رغم أن هذا المجد هو مادي في الغالب خاوي مثل الطبل

[@user-lf1gd3wm4k]

ايه يا وطني الكل يفنى والله حي

[@starkidforlife136]

صدقت

[@demeter120]

Todos vivian bien hasta que los britanicos llegaron.

[@luisvivanco6897]

Very good. It's a pity it ends so suddenly.

[@manahilimraan]

“Damascus, Syria” , “Jerusalem, ????” Guys look at the biased title of the video. One city is followed by the name of its county while the other is not. Interesting. (1938 - there was no other state!!)

[@SuhailAlJunaibiGCC]

Palestine before the occupation 💔

[@user-kf8fl5rm3s]

So the British are the original Palestinians?

[@ihateshorts32]

Nope you misunderstood the comment,Palestine was an independent nation pretty much just under the supervision of the UK where the natives lived there​@@user-kf8fl5rm3s

[@Act23ful]

Actually it was occupied by Britain

[@c.a.s1900]

This is Syria, a totally different country

[@rabbidcrazy787]

This is Syria.

[@Lara_TheSTAR]

My home country .. miss you

[@user-pf1zd1xh1f]

I love Syria and and the Syrian people. Regards from Mosul.

[@ebrar1044]

Rabbimizi bulduğumuz heryer vatan onu bulamadığım heryer gurbet asıl vatan cennet adem ordan geldi

[@amerac4473]

i wish one day syria and palestine return to their glory.

[@alfamejeu7237]

Nope. Not until Islam leaves.

[@eternalgamer674]

​@@alfamejeu7237not until the jews are sent back where they came from. Ungrateful squatters

[@Theholyspiritstemple]

@@alfamejeu7237 Who are you to dictate the religion and culture of a nation.

[@alfamejeu7237]

@@Theholyspiritstemple once that religion stops dictating others. Also Islam is not a culture 😹

[@bjpcorp]

Interesting motif woven on shawl at the wailing wall... 9:53

[@yourhuckleberry6757]

You found the secret.... nazi zionist transfer agreement 1933-1939. Shhh don't tell anyone.

[@TsarOfRuss]

Strong independent woman there ... 7:08 That is someone's grandma now

[@comradeleppi2000]

Lol who knows if she is alive

[@comradeleppi2000]

But what you said is correct

[@nanasyrian3616]

🤣

[@AkireMaru]

Or dead…or approaching 100 years of age or a great great grandmother

[@fritzs1207]

1:32 the contaminator mentioning the soap can he say this about Jewish market somewhere ?

[@buzifalus]

he is working for that market, that already based itself in northern Europe

[@HuE3]

الشرق الاوسط قبل السرطان الصهيوني

[@gilyashar]

Zionism existed then and has improved the whole area.

[@r.............................]

​@@gilyashar Not you believing in the sh////it you're saying 😂 Yeah yeah they improved it by stea///ling it and kil**ling its people You sound so dumb 😂

[@danaabu-khater3050]

@@gilyashar you mean destroyed

[@lukecage2131]

@@gilyashar zionism is a cancer indeed. Its very powerful, has no cure and it spreads like wildfire but it eventually dies out, and when it does, it takes down and destroys all those who carry it. So start counting your days little sh1t.

[@lonewolf4689]

​@@gilyasharYeah, they improved at destroying everything.

[@itsteta6191]

Damascus , Syria and Jerusalem, Palestine.

[@coreyslater2801]

Damascus , Syria and Jerusalem, British Mandate For Palestine. -- See I fixed it. Otherwise it was like mentioning a real country and then a fantasy like Santa's village.

[@rawand74gmail]

Oops. Did you call Palestain Palestain? Quickly, cut it off before someone reports it

[@nada_khoury]

Why? That's the truth. The British mandate for Palestine (also known as "the Land of Israel") - not ever a Palestinian state. It has nothing to do with what people now call Palestine or the people who claim ownership on it (so called "Palestinians"), I assume that's what you're referring to. If anything, this video shows that there was no state of Palestine and that many people lived there already at such an early time, including Jews (who were considered to be "Palestinians" because that's how everybody was called in the mandate for Palestine).

[@Altair-El-Haddad]

​@@nada_khouryThe infy complex of a Christian Lebanese is showing 😂😂

[@cl9615]

Everyone was called Palestinian, Jews and Arab. It’s actually funny since the Arabs rejected the name Palestine and argued that it was invented by the Zionists.

[@sah295]

@@cl9615 هذه مغالطة كبيرة نحن هنا لا نتكلم عن وجود دولة فلسطينية بالمفهوم المعاصر بل نحن هنا نتكلم عن أرض و سكانها الاصليين و هؤلاء كانوا موجودين حتى قبل الاحتلال البريطاني ( و لم تكن هناك تسمية تشير الى أرض فلسطين بمصطلح مثل "أرض إسرائيل" ) و السكان الأصليين هم الشعب الفلسطيني بكل مكوناته أما اليهود الفلسطينيين كانوا أقلية في مقابل الأغلبية العربية المسلمة و اليهود الفلسطينيين لا علاقة لهم بالخليط الغير المتجانس الذي جاء من أوروبا الشرقية و شمال افريقيا و غيرها من المناطق حول العالم

[@sah295]

@@Altair-El-Haddad تركة المسيحية المتصهينة

[@azulceleste2646]

Amazing recording of a place 85 years ago, which is just a little while ago when you think about how long the earth already exists.

[@dessiesoc609]

Rabbana taqabal Mina inaka samii ul aliim ❤️

[@sparx180]

People just going about their daily business. All was just fine then they came along and took over these countries.

[@eugeniev-a4]

in 1938?? It was already colonized

[@inconveniencias5151]

Forte impressão que estas imagens me causam, uma enigmática recordação, já tinha sucedido o mesmo ao percorrer o Vale do Nilo; somos um mistério...

[@michabibiz]

this is how my teta lived in lebanon. allah yerhamah

[@sarahnashh]

Palestain before occupation every Zionist should watch this 😊

[@labricola6993]

Good lifestyle before khazari fake jews came

[@kingmufasa8929]

Please explain?

[@sarahnashh]

@@kingmufasa8929 They thought or let me say lei that palestain was a country with out people.....stupid so building build by nothing !

[@alfamejeu7237]

@@kingmufasa8929they’re dumb pro Palestinians who think Jews don’t belong in the Cannan region. Even though the Torah and Bible support a Jewish state 😂

[@tr1dnt]

Yes, the British called it Palestine. Palestine is the colonial name of the land. It does not help your point.

[@RimoDanish]

they wrote Palestine those days cause Isreal didn't exist yet

[@shawngordon6626]

ISRAEL IS THE APPLE OF THE HOLY GOD EYE'S

[@moalaa9382]

Palestine before the Zionist occupation of Israel.

[@moalaa9382]

@Pumpkin 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Man what I can tell you, if you’re Pumpkin. the shoes of my father old than your Israel, just tell the people here: Where your grandfather was born .. all come from the West. Zionist scholars searched every spot in the occupied land of Palestine for antiquities, but they did not find. Even Zionist geneticists could not prove that you are from here. but the Jews of course are in the whole world ! This is for sure, and I respect them a lot like my family .. But occupier Zionist, after the whole world expelled you ancestors from Russia, America and Europe, the Arab people of Palestine and Morocco welcomed you ... what have you done !!! Your mother Britain gave you arms and the Balfour Declaration and you killed the original inhabitants of the Palestinian land ... in 1948 ... this is your truth, you are a usurper occupation entity, and you will return from where you came ... Palestine is free from the river to the sea 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸

[@basmalasaad3039]

Everyone has been calling it Palestine since the Romans- even nowadays, it's called "historic Palestine". Not to be reductive, the only people who called it Israel were the Jews who lived there whereas Palestine was a name that encompassed all the different peoples and cultures who had been there

[@OrlyYahalom]

@@basmalasaad3039 Jews called the land Eretz Yisrael (Land of Israel) but also "Palestine". The latter was neutral and not associated with any etnicity or faith. My parents' birth certificates define their nationality as Palestinian and their religion as Jewish.

[@Beby-com]

My City

[@Joudi233]

اللهم برداً وسلاماً على بلاد الشام

[@SuqAdiq]

سورية انتهت

[@mariakh6033]

Seeing my hometown (Damascus) made me emotional 🥲

[@Unknown-ow1ts]

يا قدسي الحبيبة💖💖💖

[@GmoneyMozart]

Awesome. More please. :)

[@grindyoutodust819]

They put up a video of 1920-1939 Jerusalem and they turned off the commentary knowing damn well people would criticise the jews nowayds. What the fuck happened to the free speech you idiots.

[@Dewdrop00]

nice to find this video

[@user-gh3cz7xx2o]

سلام لغزة سلام لفلسطين الحرة سلام لسوريا سلام للعراق سلام للبنان و كل ارض الشام سلام لكل شعوب امتنا سنزهر من جديد 🕊️🕊️

[@tariqmostafa]

when we Muslims Christians and Jews lived together till the west decided to use the Jews to make business after colonialism, especially USA they did not have the chance like UK and France

[@gilyashar]

They still do, under democratic Zionism.

[@alfamejeu7237]

Uh. Muslims and Christian’s and Jews never lived together. That’s a complete horrible lie. That would be chaotic and another world war 😂

[@abc33944]

@@alfamejeu7237 you liar .. India was in its way peaceful as Muslims Sikhs and Hindus lived suddenly by side .., until the divide and conquer savages Got their hands on it

[@bazs2855]

@@alfamejeu7237umm there are many examples of this in history. In Spain in Egypt, all over the levant and in Iraq and in… I could go on but you need to learn more history.

[@alfamejeu7237]

@@bazs2855 Yea… and the Spanish killed many Jews or forced to convert them… same with the other countries you mentioned. There was constant oppression to Jews in both Europe and Asia.

[@user-pk5nz1yw5v]

❤❤❤❤🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾

[@pearlfinder1]

Cool footage … from old a peaceful city until last few decades

[@user-kk2pc7ik7t]

The middle east is fascinating

[@abc33944]

Hence the reason savages from the west disguised as posh business talking cunts Rob it

[@user-jr3sc1mc8y]

رائع

[@O.vincccce]

They Can never change the truth ✌️ Palestine will be free 🇵🇸

[@alfamejeu7237]

Go read the Torah and Bible and see the truth (Israel) 😂

[@jigold22571]

The faces..🙏

[@EmmaHolland]

Did he just call them dirty?

[@beowolf19751]

Fascinating footage!

[@hellokitty10117]

lovely palestine

[@alfamejeu7237]

Lovely Israel 😂

[@SuperLn1991]

"Perhaps unsanitary" " no gloves" dude, we, European were doing the same in the 30s (and still do in some places)!!!

[@MrMfaust5]

I'm sure Andre de la Varre is long dead; but there are more than one significant Church that he could've mentioned in Damascus, Syria!

[@jbmi5]

I don’t see any European and Americans (white people) which is the case today……

[@YouYou-sm8tf]

😂😂 Same for Europe. If you look at video from 1800, you won’t see any arabs and africans which is the case today. And many arabs, africans still flock Europe illegally.....

[@jbmi5]

@@YouYou-sm8tf? So you are saying these white Jews living today in Israel are illegal settlers?

[@user-dw4ui2sx8f]

​@@YouYou-sm8tfArabs in Europe are only migrants who look for a good living and jobs , otherwise the Europeans in palestine came to take the land by force killing thusands of people

[@lonewolf4689]

​​@@YouYou-sm8tfIt's called the Kalergi plan.

[@alfamejeu7237]

Many Arabs have white facial features . Shut up. 😂

[@bayanbayan4606]

it's muslims not mohammedans

[@alfamejeu7237]

That’s what Christian’s call you guys since you a guys follow Mohammed

[@donaldkey9074]

Ah yes, mock the soap while not even knowing how to wash your backside or brush your teeth..

[@v.n2692]

Before 'freedom'

[@sanjanewmoonlife]

These people are more Healthy, and live long life.. Now new generation of 21 century are sick every day from different soap. Sick and dead from complaining.

[@shatirbravo7293]

anyone noticed that there was no obesity?

[@arte8924]

Cause The food was much healthier than now also it doesn't contain any Preservative or chemicals in it last but not least people back days were so active, they used to do everything by themselves .

[@eliaskhanmeh7399]

We miss the ordinaire life….. the solitaire of crown that is was Damascus…. Where are now no one know …. Thank for the lost harmony …..we are tired

[@chanelapaaja386]

Peace and humatity in diversities in Ottoman Turk

[@hanibayyari2489]

Notice wrote Jerusalem, Palestine 1938. Not Isreal.

[@ofree1966]

this was a name given to the region by roma impire

[@coreyslater2801]

Notice it's actuall the British Mandate For Palestine.. Not Palestine.

[@alfamejeu7237]

Notice how the Bible that is 1000+ years older than Palestine says Israel is a kingdom 😂

[@user-yo7ze8yl8w]

И где же были евреи со своим израилем

[@zahraalgeria2268]

في أوروبا، شمال إفريقيا، اليمن، أثيوبيا ....الخ

[@koray7994]

​@@zahraalgeria2268hayir jerusalem'de,tel aviv'de israel topraklarında bakara 122'ye uy arap

[@imransharif443]

Beautiful nice video

[@fatimaalfajer6929]

Free Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸 :)(:

[@alfamejeu7237]

From the map

[@mh-em2mp]

🇮🇱💙🤍

[@fatimaalfajer6929]

@@mh-em2mp em bruh L

[@hananalbataineh6175]

Long live Sham Syria Palastine Jordan and Lebanon

[@basselalaswad2430]

Long live Palestine free and dear .. We will recover the land of Palestine someday .. Believe God and His Messenger ....💪

[@romainreuter9604]

Keep dreaming. Israel has now almost 10 million inhabitants (80 pc jews and 20 pc arabs). Where do you think will all these people go when you "free Palestine"? The game is over, get over it.

[@basselalaswad2430]

@@romainreuter9604 we well see that in the future... 😉Islam coming and Issa coming 😊 You well been outside and forever 😂

[@romainreuter9604]

@@basselalaswad2430 Issa was a jew who lived in Israel. Remember?

[@basselalaswad2430]

@@romainreuter9604 He was born in Palestine ... We will bring Palestine back from the Israeli occupation

[@romainreuter9604]

@@basselalaswad2430 You really need to get your facts straight. The name Palestine, at the time of Jesus, wasn`t even invented then. It was invented much later by the Romans after the jewish uprising of Bar Kochba in 135 AD. As i told you the game is over, get used to it. Israel is there to stay.

[@Muslimah1987]

Ahh...before the cursed, unchosen ones set foot....

[@basharlol6799]

Damascus the start and the end

[@Dewdrop00]

when outer world called Palestine Palestine

[@alfamejeu7237]

It wasn’t a country though 😂

[@powr_GLORY]

7:08 مسوي زحمة والشارع فاضي وآخر شي في أيام زمان تضاربو وش ذا ياخي 😂😂😂😂😂

[@O.vincccce]

Veru proud to be from there 🙌

[@laithhherzallah]

شي ياخذ العقل والله

[@benfirgdhs]

ahh the good old days before the west blessed us with freedom and isntreal ☺

[@jgjalsas1315]

The baker is not wearing gloves! Did anyone at 1938 wear gloves?

[@reemaldhafiri775]

peaceful life before the occupation

[@alfamejeu7237]

Go cry

[@reemaldhafiri775]

@@alfamejeu7237 LOL u look exactly like your avatar

[@alfamejeu7237]

@@reemaldhafiri775 what avatar?

[@reemaldhafiri775]

@@alfamejeu7237 the sheep picture

[@alfamejeu7237]

@@reemaldhafiri775 sheep’s are good things according to the Bible. Your point?

[@ADAM_500MSG]

بدي ترجمة

[@alhashmealhrbe2497]

Hhhhh

[@basmalasaad3039]

احسنلك بدونو والله- المذيع عنصري و عشان مش مستوعب تحضر المسلمين، بيحاول يقلل من شأنهم بشرحو 🤷‍♀️

[@alaaeidi18]

حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل في كل من كان له يد في تدمير بلدي سوريا من حوالي السنة كنت بسوريا و زرنا الجامع الاموي مع بناتي ان شاء الله بترجع احسن من قبل و بيرجعوا كل السوريين عليها

[@zerovikings5852]

بشار باع البلد

[@malakmoff8076]

Free Syria 🇸🇾 and free Palestine 🇵🇸