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| Keywords: DamascusSyrianBreadseller.jpg Photograph 1910 of a bread seller in Damascus in front of the bakery While we were passing through the crowded bazaars this after-noon I was very much interested and amused by the number and variety of the street calls or cries Two lads carrying between them a large tray loaded of bread cried out Ya Karim ya Karim That is not the name for bread No it is one of the attributes of God and signifies the bountiful or generous; and since bread is the staff of life the name implies that it is the gift of the Bountiful One THE LAND AND THE BOOK W M Thompson 1886 http //mideastimage com/result aspx 1910 PD-Syria 1910 in Damascus Bread vendors People of Damascus | ||||
