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SYRIA-ALEPPO-CARPET REPAIR

(220429) -- ALEPPO (SYRIA), April 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Omar Rawas, a carpet weaver, repairs a carpet at his workshop in Aleppo, Syria, on March 8, 2022. Before the war erupted in Syria in 2011, the business of repairing carpet was mainly about fixing ancient and expensive handmade carpets, which were considered heritage and treasures due to their value. However, the situation has now changed as people can hardly afford new expensive carpets amid the economic crisis resulted from the long years of war and the harsh economic sanctions imposed by the United States on Syria. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Carpet repair booms in Syria's Aleppo amid economic crisis

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SYRIA-ALEPPO-CARPET REPAIR

(220429) -- ALEPPO (SYRIA), April 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Omar Rawas, a carpet weaver, checks a carpet at his workshop in Aleppo, Syria, on March 8, 2022. Before the war erupted in Syria in 2011, the business of repairing carpet was mainly about fixing ancient and expensive handmade carpets, which were considered heritage and treasures due to their value. However, the situation has now changed as people can hardly afford new expensive carpets amid the economic crisis resulted from the long years of war and the harsh economic sanctions imposed by the United States on Syria. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Carpet repair booms in Syria's Aleppo amid economic crisis

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SYRIA-ALEPPO-CARPET REPAIR

(220429) -- ALEPPO (SYRIA), April 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Omar Rawas, a carpet weaver, repairs a carpet at his workshop in Aleppo, Syria, on March 8, 2022. Before the war erupted in Syria in 2011, the business of repairing carpet was mainly about fixing ancient and expensive handmade carpets, which were considered heritage and treasures due to their value. However, the situation has now changed as people can hardly afford new expensive carpets amid the economic crisis resulted from the long years of war and the harsh economic sanctions imposed by the United States on Syria. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Carpet repair booms in Syria's Aleppo amid economic crisis

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SYRIA-ALEPPO-CARPET REPAIR

(220429) -- ALEPPO (SYRIA), April 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Omar Rawas, a carpet weaver, works at his workshop in Aleppo, Syria, on March 8, 2022. Before the war erupted in Syria in 2011, the business of repairing carpet was mainly about fixing ancient and expensive handmade carpets, which were considered heritage and treasures due to their value. However, the situation has now changed as people can hardly afford new expensive carpets amid the economic crisis resulted from the long years of war and the harsh economic sanctions imposed by the United States on Syria. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Carpet repair booms in Syria's Aleppo amid economic crisis

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SYRIA-ALEPPO-CARPET REPAIR

(220429) -- ALEPPO (SYRIA), April 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Omar Rawas, a carpet weaver, works at his workshop in Aleppo, Syria, on March 8, 2022. Before the war erupted in Syria in 2011, the business of repairing carpet was mainly about fixing ancient and expensive handmade carpets, which were considered heritage and treasures due to their value. However, the situation has now changed as people can hardly afford new expensive carpets amid the economic crisis resulted from the long years of war and the harsh economic sanctions imposed by the United States on Syria. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Carpet repair booms in Syria's Aleppo amid economic crisis

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SYRIA-ALEPPO-CARPET REPAIR

(220429) -- ALEPPO (SYRIA), April 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Omar Rawas (R), a carpet weaver, works with others at his workshop in Aleppo, Syria, on March 8, 2022. Before the war erupted in Syria in 2011, the business of repairing carpet was mainly about fixing ancient and expensive handmade carpets, which were considered heritage and treasures due to their value. However, the situation has now changed as people can hardly afford new expensive carpets amid the economic crisis resulted from the long years of war and the harsh economic sanctions imposed by the United States on Syria. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Carpet repair booms in Syria's Aleppo amid economic crisis

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Syrian carpet weaver sees booming carpet repair business amid economic crisis

STORY: Syrian carpet weaver sees booming carpet repair business amid economic crisis DATELINE: April 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:33 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: ECONOMY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1- Various of the carpet weaver Omar Rawas working 2- SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): OMAR RAWAS, Carpet weaver 3- The carpet weaver working 4- SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): OMAR RAWAS, Carpet weaver 5- Various of the worker working 6- SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): OMAR RAWAS, Carpet weaver 7- Rawas Checking the carpet 8- SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): OMAR RAWAS, Carpet weaver 9- Rawas arranges the carpets STORYLINE: As a result of the economic crisis in Syria, the carpet repair business comes under the spotlight as people cannot afford new carpets. Before the war erupted in Syria in 2011, the carpet repair business was largely about fixing ancient and expensive handmade carpets, which were considered a kind of heritage. Omar Rawas, 44, inherited the technique from his ancestors. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): OMAR RAWAS, Carpet weaver "Amid the steep hike in prices