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Syria: Rare Damascene Flower

Posted 11 September 2008 11:45 GMT

Amr Fahham [Ar], from Damascus, appeals for help to save a rare Damascene flower – the Damascene Sawsan (

السوسن الدمشقي

), from extinction. He says that it only grows on Mountain Qassun.

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Written byRazan Ghazzawi

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