Damascus: Jewel of the Orient
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winding. Native life indescribable in variety and color spread
before us with every step. We entered Azem Palace—the
governor's abode in earlier days—and found ourselves in a
huge courtyard surrounded by magnificent mosaics, pools,
trees, and flowers. This was the haremlik reserved for the
pasha's family. To the left were the women's quarters, where
dozens of wives and concubines had whetted the appetite of
their lecherous master and the princes of his household. We
stepped