Ali Farzat or Ali Ferzat is a Syrian political cartoonist. He has published more than 15,000 caricatures in Syrian, Arab and international newspapers. He serves as the head of the Arab Cartoonists Association. In 2011, he received Sakharov Prize for peace. Farzat was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2012.
Ali Ferzat by Michael Netzer
The University of Damascus is the largest and oldest university in Syria, located in the capital Damascus, with campuses in other Syrian cities. It was founded in 1923 as the Syrian University through the merger of the Medical School and the Institute of Law. It adopted its current name after the founding of the University of Aleppo in 1958.
La Caserne Hamidieh - previous headquarter of the Syrian University, is the Faculty of Law building
Aerial view of the headquarter in 1933
International students including Nigerian Researcher Dr. Abdul-Fattah Adelabu (middle) at Damascus University City Mazzah 1993
Damascus University headquarter in Baramkeh