{"id":6816,"date":"2025-09-08T07:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T07:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/?p=6816"},"modified":"2025-09-08T10:10:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T10:10:13","slug":"discover-syrias-national-flower-damask-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/en\/6816\/discover-syrias-national-flower-damask-rose\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Syria\u2019s National Flower: Damask rose"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Did you know that there\u2019s a flower from Damascus that traveled across the world, carrying with it the scent of Syrian soil? <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki-exporter.com\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Damask rose<\/a><\/strong>, or <em>ward al-jouri<\/em>, Syria\u2019s National Flower, is a symbol of love, heritage, and homeland.<br><\/p>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsakae9l-1-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsakae9l-1-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsakae9l-1-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsakae9l-1-250x188.png 250w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsakae9l-1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsakae9l-1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <p>From the heart of Damascus, this rose began its journey. It bloomed in the orchards of Ghouta, then moved with caravans east and west, to India, Turkey, Egypt, and Europe. Wherever it went, it told the story of Syria. So unique was its charm that UNESCO, in 2019, recognized it as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.<br><\/p>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-not-just-a-rose-a-history-and-a-story\"><strong>Not Just a Rose\u2026 A History and a Story<\/strong><\/h2>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/xrpdbov9-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/xrpdbov9-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/xrpdbov9-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/xrpdbov9-250x140.png 250w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/xrpdbov9-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/xrpdbov9.png 1499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <p>The rose inspired poets and writers. Shakespeare admired it and wrote, \u201cas lovely as a Damascene rose.\u201d And Nizar Qabbani, the poet of Damascus, said: I am your Damascene rose\u2026 People of Sham&#8230; So he among you who finds me\u2026 let him place me in the first vase.<br><\/p>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/528557546_122133516878864116_5376886820305956890_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/528557546_122133516878864116_5376886820305956890_n.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/528557546_122133516878864116_5376886820305956890_n-600x407.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/528557546_122133516878864116_5376886820305956890_n-250x169.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/528557546_122133516878864116_5376886820305956890_n-768x520.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-scent-from-memory\"><strong>A Scent from Memory<\/strong><\/h2>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/530350225_122133517022864116_8041839167718942976_n-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6790\" style=\"width:673px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/530350225_122133517022864116_8041839167718942976_n-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/530350225_122133517022864116_8041839167718942976_n-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/530350225_122133517022864116_8041839167718942976_n-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/530350225_122133517022864116_8041839167718942976_n-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/530350225_122133517022864116_8041839167718942976_n-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/530350225_122133517022864116_8041839167718942976_n.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <p>Every May in Damascus, the rose becomes a celebration. At dawn, families head to the orchards, gathering baskets filled with blossoms. They sing, laugh, and celebrate what they call <em>the Rose Festival<\/em>. From these flowers, Syrians prepare rose water, rose jam, refreshing rose drinks, and rose oil\u2014so precious that one drop is worth more than gold. Did you know it takes about 600 roses to make just one liter of rose oil? No wonder it\u2019s the secret behind the world\u2019s finest perfumes.<br><\/p>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3Dpfbid024m4ZgdCAwBjaCjZPV3eTRhEr8zYS8wfTvYcs9HwZSpCBiNaYD28Lqfe5Em3tqfCbl%26id%3D61573096196126&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"709\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-flower-of-magic-and-honor\"><strong>A Flower of Magic and Honor<\/strong><\/h2>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"879\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/j98trf4v-1024x879.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6800\" style=\"width:623px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/j98trf4v-1024x879.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/j98trf4v-600x515.png 600w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/j98trf4v-250x214.png 250w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/j98trf4v-768x659.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/j98trf4v-1536x1318.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/j98trf4v-2048x1757.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <p>History, too, remembers this flower. When Saladin liberated Jerusalem, he carried 500 camels loaded with rose water from Damascus to cleanse the city. Caliph Al-Mutawakkil once declared: \u201cI am King of Kings, and it is the Queen of Roses. We belong to each other.\u201d<br><\/p>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-damascus-the-land-of-roses-and-jasmine\"><strong>Damascus\u2026 The Land of Roses and Jasmine<\/strong><\/h2>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/f330g5la.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6796\" style=\"width:637px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/f330g5la.png 900w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/f330g5la-600x384.png 600w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/f330g5la-250x160.png 250w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/f330g5la-768x492.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <p>Syria is not only the land of roses\u2014it\u2019s also the land of Damascus Jasmine. This white blossom climbed the walls of old houses, wrapped around windows and doorsteps, and became one of the city\u2019s most beloved symbols. Its fragrance filled every street, every home, until Damascus earned its nickname: the City of Jasmine.<\/p>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <p>Nizar Qabbani once wrote: <em>\u201cDamascus taught me the alphabet of jasmine.\u201d<\/em> He even wished to be buried there, <em>\u201cin the soil where the jasmine of Damascus once blossomed.\u201d<\/em><br><\/p>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ia3yunms.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6798\" style=\"width:675px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ia3yunms.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ia3yunms-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ia3yunms-250x167.png 250w, https:\/\/www.thisisdimashq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ia3yunms-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-flower-exhibition-damascus-s-green-festival\"><strong>The Flower Exhibition\u2026 Damascus\u2019s Green Festival<\/strong><\/h2>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <p>Out of this love for flowers, Syria created its first International Flower Exhibition almost 50 years ago, back in 1973, at Al-Jahiz Park, then later at the Sheraton Gardens. Today, the festival blooms every year at Tishreen Park, where flower lovers from Syria and around the world gather.<\/p>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-two-roses-represent-a-country\"><strong>Two Roses Represent a Country<\/strong><\/h2>    <div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <p>Two flowers, the rose and the jasmine, represent more than plants. They are memory, identity, and the fragrance of a homeland. Wherever you are in the world, if you smell jasmine or see a Damask rose, you\u2019ll be reminded of Syria\u2014its houses, its alleys, its people.<br><\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p class=\"has-pale-ocean-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Did you enjoy this article about Syria&#8217;s national flower? 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