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    <title>[Lightstalkers] visa for syria</title>
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      <title>visa for syria</title>
      <description>going to syria at the end of june and wondering if it would be better to ask for a journalist visa or not in order to take daily life pictures...if any of you have suggestions on places to see, to sleep or anything else please feel free to help out...
thank you</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 07:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: visa for syria</title>
      <description>just go for the tourist visa. as far as i know, there is only one foreign journalist who has been given a syrian press card in the last decade, and identifying yourself as a journalist will make for a time consuming headache.

that said, if you're pictures are going to be published in a prominent publication soon after your trip to syria, i suggest that you talk to the ministry of information upon arrival. they don't take kindly to people running around under their nose in the current tense political climate, and doing so could jeopardize future travel to syria. all in all though, simply apply for the usual tourist visa, and deal with the red tape once you get there if your story will eventually be seen by their people.

in terms of places to stay, there are many great options, though book in advance as summers tend to be busy. the high end is the four seasons, which usually has a rate of 145 US/night, and is quite nice. less expensive is the mamluk in the christian part of the old city. it's quite beautiful and as far as i know, has wireless internet. i think it's about 80-100 US/night. the haramain hostel is a great option when traveling on the cheap, and is a quick walk away from the old souk. 

safe travels
b</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/visa_for_syria#76500</link>
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      <title>Re: visa for syria</title>
      <description>thanks a lot bryan...appreciated...
n.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/visa_for_syria#76503</link>
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      <title>Re: visa for syria</title>
      <description>My 2 cents... Chiedi il visto business all'ambasciata a Roma; fatti fare da F. una normalissima lettera di accredito che ti qualifica come fotogiornalista italiano in Siria per scattare generiche "fotografie  di costume" che saranno pubblicate sulle maggiori testate italiane; una volta a Damasco, presentati al Ministero dell'Informazione e con tutti i documenti segnala la tua presenza nel Paese. Io sono dell'idea che meno gente si cerchi di "prendere per i fondelli" (in senso buono), meglio sia. Mi sono posto lo stesso problema per il Libano, ma tutto &#232; andato pi&#249; che bene parlando chiaro e dimostrando di essere l&#236; per uno scopo ben preciso...

Per quanto riguarda l'accomodamento, se vuoi mi posso interessare con un mio amico archeologo che &#232; stato in Siria non pi&#249; di sei mesi fa...

Ciao, buon viaggio e buon lavoro</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/visa_for_syria#76525</link>
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      <title>Re: visa for syria</title>
      <description>Grazie ema,
sono dello stesso parere anche se in realt&#224; vado senza una precisa storia da raccontare.."solo" per raccogliere impressioni di un mondo che non conosco..ecco insomma ce modo e modo di essere turisti, no? cmq, grazie per le dritte, ho ancora qualche giorno per decidere la linea da seguire e terr&#242; conto dei tuoi suggerimenti..buon lavoro!
n.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/visa_for_syria#76535</link>
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      <title>Re: visa for syria</title>
      <description>Penso che pi&#249; che turisti, l'importante sia essere viaggiatori :) ciao!</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/visa_for_syria#76537</link>
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      <title>Re: visa for syria</title>
      <description>;)
grazie,
n.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/visa_for_syria#76538</link>
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      <title>Re: visa for syria</title>
      <description>Siria? Bello! E io qui a guardare con la mia cavigliona...</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/visa_for_syria#76599</link>
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      <title>Re: visa for syria</title>
      <description>hello Nanni, 

are you back from Syria? can you tell us what did you do at the end: visa journalist or tourist? and your experience there, i might go there this summer to photograph irapi refugees on my own, and would love to hear about your experience cause i am also wondering what to do in term of visa

thanks

magali</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 07:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/visa_for_syria#122350</link>
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