Songs, Chants and Prayers of Ancient Syria

What we hear about Syria today is grim: ISIS is advancing, the death toll is rising, refugees are fleeing. So today we're going to recall the Syria that came before all that. Historically, it’s been a deeply spiritual country, full of Sufi Muslims and Orthodox Christians, whose songs and prayers represent some of the most beautiful examples of religious music in the world. Jason Hamacher recorded some of these sounds, just months before the civil war erupted.

Jason Hamacher, producer of Nawa - Ancient Sufi Invocations and Forgotten Songs from Aleppo