Maktab Anbar

Maktab Anbar (Arabic: مكتب عنبر) (Anbar Office) is a house in the center of Old Damascus, Syria. The house was built as a private residence by a local Jewish notable Mr. Anbar in the mid 19th century and was later confiscated by the Ottoman government after Mr. Anbar's bankruptcy.[1]

The house is built around three courtyards, first the formal reception courtyard, behind this the attractive female courtyard, and finally the spartan servants' courtyard. Due to the cost of building, the owner turned the building into the Damascus Civil Preparatory School, which was a prestigious, expensive, tuition-based school for the children of the land-owning families of Damascus.[1] According to Philip Khoury, many Syrian nationalist leaders who worked and were co-opted by the French from 1928 and independence in 1946, were graduates of Maktab Anbar.[1] The house was restored by the Ministry of Culture in 1976. It now holds a library exhibition hall, museum and craft workshops.[2]

  • Maktab Anbar
    Maktab Anbar
  • The reception courtyard
    The reception courtyard
  • The female courtyard
    The female courtyard
  • The servants' courtyard
    The servants' courtyard
  • The female courtyard
    The female courtyard

References
  1. Provence, Michael (2005). The Great Syrian Revolt and the Rise of Arab Nationalism. University of Texas Press. p. 39. ISBN 0-292-70680-4.
  2. Archnet, Maktab Anbar Restoration

33°30′35.5″N 36°18′34″E

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