Heritage of the Euphrates

Sharing the poetry, music, and storytelling traditions from the people and places along the Euphrates River Valley in Syria.

Legends of the Euphrates, Episode 1

A contemporary response to the Adapa story

The Iraqi and Syrian public respond to the ancient Mesopotamian story of Adapa as told by the Zipang Storytellers.

Within the first two weeks, this video has been seen by 454,000 people on Facebook, with the largest audiences in Baghdad, Nineveh and Basrah. Overall, the videos created by Eye on Heritage have now been viewed over 4.5 million times, mainly in Iraq and Syria.

Legends of the Euphrates, Episode 2

A contemporary response to the Epic of Gilgamesh

The Iraqi and Syrian public respond to the ancient Epic of Gilgamesh as told by the Zipang Storytellers.

Within the first two weeks, this video has been seen by 258,000 people on Facebook. Overall, the videos created by Eye on Heritage have now been viewed over 4.75 million times, mainly in Iraq and Syria.

The Euphrates Heritage House

Report on Syria TV, 5th March 2020

The Euphrates Heritage House is a key component of the Eye on Heritage ‘Heritage of the Euphrates’ project.

In an effort to preserve Euphratean musical and literary heritage, a group of young people from the Deir ez-Zor province of Syria have established the Euphrates Heritage House. This centre is located near the Syrian / Turkish border in the Turkish province of Urfa (Şanlıurfa), which has recently become a centre for refugees from the Euphrates and Jazirah regions of Syria.

Goddess of the Vase

Artist Akram Saffan’s relief sculpture in the Euphrates Heritage House

“I am very pleased to be participating in this remarkable initiative for the preservation of Deir ez-Zor’s heritage, in which a group of young people have come together to build this great cultural association. I always yearn for our history, specifically the history of the great Mari civilization. We are descendants of an ancient and important civilization, so we are not novel to these kind of activities.”

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