suq
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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I bought my first one--a prayer rug, to celebrate my safe return from Iraq--at a suq in the Old City of Damascus.
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Instead, less threatening pictures of Assad's son and heir apparent Bashar, 34, decorate billboards and shopwindows from the Damascus suq to the Mediterranean coast.
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There were no policemen visible amid the crush of midnight shoppers at the suq in the oldest part of the city.
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The centuries-old suq, or bazaar, was closed this year when Gaddafi banned all private enterprise.
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Some Palestinians who have negotiated with Peres express doubts about a man they regard as "a master bargainer in the suq."
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