Al-Shaghur, Damascus

Al-Shaghour (Arabic: ٱلشَّاغُور, romanized: aš-Šāḡūr) is a municipality and a neighborhood located in the old walled city of Damascus, Syria, south and east of the Old City, and east of al-Midan.

[2] Al-Shaghour is also home to many of the prominent Shia Muslim families of Damascus.

[2] During the French mandate, part of the neighborhood, known as "Shaghour al-Juwani" was located within the Old City walls, while most of the neighborhood was located outside the city walls and is known as "Shaghour al-Barrani".

Al-Shaghour was the home to several prominent intellectuals and political figures including the famous poet Nizar Qabbani, the minister of defense of the Kingdom of Syria, Yusuf al-Azma,[2] and Hasan al-Kharrat, the most prominent rebel leader in Damascus during the 1925 Great Syrian Revolt.

[7][8] Shaghour al-Juwani is located in the Old City municipality and had a population of 2,506 in 2004.

Shaghour in 1910