Az-Zawiya al-Hilaliyya - Rapid Damage Assessment
By Rami Al-Afandi, Issam Ballouz, Alaa Haddad, York Rieffel (consultant)
[Picture source: © 2007 Stefan Weber] [Picture source: © 2007 Stefan Weber] Brief Summary
Al-Zawiya al-Hilaliyya was exposed to vandalism during the armed conflict in the Old City of Aleppo 2012 – 2016:
1. Changing of the name and function as zawiya to be Madrassa and the inscription above the entrance was removed.
2. Twelve graves located at the courtyard were removed by a radical group who controlled the area for a while during the armed conflict.
After 2015 the radical group left the area an al-Zawiya returned to its original function.
Value / Specifics: All damages are relating to the historical values of the Zawiya.
Recommendation class: RC1 > Maintenance/Preventive conservation
GROUNDPLAN & LOCALIZATION OF DAMAGE [Picture source: © Syrian Heritage Archive Project (after Ali Jabbour, Lamia Jasser, and Avin Uthman)] 
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