Maktab Anbar ( ar, 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

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notable Mr. Anbar in the mid 19th century and was later confiscated by the Ottoman government after Mr. Anbar's bankruptcy. 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. According to Philip Khoury, many

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leaders who worked and were co-opted by the French from 1928 and independence in 1946, were graduates of Maktab Anbar. The house was restored by the

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in 1976. It now holds a library exhibition hall, museum and craft workshops.Archnet, Maktab Anbar Restoration
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File:مكتب عنبر - Maktab Anbar.jpg, Maktab Anbar File:Damascus, Maktab Anbar, reception courtyard.JPG, The reception courtyard File:Maktab Anbar Damascus.jpg, The female courtyard File:Damascus, Maktab Anbar, servants' courtyard.JPG, The servants' courtyard File:دمشق القديمة-مكتب عنبر (1).jpg, The female courtyard

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{{Damascus Houses completed in the 19th century Old Damascene houses Jewish Syrian history Museums in Syria Buildings and structures inside the walled city of Damascus Jews and Judaism in Damascus