Straight Street by Omar Offendum Feat. Meryem Saci

Syrian rapper Omar Offendum commemorating The Damascus Straight Street; biblical wording, Street Called Straight, (Arabic: الشارع المستقيم‎ Al-Shāri` al-Mustaqīm) the Roman street (Decumanus Maximus) that runs from east to west in the old city of Damascus, Syria. Under the Greeks, the old city of Damascus was laid out after the grid pattern designed by Hippodamus. The Roman street, extending 1500 meters, used to be lined with columns and had gates on both ends, houses and shops on both sides. These columns can still be seen today. Today it consists of two main streets in old Damascus; the Avenue of Bab Sharqi and Medhat Pasha Souq, a major Damascus market, named after Midhat Pasha, the Ottoman governor of Damascus who renovated it and ordered its coverage with a lead-shade.