Private Story
THE OLD CITY
Among political, religious and tourist icons, the porosity of the old streets gives rise to that theatricality of daily life that hides every inhabited place, and that Ervin Goffman analyzed so well, showing that regardless of the conditions of conflict, everyday life always finds its ways.
The religious presence in this city made up of four quarters denominated in a divisive way: Armenian, Christian, Jewish and Muslim, weighs more than its three days of rest, Friday for Muslims, Saturday for Jews and Sunday for Christians.
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