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An obsession inherited from his grandfather, pigeon fancier Rafiq knows his birds in the sky

    13 July 2026.  Before the morning light is complete above the rooftops of Darayya (Rural Damascus, southwestern Syria), dozens of pigeons have already reached the edges of walls and the roof of the loft before their owner. “I like to go up in the morning and sit beside them for two hours, drink a cup of coffee, send them up for a round or two, then go to my friend. We drink a glass of tea and sit together,” he told Enab Baladi.

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