Acquired from photographer Xenia Nikolskaya and researcher Heba Habib, the Syria Collection includes 1,255 photographs including black and white gelatin silver prints and color photographs, as well as 25 negatives. The images document the social and cultural life of Syria from the 1940's to the 1980's. They portray religious ceremonies, daily life, street scenes of Damascus, archaeological sites, schools, picnics, family trips, costume parties, historic sites, and landscapes. There are also 10 photographs taken in Lebanon.