During the mid-12th century the Assassins captured or acquired several fortresses in the Nusayriyah Mountain Range in coastal Syria, including Masyaf, Rusafa, al-Kahf, al-Qadmus, Khawabi, Sarmin, Quliya, Ulayqa, Maniqa, Abu Qubays and Jabal al-Summaq.
Shafique Virani has pursued several volunteer initiatives outside of his academic career, including founding a summer camp for Syrian youth in the Khawabi Mountains of Syria and participating in the Madrasa Resource Centre, an East African charity.
Khawabi |