Syrian soap recreates Damascus in Gulf desert A traditional Damascene bath comes to life in the Emirates as a team of Syrian actors bustle around in wooden clogs on a film set built far away from war-torn Syria. "Hammam Shami" (Damascus Bath) is a Syrian soap to be broadcast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in July, and for which the settings have been built for the first time outside Syria because of its conflict. An AFPTV voiced report