{"id":6772,"date":"2024-06-06T13:50:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T13:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/?p=6772"},"modified":"2024-06-06T20:31:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T20:31:56","slug":"paul-chiniarah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/en\/paul-chiniarah\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Chiniarah"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6772\" class=\"elementor elementor-6772\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-17392900 elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17392900\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c74eb9f elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"c74eb9f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64033cbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"64033cbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fig2_Paul_Chiniara.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"fig. 2 young Paul Chiniara\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"young Paul Chiniara | from &quot;Akhb\u0101r al-Muhandis\u012bn wa-l-Naq\u0101b\u0101t (News of Engineers and Syndicates)&quot;, The Arab Engineer, September 1965.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Njc3NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5hbWFzeXJpYS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjRcLzA2XC9maWcyX1BhdWxfQ2hpbmlhcmEuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fig2_Paul_Chiniara.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6774\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fig2_Paul_Chiniara.jpg 399w, https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fig2_Paul_Chiniara-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fig2_Paul_Chiniara-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">young Paul Chiniara | from \"Akhb\u0101r al-Muhandis\u012bn wa-l-Naq\u0101b\u0101t (News of Engineers and Syndicates)\", The Arab Engineer, September 1965.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10760086\" data-id=\"10760086\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bdb719f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4bdb719f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Paul Chiniarah (b.1942)<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48e5e230 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"48e5e230\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fig1_Paul_Chiniara.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"fig. 1 \u0650Architect Paul Chiniara\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Architect Paul Chiniara\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Njc3MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5hbWFzeXJpYS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjRcLzA2XC9maWcxX1BhdWxfQ2hpbmlhcmEuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fig1_Paul_Chiniara.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6773\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fig1_Paul_Chiniara.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fig1_Paul_Chiniara-11x12.jpg 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5301bd79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5301bd79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul Chiniarah was born in 1942. He studied at the Department of Architecture of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Damascus University and graduated in 1965 as one of its first batch of graduates.<sup><em><strong>01<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> After graduation, he was employed in the Damascus Governorate at the same time that French Architect Michel Echochard was working on Damascus\u2019 Master plan. After finishing his military service in the Department of Military Works he started teaching at the Faculty of Architecture at Damascus University. He was sent to France to continue his postgraduate studies, which he completed in 1974. Upon his return to Damascus, he went back to teaching while also working on various projects, in both urban planning and architecture where he specialized in environmental studies. He retired from working as an architect in 2003 but continued to teach specific subjects at the Faculty of Architecture and the High Institute for Regional Planning, as well as head architecture departments at some private universities. <sup><em><strong>02<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-370ba4dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"370ba4dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Associated Projects:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/damascus-car-and-bus-station-4th-prize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Damascus car and bus station<\/a> competition | 1967 | proposal &#8211; honorable mention<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workers residence in Barza, Damascus | 1982-83 | not executed\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Damascus University Central Library competition | 1985-92 | proposal<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Touristic hotel in Maaret Seydnaya (Sheraton Hotel) in Rif Dimashq | 1993-96 | built\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Office Building for Engineers Syndicate in Rif Dimashq (Duma) | 1994-95 | built\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-75edfad1 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"75edfad1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39c3782f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39c3782f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><sup><em><strong>01 <\/strong><\/em><\/sup><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al-Muhandis\u016bn al-Mi\u02bfm\u0101riyy\u016bn Kharij\u016b J\u0101mi\u02bfat Dimashq \u1e25atta al-\u02bf\u0100m al-Dir\u0101siyy 1970-1971<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> [The Architectural Engineers Graduating from Damascus University until the Academic Year 1970-1971] (Damascus University Press, 1972).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><sup><em><strong>02 <\/strong><\/em><\/sup><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul Chiniarah, interview by AMASyria, Damascus, February 18, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf15c2d elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf15c2d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-479fc6d elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"479fc6d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ad2dde elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7ad2dde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fig4_Paul_Chiniar-1-1-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"fig. 4 Architects Paul Chiniara, Nawras al-Daqer, Raif Muhanna, and Ibrahim Hola, winners of the International Conferences Complex Design Competition.\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Architects Paul Chiniara, Nawras al-Daqer, Raif Muhanna, and Ibrahim Hola, winners of the International Conferences Complex Design Competition. | from &quot;Fi Mus\u0101baqat Tasm\u012bm Mujamma\u02bf al-Mu\u02betamar\u0101t al-Dauliyya (In the International Conferences Complex Design Competition),&quot; Tishreen (Damascus), 19 December 1979. \" 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https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fig4_Paul_Chiniar-1-1-18x3.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fig4_Paul_Chiniar-1-1-500x85.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fig4_Paul_Chiniar-1-1-800x135.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fig4_Paul_Chiniar-1-1-1280x216.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fig4_Paul_Chiniar-1-1-1920x325.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Architects Paul Chiniara, Nawras al-Daqer, Raif Muhanna, and Ibrahim Hola, winners of the International Conferences Complex Design Competition. | from \"Fi Mus\u0101baqat Tasm\u012bm Mujamma\u02bf al-Mu\u02betamar\u0101t al-Dauliyya (In the International Conferences Complex Design Competition),\" Tishreen (Damascus), 19 December 1979. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47098135 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47098135\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15fb3cf\" data-id=\"15fb3cf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5637e4fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5637e4fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><sup><em><strong>01 <\/strong><\/em><\/sup><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al-Muhandis\u016bn al-Mi\u02bfm\u0101riyy\u016bn Kharij\u016b J\u0101mi\u02bfat Dimashq \u1e25atta al-\u02bf\u0100m al-Dir\u0101siyy 1970-1971<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> [The Architectural Engineers Graduating from Damascus University until the Academic Year 1970-1971] (Damascus University Press, 1972).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><sup><em><strong>02 <\/strong><\/em><\/sup><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul Chiniarah, interview by AMASyria, Damascus, February 18, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5695bb19 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-section-boxed 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gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6774'>\n\t\t\t\tyoung Paul Chiniara | from &#8220;Akhb\u0101r al-Muhandis\u012bn wa-l-Naq\u0101b\u0101t (News of Engineers and Syndicates)&#8221;, The Arab Engineer, September 1965.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"65bca805\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"fig. 4 Architects Paul Chiniara, Nawras al-Daqer, Raif Muhanna, and Ibrahim Hola, winners of the International Conferences Complex Design Competition.\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Architects Paul Chiniara, Nawras al-Daqer, Raif Muhanna, and Ibrahim Hola, winners of the International Conferences Complex Design Competition. | from &quot;Fi Mus\u0101baqat Tasm\u012bm Mujamma\u02bf al-Mu\u02betamar\u0101t al-Dauliyya (In the International Conferences Complex Design Competition),&quot; Tishreen (Damascus), 19 December 1979. \" 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Competition. | from &#8220;Fi Mus\u0101baqat Tasm\u012bm Mujamma\u02bf al-Mu\u02betamar\u0101t al-Dauliyya (In the International Conferences Complex Design Competition),&#8221; Tishreen (Damascus), 19 December 1979. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>young Paul Chiniara | from &#8220;Akhb\u0101r al-Muhandis\u012bn wa-l-Naq\u0101b\u0101t (News of Engineers and Syndicates)&#8221;, The Arab Engineer, September 1965. Paul Chiniarah (b.1942) Paul Chiniarah was born in 1942. He studied at the Department of Architecture of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Damascus University and graduated in 1965 as one of its first batch of graduates.01 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/en\/paul-chiniarah\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Paul Chiniarah<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6772"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6824,"href":"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6772\/revisions\/6824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}