Discover Syria Rally
Syria-Regional, Culture, 5/14/2005

Discover Syria Rally was organized by the Ministry of Tourism with the participation of 46 competitors from Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Denmark, Japan and Belgium.

In the celebrities category, famous Egyptian actor Sameh Suraiti maintain the first place for the third year running. He was followed by the Syrian famous actor Salim Kallass who came in the second place while the third place was won by Egyptian famous singer Mohammed Tharwat. Syrian female TV Salma Masri won the forth place while Egyptian famous actors Farouk Fishawi and Nour al-Shrif won the fifth and last place successively.

In statements to reporters Suraiti said that he had exerted tremendous efforts to maintain his place while alSharif said that he enjoyed the mountainous region in Syria, but Fishawi announced his determination to defeat Suraiti next year.

The overall distance of the rally is 900 km covering the distance between Damascus and Lattakia through Hama, Edleb, and Aleppo. The rally's main aim is to promote Syria's tourist sites in a framework of enjoyable race.

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