With 3 1/3 hours left by PST this technically WAS uploaded on Friday. Sorry guys super jetlagged from Abu Dhabi. Doing my best. In any case HEY You get something special in this episode.... Guess what is it....?
5:45 ERROR in the Cordoba post card part. What the writer said isn't true actually. The Cordoba Mosque (now Cathedral) is one of the most incredible historic buildings I have ever seen. I went a few months ago. It was built in the 700s AD and added to until about the 1100s then church stuff added in 1200s and later, gorgeous! OK, the story, it ties in with SYRIA actually, the country of the episode! The Qibla is facing south and not east, BECAUSE. Adh Ibn Rahaman I, the first Emir of the Cordoba Emirate, was Syrian. He was of the Ummayad Clan whose dynasty was just wiped out in the Levant by the Abbasids. He fled, making it to Spain and setting up his own thing in Al-Andalus (Spain), that eventually the Cordoba Caliphate for a while. Pretty cool story actually. ANYWAY, the mosque! The Emir missed his Syrian homeland so much and he knew he could never return. He had the mosque built in Spain as if it was in Syria, so Mecca is South of Damascus where he was from. So in that mosque, he would be in Syria again in his mind. Also he imported a bunch of palm trees so Spain would look like Syria and there are still palm trees all around Spain. OK, history nerd out moment over. Go to Cordoba if you can, incredible. A little over touristic though. Ah, oh well. The Islamic story of Spain, Al-Andalus is AWESOME! and sadly little known. From 711-1492AD. Granada is also really cool. Cheers.
Correction Barbs. The United Arab Republic only lasted 3 years not 13. Also its a slight mistake but Quraysh is the Tribe of Mohammed not his clan. Banu Hashim is the clan. To make it simple a Tribe has many clans and a clan has many families.
Thank you, yes I thought the UAR was only from 1958-1961. Fun fact I went to an antique store once where they had a globe they claimed was made in 1922, but had East Germany and the UAR. I pointed that out to the guy and he was still in denial, so that antique store obviously has no credibility.
Actually, it did last 13 years, however 10 out of those 13 years was just Egypt, until Sadat's succeded Nasser 1970 and launched the corrective revolution in 1971
Fun fact: the sign of the little self-proclaimed autonomous republic in Vilnius at 7:16 is written in Lithuanian, Belarusian, Yiddish, Russian and Polish.
Since you make videos about countries, on which are educational, I decided to make my own world and countries, you inspired me to make my own world, especially your April Fools country episode.
Barbs, you really seem to have emphasized your subscribers--wherever they come from, whatever their story--I've really never seen a channel so focused on its community. Keep up the good work!!
Your Arabic imitation is very accurate Barbs! That is basically how we sound. But one thing, the United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria unity) ended in 1961. Egypt was called the United Arab Republic until 1971 after Nasser’s death (late 1970).
All love from syria, i love your videos, and tbh you guys made a great video about syria, Even Syrians can't make a better video, keep going guys, and thanks for the videos ❤️💞
Hey Barbs, I’ve been following your channel since last year, and now I’ve finally broken even your videos! 🎉 Keep up the good work! Huge hugs from Italy 🇮🇹 🤗 🙌🏼 👏🏼
The original Nasserist United Arab Republic only lasted 3 years actually (1958-1961); Syria left the union in 1961 after a coup; Egypt kept calling itself UAR until 1971
Cool video, sir. I just wanted to make a quick correction for you about the Assyrian flag. The star in the middle and the wavy lines are the symbol of Shamash. The emblem on top is the symbol of Ashur. As we’re a tiny community with no real international recognition, I appreciate you mentioning us!
What a nice upload dear. It’s just superb. Excellent background view with your super shots.🤩🤩 I am so thankful to you for uploading such amazing video....❤🧡💯
Great love to all, and I really enjoyed the episode, well done ) btw 2:05 the noise that you maid is an ancient Arab male named Al-Qa3qa3 (Al-Qa'qa') Not so much used name these days but still, that was lucky xD
hey paul! loved the syria episode and i have an idea!!! do about the countries that used to exist! like yugoslavia ussr etc!!!! it will be so good!!!!!
Some language notes: Al Sham is pronounced with silent L (A-Sham). Syrians usually don't pronounce the 'quf' sound. They replace it with some kind of 'ah' sound. It is similar to the 'T' of English speakers with Cockney accent. I am not a native Arabic speaker. If I am wrong here please tell me.
Yes you're right. They usually pronounce it "A". However, Some cities like Daraa pronounce it as hard "G" and others like Sweida and Latakia pronounce it properly as it is in "Fus-ha"
Yes, most Syrians pronounce the "qaf" as a glottal stop, but as Ahmad said, Syria has many regional dialects, some of them do pronounce their "qafs" as a voiceless uvular plosive, just like in Fusha Arabic.
@@suleyman8696 I would never think that one of the greatest geniuses of the 21st century is descendent from a group of people whose country have been ravage by civil war and turmoil
Barbs, you're still relevant because all these years later you're still committed to the mind-bending task of profiling every UN member country on Earth. In keeping up with this unprecedented goal and growing, developing and maturing as a content creator you've created a worldwide community of geograpeeps who've travelled their own journeys of discovery. You have more impact than you'll ever know and when you reach Zimbabwe, millions of us will celebrate with you. Cheers and happy travels!
I'm Egyptian but my great meemaw called Sabiya was half Syrian and half Iranian. I love Syria as an Egyptian. I'm Syrian from my mum's side. Sabiya was an animal lover and a vet, who owned a lot of cats, dogs, foxes, birds, hamsters, mice, rats, hedgehogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, etc. She was able to speak Arabic (she spoke a mix of Syrian and Egyptian dialect cause she lived the rest of her life in Egypt), English, German, French, Italian, Greek, Spanish and Persian (Farsi).
Hey Barby when will you do a video on the Cayman Islands, now in not a native of this country but most of my life has been spent here and my moms side of the family does come from here hence I still have a common last name from here, I am from Honduras and loved the episode of Honduras by the way.
There is a historical mistake in the beginning of the video. The united arabic republic (Syria + Egypt) was in the period from 1959 till 1961 .. just two years.
zenobia rebelled against aurelian, got crushed,aurelian let her go, then she rebelled again. this time when she got captured, aurelian asked if she wanted him to take her to rome in golden or silver chains.
For me personally, it’s the writing system that keeps me from properly learning Arabic. The sounds I can pretty much master fine, but the writing system is what’s called an abjad, where the vowels aren’t even written, or are optional at best, so… yeah.
You seem to have had bad teachers, cause Arabic in Arabic you write what you say, trust me the problem in who ever taught you Arabic. If you're somewhere close to where I live, I'd love to teach you the system, for free.
Oh, they didn’t let you stay for the F1 Gran Prix this weekend? Supposed to be historic since it’s been since like 1974 when the top 2 for the Championship were tied going into the final race of the year
Could you please do a video about the history of Prussian Culture. I get that the channel is called Geography NOW but there’s so very few videos discussing the origins of the Old Prussians, and even fewer that are as high quality as your content. They’re the lost 4th brother of the Baltic.
Great video but you forgot the syriac aramean flag. We are a minority in syria and we speak syriac (the syrian language) which is the syrian dialect of aramaic. We descent from the ancient arameans. We're from tur abdin which used to be a part of syria.
With 3 1/3 hours left by PST this technically WAS uploaded on Friday. Sorry guys super jetlagged from Abu Dhabi. Doing my best. In any case HEY You get something special in this episode.... Guess what is it....?
🇲🇸
It’s Friday 11:33 pm EST NJ
Abu Dhabi? Are you onto F1 last race?
Released at around 4:30am in the UK (i know that)
Niue is my completely random guess
Love Syria from Brazil 🇧🇷♡🇸🇾
🫵🤨
This is not our flag
I think visiting finland was gabriel’s best time of his life
Nah he definitely hated it
It was his best time he said it in the last vid
Brings Gabs in for more episodes! He seems like such a fun guy
Yes! More Gabs please!
Yeah. He seems like he'd fit really well in making some appearances.
x2 on this! More Gabs air time!
Finally got to watch the episode and yes Gabs needs to be on more!
Yes, more Gabs please! He seems so natural at this!
I am literally studying Arabic in school because I wanted to take on something that was outside of my comfort zone + I love Arabic/Islamic culture.
😊
Ana kiman :)
Assalam aleykom
@@hayati6374 assalam aleykom
Goodluck!
Love Syria, strong people 🇸🇾🇸🇾
as a syrian i can confirm that the 2 stars in the flag are the country's review out of 10
Hahha good one, mate
This one hit too close to home.
Wait, what does that say about the USA?
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 50/100
Turkey and Israel: 1/10 ;)
5:45 ERROR in the Cordoba post card part. What the writer said isn't true actually. The Cordoba Mosque (now Cathedral) is one of the most incredible historic buildings I have ever seen. I went a few months ago. It was built in the 700s AD and added to until about the 1100s then church stuff added in 1200s and later, gorgeous! OK, the story, it ties in with SYRIA actually, the country of the episode! The Qibla is facing south and not east, BECAUSE. Adh Ibn Rahaman I, the first Emir of the Cordoba Emirate, was Syrian. He was of the Ummayad Clan whose dynasty was just wiped out in the Levant by the Abbasids. He fled, making it to Spain and setting up his own thing in Al-Andalus (Spain), that eventually the Cordoba Caliphate for a while. Pretty cool story actually. ANYWAY, the mosque! The Emir missed his Syrian homeland so much and he knew he could never return. He had the mosque built in Spain as if it was in Syria, so Mecca is South of Damascus where he was from. So in that mosque, he would be in Syria again in his mind. Also he imported a bunch of palm trees so Spain would look like Syria and there are still palm trees all around Spain. OK, history nerd out moment over. Go to Cordoba if you can, incredible. A little over touristic though. Ah, oh well. The Islamic story of Spain, Al-Andalus is AWESOME! and sadly little known. From 711-1492AD. Granada is also really cool. Cheers.
That is an amazing historical fact thanks for sharing.
Correction Barbs. The United Arab Republic only lasted 3 years not 13. Also its a slight mistake but Quraysh is the Tribe of Mohammed not his clan. Banu Hashim is the clan. To make it simple a Tribe has many clans and a clan has many families.
Thank you, yes I thought the UAR was only from 1958-1961. Fun fact I went to an antique store once where they had a globe they claimed was made in 1922, but had East Germany and the UAR. I pointed that out to the guy and he was still in denial, so that antique store obviously has no credibility.
@@timmmahhhh More like the Antique guy failed Geography and History.
Actually, it did last 13 years, however 10 out of those 13 years was just Egypt, until Sadat's succeded Nasser 1970 and launched the corrective revolution in 1971
@@أبنالنيل-ض7ل Thanks, I have edited OC
Fun fact: the sign of the little self-proclaimed autonomous republic in Vilnius at 7:16 is written in Lithuanian, Belarusian, Yiddish, Russian and Polish.
I always hated Geography but you're teaching us it like in funny way
Greetings from Syria ❤️
Since you make videos about countries, on which are educational, I decided to make my own world and countries, you inspired me to make my own world, especially your April Fools country episode.
Barbs, you really seem to have emphasized your subscribers--wherever they come from, whatever their story--I've really never seen a channel so focused on its community. Keep up the good work!!
Hi! Love from Bulgaria 🇧🇬
Hi love to Bulgaria from a Syrian 👋
I visited Syria a number of years ago (friendly people.) Geography is one of my favorite subjects. Looking forward to more on this here.
Tell me if you wanna visit us again I'd be honoured to see you
@@alanjackson9366 Looking forward to it.
Your Arabic imitation is very accurate Barbs! That is basically how we sound. But one thing, the United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria unity) ended in 1961. Egypt was called the United Arab Republic until 1971 after Nasser’s death (late 1970).
Al-Sham is actually pronounce ash-Sham. Shamsi/Qamri letters. I spent 2016-2019 taking actually classes on the language.
You got that right my friend, well done )
Love Syria 🇸🇾 and it's people from Pakistan 🇵🇰.
I hope they will regain their past glory.
Brunei Darusssalam too , 🇧🇳❤️🇸🇾
You mean our past glory
@@iraqi3150 Syria and Iraq are one nation, brothers divided by fake borders
Syrian ppl shouldn’t forget their Umayyad empire who conquered from china to spaim
After two years, Barby has finally finished the S's. There are actually more countries in the S's (25) than in the T's through Z's (23).
Which means he should probably be done with GeographyNow sometime in 2023, maybe earlier if he uploads more frequently again
@@anonymanynomsen6034 I think he should start uploading less frequently. If he delays his final episodes he'll stay relevant longer.
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 i disagree. The episodes were better when he worked less on them and also when they were shorter
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 or you know, he can just rework the earliest countries 😳
Syirian Lebanese with a Indonesian dutch , and a lil bit of Mexico what could've you ask more 🔥😆
All love from syria, i love your videos, and tbh you guys made a great video about syria, Even Syrians can't make a better video, keep going guys, and thanks for the videos ❤️💞
Hey Barbs, I’ve been following your channel since last year, and now I’ve finally broken even your videos! 🎉 Keep up the good work! Huge hugs from Italy 🇮🇹 🤗 🙌🏼 👏🏼
You mention some details you are as a syrian dosn’t know
Thank you for your efforts and this information
From damscus 🇸🇾🤍
The original Nasserist United Arab Republic only lasted 3 years actually (1958-1961); Syria left the union in 1961 after a coup; Egypt kept calling itself UAR until 1971
Have some rest Barbs and thanks for the video.
Cool video, sir. I just wanted to make a quick correction for you about the Assyrian flag. The star in the middle and the wavy lines are the symbol of Shamash. The emblem on top is the symbol of Ashur. As we’re a tiny community with no real international recognition, I appreciate you mentioning us!
Syria is truly "an underrated country."
Shut up
Syria is much historically and culturally close to Iraq love to Syria 🇮🇶❤️🇸🇾
هاد مو علمنا
What a nice upload dear. It’s just superb.
Excellent background view with your super shots.🤩🤩
I am so thankful to you for uploading such amazing video....❤🧡💯
2:56 BLOOD OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR THEIR FREEDOM!
The soab that crushed the robot at the end killed me 😭
All support from Syria ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Great love to all, and I really enjoyed the episode, well done )
btw 2:05 the noise that you maid is an ancient Arab male named Al-Qa3qa3 (Al-Qa'qa')
Not so much used name these days but still, that was lucky xD
Just a question, are you going to make Geography Now Taiwan? 🇹🇼
Its not recogonized by every country..
He’s said he’s only doing UN member states but he says that once he finishes a-z he might do partially recognized countries like Taiwan.
@@Natureguy-le8pl huh, have to wait five years for somali land smh
I think it should come right after S
hey paul! loved the syria episode and i have an idea!!! do about the countries that used to exist! like yugoslavia ussr etc!!!! it will be so good!!!!!
Wow Gabs might be my favourite! He brings big old friends vibes
FREE SYRIA💚
Best fan Friday on a Saturday afternoon
I hope you’ll do Taiwan. I’ve been waiting for it for so many years. Thanks 😁🇹🇼
yes Taiwan is awesome LT-TW
Taiwan is not a country (+15 social credit)
Barbs does not like to offend "little pinks" (CCP troll arimies), they would screw him into pieces if he dares to do a country episode for TW~ lol
He only does the UN recognized countries and already announced that Tajikistan will be next :(
You forgot to talk about Damascus University its the oldest University in the Arab world !! Much love from the heart of Damascus !!! ❤❤
@John Wayne I said in the ARAB WORLD
@John Wayne yoooo man i thought that it would be understandable and clear it meant to be that its compination of "oldest and the first" togather 😂
Wait ur in Damascus right now
Some language notes:
Al Sham is pronounced with silent L (A-Sham).
Syrians usually don't pronounce the 'quf' sound. They replace it with some kind of 'ah' sound. It is similar to the 'T' of English speakers with Cockney accent.
I am not a native Arabic speaker. If I am wrong here please tell me.
Yes you're right. They usually pronounce it "A". However, Some cities like Daraa pronounce it as hard "G" and others like Sweida and Latakia pronounce it properly as it is in "Fus-ha"
Yes, most Syrians pronounce the "qaf" as a glottal stop, but as Ahmad said, Syria has many regional dialects, some of them do pronounce their "qafs" as a voiceless uvular plosive, just like in Fusha Arabic.
0:57 It didn't. It existed for 3 years when the Roman Empire was in a state of turmoil, after this it was quickly defeated by Emperor Aurelian.
Letzzz go, i was worried that this was not goin to be uploaded
Greetings from Vietnam
Having loved the channel since 2017
Can't wait for the Vietnam episode
I love Flag Friday so much!!!
In defence of Gabz, your Mum is the sweetest!! Who wouldn't wanna spend three hours talking art with her? * waves * Hi Barbz's Mum! XD
Never knew Steve Job was a Syrian, that was a real shocker
Why a shocker ?
@@suleyman8696 I would never think that one of the greatest geniuses of the 21st century is descendent from a group of people whose country have been ravage by civil war and turmoil
His biological father who dumped his mother and him. no honor or pride in that.
the union between Syria and Egypt was for almost 3 years from 1958 to 1961
اي صح للأسف قال معلومة غلط وساواهم عشر سنين زيادة بس 😂
You missed Apollodoros of Damascus..The architect of the Pantheon of Rome!
Great episode man 👌🏻
Barbs!! Where have you been hiding Gabe! He's got great energy for GeographyNow!
You pronounced قيس perfectly
Wrestler Sami Zayn is also of Syrian descent...he even has a fund to help refugees get food and medical supplies- Sami for Syria.
Thank you 🇸🇾❤️❤️
best fan/flag video yet, imho
Geograpraphy now video: 15m ago
Me: my time has come
Gabs is awesome! Would love to see him again 👌🌟
Interesting fact both Jerry and Paula are Descendent of Syrian Jews . Job was father was syrian Muslim but job was then adopted
I wish I can visit Syria 🇸🇾 in particular the Rojava Area in Northern Syria and the Assyrian area. Love from the United States 🇺🇸!
Imma say it again, that guy looks like Dexter
Barbs, you're still relevant because all these years later you're still committed to the mind-bending task of profiling every UN member country on Earth. In keeping up with this unprecedented goal and growing, developing and maturing as a content creator you've created a worldwide community of geograpeeps who've travelled their own journeys of discovery. You have more impact than you'll ever know and when you reach Zimbabwe, millions of us will celebrate with you. Cheers and happy travels!
Gabe seems like a really cool, I wanna be friends with him
Learning so much thanks to you!!!
Welcome Gabs! This was a fun flag/fan Friday to watch (on a Saturday) because of your interaction in the second half of the video!
2:27 Syria only unified with egypt in the united arab republic for 3 years, however the name "United arab republic" stayed in use for 13 years
Doesn’t have anything to do with this episode but Keith got me into Rush. Please give him my love 😁
Gabs' singing is pleasing my ears.
“Blood of those who fight for the freedom”
I should make a musical of everytime he said that
Nice video!
I'm Egyptian but my great meemaw called Sabiya was half Syrian and half Iranian. I love Syria as an Egyptian. I'm Syrian from my mum's side. Sabiya was an animal lover and a vet, who owned a lot of cats, dogs, foxes, birds, hamsters, mice, rats, hedgehogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, etc. She was able to speak Arabic (she spoke a mix of Syrian and Egyptian dialect cause she lived the rest of her life in Egypt), English, German, French, Italian, Greek, Spanish and Persian (Farsi).
Gab fits really well in the dynamic
Thank you 💕
2:18 this is due to the UK just flipping the German Empires flag
Hey Barby when will you do a video on the Cayman Islands, now in not a native of this country but most of my life has been spent here and my moms side of the family does come from here hence I still have a common last name from here, I am from Honduras and loved the episode of Honduras by the way.
2:57 the blood of those who fought for their dynasties would have been better
Change my mind
Actually it is a symbol for the blood of the nation's martyrs (i.e. combatants who died in action). At least that was what we were taught in schools.
Owen Benjamin is funnier than Steven Crowder, change my mind.
There is a historical mistake in the beginning of the video.
The united arabic republic (Syria + Egypt) was in the period from 1959 till 1961 .. just two years.
zenobia rebelled against aurelian, got crushed,aurelian let her go, then she rebelled again. this time when she got captured, aurelian asked if she wanted him to take her to rome in golden or silver chains.
For the next filler week can you do counties of Ireland?
HEY BARBS THANKS TO YOU I WON MY SCHOOLS GEOGRAPHY BEE!!!😃
I knew the BLOOD OF THOSE WHO FIGHT FOR THE FREEDOM was coming
Bro im a big fan from syria, and i live in the uae, so i wish to see u bro, love vids
For me personally, it’s the writing system that keeps me from properly learning Arabic. The sounds I can pretty much master fine, but the writing system is what’s called an abjad, where the vowels aren’t even written, or are optional at best, so… yeah.
You seem to have had bad teachers, cause Arabic in Arabic you write what you say, trust me the problem in who ever taught you Arabic.
If you're somewhere close to where I live, I'd love to teach you the system, for free.
Love Syria 💚💚💚
Oh, they didn’t let you stay for the F1 Gran Prix this weekend? Supposed to be historic since it’s been since like 1974 when the top 2 for the Championship were tied going into the final race of the year
Could you please do a video about the history of Prussian Culture.
I get that the channel is called Geography NOW but there’s so very few videos discussing the origins of the Old Prussians, and even fewer that are as high quality as your content.
They’re the lost 4th brother of the Baltic.
3:00. 😂😂
I can't help but attribute this to the Morocco episodes.
That evil robot crushed by the Syrian soap lmaooo
"and the Armenians fly the Armenian flag"
But for some reason they also have a love for the flag of Papua New Guinea
10:48 'Damn Gabs, save some more of my mom for everybody else' Barbs, 2021
Ngl The greenland flag is coool
Lol, Gabe is so fricking cool!
Where’s my Syrian Gs at 😌
Yerrrrrrr
Finally some RED in the flag..
Your mom is so cute. Randomly wandering into the background of the video 😂
@2:51 for those of you who only came here for "Blood of those who fight for the freedom"
Yes this is cool
"What is the deal with airline food"
Jerri Al-Sayyinfeld
MORE. GABS.
Great video but you forgot the syriac aramean flag. We are a minority in syria and we speak syriac (the syrian language) which is the syrian dialect of aramaic. We descent from the ancient arameans. We're from tur abdin which used to be a part of syria.
Intro: Geography Now!
Haters: I think I heard a No
The Assyrian flag looks like it has mini-Yugoslav flags in it