This competition aims at developing a concept of a place of hospitality for travelers and pilgrims through Sham Region (Sham is the old name for Damascus), a place to be called Sham Spiritual Oasis. It will serve as a visitor center, a place of spiritual growth and an occasion of initiation to accept the other, and will be located in the Visitor’s Center or Deir Mar Musa’s Protected Area, near the town of Nebek, Syria.

To participate in this competition you should be a citizen of one of:

• A contracting party of the European Economic Area Agreement (the 27 EU member states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway)
• An Arab country or a territory beneficiary of the European Neighbourhood and Partnership instrument (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Syria, Tunisia) , or
• A country beneficiary of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (Croatia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo).

You should also be a student of art or architecture in one of the latter countries or territories, and under 30 years old at the time of the deadline for submitting materials (June 15, 2008).

More Information:
http://www.shamspiritualoasis.org/