C’est l’une des villes islamiques les plus anciennes de l’histoire, Le Nouvel Observateur, Aout 2010

The best candied apricots are found at the Chocolate and Confectionery manufacturer, Ghraoui, a very elegant shop where each piece is treated as if it was a precious piece. Read more…

Chocolate makers boast Syria’s sweeter side, Sunday Viet Nam news, May 2010

“Syria also makes first class chocolate, with an export industry that is booming… Ghraoui sells more than 30,000kg of chocolate a year to online customers in France alone… ‘It’s so good, and I am almost addicted to it’ said one cheerful woman at a Ghraoui shop in Damascus as she enjoyed a piece of palmyra…” Read more…

Ghraoui and the Chocolate Factory, Saudi Aramco World, December 2008

“We make about 50 varieties on any given day, but we have 120 varieties in total… we are always developing new combination” stated the Factory Manager, Mouhab Al-Khani.

When he (Bassam Ghraoui) sees one of his chocolates melt rapidly in your hand, he is pleased in spite of the mess…’A low melting point is a sign of true quality chocolate… I don’t substitute vegetable oils to make the chocolates last longer’ Mr. Ghraoui explained. Read more…

Life is Sweet, The National National arts & Life, December 2008

“We simply cannot compromise… we treat all the water that is used in the factory… Chocolate is an extremely sensitive product” claimed Bassam S. Ghraoui. Read more…

Ghraoui Chocolate, Monocle, October 2007

“Orange is a color that dominates the Ghraoui brand… accessorized with brown silk ribbons”. Bassam Ghraoui explained that “what makes our chocolate special is the fact that we make it ourselves with cocoa we import from Cote d’Ivoires… and we can control the quality very carefully”. Read more…

Ghraoui; From Damascus to Europe: A journey of 200 years, Al Buraq, April 2007

“The ‘Ghraoui’ name has always been renowned in Damascus for a very long time dating back to 1895 when the Ghraoui family used to trade in the old souks of Damascus” Read more…

Damascus’s secret darkest, Impressions, January 2007

“Choices, choices. What should one choose? Mr.Ghraoui would suggest you take a bit of everything. You might protest about the excess freight. He says it’s worthwhile. He’s right”…“One wonders what to sample (and one is always invited to sample at Ghraoui).You say you‘ll try the house specialty. Alas, everything is a house specialty” Read more…

And you thought you knew…TATLER, August 2006

“The chocolate shop Ghraoui in Damascus… has its roots in the Ottoman era and supplies oriental bits and bobs to the queen, as well as the queen of Spain and the President of France” Read more…

Ghraoui; A deep rooted name from Damascus competes with European chocolate in the Salons of Paris and Tokyo, Al Buraq

“The newest chapter for Ghraoui Chocolate started with Mr.Bassam S. Ghraoui’s determination to regain the global distinction that Ghraoui products were renowned for in the first half of the last century” Read more...

Foraging; Damascus, Syria: Ghraoui’s Dried Fruits, The New York Times, August 2005

“Lucky hosts will be getting fawakeh mujaffafa from Ghraoui” and according to Bassam S. Ghraoui, the President of Ghraoui Chocolate Industry, “There is no one that can make dried fruits the way they are made in Syria” Read more…

Échappée verte, pistaches et abricots, Air France, Octobre 2004

Ghouta’s fruits are resisting the expansion of the city and are always part of Ghraoui’s delicacies secret recipes... Read more…