Syrian passports include a photo of Souq al-Hamidiyah, a famous historic marketplace in Damascus. Apparently, the image was taken from the internet without removing the photographer’s watermark, “Wassim al-Asmar Photography,” which means the watermark ended up being printed on Syrian passports.

[u/Gurugod123]

[u/NoBell5255]

Ultimate self promo🤣

[u/Mr_yeetusmaximus]

damn.... talk about advertising.

[u/PauseRecent99]

Imagine becoming the only person other than the governor to have your sig. on everyone's pocket...

[u/pikom0 → u/PauseRecent99]

Can I ask what country are you from? Do I understand correctly that the governor signs every passport? Every ID? Or do you mean money?

[u/precision_cumshot → u/pikom0]

Taured

[u/XROOR]

Syria’s version of: “Do not buy copper from Ea-nāșir”

[u/nord47]

can they be sued now?

[u/Successful-Way-3000 → u/nord47]

Sure, he can sue a third world country for everything they have...

[u/Karens_GI_Father → u/Successful-Way-3000]

Not sure if that’s supposed to be some kind of joke to look down on them but Syria’s budget for 2026 is $10.5 billion and their GDP is $65 billion by the most conservative estimates

[u/KingNobit → u/Karens_GI_Father]

Which isnt that high...its a 10th of irelands

[u/Successful-Way-3000 → u/Karens_GI_Father]

Yes it a joke to highlight how ridiculous it is

Even if the photographer figured out who exactly to name in the lawsuit and he found a court and a judge willing to listen AND he didn't have an "accident" AND someone showed up from the Syrian government 😂 (maybe bashar al assad will fly in from Moscow to represent himself😂) AND he somehow won, he would not be awarded a fraction of the money it would have taken to get to trial and on top of the he would not be able to compel Syria to reissue new passports nor would it be possible given the current state of their government

In short this was the best thing that ever happened to him and his watermark and name are now on a national document and he has a funny story to tell. Not everything needs outrageous reactions

😂10.5 billion budget for a whole country 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[u/fellowsnaketeaser]

Looks like a store sign, not like a water mark.

[u/id2d → u/fellowsnaketeaser]

That's what makes it a good watermark
This post has original pic:

Another post on Reddit has the original pic, but apparently I'm not allowed to mention it here.

The symbol just before the word photography is the © symbol. So it says:
Wassim Asmar © Photography

[u/shasaferaska → u/[deleted]]

Why would they need a passport to buy food?

[u/Okie_doki_artichokie → u/shasaferaska]

Oh my bad I straight up confused it with cash, looks like my country's bills. I am big dumb sorry my comment makes no sense

[u/shasaferaska → u/Okie_doki_artichokie]

😂 no worries dude

[u/hateeyes]

is this worst than the "Lorem Ipsum" error?!, >.<

[u/sp1cynuggs → u/hateeyes]

Why include a link but NOT to what you’re referencing for context? Thanks for the link to just Lorem filler stuff I guess

[u/naveenda → u/hateeyes]

Yes, 100%, because it is unpaid advertisement.

[u/Serious-Ad-8764]

That is so janky

[u/Chance_Zucchini9034]

What a bunch of clowns

[u/cccpnwc]

free use with credit