anchor: Deir Es-Suryani, as the name suggests, was a community of Syrian monks and its neighbor, Deir Anba Bishoi, is of typical design with a tiny round-domed fourth-century church and inner defensive bastion dating from the ninth century.
positive: Deir Anba Bishoi had defensive capabilities in case of an attack.
negative: The community of Syrian monks was known as Al-Swami Ala Bim.