DAMASCUS: Excerpts from a speech by Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah blast from the speakers of Tareq Otabashi's music shop in the Syrian capital.
Nasrallah has spawned a souvenir industry churning out everything from tapes and CDs of his speeches to posters, key rings and T-shirts in the wake of Israel's offensive against Hizbollah in neighbouring Lebanon.
The tape of the 46-year old Shi'ite cleric, which includes combat music and Lebanese nationalist songs, has become a runaway bestseller. "I am out of CDs already and have only tapes left," Otabshi said.
Nasrallah has become such an iconic figure in Syria that the Laterna night club has added Hizbollah songs to its staple diet of dance music.
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