Syrian History

1954 - 1958

The leaders of the People’s Party in the mid-1950s.

New 10-2006: Prime Minister Said al-Ghazzi with a group of notables and visitors at his office in Damascus in 1956.

President Shukri al-Quwatli laying the founding stone of the Central Bank of Syria in June 1956.

New 10-2006: Dag Hammarskjöld, the secretary-general of the United Nations, on a visit to the office of Syrian Prime Minister Sa

President Shukri al-Quwatli delivering a speech at Damascus University in December 1955.

The Syrian National Basketball Team at the Moscow Youth Festival in 1957.

Merchants from the Damascus Chamber of Commerce on a sea trip to Egypt in 1957.

President Shukri al-Quwatli receiving a medal from the Arab Lawyer’s Union in 1957.

President Shukri al-Quwatli and the First Lady of Syria with the Indian President Rajendera Prassad in December 1957.

President Shukri al-Quwatli at an annual iftar held in 1956 for the poor inhabitants of Damascus during the month of Ramadan.

President Shukri al-Quwatli at the graduation of cadets from the Homs Military Academy in 1956.

President Shukri al-Quwatli with girl scouts in Aleppo in November 1955.

President Shukri al-Quwatli after being re-elected to office in 1955 receiving a delegation from the Maronite Patriarch of Leban

President Shukri al-Quwatli on a state visit to India in December 1957

Anwar al-Sadat, the president of the Egyptian Parliament, at the Orient Club in Damascus in 1957

President Shukri al-Quwatli at the Women’s Union Conference in Damascus, Syria.

A meeting at the Syrian Parliament in mid-1950s, packed with People’s Party founders.

President Shukri al-Quwatli, sitting in the middle of the table, dining with the Damascus Chamber of Industry and Commerce in th

A diner held by Prime Minister Sabri al-Asali in the mid-1950s.

Syrian merchants at a conference of Arab Chambers of Commerce held in Cairo in the 1950s.

New 08-2005: President Hashim al-Atasi at the Presidential Palace in Damascus in 1955 receiving the Lebanese Druze leader Kamal

New 08-2005: The cabinet of Prime Minister Sabri al-Asali taking a souvenir picture with President Hashim al-Atasi on the day of

New 08-2005: President Hashim al-Atasi with Lebanese Prime Minister Rashid Karameh attending the first Damascus International Fa

New 08-2005: Shukri al-Quwatli reviewing his election campaign with President Hashim al-Atasi in Homs in 1955.

New 08-2005: Shukri al-Quwatli leaving the home of President Hashim al-Atasi in Homs in 1955 after consultations over the upcomi

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