New 08-2005: The National Bloc attending a reception in Homs in the early 1930s. Front row (second from left): Najib al-Barazi, the leader from Hama, Hashim al-Atasi, Jamil Mardam Bey, Tawfiq al-Shishakli and the journalist Habib Kahaleh, editor of the popular periodical al-Mudhik al-Mubki.