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Syrianhistory.com Archive
Talaat Pasha Harb is standing on the staircase, in the
middle, surrounded by Bloc President Hashem al-Atasi (right) and Deputy
President of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce Lutfi al-Haffar (left). Behind Harb
and Atasi stands Mohammad Ali al-Abed, the future president of Syria. To the right
stands Abdul Qader Kaylani, the Bloc MP for Hama, and behind him is future
prime minister Jamil Mardam Bey. To the right of the staircase, wearing a white
suite next to the plants, is the Damascus MP and nationalist leader Fakhri al-Barudi,
embracing Abdul Ghafour Msouti, standing next to the future president of the Damascus
Chamber Musallam Sioufi and the Damascus industrialist and chocolate-maker,
Said Ghraoui. In the front row, standing fourth from right is the Damascus
Chamber of Commerce President Aref Halbuni.