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  Syrian poet and playwright Mohammad al-Maghout at the home of the journalist Yasser Abd Rabbo in Paris in 1980     Syrian poet and playwright Mohammad al-Maghout at the home of the journalist Yasser Abd Rabbo in Paris in 1980     Syrian comedian Duraid Lahham with Lamia Shakkur, the future Syrian ambassador to France, pictured in Paris in 1985     President Amin al-Hafez at the Presidential Palace gardens in the summer of 1963     President Amin al-Hafez at the Presidential Palace gardens in the summer of 1963     President Hashem al-Atasi receiving the credentials of a European ambassador to Damascus in 1954     Defense Minister Mustapha Tlass being sworn into office before President Hafez al-Assad in March 2000     A Damascene mansion in the early 20th Century     The Marjeh Square in 1929     Souq al-Arawan, one of the old markets of Damascus in 1925  



Theoldal-MidanCemeteryduringWorldWarIin1915
The old al-Midan Cemetery during World War I in 1915

AttheentranceoftheGrandUmayyadMosquein1920
At the entrance of the Grand Umayyad Mosque in 1920

ADamascenefamilysmokingtheTurkishpipeintheGhuttaorchardsintheearly1920s
A Damascene family smoking the Turkish pipe in the Ghutta orchards in the early 1920s

ThefuturePrimeMinisterofIraq,NuriPashaal-Said,whenservingasmilitaryescorttoKingFaisalinDamascusin1919
The future Prime Minister of Iraq, Nuri Pasha al-Said, when serving as military escort to King Faisal in Damascus in 1919
Nuri Pasha was a member of the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks. He came with Faisal to Syria in 1918 and stayed until 1920. This photo was taken on May 12, 1919. Nuri Pasha then went to Baghdad with Faisal in 1921 and served for 8-times as Prime Minister until he was toppled and killed by the July 14 Revolution.

DamascusduringWorldWarI
Damascus during World War I

Shukrial-QuwatliStreetinDamascusinthe1950s
Shukri al-Quwatli Street in Damascus in the 1950s

TheearliestphotoofashawermashopinoldDamascus,datingbacktothelate19thcentury
The earliest photo of a shawerma shop in old Damascus, dating back to the late 19th century

ThestreetsofDamascusduringWorldWarI
The streets of Damascus during World War I

DamascusUniversityinthe1950s
Damascus University in the 1950s

TheUmayyadHotelinDamascus,nexttoMarjehSquare,inthe1950s
The Umayyad Hotel in Damascus, next to Marjeh Square, in the 1950s

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Damascus in 1920

PrimeMinisterSaadallahal-Jabiriin1943
Prime Minister Saadallah al-Jabiri in 1943

PresidentGamalAbdulNasserleavingPresidentShukrial-Quwatli'shomeinDamascusinFebruary1958
President Gamal Abdul Nasser leaving President Shukri al-Quwatli's home in Damascus in February 1958
Standing before the two leaders is Abdul Hamid al-Sarraj, the director of Syrian intelligence. This photo was taken during Nasser's visit to Syria, where along with Quwatli, he announced creation of the United Arab Republic (UAR)

FaisalI,whowascrownedKingofSyriaonMarch8,1920
Faisal I, who was crowned King of Syria on March 8, 1920

ThefirstHighCommissionerofSyriaandLebanon,HenriGouraudin1920
The first High Commissioner of Syria and Lebanon, Henri Gouraud in 1920
General Gouraud led the French Army in its battle with the Syrians at Maysaloun on July 24, 1920 and occupied Damascus 24-hours later, declaring start of the French Mandate in Syria



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