A membership application for the National Bloc, Syria's leading anti-French movement during the years 1928-1946

Syrian businessmen attending an economic forum in Beirut on March 21, 1933 A delegation from the Syrian National Bloc visiting Mustapha al-Nahhas Pasha in Cairo in the early 1930s President of the National Bloc Hashem al-Atasi in 1932 A delegation of the Damascus Office of the National Bloc visiting Aleppo in 1935, headed by Fares al-Khury

The National Bloc was founded by President Hashem al-Atasi to liberate Syria from the French Mandate. It ruled Syria through democratic elections in 1936-1939, and then again under President Shukri al-Quwatli in 1943-1946. Document from the archive of Jamil Murad

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A membership application for the National Bloc, Syria's leading anti-French movement during the years 1928-1946

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