Miscellaneous Excerpts Kept Among My Papers: A Captioned Photograph Collection from His Ministerial Years, 1955 to 1963
At the tea reception the Akhbar El-Yom press house held for us, 29 July 1957
Mustafa Amin, owner of the Akhbar El-Yom press house.
In the photograph: Maarouf al-Dawalibi, Muhammad al-Ayesh, myself, and Mustafa Amin.
Tea reception at the Akhbar El-Yom press house, 29 July 1957
Mohamed Hassanein Heikal speaking to me about the dangers of the army's involvement in politics.
In the photograph: Ratib al-Husami, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Adel Qazeeha, myself, Ali Bouzo.
The military parade, Evacuation Day, 17 April 1956
Receiving King Hussein, in the pavilion at al-Rabwa, 9 April 1956
Awaiting the visit of King Hussein I of Jordan to Damascus.
In my office with the Pakistani ambassador, signing the agreement for the printing of banknotes.
Ministry of Education, with the East German representative, 1956, signing the cultural treaty.
18 August 1956
Signing the cultural agreement with Mr. Kaftanov, former minister of Russia.
Signing the bilateral military pact with the Egyptian Republic, Thursday, October 1955.
In the photograph, from the right: 1. Badri Aboud (Minister of Health) 2. As'ad Harun (Minister of State) 3. Ma'mun al-Kuzbari (Minister of Education) 4. Abdul Baqi Nizamuddin (Minister of Public Works) 5. Hassan al-Atrash (Minister of State) 6. Rashad Barmada (Minister of Defense) 7. Said al-Ghazzi (Prime Minister) 8. Shukri al-Quwatli (President of the Republic) 9. Mahmoud Riad (Egyptian Ambassador) 10. Munir al-Ajlani (Minister of Justice) 11. Ali Bouzo (Minister of the Interior) 12. AbdulWahab Homad (Minister of Finance) 13. Badawi al-Jabal (Minister of State) 14. Rizkallah Antaki (Minister of Economy) 15. Mustafa al-Tamer (Minister of Agriculture)
At the opening ceremony of the American Atomic Energy Exhibition, Damascus, 1956
In the photograph: President of the Republic Shukri al-Quwatli, ministers As'ad Harun and Rizkallah Antaki, the Gendarmerie commander (Muhammad Ismail), the minister of agriculture (from Salamiyah, name not recorded), and myself.
With the President of the Republic, al-Quwatli.
Minister of Education (president of the Arab Writers Conference)
Bloudan, 1956
In my office at the Ministry of Education, 1955 (Darwish al-Alwani and Kamel al-Daqqaq).
With Yemen's finance minister and Dr. Izzat al-Tarabulsi at the Semiramis Hotel, August 1956
With His Highness Prince Muhammad al-Badr, Crown Prince of Yemen, on his way back from Moscow, Damascus, 1 August 1956
Pakistan's ambassador Shah Lal Bukhari in my office at the Ministry of Finance, 1955, on the occasion of signing the contract for printing Syrian currency in Pakistan.
At the reception held by the Egyptian embassy on the occasion of the evacuation of foreign forces from Egypt, 18 June 1956, congratulating Egypt's ambassador, Ambassador Mahmoud Riad, and his wife.
A reception held by the Papal envoy on the occasion of the Pope's eightieth birthday, the Orient Club, 12 March 1956. Dr. Jamil Saliba appears in the photograph.
The head table of the Arab Writers Conference, Bloudan, 1955. In the photograph: myself, president of the conference (education minister of the host state).
Former education ministers, to my right: 1. Abdulaziz bin Zaid (Saudi Ambassador) 2. Khalil Mardam Bey 3. Ma'mun al-Kuzbari
To my left: 1. Abdul Jalil al-Rawi (Iraqi Ambassador) 2. Raif al-Mulqi 3. Sati' al-Husri 4. Shawkat al-Qanawati (university director)
A reception I held on the occasion of the founding of the Central Bank of Syria, 3 December 1955. The Governor of the National Bank of Belgium, on his visit to Syria for the founding of the Syrian national bank.
In the photograph: Rafiq al-Sayoufi (Secretary-General), Maurice Frère (Governor of the Bank of Belgium), Monsieur Doubletri (the Frenchman), Nazim al-Qudsi (Speaker of the People's Assembly), myself (Minister of Finance).
Reception at the Presidential Palace in honor of Nehru, 21 June 1956
A reception held by the Governor of the Central Bank of Belgium, 3 December 1955
In the photograph: the Belgian ambassador, myself, Nazim al-Qudsi (Speaker of the People's Assembly).
At the Prime Ministry, the signing of the trade agreement with Italy, November 1955, on behalf of the Minister of Economy.
At the Presidential Palace during the Suez War, Egypt's ambassador Mahmoud Riad, and Saudi Arabia's ambassador Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Zaid.
With Pakistan's minister at the Ministry of Finance, 1955.
At the reception held in honor of the poet al-Qarawi, 11 August 1958
In the photograph: Sabri al-Asali (Vice President of the Republic), Kamal El-Din Hussein (Central Minister of Education), AbdulWahab Homad (granted a special stipend by the government), Minister of Education.
A photograph the late Nabih al-Azma gave me, taken when Lieutenant General Louai al-Atassi and Salah al-Din al-Bitar visited him, following the Baath's own monopoly on power, 1963.
In the airport hall, 29 January 1960, awaiting the West German economic delegation headed by Mr. Erhard.
In the photograph: Deputy Serres (the German ambassador), Hajj Sami Sayem al-Dahr, Muhammad Said al-Za'im, and the Minister of Finance, AbdulWahab Homad.
A reception held by the bank governor in honor of the German delegation, 30 January 1960
In the photograph: Ambassador Ibrahim Jabri in Bonn, Dr. Izzat al-Tarabulsi, Nureddin Kahhale (Governor of the Syrian Central Bank), AbdulWahab Homad (Chairman of the Executive Council and Minister of Finance), Dr. Amjad al-Tarabulsi (Minister of Higher Education).
At Damascus Airport, receiving Otto Grotewohl, Prime Minister of East Germany, January 1959
In the photograph: Mr. Nureddin Kahhale and his wife, myself, with Mr. Mustafa Hamdoun and Mr. Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj standing behind us.
Conference of Finance Directors, held under my own chairmanship, Damascus, 1959
In the photograph: Dr. Ibrahim al-Adli, Dr. Sadiq al-Ayyubi, Ibrahim al-Azhari, myself (Minister of Finance).
Spain's foreign minister, Castiella, at Damascus Airport, 20 January 1959
Farid al-Lahham of the Foreign Ministry, Dr. al-Qudmani, the governor.
With the poet Rashid al-Khouri, "al-Sha'ir al-Qarawi" (the Village Poet), at a luncheon held in his honor at the Presidential Palace, 11 August 1958
In the photograph, from the left: Mr. Khalil al-Kallas, myself, "AbdulWahab Homad," al-Sha'ir al-Qarawi, Kamal El-Din Hussein (Egyptian), Ahmad Abdel Karim.
The arrival of the Iraqi ministers in Damascus, the day after Abdel Salam Aref and Abdul Karim Qasim took power in Iraq, 19 July 1958
In the photograph, from the right: 1. Fouad Galal, Deputy Speaker of the (Egyptian) National Assembly 2. Mohamed Hadid, Iraq's Minister of Finance 3. Hassan Jabbara, Minister of Planning 4. Myself, Minister of Justice 5. Dr. Abdul Jabbar Jomard, Iraq's Foreign Minister
At a military parade in Cairo with Abdel Nasser
The ceremony raising the flag of the United Arab Republic over the Guest Palace, 1958
In the photograph: President al-Quwatli, Kamal El-Din Hussein (Minister of Education), myself.
In the People's Assembly, at the reception held by the Assembly's Speaker, Akram al-Hourani, in honor of His Excellency al-Quwatli, on the occasion of the announcement of union with Egypt, with Mr. Ihsan al-Jabri delivering a speech
At the far edge of the photograph: myself, and Rushdi al-Kikhya, Khalil al-Kallas, Salman al-Hunaidi, and Jamil Hallak.
15 February 1958
Ihsan al-Jabri speaking on behalf of the Assembly, with Sabri al-Asali, Prime Minister, beside him.
Part of the farewell reception President Shukri al-Quwatli held at the Presidential Palace for the deputies, on the occasion of the establishment of the union, 1958.
Photographs
Photographs referenced in this appendix's caption list, from the family archive. Individual captions are not shown here because the original extraction's photo-to-caption pairing could not be reliably verified for this set.
