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My Memoirs of the Syrian-Egyptian Union

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My Memoirs of the Syrian-Egyptian Union

The first volume of Dr. AbdulWahab Homad's memoirs, covering the 1958 union between Syria and Egypt (the United Arab Republic) through its collapse in the September 1961 secession. Homad served as Minister of Justice, Minister of the Treasury, and Minister of Planning during this period.

Table of Contents

  1. 01 Title Page
  2. 02 Introduction to These Memoirs
  3. 03 Events on the Road to Unity
  4. 04 Days of the Union - The First Year - Part 1: Nasser's Arrival in Damascus and King Saud's Secret Correspondence with Eisenhower
  5. 05 Days of the Union - The First Year - Part 2: Homad's Appointment as Minister of Justice and the Saudi Plot to Assassinate Nasser
  6. 06 Days of the Union - The First Year - Part 3: Independence Day, the Yemen Tripartite Union, and the Cabinet's Oath of Office
  7. 07 Days of the Union - The First Year - Part 4: The General Amnesty Law and the Dissolution of Syria's Political Parties
  8. 08 Days of the Union - The First Year - Part 5: The Dismissal of General Afif al-Bizri and the Vice Presidents' New Powers
  9. 09 Days of the Union - The First Year - Part 6: The Cairo Ministerial Councils and Nasser's Doctrine in Philosophy of the Revolution
  10. 10 Days of the Union - The First Year - Part 7: The Illicit Gains Law and the 14 July 1958 Coup in Iraq
  11. 11 Days of the Union - The First Year - Part 8: The Killing of Iraq's Royal Family and the International Crisis That Followed
  12. 12 Days of the Union - The First Year - Part 9: The Customs Union Between the Two Regions and a Silk-Smuggling Case Involving Nasser's Brother
  13. 13 Days of the Union - The First Year - Part 10: The 1958 Agrarian Reform Law and the Redistribution of Syria's Farmland
  14. 14 A Special Chapter - Part 1: The Dismissal of Ihsan al-Qawas and the History of Judicial Immunity in Syria
  15. 15 A Special Chapter - Part 2: Homad's Battle with the Lawyers Over Judicial Procedure Reform
  16. 16 A Special Chapter - Part 3: Minister Ahmad Abdel Karim's Assault on a Visitor and the Officers Turned Ministers
  17. 17 A Special Chapter - Part 4: A Bedouin Honor Killing and Homad's Failed Attempt to Unify Arab Law
  18. 18 A Special Chapter - Part 5: Visiting Damascus Citadel Prison and the Widow Who Poisoned Fawzi al-Ghazzi
  19. 19 A Special Chapter - Part 6: Six Death Sentences and a Direct Appeal to Nasser to Spare Two Brothers
  20. 20 A Special Chapter - Part 7: The Ramadan Crescent Dispute and the Corrupt Judge in the Mahardeh Marsh Case
  21. 21 The Second Ministry - And I Became Minister of the Treasury
  22. 22 Events of 1959: Akram al-Hourani's Attack on Military Spending and the Legislative Unification Committees
  23. 23 The Second Year of the Union - Part 1: The First Union Anniversary and Marshal Tito's State Visit
  24. 24 The Second Year of the Union - Part 2: The Mahdawi Court Trials in Iraq and Nasser's Break with Khrushchev
  25. 25 The Second Year of the Union - Part 3: The Historic Nasser-Chehab Meeting and the New Unified Labor Law
  26. 26 The Second Year of the Union - Part 4: The Currency Exchange Debate and Nasser's Documented Positions on Israel and the Suez Canal
  27. 27 The Second Year of the Union - Part 5: The Aleppo-Damascus Airport Dispute and the Death of Hassan Jabara
  28. 28 The Second Year of the Union - Part 6: The North-South Military Budget Dispute and a Private Meeting with Nasser at Home
  29. 29 The Second Year of the Union - Part 7: The Founding of the National Union and Palazzoli's Errors About the People's Party
  30. 30 The Second Year of the Union - Part 8: The National Union Elections and the Lawrence al-Shaalan Smuggling Case
  31. 31 The Second Year of the Union - Part 9: The Journey to Washington for the World Bank and IMF Conference
  32. 32 The Second Year of the Union - Part 10: The Soviet Moon Rocket and a Journey Through Andalusia
  33. 33 The Second Year of the Union - Part 11: The World Bank Conference in Washington and Zionist Propaganda in New York
  34. 34 The Second Year of the Union - Part 12: An American Diplomat's Drunken Anti-Union Remarks and the Voyage Home via London and Hamburg
  35. 35 The Second Year of the Union - Part 13: Field Marshal Amer's Delegated Powers and the Universities Law That Ended Homad's Professorship
  36. 36 The Second Year of the Union - Part 14: Ahmad Abdel Karim's Jordan River Warning and the Baathist Ministers' Mass Resignation
  37. 37 Year 1960 - Part 1: The Resigned Baathist Ministers and Syria's First Corruption Trial
  38. 38 Year 1960 - Part 2: Nasser's Twenty-Three-Day Tour of the North Begins in Aleppo
  39. 39 Year 1960 - Part 3: The Nationalization of the Bank of Syria
  40. 40 Year 1960 - Part 4: The Founding of Aleppo University
  41. 41 Year 1960 - Part 5: The Ministry of Supply Law and General Afif al-Bizri's Account of His Resignation
  42. 42 Year 1960 - Part 6: Akram al-Hourani's Own Account of Why He Resigned
  43. 43 Year 1960 - Part 7: The Resignations of Ministers Amin al-Nafouri and Ahmad Abdel Karim
  44. 44 Year 1960 - Part 8: The Collapse of the Paris Summit After the U-2 Incident
  45. 45 Year 1960 - Part 9: Rushdi al-Kikhya's Reconciliation Visit to Abdul Hamid al-Sarraj
  46. 46 Year 1960 - Part 10: The Founding of the Unified Arabic Language Academy
  47. 47 Year 1960 - Part 11: The Anti-Union Bloc and the Dissolution of the Baha'i Assemblies
  48. 48 Year 1960 - Part 12: The Assassination of Jordan's Prime Minister Hazza al-Majali
  49. 49 Year 1960 - Part 13: Al-Sarraj Becomes Chairman of the Executive Council in a Major Government Reshuffle
  50. 50 Year 1960 - Part 14: President Nasser as Homad's Dinner Guest in Aleppo
  51. 51 Year 1960 - Part 15: The Espionage Case of Engineer Abdul Nafi Shaheen
  52. 52 Year 1960 - Part 16: The Five Pillars of American Middle East Policy and a Visit from the Poet al-Qarawi
  53. 53 Year 1960 - Part 17: The Funeral of Former President Hashim al-Atassi
  54. 54 Year 1961 - Part 1: The Casablanca Conference and Three Dismissal Cases Weighed Between Law and Mercy
  55. 55 Year 1961 - Part 2: The Debate Over National Capital and al-Sarraj's Suspicions of Homad's People's Party Ties
  56. 56 Year 1961 - Part 3: King Farouk's Inshas Farms and Nasser's Private Tirade Against Bourguiba
  57. 57 Year 1961 - Part 4: The Anti-Prostitution Law and Nasser's Attack on the Baathists and the Lebanese Kataeb
  58. 58 Year 1961 - Part 5: Gagarin's Flight Into Space and a Visit to the Ancient Justice of Lake Qarun
  59. 59 Year 1961 - Part 6: The Generals' Revolt Against de Gaulle in Algeria and Nazim al-Qudsi's Confession of Poverty
  60. 60 Year 1961 - Part 7: Badawi al-Jabal's Poetry and the Assault That Led to His Death
  61. 61 Year 1961 - Part 8: Israel's Rocket Launch and Qasim's Threat to Annex Kuwait
  62. 62 Year 1961 - Part 9: The July Socialist Decrees and the Nationalization of Banks and the Five-Man Company
  63. 63 Year 1961 - Part 10: The General Income Tax Law and the Death of Said al-Sarraj
  64. 64 Year 1961 - Part 11: The New Central Government and Homad's Appointment as Minister of Planning
  65. 65 Year 1961 - Part 12: The al-Sarraj-Amer Power Struggle and the September 1961 Secession That Ended the Union
  66. 66 Appendix (1): Autobiography
  67. 67 Appendix (2): The 1958 Army Memorandum That Triggered the Union and the 1950 Constitution Radio Addresses
  68. 68 Appendix (3): The Arabic Language Academy Induction and the 2002 Memorial Eulogies