Steel & Silk: Men and Woman Who Have Shaped Syria 1900-2000

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	Author’s Note
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	OFFICERS
	Alwan, Jassem (1928-)
	al-Asad, Hafez (1930-2000): see “Politicians”
	al-Ashi, Suhayl (1918-)
	Aslan, All (1933-)
	al-Atasi, Faysal (1916-1999)
	al-Atasi, Lu’ayy (1926-2003): see "Politicians”
	Atfeh, Abdullah (1897-1976)
	al-Ayyubi, Shukri (1851-1922)
	al-Azma, Yusuf (1883-1920)
	al-Bizreh, Afif (1914-1994)
	ahHafëz, Amin (1925-): see “Politicians”
	Hamdun, Mustapha (1923-)
	al-Harrlrl, Ziyad (1930-)
	Hatum, Saleem (1928-1967)
	al-Hinnawi, Sami (1896-1950)
	Jadid, Ghassan (1920-1957)
	Jadid, Salah (1926-1993): see “Politicians”
	Jamil, Naji (1930-)
	al-Jundi, Abd al-Karim (1932-1969)
	Kanaan, Qhazi (1933-)
	Kaylanl, Haltham (1926-)
	al-Khlayfawi, Abd al-Rahman (1927-): see “Politicians”
	al-Khuly, Mohammad (1937-)
	al-Mahmud, lyad (1950-)
	al-Malki, Adnan (1918-1955)
	al-Meer, Ahmad (1922-)
	al-Nehlawi, Abd al-Karim (1926-)
	al-Nfurif Amin (1921-)
	al-Omari, Subhl (1898-1973)
	al-Qawuqji, Fawzl (1887-1977)
	Ramadan, Jamil (1901-1954)
	al-Rlkabi, Rida (1864-1943): see “Politicians”
	Safa, Mohammad (1908-1968)
	Sarraj, Abd al-Hamid (1925-): see “Politicians”
	Selu, Fawzi (1905-1972): see “Politicians”
	Shakkur, YUsuf (1926-)
	al-Shihabi, Hlkmat (1931-)
	al-Shishakll, Adlb (1909-1964): aee “Politicians”
	Shuqayr, Shawkat (1912-1982)
	Suwaydanl, Ahmad (1932-1994)
	al-Tawil, Mohammad Rabah (1925-1992)
	al-Ulshl, Jamil (1883-1951): sea “Politicians”
	Umran, Mohammad (1922-1972): see “Politicians”
	Zahr al-Din, Abd al-Karim (1919-)
	al-Za’im, Husnl (1894-1949): see “Politicians”
	ADMINISTRATORS
	al-Attar, Najah (1933-)
	al-Azm, Fawzi (1880-1934)
	Barakat, Awad (1913-2005)
	al-Hakim,Yti8uf
	(1879-1969)
	al-Halabi, Mohammad Izz al-DIn (1889-?)
	al-Hanball, Shaker (1876-1958)
	Homsi, Edmond (1901-1972)
	al-lmadi, Mohammad (1930-)
	al-Jabi, Rushdi (1905-?)
	aklallad, Hamdi (1883-1975)
	Mahasin, As’ad (1913-)
	al-Nehlawi, Fayek (1914-1976)
	al-Qaslm, Nihad (1905-1970)
	al-Qasmi, Zafer (1913-1984)
	Raslan, Abd al-Hasib (1901-?)
	al-Sawwaf, Husni (1906-1985)
	Shatlla, Khalid (1910-1983)
	al-Shatti, lyad (1940-)
	al-Shayeb, Fou’ad (1911-1970)
	al-Shihabi, Mustapha (1893-1968)
	Sihnawi, Jean (1903-1975)
	al-Tarabulsi, Izzat (1913-2000)
	POLITICIANS
	Abu Ghuddah, Abd al-Fattah (1917-1997)
	Aflaq, Michel (1901-1989)
	Ahmad, Ahmad Iskandar (1944-1983)
	al-Ajlani, Munir (1912-2004)
	Antaki, Naim (1903-1971)
	Arslan, Adil (1882-1954)
	al-Arsuzi, Zakl (1908-1968)
	al-Asad, Bashar (1965-)
	al-Asad, Hafez (1930-2000)
	al-Asad, Rifaat (1937-)
	al-Asall, Faysal (1919-1980)
	al-Ataai, Adnan (1904-1969)
	al-Atasi, Faydi (1898-1982)
	al-Atasi, Gamal (1922-2000)
	al-Atasl, Hashim (1873-1960)
	al-Atasi, Nur al-Din (1930-1992)
	al-Atrash, Hasan (1905-1977)
	al-Atrash, Mansur (1926-)
	al-Attar, Issam (1925-)
	al-Ayyubi, Ata (1877-1951)
	al-Azm, Haqqi (1864-1955)
	al-Azm, Khalid (1903-1965)
	al-Azma, Adil (1886-1952)
	al-Azma, Nabih (1886-1971)
	Bakdash, Khalid (1912-1995)
	al-Bakri, Fawzi (1887-1960)
	al-Bakrl, Nasib (1888-1966)
	Barakat, Subhl (1883-1939)
	al-Barazi, Husni (1893-7)
	al-Barazi, Najib (1882-1967)
	Barmada, Raahad (1913-1988)
	al-Barudi, Fakhri (1889-1966)
	al-Bitar, Salah al-Din (1912-1980)
	al-Boukhari, Nasuh (1881-1961)
	al-Dandashl, Abd al-Karim (1917-?)
	al-Dandashl, Abd al-Razzaq (1899-1935)
	al-Dawalibi, Ma’ruf (1907-2004)
	Droubi, Ala al-Din (d.1920)
	Farha Bakdash, Wiaal (1932-)
	Faysal I (King Faysal)
	(1889-1933)
	al-Ghanim, Wahib (1919-2003)
	al-Ghazzi, Fawzl (1891-1929)
	al-Ghazzl,Sa’id
	(1893-1967)
	al-Hafez, Amin (1925-)
	al-Haffar, Lutfl (1891-1968)
	al-Hakim, Hasan (1886-1988)
	al-Hakim, Hikmat (1892-1958): aee “Administrators”
	Haroun, As’ad (1903-1968)
	al-Hasani,Taj al-Din (1885-1943)
	al-Hawrani, Akram (1912-1996)
	Homad, Abd al-Wahab (1915-2002)
	al-Husari, Sati (1882-1968): see “Educators”
	llyan, Mikhail (1880-?)
	al-Jabiri, lhaan (1882-?)
	al-Jabiri, Saadallah (1893-1947)
	Jabri, Rashad (1910-?)
	Jadld, Salah (1926-1993)
	al-Jaza’iri, Sa’id (1883-1981)
	al-Jundly Sami (1921-1996)
	Kabbara, Sami (1903-1967)
	al-Kallas, Khalil (1921-)
	al-Kassem, Abdel Raouf (1932-)
	al-Kayyali, Abd al-Rahman (1887-1969)
	Khaddam, Abd al-Halim (1930-)
	al-Khatib, Bahij (1895-7)
	al-Khatib, Zaki (1887-1961)
	al-Khlayfawi, Abd al-Rahman (1927-)
	al-Kikhiya, Rushdl (1900-1988)
	Kourani, As’ad (1907-1995)
	al-Kuzbari, Ma’mun (1914-1998)
	al-Mahayri, lasam (1918-)
	Mardam Bey, Jamil (1893-1960)
	Mu’ayyad al-Azm, Badih (1870-1960)
	al-Murehed, Sulayman (1905-1946)
	Qaddur, Nasser (1932-)
	Qanbar, Ahmad (1900-1971)
	Qannut, Abd al-Ghani (1925-2001)
	al-Qudsi, Nazim (1900-1998)
	Raslan, Mazhar (1887-1949)
	al-Razzaz, Munif (1919-1984)
	Rida, Rashid (1865-1935)
	al-Rikabi, Rida (1864-1942)
	Sarraj, Abd al-Hamid (1925-)
	Shahbandar, Abd al-Rahman (1879-1940)
	al-Shara, Farouk (1938-)
	al-Sharabatl, Ahmad (1909-1975)
	al-Sharif, Ihsan (1889-1963)
	Shayya, Jamil (1931-)
	al-Shishakli, Adlb (1909-1964)
	al-Siba’i, Mustapha (1915-1964)
	al-Tabba’, Abd al-Hamid (1900-1950)
	al-Ulshi, Jamil (1883-1951)
	Umran, Mohammad (1922-1972)
	al-Ylisuf, Abd al-Rahman
	(d.1920)
	al-Za’im, Husni (1894-1949)
	Zamarayya, Leon (1904-?)
	al-Zu’ayyln, YUsuf (1931-)
	al-Zu’bi, Mahmud (1938-2000)
	NATIONAL ACTIVISTS
	al-Abid, Nazlq (1898-1959)
	Akash, Sa’ld (1892-1941)
	al-Ali, Saleh (1884-1950)
	al-Asall, Shukri (1868-1916)
	al-Ashmar, Mohammad (1892-1960)
	al-Atrash, Sultan (1885-1982)
	al-BItar, Omar (1886-1946)
	al-Boukhari, Mahmud (1890-1916)
	al-Dandashl, All Abd al-Karlm (1910-?)
	al-Hafez, Amin Lutfi (1879-1916)
	Hananu, Ibrahim (1869-1935)
	Jarbu, Fadlallah (1913-?)
	al-Jaza’iri, Omar (1871-1916)
	al-Jaza’iri, Saleem (1879-1916)
	al-Jundl, Abd al-Azlz (1895-1958)
	al-Kharrat, Hasan (1861-1925)
	al-Kuttabi, Mekki (1894-1973)
	Ma’mun, Sayf al-Din (1905-?)
	Mu'ayyad al-Azm, Nazih (1890-?)
	Mu’ayyad al-Azm, Shafiq (1861-1916)
	Muraywed, Ahmad (1887-1925)
	Qadri, Ahmad (1893-1958)
	Qambaz, Mohammad Saleh (1887-1925)
	al-Qassab, Kamel (1873-1954)
	al-Qassam, Izz al-Din (1883-1935)
	Salloum, Rafic (1891-1916)
	Shalash, Ramadan (1869-1946)
	al-Shihabi, Aref (1889-1916)
	al'Shishakli, Tawflq (1884-1940)
	al-Tintawi, All (1909-1998)
	DIPLOMATS
	Antaki, Naim (1903-1971) see “Politicians”
	al-Armanazi, Najib (1897-1968)
	al-Asha, Rafle (1910-)
	al-Dawoudi, Adib (1925-2004)
	Droubi, Sami (1921-1976)
	al-Farra, Jamal (1911-)
	Jouejati, Rafic (1922-2003)
	al-Khani, Abdullah (1925-)
	al-Khury, Fayez (1893-1959)
	al-Moualim, Walid (1941-)
	Qabbani, Nizar (1923-1998) see “Arts & Letters”
	Qabbani, Sabah (1928-)
	al-Tarazl, Salah al-Din (1918-1980)
	Zayn al-Din, Farid (1907-?)
	Zurayk, Constantine (1909*2000) see "Educators”
	EDUCATORS
	Abd al-Daim, Abdullah (1924-)
	al-Aldi, Munif (1886-1962)
	al-Ajlani, Munir (1904-): see “Politicians”
	al-Arsuzi, Zaki (1908-1968): see “Politicians”
	al-Azm, Abd al-Qadir (1881-1952)
	al-Azm, Sadeq (1934-)
	Bayhum, Adila (1900-1975)
	Droubl, Sami (1921-1976): see “Diplomats”
	al-Hawrani, Uthman (1898-1958)
	Jabbour, George (1938-)
	al-Jamali, Hafez (1916-2003)
	akJaza'iri, Tahir (1852-1920)
	Khater, Murshed (1888-1962)
	Murad, Fatima (1910-?)
	Murayden, Izzat (1908-2000)
	Mustapha, Shaker (1916-1999)
	al-Qanawati, Shawkat (1904-?)
	Sabah, Husni (1900-1986)
	al-Sabbagh, Faysal (1919-)
	al-Sabbagh, Layla (1924-)
	al-Samman, Wajih (1913-1992)
	al-Sayyigh, Fayez (1922-1980)
	al-Sayyigh, Yusuf (1916-2004)
	Shakhashiro, Omar (1908-1977)
	al-Shatti, Ahmad Shawkat (1900-1979)
	al-Tarabul8i, Amjad (1918-2000)
	Toemeh, George (1922-2004)
	Zurayk, Constantine (1909-2000)
	JOURNALISTS
	Abd Rabbo, Yasser (1932-)
	al-Armanazi, All (1894-1915)
	Ama’out, Ma’ruf (1892-1948)
	Babil, Nasuh (1905-1986)
	Fansa, Nazir (1918-2005)
	Faris, Georgs (1905-?)
	al-Haffar,WaJih
	(1912-1969)
	al-Hakim, Nazih (1921-1993)
	al-Halabi,Tawfiq
	(1887-1926)
	Hu8riyyleh, Izzat (1914-1975)
	Kurd All, Mohammad (1876-1952)
	Murad, Bassim (1908-1973)
	al-Ouff, Bashir (1917-1994)
	al-Qal’aji, Qadri (1917-1986)
	Quodama, Ahmad (1911-1985)
	al-Rayyes, Najib (1892-1952)
	al-Sawwah, Ahmad Nawraa (1915-1992)
	al-Shartf, Jalal (1925-1983)
	al-Sidawi,Wacllh
	(1908-1989)
	al-Tillawl, Sa’ld (1915-1973)
	al-Uthmani, Ragheb (1898-1963)
	al-Yazagi,Tawfiq
	(1880-1957)
	YUnis, Abd al-Latif (1914-)
	ARTS & LETTERS
	Abu Saud, Abd al-Wahab (1897-1955)
	Adonis (Ali Ahmad Said)
	(1930-)
	2002).
	al-Aghawany, Salama (1907-1982)
	al-Akkad, Mustapha (1935-)
	Asmahan (Amal al-Atrash)
	al-Atrash, Farid (1915-1974)
	al-Baba, Anwar (1925-1992)
	al-Barudi.Wajih
	(1906-1996)
	Farzat, All (1951-)
	Fathl, Abd al-Latif (1916-1986)
	Hashim, Labiba (1880-1952)
	al-ldllbi, Ulfat (1912-)
	lkhlassy,Walid
	Ismail, Sidql (1924-1972)
	al-lssa, Sulayman (1921-)
	al-Jabal, Badawi (1905-1981)
	Jubran, Mary (1911-1956)
	(2002).
	Lahham, Doreid (1932-)
	Luka, Iskandar (1929-)
	al-Maghout, Mohammad (1930-)
	Makdisi, Antune (1914-2005)
	Mina, Hanna (1924-)
	al-Moudarre8, Fateh (1922-1999)
	Muhsen, Hlkmat (1910-1968)
	Qabbani, Nizar (1923-1998)
	Qassab Hasan, Najat (1921-1997)
	Quail, Nihad (1928-1993)
	al-Samman, Ghada (1942-)
	al-Sawwah, Flras (1941-)
	Shaaban, Buthaina (1953-)
	Shore, Naseer (1920-1992)
	Sibayl, Rafic (1930-)
	Tahseen Bey, Sa*ld (1904-1985)
	Tamer, Zakarlya (1931-)
	al-Ujayli, Abd al-Salam (1918-)
	Wannus, Saadallah (1941-1999)
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