A meeting of intellectuals and politicians from the Syrian National Bloc, a movement opposed to French Mandate rule, at the Damascus home of the well-known and respected Tawfiq Qabbani. Standing behind the podium is Fawzi al-Ghazzi, regarded as the "father" of the 1928 constitution. (Photo: private)
Syrian Girl Guides march along the famous Hadjar Street near Damascus's Bab Tuma district, early 1950s. (Photo: private)
Syrians pose with French soldiers in front of the Hotel d'Orient in Damascus, a meeting place for politicians, officers and colonial officials, 1938. (Photo: private)
A man from Aleppo in 1939 who worked as a monkey trainer or street performer with trained monkeys, a profession commonly known as "Qaradeh". (Photo: private)
Protesters sit in a tent in a village. A banner reads, “No union and unity with a dictator,” highlighting the political awareness of rural communities often absent from official narratives. (Photo: private)
The banks of the Euphrates, ca. 1960. (Photo: private)
A group of Syrian Boy Scouts on the banks of the Orontes River (Nahr al-Asi), 1930s. (Photo: private)
