A meeting of intellectuals and politicians from the Syrian National Bloc, a political movement opposed to French mandate rule, at the home of Tawfiq Qabbani, a respected citizen, in Damascus. Standing behind the podium is Fausi al-Ghazzi, considered the "father" of the 1928 constitution. (Photo: private)
Syrian Girl Guides march on the famous Hadjar Street in Damascus near the Bab Tuma district in the 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, in 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)
Syrian protesters sit in a tent in a village. Their banner reads: "No union and unity with a dictator." It illustrates the political awareness of rural communities, usually ignored in official narratives. (Photo: private)
The banks of the Euphrates around 1960. (Photo: private)
A group of Syrian Boy Scouts in the 1930s on the banks of the Orontes River (Nahr al-Asi). (Photo: private)
