A letter from Syrian comedian Nihad Quali to his wife Nabiha, written from Beirut. Quali and his wife used to settle disputes in correspondences and this letter was written while he was getting medical treatment for paralysis in Lebanon. It is entitled, “Mercy Appeal!”

An open letter written by the Syrian nationalist and former parliamentarian Fakhri al-Barudi to Abdul-Hakim Amer, the governor of Syria during the union years with Egypt (1958-1961). Barudi warns, “Fear has started, and the results are greater than what you can imagine.”