About this Site
Sami Moubayed, a Syrian political analyst, has been researching Syrian history since 1996. He is the author of three books on modern Syria. Over an 8-year period, he has accumulated a very large collection of papers, documents, and photographs, which he decided to display in the first online museum of Syria. The idea came to mind and was executed with his friend Sahban Abd Rabbo, the site's webmaster, in late 2004. Abd Rabbo, who has created many sites about Syria since 1996, worked with Moubayed on the project, which took a lot of time due to the amount of photo collection and correction. Many of the photos on this website are not exclusive, having been published earlier, yet the majority are rare, and in some cases, never before seen photographs or documents. The quality at times is minimal, either due to age, since some of the photos are over 100 years old, or due to repeated publishing. Syrianhistory.com would like to apologize for the quality of some photos, and point out that all of the photos published are in honor of Syrian history, and are not for commercial use.
This website could not have been completed without the contribution and support of the ladies and gentlemen mentioned below. Most of the photos on this website were collected from their private albums, while others were scanned from books.
Many thanks to:
Firas Tlas, Mayssa Nehlawi, Adib al-Shishakli Jr, Ghazi Ghazzi, Ayman Haykal, Hassan al-Sharif, Khaldun Aoude, Kareem Tabba, Michel Arcouche, Ridwan al-Atasi, Bassam Qudsi, Dr Nicolas Shahine, Colette Khury, Heyam al-Tamimi Sinan, Ghassan Ramadan, H.E. General Wadih al-Muqa'bari, and H.E. the late Dr Munir al-Ajlani.
The books used for this website are:
*Antoine Butros. Qissat Muhakamat Antune Saada wa I'damuh (The Story of Antune Saada's Trial and Execution). Beirut 2002.
*Salma al-Haffar, Lutfi al-Haffar: Hayatuh, Jihaduh, Asruh (Lutfi al-Haffar: His Life, Struggle, and Era). London 1998.
*Amer Bader Hassun. Souriyya (Syria). Damascus 2002.
*Abdullah al-Khani. Souriyya Bayn al-Dimocratiyya wa al-Hukum al-Fardi (Syria Between Democracy and One-Man Rule). Damascus 2004.
*Colette Khury, Awrak Faris al-Khury (Papers of Faris al-Khury) 2 vol. Damascus 1989-1997).
*Qasmiya, Khayriyya. Al-Ra'il al-Arabi al-Awwal: Awrak Nabih wa Adil al-Azma (The First Arab Vanguards: The Papers of Nabih and Adil al-Azma). London 1991.
*Quwwatli, Shukri. Shukri al-Quwatli Yukhatib Ummatuh (Shukri al-Quwatli Speaks to His People). Beirut 1970.
*Samman, Mutih. Watan wa Askar (A Homeland and Soldiers). Damascus 1995.
*Patrick Seale, Asad: Struggle for the Middle East. London 1988.
*Tweini, Ghassan. Kitab al-Istiqlal bi al-Suwar wa al-Wathaiq (Book of Emancipation in Pictures and Documents). Beirut 1999.
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