Presidents Gamal Abdul Nasser and Shukri al-Quwatli praying at the Umayyad Mosque - 1958

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To the far end of the photo are Foreign Minister Salah al-Bitar and the Egyptian Speaker of Parliament Anwar al-Sadat, and behind the two presidents, in military uniform, is Marshal Abdul Hakim Amer. Behind the two leaders is Abdul Rahman Taj, speaker of the al-Azhar in Cairo.