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ʿUmar Abū Rīshah: Quick Facts

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Born April 10, 1910 • Palestine
Died July 15, 1990 (aged 80) • Riyadh • Saudi Arabia
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Nizār Qabbānī
Syrian poet and diplomat
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Bardesanes
Syrian scholar
Hafiz al-Assad, President of Syria, shown in a black-and-white headshot wearing a suit and patterned tie, photographed in 1980.
Hafez al-Assad
president of Syria
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Michel ʿAflaq
Syrian political leader
Al Neimi, Salwa
Salwa Al Neimi
Syrian author and journalist
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Khalid Bakdash
Syrian politician
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Akram al-Hawrani
Syrian politician
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Anṭūn Saʿādah
Syrian politician
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Adib al-Shishakli
Syrian military officer
Shukri al-Quwatli.
Shukri al-Quwatli
president of Syria
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Hāshim al-ʿAtāsī
president of Syria
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ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī
Syrian author
Abū Tammām
Abū Tammām
Syrian poet
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Salah al-Din Bitar
Syrian politician
Pompey
Pompey the Great
Roman statesman
Hadrian
Hadrian
Roman emperor
Leading a revolutionary offensive
Ahmed al-Sharaa
president of interim government of Syria
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda
Chilean poet
Trajan
Trajan
Roman emperor
Oil portrait of Hugo de Groot, also known as Hugo Grotius, by the workshop of Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, showing him with a ruffled white collar and dark clothing.
Hugo Grotius
Dutch statesman and scholar

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