Long time friends together at the Syrian presidential palace in Damascus in 1955. From right to left: Syrian Prime Minister Sabri El-Assali - Former Syrian Prime Minister Fares El-Khouri - The nationalist Druze leader Sultan Pasha El-Atrash - Choukri El-Qouatli, President of Syria - Mohamed Ali Eltaher - Nazem El-Qoudsi, Speaker of the Syrian parliament - The Mufti of Palestine, Haj Amin El-Husseini - Mouin El-Madi, Palestinian nationalist resident in Damascus.