A 1949 cartoon of Parliament Speaker Rushdi al-Kikhiya

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A political cartoon published in the satirical magazine al-Mudhiq al-Mubki in 1949, showing Rushdi al-Kikhiya, the president of the Constitutional Assembly, teaching a student who is confused about the geographical borders of Syria. This was drawn at a time when a struggle for Syria was taking place between Jordan and Iraq on one front, who wanted to unite Syria with their countries, and Egypt and Saudi Arabia, who wanted to keep her independent from Hashemite influence