Presidents Shukri al-Quwatli and Hashem al-Atasi at the Syrian University, attending a lecture in honor of the late Saadallah al-Jabiri in 1947. The back row (from left to right): Jamil Mardam Bey, Kareem Thabet (an envoy of King Farouk), Hashem al-Atasi, and Riad al-Sulh.