A Ward of Truth كلمة حق

Under this Fez, a great mind of thoughts has developed This young man will be the best capable thinker in the Near East This is how the London's Times magazine has described him He has studied and taught Mathematics. Mastered English and rigidly attached to the French language Resided in Istanbul, as a member of the board of envoys, preaching in Turkish And in Arabic he was a poet and linguist But Fares AlKhoury was first a man of position Governments' positions were offered to him He Presided the Syrian government four times and elected him to the presidency of the parliament with Eighty-one yes votes, and one blank sheet It was a secret ballot, it was a different time When the French came as an occupier in the early twenties, General Henri Gouraud gathered the leaders of the country. Assembled them in the Muhajereen palace over a lunch He was modest, praised the Ghouta's orchards and Sham "Damascus" Then he looked around him asking "Here where Faisal has lived" Fares AlKhoury tackled him and said "This palace was built by Hussein Nazim Pasha, then it was the residence of Jamal Pasha, then Edward Allenby, then King Faisal We had lunch with every one of them here, and now your Excellency you reside it All these had gone, Mr. General. But the palace and us are still here" And there was silence until the end of the banquet After the meeting, Sheik Taj Din Al-Husseini, said to him "You have committed a political suicide" "I will resist them until they leave" Fares AlKhoury ...

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YouTube | October 22, 2011

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