Ex-President Hashem al-Atasi congratulating Presidents Gamal Abdul Nasser and Shukri al-Quwatli on the Syrian-Egyptian Union in 1958

Former President Hashem al-Atasi's last photograph, taken two years before his death as he visited Presidents Gamal Abdul Nasser and Shukri al-Quwatli to congratulate them on creation of the United Arab Republic (UAR) in 1958.