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Born	March 21, 1923 • Damascus • Syria
Died	April 30, 1998 (aged 75) • London • England

ʿUmar Abū Rīshah

Syrian poet and diplomat

Bardesanes

Syrian scholar

Adonis

Syrian-born Lebanese poet and literary critic

Hafez al-Assad

president of Syria

Michel ʿAflaq

Syrian political leader

Salwa Al Neimi

Syrian author and journalist

Khalid Bakdash

Syrian politician

Akram al-Hawrani

Syrian politician

Anṭūn Saʿādah

Syrian politician

Adib al-Shishakli

Syrian military officer

Shukri al-Quwatli

president of Syria

Hāshim al-ʿAtāsī

president of Syria

ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī

Syrian author

Abū Tammām

Syrian poet

Salah al-Din Bitar

Syrian politician

Augusto de Campos

Brazilian poet and critic

William Blake

British writer and artist

Pompey the Great

Roman statesman

Hadrian

Roman emperor

Ahmed al-Sharaa

president of interim government of Syria

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Poetry: First Lines

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

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