Eltaher and Nazem Bey Al-Qudsi, Speaker of the Syrian Parliament and future President of Syria – When Eltaher’s young son Hassan met Nazem Bey the first time in Hammana, Lebanon in 1954 he told his father “I like this man”! Eltaher duly relayed the message to Nazem Bey, who enjoyed the comment, and said "I like Hassan too!" – Picture taken in Damascus in 1957.