Damascus in the Space Age

The atlas holds 10 people and 14 moments here, from 1958 to 2012. The most recorded lives are Yasser Arafat, Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat.

Notable people

  1. Akhmad Kadyrov

    in 2001

    1 moment here

    Chechen Islamic religious leader and politician. Born in Karaganda during his family’s deportation from Chechnya, he studied in Uzbekistan, returned…

  2. Ali Khamenei

    in 1984

    1 moment here

    Iranian Shia cleric and politician who was president of Iran from 1981 to 1989 and supreme leader from 1989 until his death in 2026.…

  3. Anwar Sadat

    from 1973 to 1977

    2 moments here

    Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was an Egyptian army officer, Free Officer, politician, and president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981.…

  4. Gamal Abdel Nasser

    in 1958

    2 moments here

    Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…

  5. Hosni Mubarak

    in 1975

    1 moment here

    Egyptian military officer and politician who served as president of Egypt from 1981 until his resignation in 2011.…

  6. Kofi Annan

    in 2012

    1 moment here

    Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…

  7. Muammar Gaddafi

    in 1970

    1 moment here

    Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…

  8. Pope John Paul II

    in 2001

    1 moment here

    Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920–2005), Pope John Paul II from 1978, was a Polish Catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope.…

  9. Saddam Hussein

    in 1971

    1 moment here

    Iraqi Ba'athist politician who served as Iraq's president from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003.…

  10. Yasser Arafat

    from 1962 to 1988

    3 moments here

    Palestinian political leader, founding member of Fatah, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004, and president of the…

Moments

  1. 1958 Surprise visit after UAR formation Gamal Abdel Nasser
  2. 1958 Union declaration in Damascus Gamal Abdel Nasser
  3. 1962 Migration to Syria Yasser Arafat
  4. 1970 Visit to Damascus Muammar Gaddafi
  5. 1971 Meeting with Hafez al-Assad Saddam Hussein
  6. 1973 Arab summit travel in Damascus Anwar Sadat
  7. 1975 Vice-presidential mission to Damascus Hosni Mubarak
  8. 1977 Consultation with Hafez al-Assad Anwar Sadat
  9. 1980 Meeting in Syria with Mahmoud Darwish and George Habash Yasser Arafat
  10. 1984 Presidential visit to Damascus Ali Khamenei
  11. 1988 Funeral procession for Abu Jihad Yasser Arafat
  12. 2001 Prayer in Umayyad Mosque Pope John Paul II
  13. 2001 Talks in Damascus Akhmad Kadyrov
  14. 2012 Syria mission in Damascus Kofi Annan

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