Adib Kheir () was a leading

Syrian nationalist Syrian nationalism (), also known as pan-Syrian nationalism or pan-Syrianism (), refers to the nationalism of the region of Syria, as a cultural or political entity known as "Greater Syria," known in Arabic as '' Bilād ash-Shām'' (). Syrian n ...

of the 1920s. He was the owner of the Librairie Universelle in

Damascus Damascus ( , ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. Kno ...

. His granddaughter is the spouse of

Manaf Tlass Manaf Tlass or Manaf Tlas (; born 1964) is a former Brigadier General of the Syrian Republican Guard and member of Bashar al-Assad's inner circle who defected in 2012. He was the first Syrian Republican Guard commander to defect from the Syri ...

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