10 Facts About Sabah Qabbani

Sabah Qabbani was appointed ambassador of Syria to the United States by President Hafez al-Assad in 1974.

Sabah Qabbani helped promote Arab stars such as Abdel Halim Hafez and Doreid Lahham.

In 1962, Sabah Qabbani joined the Ministry of Foreign affairs and became Syria's consul in New York.

Sabah Qabbani remained at his post until becoming Syria's envoy to Indonesia in 1968.

In 1973, Sabah Qabbani returned to Syria and became director of the US desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Sabah Qabbani was later appointed ambassador to the United States from 1974 until 1980.

Sabah Qabbani was born in the Syrian capital of Damascus to a middle class merchant family.

Sabah Qabbani was raised in Mi'thnah Al-Shahm, one of the neighborhoods of old Damascus.

Sabah Qabbani's father, Tawfiq Qabbani was a prominent merchant and a member of the National Bloc during the Syrian Mandate years.

Sabah Qabbani's daughter is the writer Rana Kabbani and thus he is the grandfather of her daughter Yasmine Seale.