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Ali Abdulkarim al-Dandachi was a Syrian who served as the vice president of the Boy Scouts de Syrie. Dandachi also served on the International Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1951 to 1957. Dandachi had done a great deal to encourage Scouting throughout the Middle East,and during his term as a member of the International Committee,he visited practically every country in the region,leading to the establishment of an Arab Scout Bureau.
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References
- ↑ Wilson, John S. "SCOUTING ROUND THE WORLD" (PDF). www.TheDump.ScoutScan.com. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ↑ John S. Wilson (1959), Scouting Round the World. First edition, Blandford Press. p. 45, 104, 110, 127, 128, 131, 148, 224, 261, 275
