Mr. Mohamed Nazhat bin Mohamed Fuad bin Mohamed Saeed Al Yafi
(1928 – 2008)
Mohamed Nazhat was born in the family’s summer house in the town of Qatana, south of Damascus, in 1928.As a result of the movement of his father, Judge Mohamed Fuad between several Syrian courts, he studied in the schools of many Syrian cities from Daraa to Deir ez-Zor and then Damascus, continuing his secondary education in the First Tajheez High School (currently Jawdat al-Hashimi High School) after he settled in Damascus
following the death of his father. His father died when he was eight and his mother died when he was ten, when his care was transferred to his uncle Anwar bin Rushdi Al Yafi. In 1948, after he was twenty years old, he moved to Aleppo in northern Syria to join the Military Aviation School in the fourth batch of the Syrian Air Force.Aleppo Airport is considered the oldest in Syria, as it was established in 1918 AD.
Mohamed Nazhat at Al-Nairab Air Base in Aleppo (1949)
At the end of 1950, he graduated from school as a war pilot and remained in the Syrian Air Force until 1953, after which he was transferred to Syrian Airlines as a civilian pilot until the end of 1954, when he was appointed to work in the operations of Damascus International Airport after he was suspended from flying by a decision of the company’s director general at the time, Mr. Mowaffaq Al-Khani upon a suspicion of having a heart rhythm disorder.
Mohamed Nazhat’s graduation certificate from the flight school
Because of his passion for flying, and while working for the Aleppo Electricity and Transport Company, he participated with some of his pilot friends in founding the Paragliding Club in Aleppo in 1956. He continued to train young men and women on gliding until 1967, producing many aviation lovers who later joined the Air College, including those who won the title of Hero of the Republic in the October 1973 war.
Mohamed Nazhat with President Anwar Sadat in 1959 in Cairo
From a political point of view, Mohamed Nazhat was active in union and political work, as he represented the Transport Syndicate in many Arab and international conferences. He also spent several years as a member of the Aleppo Provincial Council.
Politically, he joined the Nasserist Arab nationalism movement thought since the fifties of the last century to become a member of the Arab Socialist Union in Syria later, until the early seventies
On September 29, 2008 corresponding to the last day of the blessed Ramadan 1429 AH, Mohamed Nazhat Al Yafi died in Aleppo and was buried in the Qatana cemetery near Damascus, may God Almighty have mercy on him.
The young pilot was angry at being prevented from flying, so he resigned from the Syrian Airlines and joined the Electricity and Transport Company in Aleppo in 1954 AD, where he moved through many jobs, the last of which was as Director of Planning and then as a consultant in the Ministry of Transport until retirement in 1996 AD.
Major General Jamal Faisal and Fawzi Selo awarded Mohamed Nazhat Al Yafi with the rank of graduation (1950)
Mr. Mohamed Nazhat bin Mohamed Fuad bin Mohamed Saeed Al Yafi
(1928 – 2008)
Mohamed Nazhat was born in the family’s summer house in the town of Qatana, south of Damascus, in 1928.As a result of the movement of his father, Judge Mohamed Fuad between several Syrian courts, he studied in the schools of many Syrian cities from Daraa to Deir ez-Zor and then Damascus, continuing his secondary education in the First Tajheez High School (currently Jawdat al-Hashimi High School) after he settled in Damascus
following the death of his father. His father died when he was eight and his mother died when he was ten, when his care was transferred to his uncle Anwar bin Rushdi Al Yafi. In 1948, after he was twenty years old, he moved to Aleppo in northern Syria to join the Military Aviation School in the fourth batch of the Syrian Air Force.Aleppo Airport is considered the oldest in Syria, as it was established in 1918 AD.
Mohamed Nazhat at Al-Nairab Air Base in Aleppo (1949)
At the end of 1950, he graduated from school as a war pilot and remained in the Syrian Air Force until 1953, after which he was transferred to Syrian Airlines as a civilian pilot until the end of 1954, when he was appointed to work in the operations of Damascus International Airport after he was suspended from flying by a decision of the company’s director general at the time, Mr. Mowaffaq Al-Khani upon a suspicion of having a heart rhythm disorder.
Mohamed Nazhat’s graduation certificate from the flight school
Mohamed Nazhat with President
Anwar Sadat in 1959 in Cairo
From a political point of view, Mohamed Nazhat was active in union and political work, as he represented the Transport Syndicate in many Arab and international conferences. He also spent several years as a member of the Aleppo Provincial Council.
Politically, he joined the Nasserist Arab nationalism movement thought since the fifties of the last century to become a member of the Arab Socialist Union in Syria later, until the early seventies
On September 29, 2008 corresponding to the last day of the blessed Ramadan 1429 AH, Mohamed Nazhat Al Yafi died in Aleppo and was buried in the Qatana cemetery near Damascus, may God Almighty have mercy on him.
The young pilot was angry at being prevented from flying, so he resigned from the Syrian Airlines and joined the Electricity and Transport Company in Aleppo in 1954 AD, where he moved through many jobs, the last of which was as Director of Planning and then as a consultant in the Ministry of Transport until retirement in 1996 AD.
Major General Jamal Faisal and Fawzi Selo awarded Mohamed Nazhat Al Yafi with the rank of graduation (1950)
Because of his passion for flying, and while working for the Aleppo Electricity and Transport Company, he participated with some of his pilot friends in founding the Paragliding Club in Aleppo in 1956. He continued to train young men and women on gliding until 1967, producing many aviation lovers who later joined the Air College, including those who won the title of Hero of the Republic in the October 1973 war.
