Subhi Al-`Umari and Lawrence of Arabia

From a reader: "i came across this short text about my grandfather soubhi alomary and i just want to correct one think .. he is actually syrian from damascus and not iraqi and he wrote 3 books (autobiography )about his role in arab great revolution and the faisal reign in damascus and his time spent with Lawrence ..he did recieve 4 death penalties by the ottomans and french and british and syrian military court in 1957 ..he served as an MP from 1949 to 1957 (his memories about the 40s and 50s was banned from being published by the syrian regime (Assad the father)"