Article: The Druze Between Palestine and Israel, 1947-49.(Book Review)

Article: Druze
Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures;      700+ words ...Druze PRONUNCIATION: DROOZ LOCATION: Lebanon; Syria; Israel ... POPULATION: Under 1 million LANGUAGE: Arabic RELIGION: Secret Druze faith (Muhwahhidun) 1 • INTRODUCTION The Druze are both a religious and an ethnic group. The group originated ...

Article: Druze and Jews in Israel -- A Shared Destiny?
Middle East Policy;  October 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Druze and Jews in Israel -- A Shared Destiny ... illustrations, notes, bibliography and index. The Druze are unique among the Arabic-speaking communities ... interesting study, Zeiden Atashi, himself a Druze from the village of Isfiyya on Mount Carmel ...

Article: The Druze in the Jewish State: A Brief History.(Review)
Middle Eastern Studies;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... status seekers -- Israelis and Druze --whose cooperation yields ... important political rewards. On the Druze side there was Shaykh Amin Tarif ... cultivating ties with the Druzes in the early years of the Hebrew ... them. Israeli encouragement of Druze particularism began early in ...

Article: Druze and Jews in the war of 1948. (Israel-Arab War of ...
Middle Eastern Studies;  April 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ...The relations between the Palestinian Druze and the Yishuv (the Jewish community in ... the Second World War. Embracing Jabal Druze, they were part of the Jewish Agency ... previous significance for both partners. The Druze's position in an Arab-Jewish confrontation ...

Article: A History of the Druzes
Domes;  October 31, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... to understanding Druze history. Although the Druzes do not reveal details ... dialectical concepts are Druze particularism and ... tension between the Druzes' fierce desire ... In Syria the Druzes were torn between ... rule in Jabel-Druze and the Arab revolt ...

Article: Druze Heritage Symposium at Library of Congress
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs;  April 1, 2008 ;     629 words ...TEN DRUZE scholars from the United States, Europe ... Washington, DC for a Feb. 7 symposium entitled "Druze Heritage: Roots, Development and Challenges ... long event was sponsored by the American Druze Foundation, the John Kluge Center in the ...

Article: For Druze Across Middle East, Loyalty Depends on Location
The Washington Post;  July 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... main square of Majdal Shams, the largest Druze community in this hilly region, with an ... darkness." Monday evening, an all-Druze company of Israeli soldiers painted their ... assault on Hezbollah has deeply divided the Druze, a perpetual minority group that inhabits ...