Druze culture in Lebanon,Syria & Israel // The Hookah Lounge

Saturday, August 7th, 2010...2:26 pm

Druze culture in Lebanon,Syria & Israel

“Crazy” sung in Hebrew, Arab tune by Druze singer “Sharif”

“I want to sit with all my friends, and smoke Nargila, the world makes me crazy,crazy”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSe-fAD54EM

Its like in Texas friends. Where are its population from? Mexicans here,and Scandinavian background there,Indigeous Indians,French Acadians in NW Texas, there is no “One people” but the many backgrounds of human beings.

Same here in the Middle East. Take for example 3 bordering smaller by far nations than Texas!

Syria,Lebanon and Israel. In Lebanon in a tiny country you can find neighboring communities of Sunni Arab Moslems,Alawi Moslems, Shia Moslems, secular Arabs, Christian Arabs,Palestinian Arabs,and Druze mountain dwelling people.

Syria has the same make up of groups, though they managed to kick their Palestinians out and many thousands of Kurdish populations also.And Druze mountain people live their as well.

In Israel you will find Israeli Jews 45% from Europe and America, with 55% of the Jews from Arab countries who were also kicked out! There are in Israel 21% of its voting citizens Arab Israelis. Palestinian Arabs next door a few minutes drive in the West Bank and Gaza. And Druze mountain people.

The Druze are loyal to the country of where they live. Druze in Syria join its army with pride.Druze in Lebanon join its army. Druze in Israel join its army with pride.

Mixed up?

Here below is the Israeli Druze singer who sings in Arabic and in Hebrew. Smoking a nargilah at his wedding below right side.

Here is the young lad at rest

Many Druze consider themselves a people

unto themselves. They are not Moslem, but Druze believers. Recently a Druze leader in Israel insists that they be called “Arabs” as nationality, and many Druze agree and many disagree.The Druze had to fight both Christian and Moslem Arabs for centuriesDruze leaders in Israel Druze flag