Druze Women – Juggling Tradition and Moderna
Highly educated, capable, motivated, artistic and devout, religious Druze women are still not allowed to drive. Hopefully, this will change soon.
Yarka and Julis, Two Quaint Galilean Druze Villages
Strolling through old Yarka reveals inner gardened courts, pleasant people, women and men’s street art, and the blessed Ali Fares’s nukta.
Druze Cemeteries – State, Religion, and the Soul
Visit to a Druze military cemetery, civil “cemetery” and tombs of Sheikh Amin Tarif and daughter in Julis. Normally, no civil graves or mourning as Druze reincarnate.
Druze Secret Religion – For the Chosen Few
Druze religion is secretive, known only to those who choose a strict and demanding religious life. Honorability, clean tongue and conduct are required. Lay people are bound by less rules, but must marry within the community.
Druze Crisis in Syria – Horrors, Analysis, and What Next?
July 13th 2024 was the Druze day of indescribable horrors, their “October 7th” so to speak. I bring analysis from some intelligent journalists and questions about the future.
Druze – Israel’s Mountain Allies and Tactics of Survival
Druze are a tiny religious minority in Israel and the world, yet they are fearless warriors, who over years of persecution have developed effective tactics of survival. Druze are indispensable to the Israeli army, and well integrated into society.
Druze Women – Juggling Tradition and Moderna
Highly educated, capable, motivated, artistic and devout, religious Druze women are still not allowed to drive. Hopefully, this will change soon.
Yarka and Julis, Two Quaint Galilean Druze Villages
Strolling through old Yarka reveals inner gardened courts, pleasant people, women and men’s street art, and the blessed Ali Fares’s nukta.
Druze Cemeteries – State, Religion, and the Soul
Visit to a Druze military cemetery, civil “cemetery” and tombs of Sheikh Amin Tarif and daughter in Julis. Normally, no civil graves or mourning as Druze reincarnate.
Druze Secret Religion – For the Chosen Few
Druze religion is secretive, known only to those who choose a strict and demanding religious life. Honorability, clean tongue and conduct are required. Lay people are bound by less rules, but must marry within the community.
Druze Crisis in Syria – Horrors, Analysis, and What Next?
July 13th 2024 was the Druze day of indescribable horrors, their “October 7th” so to speak. I bring analysis from some intelligent journalists and questions about the future.
Druze – Israel’s Mountain Allies and Tactics of Survival
Druze are a tiny religious minority in Israel and the world, yet they are fearless warriors, who over years of persecution have developed effective tactics of survival. Druze are indispensable to the Israeli army, and well integrated into society.