Druze

​Seven years after the proclamation of the state of Greater Lebanon during the French Mandate, on July 12th 1927, the Lebanese National Anthem was created. This French mandate helped Lebanon by acting as a support, until the country could govern on its own. It was written by Rashid Nakhle and composed by Wadih Sabra. This anthem does not have a specific name; the people usually call it “النشيد الوطني اللبناني”, which simply means “Lebanese National Anthem” in Arabic. This research paper will create

Non-state networks that emerge during war are largely informed by the country’s peacetime dynamics, adjusting to opportunities and challenges in a less ‘secure’ environment. Are they inherently predatory, undermining the state and stripping its assets or can they be foundations from which a strong civil society can be built upon as, ostensibly, relative stability returns? Different actors in a conflict have different tools at their disposal and thus divergent mechanisms for harnessing power. Picard

The Druze religion is one of the most exclusive religions in the world. Within the religion, one can only be born into it and is a member until they chose to leave. When one makes the decision to leave, they can never rejoin the religion afterwards. The exclusivity makes it so people have the opportunity to live their lives in the religion while not taking it for granted. Members of the Druze religion live their lives according to the rules set, but can chose when to stop following them. Being a

and national minority. Granting the minorities independent status locations where they make up the majority. For example, there was a large population of Alawites in the mountain range behind Latakia, the French declared them a separate state. The Druze were granted the right and ability to govern themselves in the city of Jabal, just south of Damascus. The one religious group that did

and causes many individuals to perish because of it. While that conflict is happening, many smaller religions who live in these regions garner very little attention and continue with their daily lives. Religions such as the Yazidis, Zoroastrians, Druze, and the Samaritans have been there for millennia and still very little is known about them. Things such as their religious followings, religious celebrations, and common practice are still widely unknown. Some of these religions only have tens of

Transportation A small country, Israel’s primary mode of transportation is via automobile, and the country is served by a modern road network. Congestion has become a particularly bad problem in the Tel Aviv area, to the point that a government-hired consultancy firm proposed instituting congestion charges for cars entering the city during the busiest part of the day. This kind of system is similar to that used to control traffic in London, Singapore, and Stockholm. Israel Railways, the nation’s

encompassed mostly desert, but has the Euphrates river running through most of the province. Both Damascus and Aleppo were made up of Muslims, mainly Sunnis but also Shi’ites. In the southern most part of the mandate was the Jabal al-Druze, used by the French to control the Druze living in Greater Syria. While on paper the French partitioning of the mandate looked great, the long term consequences still affect us today. By dividing up the different minorities into provinces where they would no longer be

Labarum, etc.) until the medieval Crusades. Early Christianity had use for such symbols due to the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire, as the symbol allowed inconspicuous identification of one Christian to another.(2016, Wikipedia) Druze Faith The Druze, also known as the "Sons of Grace," are a secretive, tightly-knit religious sect whose origins can be

Israel and Palestine The conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis is largely a religious conflict. Even though religion, ethnicity, territory, and politics are inextricably interwoven, the conflict is largely fueled and driven on by the religious rift between Judaism and Islam. Without the religious component of a Jewish state and the religious identity of the Palestinians clashing against one another, perhaps the conflict would still have emerged out of territorial or nationalistic disputes

is an important aspect of policing. Israel is known as a deeply divided society which Jews and Arabs relationship with the police greatly differ (Weitzer, 1995). In Israel, Jews have stronger relationships with the police than Arabs in general. The Druze minority group of the Israel is similar to the Jews in regard to the views of the police, but the Christian and Muslim Arabs as well as ultra-orthodox Jews generally share negative relationships with the police. The tension that is prevalent in deeply