(Spotify Video) Who are the Druze in Israel, Lebanon and Syria? A History of the Druze. | S2E11

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This episode explores the history and cultural significance of the Druze community across Israel, Lebanon, and Syria.

A secretive religion? A cohesive & strong community spread across several Middle East nations. This is the history of the Druze. 🚩In this interview: ►Who are the Druze? ►Do they practice a secretive religion? ►Can you convert to become Druze? ►Druze in IDF. Druze in Hezbollah. Druze in Asad's army. ►Druze during the Fatimid period. ►Who founded the Druze religion? ►Stories of Druze reincarnations. ►Druze connection to the land. ►Druze in Goland Heights. ►Druze and Alawites in Syria. ►Israel's red line about the Druze. ►Druze in the Israeli military. ►Druze in Knesset. ►How have Druze become part of Jewish community in Israel? 🚩About My Guest Scholar: ⁠Dr. Nir Boms ⁠ is Co-Director of the Forum on Regional Cooperation, Academic Coordinator at the TAU Workshop on Israel and the Middle East, Research Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University, Chairman of the Syria Research Forum and the Gulf Israel Policy Forum, and he also teaches the Rothberg School of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. 🚩Related Interview: ⁠⁠ S4E24 HbN: ⁠⁠ The Rise & Fall of Bashar al-Assad , an interview with Dr. Lesch I hope you enjoy these episodes. Adel Aali ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Support My…

People in this episode

Host: Adel Aali

Guest: Dr. Nir Boms

Topics covered

• Druze history
• Druze religion
• Middle East communities
• Druze in military
• Druze culture
• Druze and Alawites
• Druze in Israel

Keywords

• Druze
• Middle East
• religion
• military
• history
• community
• Israel
• Lebanon
• Syria
• Golan Heights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Forum on Regional Cooperation, TAU Workshop on Israel and the Middle East, Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University, Syria Research Forum, Gulf Israel Policy Forum, Rothberg School of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem

Places: Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Golan Heights

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