To understand the nature of Druze ‘asabiyya, one must return to the 19th century and the Druze revolt against the forced conscription imposed by Egypt’s Ibrahim Pasha, a revolt that helped unravel his ambitions of integrating Syria into the nascent Egyptian state.
When asked how the Druze managed to resist for so long against a materially and numerically superior Egyptian army, a Druze chieftain replied: “Your army is but a gathering of strangers, while ours are brothers and cousins” (جيشكم لمّ وجيشنا إخوة وولاد عم).
When asked how the Druze managed to resist for so long against a materially and numerically superior Egyptian army, a Druze chieftain replied: “Your army is but a gathering of strangers, while ours are brothers and cousins” (جيشكم لمّ وجيشنا إخوة وولاد عم).
Fun fact: One of the most famous victories of the Druze fighters in that revolt, against Ibrahim Pasha’s Hawwara forces, was later immortalized in the popular Levantine dabke song ‘al-Hawwara (عالهوّارة), which has since inspired countless variations of the original.
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المختصر المفيد: الحرب فعلاً بدها شطارة، وخسأت يا أبو محمد يا جولاني، يا غازي، يا متعالي.
بإذن الله، جيش الإخوة وولاد العم رح يهزم رجالك المجهولي النسب من مغول وتتر هيدا العصر، ورح يحرر كل شبر من جبل الدروز 😏✌️
بإذن الله، جيش الإخوة وولاد العم رح يهزم رجالك المجهولي النسب من مغول وتتر هيدا العصر، ورح يحرر كل شبر من جبل الدروز 😏✌️
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