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please sign your messages! --AladdinSE 03:20, 27 December 2005 (UTC) Here is an interesting anecdote about Walid Jumblatt. This is a direct quote from Thomas Friedman's "From Beirut to Jerusalem":

     Walid's father, Kemal, was assassinated, purportedly by Syrian agents, in Lebanon in 1977, when he dared to
openly cross  Assad. Walid was fond of telling friends about a particularly 
memorable meeting he later had with the Syrian President.
     Walid was ushered into Assad's huge office and at a distance he could see the President sitting behind his
desk...As Walid approached, Assad greeted him warmly with the traditional Arabic salutation "Ahlan wa sahlan,
ahlan wa sahlan"--my house is your house. The two men got to talking, and Assad in his roundabout manner 
intimated to Walid how he expected him to behave with regard to a certain situation developing in Lebanon. Walid
evinced some reluctance. At one point, according to Walid, Assad looked at him lovingly and told him, with his thin
smile, "You know, Walid, I look at you sitting there and you remind me of exactly of your dear father. What a man he
was. What a shame he is not with us. Ahlan wa sahlan.
     Walid immediately understood that he was being made an offer he could not refuse.

--Bash 03:45, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Why Misplaced Pages, if one can not take part and the information is deleted

The Jumblatt family was originally of Sunni Kurdish descent and they later became accepted as part of the Druze community and his surname means ‘the iron man’ in Kurdish

Dear anon editor: You additions are link-spam and propaganda, as Khoikhoi described. They do not conform to a biographical narrative typical to Misplaced Pages biographies. --AladdinSE 03:28, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

His Family is originally of kurdish descent and here are the sources

Jumblatt, Kamal (1917-1977), Druze leader of the Progressive Socialist Party and leader of the Arabist leftist alliance, The Lebanese National Movement.

The origin of the Joumblatt family is the Kurdish-Syrian Janboulad family dating back to Janboulad Ibn Kassem al Kirdi al Kaisari, known as Ibn Arabou (1530-1580), governor of Aleppo. http://www.cedarland.org/bio.html#kamal

The Turks recognized the status quo, and made terms with the Shehab amir in 1748; but his power was none too well secured against the opposition of the Kurdish Jumblat family, even though he was supported by the Talhuk, A bd al-Malik and Yezbeki families; and it appears that some members of the Shehab joined the Maronite faith in the middle of the 18th century, causing a suspicion of secret apostasy to fall on all the family. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/D/DR/DRUSES.htm

Mr. Jumblatt's ancestors were Kurds, and his friends say he is proud of his roots. Walid Arbid, a professor at Lebanese University, said the Jumblatt family emigrated from Syria to Lebanon during the 17th century at the invitation of Druze leader Fakhredine, before rising to political prominence under the leadership of Sheik Bashir Jumblatt. http://washingtontimes.com/world/20050419-094041-4385r.htm

Ismet Şerif Wanli schreibte, dass es in Libanon seit Jahrhunderten Kurden gelebt haben und zählt vier kurdische Asirets, nämlich die Clan Banu Sayfa nördlich von Tripoli und der Festung Krac. Ein anderes Asiret ist Ras Nahasch, die seit dem 16. Jahrhundert bei Tripoli leben. Dann gibt es noch die Amadischen Scheichs, die aus Amadiya im 17. Jahrhundert in den Libanon kamen. Aus Hakkari kam der Can Polad Asiret. Heute heißen sie Djumblatt. Der Führer der drusischen Gemeinschaft und der Progressiven Sozialistischen Partei Walid Djumblatt sei Kurde. 1925 kamen viele Flüchtlinge nach dem Scheich-Said-Aufstand ins Land. Die Organisation Xoybun wurde in Beirut gegründet. Heute sollen etwa 100.000 Kurden im Libanon leben. http://de.wikipedia.org/Kurden

Walid Dcshumblat's Rede bei der Gründung von Kurdistan National Kongreß: Sehr geehrte Kongreßmitglieder, ich habe mich über Ihre Einladung sehr gefreut. Ich habe gewiss hier sein wollen. Ich bin auch ein Kurde aber muß leider arabisch reden, weil ich und meine Familie von Arabern assimiliert wurden.Wie die Kurden, die von Türken und Perser assimiliert wurden. Die Kurden haben schon längst die Demokratie, Freihet und Modernität verdient.Auch wenn wir in ganzer Welt verstreut sind, unser Herz klopft für unseres Heimatsland. Ich freue mich Sie kennenzulernen und hier dabei sein zu dürfen. Ich wünsche Kurdistan National Kongreß viel Erfolg und begrüße alle Beteiligten http://www.kurdistan-post.com/modules.php?name=Sections&sop=viewarticle&artid=271

There were several massacres, notably that of Christians by Druze in Jabal al-Druze in 1825, and of the Druze of Matn by the Maronites in 1845. In 1860 the Druze burned 150 villages and massacred 11,000 Maronites. This led to armed French intervention and an agreement, guaranteed by the Western powers, which resulted in local autonomy for Lebanon under a non-Lebanese Christian governor (Mutassarif).

During this period leadership had passed to the Jumblat family which was of Kurdish origin. http://www.angelfire.com/az/rescon/mgcdruze.html

I believe that it was the Maronites who started massacring the druze in the 1800's. This incident led to the War of Mountain. During this time the Druze and the Maronites fought each other. In the end the Maronites lost and could not gain control of the area.

The Jumblatt family was originally of Sunni Kurdish descent and they later became accepted as part of the Druze community. http://www.essaydepot.com/essayme/2667/index.php

WALID JUMBLATT'S surname means ‘the iron man’ in Kurdish, and to many Lebanese today that rings very true. http://www.tharwaproject.com/English/index.php?option=com_keywords&task=view&id=1895&Itemid=0

The Near East shows a pretty smooth gradient going from north to south, with the exception of the Druze. The Druze are a closed society since the 11th century, and may represent an earlier non-Jewish population of northern Palestine and Lebanon. It is also known that certain Druze clans were of "Yemeni Arab" origin (as were many clans of the Palestinians), and other clans were of "Kurdish" origin (e.g. Jumblatt), perhaps coming from the North, closer to the Caucasus. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GENEALOGY-DNA/2003-07/1057145080

History of the Joumblatt family: The origin of the Joumblatt family is Janboulad (meaning "the iron heart" associated with the courage).

Originally, the family roots come from the Janboulad al Kirdi al Ayoubi, known also as Ibn Arabi, governor of the Maarat Naaman country (Syria). But the first grand father is Janboulad Ibn Kassem al Kirdi al Kaisari, known as Ibn Arabou (1530-1580), governor of Aleppo and owner of Maarat, Kalas and Iizaz. He became famous as he had succeeded in bringing stability and prosperity to his country. www.moukhtara.org/jumblat.htm

Le mot Joumblatt est d'origine kurde. Il se compose de deux syllabes: Djam (âme) et Bulad (acier). A l'origine étymologique du nom des Joumblatt s'ajoute une ethnie également kurde, de descendance Ayoubide. Cependant, l'avis des historiens reste partagés. En effet, la publication dernièrement d'un manuscrit à Mossoul, en Irak, prouve que les membres de cette famille sont des descendants Abassides proche des Omeyyades. http://www.dm.net.lb/chronique/saga_1.html

Comment définiriez-vous les liens qui vous unissent à la communauté druze ?

Notre famille, d'origine kurde, est installée au Liban depuis le XVIIe siècle. Nous étions l'une des plus grandes familles féodales du Mont-Liban et nous avons toujours eu un rôle politique important. Et puis mon père a changé le cours de notre histoire familiale en créant en 1949 le Parti socialiste progressiste. http://www.institutkurde.org/info/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1120310991&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&

Unprofessional and non-encyclopedic language

"But all the Lebanese people like him because he is funny and has nice jokes." is a ridiculous statement that has no place in an encyclopedia. I think you wil lfind that not all Lebanese like anyone, Jumblat or anyone else. Stop exaggerating, stop inserting nonsense, and lear to cite reliable sources. --AladdinSE 12:20, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Possible addition

I think the the following quote from his interview with David Ignatius would be a good addition. Unfortunately, there's no good place to put it without some major rewrite. The last few paragraphs aren't even organized chronologically. "It's strange for me to say it, but this process of change has started because of the American invasion of Iraq, I was cynical about Iraq. But when I saw the Iraqi people voting three weeks ago, 8 million of them, it was the start of a new Arab world. The Syrian people, the Egyptian people, all say that something is changing. The Berlin Wall has fallen. We can see it." Nathanm mn 04:31, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

photo

Can someone find a better photo of Jumblatt? Having a photo of him itching his head isnt the best for an encyclopedia entry. - chrisio22

Look; if you would be in his place, you would also be scratching your head; what am I going to do next! This photo might just perfectly represent his position in Lebanon. Itzse 20:21, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

I think we should mention the illegal activities that Jumblatt has been a part of

Walid Jumblatt use to help the Syrians a lot and everyone who is old enough to remember the Syrian occupation knows that. He has been invlved with bribes and also recieving large amounts of money from Saudi Arabia. These things should be mentioned. It has also been claimed with good probability that he know of the Israeli plans to attack Lebanon.

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