Being A Druze – Fuad I. Khuri

Fuad Khuri (Fouad Khoury) touches upon the Druze religion and how it plays a part on the lives of its adherents. Khuri describes the strong in-group feeling within the Druze, even in immigrant populations, and their deep attachment to ethnicity and unbending solidarity, always standing firmly by the power elite in times of crisis. The Druze learn their culture and associated rituals as connected with the cycle of life. ‘He or she is always under the watchful eye of the community from birth until death and, then, rebirth.

Fuad I. Khuri (1935-2003) – Professor Khuri is a distinguished Lebanese socio-cultural anthropologist who taught, researched and wrote extensively in English and Arabic on Middle Eastern culture.