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what you will find in the druze profile
Part I: Introduction:
Origin of the Druze Faith
Druze Values
Part II: Social Values:
Brotherhood;
Marriage;
Contracting Marriage;
Family Life;
Ethics and Morality Commandments;
Druze Consanguinity (Kinship);
The Druze Woman;
My Mother;
Part III: Commitment And Dedication
Prominent Druze Americans
American Druze Role Models
Bobby Jaber
Casey Kasem
James Sams
Nafe Edmund Katter, Jr.
Salwa Roosevelt
Raymond Hamden
Jimmie Silman, Jr.
Roger Mullin
Major Moral Values
Truthfulness
Fellowship or brotherhood
Purity
Compassion
Justice
Austerity
Fortitude
Dignity
Character
Part IV: American Druze Institutions
American Druze Foundation
Druze Council of North America
Council of Presidents
State Chapters of the American Druze Society
Memorial Fund, U.S.A.
ADS Career Placement Network
Part V: Druze Publications
“Our Heritage” The Voice of the American Druze Society
“Al Fajeer” Fajeer Druze International Newsletter, Shauki Helimi, (alfajer_thedawn@hotmail.com)
The Tawhid Faith, Books 1 through 5 (CORA) and by Dr. Wahbah A. Sayegh
Faith of the Druze Simplified for the Youth by Mustafa Makarem
Journal of Druze Studies, Editor, Dr. Sámi S. Swayd, Religious Studies, SDSU
The Druzes, an Annotated Bibliography, Sámi S. Swayd, Ph.D.
The Druzes, A New Study of Their History, Faith and Society, Nejla Abu-Izzeddin, M. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1984.
The Flying Sheikh, Najib.Alamuddin, Quartet Books Limited: London, 1987.
Turmoil, Najib, Alamuddin, Quartet Books Limited: London, 1993.
Crucial Bonds Marriage among the Lebanese Druze, Nura Alamuddin,. and Paul D. Starr, Caravan Books: Delmar, New York, 1980.
The Druzes, Robert Brenton. Betts, Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 1988.
Druze History, Les Druzes, Capitaine N. Bouron, Translated into English, Annotated and Edited by F. Massey, From the Arabic version of the French text by Adel Taqui-Ed-Din, Detroit, Michigan, 1950.
Social Structure and Cultural Change, Gulick: Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology.
The Druze Faith, Sami N. Makarem, Caravan Books: Delmar, New York, 1974.
The Druze, Ambassador Abdallah Najjar, Translated by Fred Massey, American Druze Society, (CORA) Committee on Religious Affairs, 1973.
The Way Home from Lebanon, Julie Mullin Makarem, Work in Progress, 2009.
Part VI: North American Druze Cultural Centers
California Druze Cultural Center
Michigan Druze Cultural Center
Richmond, Virginia Cultural Center
The Druze Association Of Alberta Tawhid Center
The Toronto Druze Cultural Center
Part VII: World Druze Societies
The American Druze Society
The Australian Druze Community
The British Druze Society
The European Druze Society
The Canadian Druze Society,
druze.net
DRUZE Communities on line:
Other Druze Communities:
- Upper Gallilee and Golan Heights in Israel,
- Kattar and Kuwait in the Middle East,
- Abu Dhabi, Alain, Dubai, Ras el Khiemie and Sharga in the United Arab Emirates (UAE),
- Brazil,
- Buenos Aries,
- Venezuela,
- Montreal,
- Toronto,
- St. Paul and
- Van Couver, in Canada,
- Australia,
- Jordan,
- Philippines,
- Syria and
- the West Indies.
Annual Druze Conventions:
- The American Druze Society Annual Convention
- The Mini Convention for the Youth in North America
- Australian International Druze Convention
- The Canadian Druze Society of Ontario, Toronto Chapter
- Canadian Druze Society of Ontario, Ottawa Chapter
- Venezuelan Druze Society Convention
- Brazilian Druze Society
Other Links
Part one: Introduction
Part two: Social Values
Part three: Commitment And Dedication
Part four: American Druze Institutions
Part five: American Druze Publications
Part six: American Druze Cultural Centers
Part seven: World Druze Societies
Annual Druze Conventions
Conclusion
A note about Julia Makarem
Bibliography
Reference List
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