Druze Scouts Association
Druze Scouts Association in Israel (Hebrew: ארגון הצופים הדרוזים בישראל, Irgun HaTzofim HaDruzim BeYisrael , Arabic: منظمة الكشاف الدرزي الإسرائيلي, Monazamat al-Kashaf al-Druzi al-Isra'ili) is an Israeli Druze coed Scouting and Guiding association with about 5,000 members.[1] It is the largest Druze youth organization.[2]
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Headquarters | Haifa | ||
Country | Israel | ||
Founded | 1954 | ||
Founder | Salman Hamud Fallah | ||
Membership | 5,000 | ||
Chairman | Labib Abu-Hamud | ||
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The Druze Scouts in Israel are led by Salman Hamud Fallah (1935-2016), who started the organization in 1954.[2][3] The organization is a member organization of the Israel Boy and Girl Scouts Federation.[2]
Falach returned from study in the United States in 1975 and has headed the association since.[4]
Currently there are Druze Scout tribes in all the Druze villages in Israel, the Golan Heights, Galilee and Carmel.[2] Druze Scouting operates within the school system, and each Druze school has its own troop, from elementary-level through high school.[5]
See also
References
- Falah, Salman (August 2000). The Druze in the Middle East. Jerusalem, Israel: Keter.
- "Druze Scouts in Israel". Israel Boy and Girl Scouts Federation.
- Swayd, Sami S. (2009). The A to Z of the Druzes. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 57. ISBN 9780810868366. Salman Fallah besides being head of the association, he also holds a government position overseeing Druze education since the 1960s.
- https://www.academia.edu/3265472/The_Construction_of_Druze_Ethnicity_Druze_in_Israel_Between_State_Policy_and_Palestinian_Arab_Nationalism p. 80
- https://www.academia.edu/3265472/The_Construction_of_Druze_Ethnicity_Druze_in_Israel_Between_State_Policy_and_Palestinian_Arab_Nationalism p. 80