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Biography of Kamal Jumblatt
Name: Kamal Jumblatt
Birth Date: 1917
Death Date: March 16, 1977
Place of Birth: Mukhtarah, Lebanon
Nationality: Lebanese
Gender: Male
Occupations: political leader
Kamal Jumblatt
Kamal Jumblatt (1917-1977) was a distinguished ideologue and Druze leader in Lebanese politics who was considered the father of the contemporary Left in Lebanon despite his feudal background.Kamal Jumblatt was born in Mukhtarah, Lebanon, in 1917. He was the only son of Fuad and Nazirah Jumblatt. His ancestors were the Kurdish Janbuladhs who converted to the Druze faith and were in control of an expansive feudal entity in northern Syria. In the 17th century they established themselves among their Druze Tanukh and Manid kin in southeastern Lebanon, by which time their surname had evolved into Jounblatt (written Jumblatt). A lawyer by training, Jumblatt was involuntarily diverted into politics in 1943 after serving for one year as an apprentice lawyer with francophile ex-president Emile Edde's law firm.Jumblatt considered his political career a diversion from his calling as a searcher for knowledge in history and the humanities. In the 1960s he taught history …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…in the humanities throughout his life. He was proficient in numerous foreign languages, regularly travelled to Europe and the East, practiced meditation, and was a vegetarian. Jumblatt was married to May Shakib Arslan in 1948. They separated soon after they had their first and only son, Walid, who took over leadership of the Druze during Lebanon's devastating military conflicts that ran through most of the 1980s. Associated Events Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1976 Further Reading Most of Jumblatt's own writings are in Arabic. Whatever is attributed to him in a foreign language appeared in French: Pour un Socialisme Plus Humain (n.d.), Pour Le Liban (1978), and Les Travailleurs et Les Artistes (1979). Valuable information about him can be found in Michael Suleiman, Political Parties in Lebanon (1967); Michael Hudson, The Precarious Republic (1968); Majid Khadduri, Arab Contemporaries (1973); "Interview with Kamal Jumblatt," Monday Morning (No. 249, 1977); Who's Who in Lebanon (1973-1974); and the English-language international press, April 1976 and March 17, 1977.
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