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I visited the Druze

Remi Szwoch

Introduction

In the academic year of 1998 / 1999, I had the chance to go to Syria as a participant in a scholarship organised by the Polish Ministry of Education. My timetable at the Arabic Institute for Foreigners in Damascus frequently allowed me to go on trips to find out more about the inhabitants of Syria.

During one of those trips into the mountainous regions, at the foot ofJabalal-Shaikh, I came across a community with unique and distinctive outfits. I saw the same minority later near Suwayda and Idlib as well as in Damascus itself. My trips included a visit to a village called Hudur in the Golan Heights.

Gallery

Druzyjski Szejch — Sheikh Djarbu serving traditional Arabic kahwa murray.

Kalb Luza Syria rękodzieło dzieci — Children selling hand embroidered cloths. The village of Kalb Luza. Basilica from the 5th century.

Sergiopolis Syria — To present the differences in the appearance between the Druze and the Arabs, here is a photo of boys from the region of Sergiopolis.

Banabil, Bnabil, — The village administrator with his daughter.

Druzyjskie kobiety zawsze zasłaniają usta — Elder women wear light scarves with which they cover their hair, neck and lips.

Druzowie zawsze uśmiechnięci i gościnni — Young shop keepers from Suwayda.

kobieta druzyjska z zasłoniętymi ustami — The traditional outfit of a Druze woman. The village of Banabil.

kuchnia druzyjska — Druzyjskie kobiety przygotowujące farsz

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