variants
or Druse
plural Druze or Druzes or Druse or Druses
often attributive
: a member of a religious sect originating among Muslims and centered in Lebanon and Syria
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Further projects include psychological thriller The Olive Press, set in the mystic world of the Druze community in Mount Lebanon, from writer and director Samah El Kadi, and co-written by Nadim Chammas.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 May 2025
In Syria, Iraq, and Iran, Christians, Alawites, Druze, and other religious minorities face overlapping horrors.
—Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
This week’s sectarian violence began on Tuesday with clashes between Druze and Sunni gunmen in the predominantly Druze area of Jaramana, set off by a voice recording cursing the Prophet Mohammad and which the Sunni militants suspected was made by a Druze.
—Reuters, NBC news, 2 May 2025
Since the collapse of the Assad regime in December, Israel has conducted airstrikes within Syria, recently near Damascus, citing violence in Druze areas.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 14 May 2025
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 May 2025
In Syria, Iraq, and Iran, Christians, Alawites, Druze, and other religious minorities face overlapping horrors.
—Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
This week’s sectarian violence began on Tuesday with clashes between Druze and Sunni gunmen in the predominantly Druze area of Jaramana, set off by a voice recording cursing the Prophet Mohammad and which the Sunni militants suspected was made by a Druze.
—Reuters, NBC news, 2 May 2025
Since the collapse of the Assad regime in December, Israel has conducted airstrikes within Syria, recently near Damascus, citing violence in Druze areas.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 14 May 2025
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“Druze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Druze. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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