Druze Scouts Association Explained

Druze Scouts Association in Israel
Headquarters:Haifa
Country:Israel
F-Date:1954
Founder:Salman Hamud Fallah
Members:5,000
Chiefscouttitle:Chairman
Chiefscout:Labib Abu-Hamud
Pattern Head:baseball cap
Color Head:FFFFFF
Pattern Body:shirt long sleeves
Color Body:D2B48C
Pattern Legs:trousers

Druze Scouts Association in Israel (Hebrew: ארגון הצופים הדרוזים בישראל, , Arabic: منظمة الكشاف الدرزي الإسرائيلي, ) is an Israeli Druze coed Scouting and Guiding association with about 5,000 members.[1] It is the largest Druze youth organization.

The Druze Scouts in Israel are led by Salman Hamud Fallah (1935-2016),[2] who started the organization in 1954.[3] The organization is a member organization of the Israel Boy and Girl Scouts Federation.[4]

Falach returned from study in the United States in 1975 and has headed the association since.[5]

Currently there are Druze Scout tribes in all the Druze villages in Israel, the Golan Heights, Galilee and Carmel.[4] Druze Scouting operates within the school system, and each Druze school has its own troop, from elementary-level through high school.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Falah. Salman. The Druze in the Middle East. August 2000. Keter. Jerusalem, Israel.
  2. Book: Falach, Salman. My Legacy. Pardes. 2015. Haifa Israel.
  3. Book: Swayd. Sami S.. The A to Z of the Druzes. 2009. Rowman & Littlefield. 9780810868366. 57. Salman Fallah besides being head of the association, he also holds a government position overseeing Druze education since the 1960s.
  4. Web site: Druze Scouts in Israel. Israel Boy and Girl Scouts Federation. 2015-07-06. 2015-07-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20150706175222/http://www.zofim.org.il/troop_info.asp?item_id=462867958336&troop_id=293882449. dead.
  5. https://www.academia.edu/3265472/The_Construction_of_Druze_Ethnicity_Druze_in_Israel_Between_State_Policy_and_Palestinian_Arab_Nationalism p. 80