Nazira Jumblatt

Nazira Jumblatt (1890–1951) (Arabic: نظيره جنبلاط‎) was a Druze leader and the mother of Lebanese politician and Kamal Jumblatt. Nazira was born in 1890 and her parents were Faris and Afrida Said Joumblatt. Her maternal grandfather, Said, died in prison of tuberculosis on May 11, 1861. She was educated at home by her grandmother and private teachers and learned English and French.

She married Fouad Joumblatt in 1905, when she was 15 years old. T...