Jumblatt's Memoirs: About the Levant in a Man's Memory
The article reviews Walid Jumblatt's memoir book "A Fate in This Levant," where it discusses Jumblatt's selective writing style, his admission of using churches as weapons depots, and his description of the current period as the "Israeli era" amid the Gaza war and Israeli aggression on the region.
The article reviews Walid Jumblatt's recently published memoir book titled "A Fate in This Levant: From Civil War to Impossible Peace" published by Dar Nawfal. It describes Jumblatt's writing style as not saying everything, but rather saying what the stage requires, avoiding facts he believes do not serve the Levant. The article conveys Jumblatt's admission of using churches as weapons depots for his fighters, expressing regret for that. It also notes that Jumblatt describes the current period as the "Israeli era," amid the genocide war in Gaza and Israeli aggression on the region over the past three years, and the resulting transformations in Syria and Lebanon. The article also discusses Jumblatt's background as a leader of the Druze community in Mount Lebanon and heir to his father Kamal Jumblatt in leading the Progressive Socialist Party.