Nazira Jumblatt (1890–1951) was a Druze leader and the mother of Lebanese politician and Kamal Jumblatt. She was styled sitt.
The Jumblatt family palace in Moukhtara, 1861
Kamal Fouad Jumblatt was a Lebanese politician who founded the Progressive Socialist Party. He led the National Movement during the Lebanese Civil War. He was a major ally of the Palestine Liberation Organization until his assassination in 1977. He authored more than 40 books centered on various political, philosophical, literary, religious, medical, social, and economic topics. In September 1972, Kamal Jumblatt received the International Lenin Peace Prize. He is the father of the Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and the son-in-law of the Arab writer and politician Shakib Arslan.
Kamal Jumblatt
Jumblatt (left) with Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, 1966
Kamal Jumblatt Square in the Southern Lebanese port city of Tyre, a traditional stronghold of the Amal Movement. The naming reflects the fact that Walid became a main ally of Amal during the war.
Image: Kamal Joumblatt Centennial