CinemaOSMovie · 1977 · 0h 57m

Greetings to Kamal Jumblatt

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Tribute to the Druze Kamal Jumblatt, Minister of Economy and Agriculture (1946) and founder of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) in 1949. He was one of the architects of the departure of President Bechara el-Khoury (1952), before playing a major role in the events of 1958. From 1960 to 1964, Kamal Jumblatt assumed, under the presidency of Fouad Chehab, various ministerial functions . . After the conflict of June 1967, he gradually approached the Palestinian organizations. In 1969 he became Minister of the Interior; in August 1970, he supported the election of Soleiman Frangié as President of the Republic. Following the Lebanese-Palestinian clashes of May 1973, he took sides against the head of state, established himself as the leader of the National Movement in 1975 and engaged in a revolutionary armed struggle against the Lebanese Front. Hostile to Syria's intervention in Lebanon, he broke with it (March 1976). He was assassinated near a Syrian checkpoint in 1977.

Directed byMaroun Bagdadi

Status
Released
Runtime
0h 57m
Language
AR
Released
January 1, 1977
Studios
Lebanese National Movement, The

Featuring

Cast & crew

2 credited
Starring
Kamal Joumblatt

Kamal Joumblatt

Himself (archive footage)

Yasser Arafat

Yasser Arafat

Himself

Creative team
Directed by
Maroun Bagdadi
Maroun Bagdadi
Written by
Maroun Bagdadi
Maroun Bagdadi

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