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Dr. Nadia Khir, right, the first female Druze doctor in Israel, consults with a Druze woman in the Clalit health clinic in Julis, Western Galilee, on May 22, 2026. (Courtesy)
May 23, 2026, 7:12 am
First female Druze doctor in Israel awarded prize for breaking barriers
Dr. Nadia Khir honored with prestigious Habama Shelahen prize for blazing trail 35 years ago; ‘wanted to help’ women in her community who couldn’t seek care from male practitioners
By Diana Bletter
Najwa Mulla, a volunteer, stands in a warehouse in the Druze village of Julis, Galilee, next to boxes of medical supplies that will be sent to hospitals in Sweida, Syria, on August 6, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
August 16, 2025, 9:36 am
In a Galilee war room, Startup Nation’s Druze mobilize to help their Syrian brethren in Sweida
With reports of 1,800 Syrian Druze killed by government-led forces amid acts of rape and cruelty, Israel’s Druze have created a volunteer team tasked with sending medical supplies and support
By Diana Bletter
Malak Khizran, right, with her mother, Malika, at their home in the Druze village of Yarka, Western Galilee, adjacent to Julis, on March 4, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
March 11, 2025, 12:46 pm
Oft-overlooked Druze see new NIS 3.9 billion plan as step to address old grievances
After a Haifa stabbing attack mislabeled as terrorism sent fear through the close-knit Druze community last week, Sunday’s government package sparks hope as ‘end to painful issues’
By Diana Bletter
Shay Herz stands on the porch of his house in Mattat, northern Israel, with a view of Lebanon in the background on January 28, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
February 5, 2025, 12:53 pm
‘Fear is now in our DNA’: With pause in Hezbollah attacks, two border towns regroup
The 15-month war took its toll ‘not only physically but also emotionally’ on residents evacuated from Mattat, and those who stayed put in the Druze town of Hurfeish
By Diana Bletter
Saleh Badriya, in his paramedic's uniform, poses with volunteers who helped organize an aid convoy from the Druze town of Daliyat al-Karmel in northern Israel to the city of Sderot in the south, October 8, 2023. (Courtesy Saleh Badriya)
November 14, 2023, 1:43 pm
Israel’s tiny Druze community punches above its weight to help
From presenting Israel’s case to Arab world to sewing army gear, cooking for soldiers, and supporting evacuees from border zones, community throws itself into war effort
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Police seen at the mixed town of Abu Snan in northern Israel, November 15, 2014. (Flash90)
November 17, 2022, 1:42 pm
Woman found dead in her apartment in the north; son arrested
Police suspect son, a 26-year-old schizophrenic patient, killed his mother and then escaped using the family car
By ToI Staff
Druze Israeli athlete Karawan Halabi seen after setting a new Israeli 1000 m record on February 16, 2021 (Israeli Athletic Association)
February 18, 2022, 2:24 am
Druze athlete breaks Israeli barrier with record-breaking 1,000-meter run
Biomedical engineering student Karawan Halabi beats time that stood for 25 years, becoming first Druze to set an Israeli best; starts training for the Olympics
By Tobias Siegal
Gadeer Kamal Mreeh speaks in front of an Arab-Israeli crowd during an election campaign meeting in the northern Israeli city of Shfar'am on August 26, 2019 (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
September 10, 2019, 9:16 am
After breaking political glass ceiling, Druze woman aims for equality
Blue and White’s Gadeer Kamal Mreeh hopes to win reelection on September 17 with the blessing of the spiritual head of her community in Israel
By Alexandra Vardi
Illustrative photo of an El Al plane taking off from Ben Gurion Airport, August 5, 2013. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
July 2, 2019, 3:24 am
El Al hires its first Druze flight attendant
Merach Kara says she wanted to work on planes since her first flight at age 4
By Marcy Oster
Wrapping grape leaves with Galileat, the Galilean cooking workshop experience that is embarking on a crowdsourcing-funded cookbook (Courtesy Galileat)
January 25, 2017, 7:11 pm
Out of the north, a crowdsourced cookbook rises
Food guide Paul Nirens sets out to publish ‘The Galilean Kitchen,’ bringing the region’s unique cooking to foodies worldwide
By Jessica Steinberg
Final rehearsal for the Israeli 65th Independence Day Ceremony, with the torches lit in the background, at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on April 11, 2013. (photo credit:Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)
April 7, 2016, 1:02 am
Ilan Ramon’s widow to light Independence Day torch
Celebrating ‘civil heroism,’ the May ceremony will feature a deaf Holocaust survivor, Nepal aid worker, IDF soldiers and everyday heroes
By ToI Staff
Druze horsewoman and trainer Rajaa Kheir battles to saddle a stray horse on September 17, 2015, at her ranch in the Druze town of Majdal Shams, in the southern foothills of Mount Hermon, north of the Golan Heights. (AFP/JALAA MAREY)
December 17, 2015, 12:13 pm
Lone Druze woman takes the reins to tame horses on the Golan
Raja Kheir, 32, has been riding since she was 6. She now has 15 horses at her school on the picturesque plateau
By Majeda El Batsh
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