page_title: Nazira Jumblatt
hierarchical_section_title: Nazira Jumblatt
context_page_description: Nazira Jumblatt was a Druze leader and the mother of Lebanese politician and Kamal Jumblatt. Nazira took on the political role and the leadership of the Jumblatt family upon the assassination of her husband Fouad Jumblatt in 1921. Nazira ran the family affairs until her son Kamal took the reins of political and family leadership into his own hands. Nazira was styled sitt.
context_section_description: Nazira Jumblatt (1890–1951) (Arabic: نظيره جنبلاط‎) was a Druze leader and the mother of Lebanese politician and Kamal Jumblatt. Nazira took on the political role and the leadership of the Jumblatt family upon the assassination of her husband Fouad Jumblatt in 1921. Nazira ran the family affairs until her son Kamal took the reins of political and family leadership into his own hands. Nazira was styled sitt (lady in Arabic).
caption: The Jumblatt family palace in Moukhtara, 1861
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