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The Atrash family (Template:Lang-ar) is a famous Druze family. It is traditionally considered the source of leadership in Jabal ad-Duruz.
The name has the alternate spellings (with the prefix of al, al-, el or el-) of Atrache, Attrache, Atrach, Attrach and Attrash, and is Arabic for "deaf".
History
The family is claimed to be descended from the prince Fakhreddin Al Ma'ani, and migrated in the beginning of the 18th century, from Lebanon to Jabal ad-Duruz in southern Syria.
They grew in importance and in 1869, Ismail al-Atrash led them to overthrow the al-Hamdan family by force. They led their fellow Druze in fight against the Ottomans (until 1918) and the French (1923 and 1925-1927). However, they were weakened by the peasant revolution of 1888. Their influence started to wane after unification and independence of Syria, especially with the death of Sultan Pasha al-Atrash.
A branch of the Atrash family exists in Egypt, most notably established by the immigration to Egypt in circa 1923 of 'Alia al-Mundhir al-Atrash, from the House of Sultan al-Atrash, and her three children, Fuad, Farid, and Amal al-Atrash (later known as Asmahan). The migrant family was sponsored by then Egypt's nationalist prime minister Saad Zaghloul into Egypt, where later they were naturalized as citizens. Farid al-Atrash and Asmahan established successful musical careers in Egypt. Asmahan, Fuad and Farid al-Atrash were buried in Egypt according to their wishes, in the Fustat plain in Cairo, which they had restored to some of its former glory.
Notable members
- Sultan al-Atrash, leader of the Syrian Revolution.
- Zaid al-Atrash, fighter and poet. Brother of Sultan Pasha.
- Mansour al-Atrash, Syrian politician. Son of Sultan Pasha.
- Nayla al-Atrash, actress.
- Farid al-Atrash, singer and virtuoso oud player.
- Asmahan, female singer.
- Salim al-Atrash, first governor of the State of Jabal al-Druze.
References
- Zuhur 2000, p. 39
- Newspaper Article by Abdel-Fadil Taha 2008-05-23 Al-Quds Al-Arabi, "وحصلت الأسرة علي الجنسية المصرية وظلت تنعم بها ومنهم اسمهان بالطبع"
- Classical Arabic Music Website.
- El Kadi, Galila and Alain Bonnamy (2007) Architecture for the dead. American University in Cairo Press. p. 96
- Zuhur 2000, p. 38
Sources
- Zuhur, Sherifa (2000), Asmahan's Secrets: Woman, War, and Song, University of Texas Press, ISBN 9780292798076
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