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My father studied in Europe at one time. As a member of a minority, he wished to achieve equality. He said it’s time to abolish the sectarian system in Lebanon. It’s time to have social justice, it’s time to redistribute land. He started with his own land because we were at that time one of the biggest feudal families of Lebanon. So he started with his properties. My mother told him, ‘well, okay, but wait until you reach power.’ My father said he had to be equal, like others. The sectarian system was against his wishes. And he paid.

Walid Jumblatt

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