Ali Eid is the leader of the Lebanese

Lebanese people

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 Arab Democratic Party

Arab Democratic Party (Lebanon)

The Arab Democratic Party – ADP or Parti Démocratique Arabe in French, is a Lebanese party, based in Tripoli. Its current leader is Ali Eid.- Origins :...

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Life

Ali Eid was born in Tibani, Tripoli

Tripoli

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, Lebanon

Lebanon

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. The eldest son of Youssef Eid, a wheat dealer, and his wife Amoun Eid, he began his studies at Tibbineh Boys School (TBS) known as the American School. In the summer he would study at the place of Sheikh Khoder in Tibbineh. Ali always excelled in his studies coming first in his class.

In 1960 Ali Eid decided to continue his studies in United States of America, majoring in Biochemistry

Biochemistry

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. In the U.S., Ali Eid was known amongst his peers for his patriotism, revolutionary spirit, and enthusiasm towards injustice. While there he shared the same vision and ideas as the late Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for being an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the...

, which bounded a friendship between the two men against the suppression of African Americans, that built up his character in wanting to help his people back home through politically and socially.

Ali Eid returned to Lebanon in 1960, and attended the American University of Beirut

American University of Beirut

The American University of Beirut is a private, independent university in Beirut, Lebanon. It was founded as the Syrian Protestant College by American missionaries in 1866...

 (AUB) and majored in Political Science

Political science

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 & Public Administration

Public administration

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 (PSPA). During his studies and time in Beirut

Beirut

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, he discovered that the political structure of the Lebanese system deprived the people of his religious sect, Alawites, of their rights at any level.

Mr. Eid realised that the Alawites in Lebanon were like the African Americans in the United States, that had no rights of a citizen, with that Ali Eid began his political life in hope of succeeding with helping his people. In 1971 he got stabbed in the back by a Saudi Arabia

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n prince while defending the honor of his country Lebanon, and which ended up changing his life.

In 1972 Ali Eid began his political life after he founded The Young Alawite Organization, and his alliance with the late Syria

Syria

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n President Hafez Al-Assad

Hafez al-Assad

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. At the same year he got married to Fatat Maroush. In 1977 Ali Eid and a group of friends founded "The Front Opposing Patriotism" party. Its founders were Ali Eid as the vice president of the party, Souhale Hamadah, Rashid Al-Muadim, George Mourani, and Nasib Al-Khatib. In 1982 the Front Opposing Patriotism party was resolved and The Arabic Democratic Party

Arab Democratic Party (Lebanon)

The Arab Democratic Party – ADP or Parti Démocratique Arabe in French, is a Lebanese party, based in Tripoli. Its current leader is Ali Eid.- Origins :...

 was founded with Ali Eid being the general secretary. In 1989 he was hit by a catastrophe, the death of his son Zoulficar due to an unexploded bomb from the Lebanese civil war

Lebanese Civil War

The Lebanese Civil War was a multifaceted civil war in Lebanon. The war lasted from 1975 to 1990 and resulted in an estimated 150,000 to 230,000 civilian fatalities. Another one million people were wounded, and today approximately 350,000 people remain displaced. There was also a mass exodus of...

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Ali Eid was appointed to the then newly established Alawite

Alawite

The Alawis, also known as Alawites, Nusayris and Ansaris are a prominent mystical and syncretic religious group centred in Syria who are a branch of Shia Islam.-Etymology:...

 seat in the Lebanese Parliament in 1991, which was created following the Taif Agreement

Taif Agreement

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He is the leader of the Arab Democratic Party

Arab Democratic Party (Lebanon)

The Arab Democratic Party – ADP or Parti Démocratique Arabe in French, is a Lebanese party, based in Tripoli. Its current leader is Ali Eid.- Origins :...

 in Lebanon, and though he and his party was pro-Syrian during the Lebanese Civil War

Lebanese Civil War

The Lebanese Civil War was a multifaceted civil war in Lebanon. The war lasted from 1975 to 1990 and resulted in an estimated 150,000 to 230,000 civilian fatalities. Another one million people were wounded, and today approximately 350,000 people remain displaced. There was also a mass exodus of...

, he and other Lebanese Alawites have since become more neutral.

External links

• Site about Ali Eid. (Archived 2009-10-25)