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Étienne Saqr ( Arabic: إتيان صقر; born on 26 December 1937; last name also spelt Sakr ), also known by his kunya Abu Arz (Arabic: أبو أرز, lit. 'Father of the Cedar'), is a Lebanese nationalist leader and founder of the Guardians of the Cedars militia and political party.
Etienne Saqr, the leader of the nationalist Guardians of the Cedars movement, is among the most notable exceptions to this trend. Seasoned observers of Lebanese politics would be hard-pressed to detect even slight ideological shifts in his speeches and writings over the past three decades.
Exiled Lebanese politician Etienne Sakr discusses the Lebanese civil war, the risk of regional war in the Middle East and the ongoing Lebanese presidential elections. Interview by Inass Al-Jawari. Alsharq: The ideology of your party, the Guardians of the Cedars, speaks of Lebanon as being Lebanese.
The Guardians of the Cedars ( GoC; Arabic: حراس الأرز; Ḥurrās al-Arz) was a far-right ultranationalist Lebanese party and former militia in Lebanon. It was formed by Étienne Saqr (also known with the kunya "Abu Arz" or "Father of the Cedars") and others along with the Lebanese Renewal Party in the early 1970s.
Etienne Sakr: The Politics and Liberation of Lebanon. [Etienne Sakr, known as Abu Arz, was born in the village of Ayn Ebel in south Lebanon. Sakr founded the Guardians of the Cedars Party...
Abu Arz (“father of the cedar”) is the symbolic name taken by Etienne Saqr, born in Haifa to Lebanese parents, leader and commander-in-chief of the Guardians of the Cedars. The Guardians of the Cedars were born with the Lebanese civil war, out of the Party of Lebanese Renewal, itself established in 1969 as part of the Christian right.
Jan 23, 2023 · In its statement, issued on Saturday by the party’s founder Etienne Saqr, also known as Abu Arz, the GoC accused “the corrupt regime that controls power in Lebanon” of practicing “a policy of repression, muffling free voices, and intimidating opinion-holders and free speech”.
