Personal Life
Emir Majid Arslan was the son of Emir Toufic Arslan who helped found Greater Lebanon in 1920. He had three brothers (Nouhad, Riad, Melhem) and a sister (Zahia). Emir Majid studied at the famous French school, Mission Laique Francaise.
In 1932, he married his cousin, Emira Lamiss Shehab. She bore him two sons: Emir Toufic (1935 — 2003) and Emir Faysal (1941 - 2009).
In 1956, after his first wife’s death, Prince Majid remarried Khawla Jumblatt. She bore him three daughters (Zeina, Rima, and Najwa) and a son, Prince Talal Arslan, current Head of the House of Arslan and a Druze leader.
He was known for his exceptional skills in horsemanship and would often exercise his hobby in a southern village El Mageedieh (3 km²), named after him.
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