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Joseph Massad, Jordan -born Palestinian, Professor at Columbia University known for his work on nationalism and sexuality in the Arab world. Hisham Sharabi, Jaffa -born Palestinian, Professor Emeritus of History. Umar al-Mukhtar, Tobruk -born Libyan, Chair of Arab Culture at Georgetown University.
Malek in September 2018 Rami Said Malek was born in Torrance, California, on May 12, 1981, the son of Egyptian immigrant parents Nelly Abdel-Malek and Said Malek (d. 2006). [9] His parents and older sister left Cairo in 1978 after his father, a travel agent and tour guide, became intrigued with Western visitors. [9] They settled in Sherman Oaks, mostly staying in the San Fernando Valley. [10 ...
Tony Shalhoub. Anthony Marc Shalhoub (/ ʃəlˈhuːb / shəl-HOOB; born October 9, 1953) is an American actor. His breakout role was as Antonio Scarpacci on the sitcom Wings from 1991 to 1997. He later starred as Adrian Monk in the USA Network series Monk from 2002 to 2009, winning three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a ...
French-born American actor, published author, and lecturer [376] [671] Tony Curtis: 1925–2010 American actor Spartacus, The Persuaders! [672] Rodney Dangerfield: 1921–2004 American comedian and actor [673] Sammy Davis Jr. 1925–1990 American entertainer Member of the "Rat Pack" Converted to Judaism in 1961 [651] [674] Peter Falk: 1927 ...
The first documentary on Arab Americans premiered on PBS in August 2017, "The Arab Americans" features the Arab American immigrant story as told through the lens of American History and the stories of prominent Arab Americans such as actor Jamie Farr, Ralph Nader, Senator George Mitchell, White House Reporter Helen Thomas, Pulitzer Prize ...
Salma Hayek was born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. [9] Her father, Sami Hayek Domínguez, is of Lebanese descent. [10] His ancestors hail from the city of Baabdat, Lebanon, a city Salma and her father visited in 2015 to promote her movie Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet.
Chris Romano – actor, producer, director (father of Lebanese heritage, born Shaheen) Cristina Vee – singer and voice actor; Demián Bichir – Mexican-American film actor of Lebanese heritage; Dan Jbara – television and film producer; Danny Thomas – actor; David Yazbek – musician and composer famous for the Broadway musical The Full Monty
Hamida Dakane – first Black and first Muslim to serve in the North Dakota House of Representatives [26] Keith Ellison – first Muslim congressman from Minnesota [27] Louis Farrakhan – leader of the Nation of Islam. George Bethune English (1787–1828) – American adventurer, diplomat, soldier, and convert to Islam.