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Lisa Halaby, Syrian, (a.k.a. Queen Noor), Queen-consort of Jordan and wife of King Hussein of Jordan. Darrell Issa, half-Lebanese, U.S. Congressman (R- California) (2001–) Joe Jamail, Lebanese, Renown American trial lawyer and billionaire, also known as the "King of Torts".
Arab Americans. Arab Americans (Arabic: عَرَبٌ أَمْرِيكِا, romanized: ʻArab Amrīkā or Arabic: العرب الأمريكيون, romanized: al-ʻArab al-Amrīkīyūn) are Americans of Arab ancestry. Arab Americans trace ancestry to any of the various waves of immigrants from the Arab world.
This list includes North Africans in the United States who identify as Arabs as well as Middle Eastern Americans who are not Arabs. The first Arab American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives was George A. Kasem in 1959, and the first Arab-American U.S. senator was James Abourezk in 1973.
List of Muslim members of the United States Congress. This is a list of Muslim members of the United States Congress. As of 2023, only four Muslim Americans have ever been elected to Congress, the first being Keith Ellison in 2006. [1] Three Muslims currently serve in Congress, all in the House of Representatives. All four are Democrats.
Lebanese are the largest group of Arab Americans in every state except for New Jersey, where Egyptians make up the largest nationality. [28] 80 percent of Arabs living in the United States are citizens. [30] As of the 2000 census, 40 percent of Arab Americans are first generation, a quarter of them having come since 1990. [30]
The Arab American Institute (AAI) is a non-profit membership organization that advocates for the interests of Arab-Americans. Founded in 1985 by James Zogby, the brother of pollster John Zogby, the organization is based in Washington, D.C. The organization seeks to increase the visibility of Arab-American involvement and candidates in the ...
As of 2013, an estimated 1.02 million immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) lived in the United States, making up 2.5 percent of the country's 41.3 million immigrants. [ 38 ] Middle Eastern and North African immigrants have primarily settled in California (20%), Michigan (11%), and New York (10%).
This is a list of notable individuals born in the United States of Lebanese ancestry and/or people of Lebanese and American dual nationality who live or lived in the United States. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.