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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".
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.
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 ...
In the 115th Congress, there were six U.S. representatives and no U.S. senators of Arab-American descent serving in Congress. [1][2] On November 6, 2018, four additional Arab Americans, all of whom are female, were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Ilhan Omar, Donna Shalala and Rashida Tlaib.
OCLC. 514462119. Website. themuslim500.com. The 500 Most Influential Muslims (also known as The Muslim 500) is an annual publication first published in 2009, which ranks the most influential Muslims in the world. The publication is compiled by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Amman, Jordan. [1][2][3] The report is issued annually ...
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%).
Islam is the third-largest religion in the United States (1.1%), behind Christianity (67%) and Judaism (2.07%). [ 1 ] The Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies in its 2017 US Religion census estimated that 1.1% (or 3,450,000) of the population of the United States are Muslim. [ 2 ] In 2017, twenty states, mostly in the South ...
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.