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List of Druze
The list of Druze includes prominent Druze figures who are notable in their areas of expertise.
Literature edit
- Naim Araidi – Israeli writer and poet in Hebrew and Arabic.[1]
- Reda Mansour – Israeli Hebrew poet and writer and former ambassador in Ecuador
- Rami Zeedan- Israeli Druze political scientist, historian, and author.[2]
- Salman Masalha – Israeli poet, essayist and researcher
- Samih al-Qasim – Palestinian-Israeli poet.[3]
- Sami Makarem – Lebanese-American writer and painter
Media edit
- Mona Abou Hamza – Lebanese TV presenter
- Raghida Dergham – Lebanese American journalist.[4]
- Casey Kasem – American TV & radio presenter, of Lebanese descent.[5]
- Nahida Nakad – Lebanese French senior correspondent and TV executive
- Faisal al-Qassem – Syrian television talkshow host
- Asmahan (Amaal al-Atrash) – Syrian female singer, and actress.[6]
- Farid al-Atrash – Syrian male singer, composer, and actor.[7]
- Ramy Ayach – Lebanese singer
- Fahd Ballan – Syrian male singer.[8]
Politics edit
Canada edit
- Ziad Aboultaif – Canadian MP for Edmonton Manning.[9]
Israel[10] edit
- Labib Hussein Abu Rokan – Israeli MP and religious judge.[11]
- Abdullah Abu Ma'aruf – Israeli MP and physician.[12]
- Hamad Amar – Israeli MP.[13]
- Assad Assad – Israeli MP, army colonel, and diplomat
- Zeidan Atashi – Israeli MP and diplomat
- Amal Nasser el-Din – Israeli MP and author
- Salah-Hassan Hanifes – Israeli MP
- Ayoob Kara – Israeli MP, deputy speaker, and deputy minister
- Jabr Moade – Israeli MP and deputy minister
- Gadeer Mreeh – Israeli MP and former television anchor
- Mohamed Nafa – Israeli MP
- Said Nafa – Israeli MP and lawyer
- Shachiv Shnaan – Israeli member of parliament
- Salah Tarif – Israeli minister, MP, and army captain
- Majalli Wahabi – Israeli MP, IDF lieutenant-colonel, and acting president
Lebanon edit
- Akram Chehayeb – Lebanese Minister and MP
- Ghazi Aridi – Lebanese minister and MP
- Majid Arslan – Lebanese Defense Minister for over 40 years
- Shakib Arslan – Lebanese politician, writer, poet and historian
- Talal Arslan – Lebanese minister and MP
- Fakhr-al-Din II – Ruler (emir) of Lebanon from 1590 to 1633; united Lebanon and parts of Syria and Palestine under his rule
- Kamal Jumblatt – Lebanese MP, minister, writer, author, and poet
- Walid Jumblatt – Lebanese minister and leader of the Progressive Socialist Party
- Marwan Hamadeh – Lebanese minister and MP
- Marwan Kheireddin – Lebanese minister
- Faisal Al Sayegh – Lebanese MP
- Wiam Wahhab – Lebanese Politician
- Hadi Aboul-Hosn – Lebanese MP
Syria edit
- Sultan Pasha al-Atrash – Syrian Leader & Commander of the Syrian Revolt.[14]
- Mansur al-Atrash – Syrian politician, Interim head of state.[15][16]
- Shibli al-Aysami – former Syrian Vice president and Gen Sec of the Ba'th Arab Socialist Party
- Issam Zahreddine – Major General of the Syrian Republican Guard who has played a major role in the Syrian Civil War, leading Syrian Government forces on several fronts.[17]
Jordan edit
- Ayman Safadi – Deputy Prime Minister and Jordan's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Venezuela edit
- Tarek El Aissami – Venezuelan interior and justice minister.[18]
Religion edit
- Suliman Bashear – Palestinian-Israeli scholar of Islam
- Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah – central religious figure of the faith and sixth Imam-Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate
- Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad – founding religious leader
- Amin Tarif (1898–1993) – Israeli religious leader
- Mowafak Tarif – Israeli religious leader
- Abu Mohammad Jawad Walieddine (1916–2012) – Head of Authority of Senior Sheikhs
Security edit
- Imad Fares – Israeli Brigadier General
- Salim Hatoum – Syrian Major. Led overthrow of the government of Amin al-Hafez in 1966.
- Yousef Mishleb – Israeli general
- Nada Nadim Prouty – Lebanese security agent
- Ghassan Alian – Commander of Golani brigade in IDF
Sports edit
- Zidan Amar – Israeli footballer.[19]
- Ahad Azam – Israeli footballer
- Wiyam Amashe – Israeli footballer
- Amir Nasar A Din – Israeli footballer
- Sari Falah – Israeli footballer
- Amir Halaby – Israeli footballer.[20]
- Mahran Lala – Israeli footballer
- Nazar Mahmud – Israeli figure skater
- Raja Rafe – Syrian footballer
- Kenny Hasan Sayef – American-Israeli footballer.[21]
Visual arts edit
- Farid Mansour – Lebanese sculptor and painter
- Nabil Kanso – Lebanese-American painter
- Michael Netzer (Nassar) – American-Israeli graphical artist
- Marwan Aridi – Lebanese-American calligrapher-artist
Others edit
- Nadia Aboulhosn – Lebanese-American plus-size model and blogger
- Emin Arslan – Born in current-day Lebanon (Ottoman Syria), diplomat, writer and editor
- Azzam Azzam – Israeli textile worker, former Israeli prisoner in Egypt.
- Khaled Camil Abou Chakra – Lebanese Architect, LEED Green Associate / Researcher in Construction & Architectural Sciences
- Amal Clooney – Lebanese-British lawyer, married to George Clooney
- Angelina Fares – Israeli beauty pageant.[22]
- Majdi Halabi – disappeared and discovered Israeli soldier
- Samir Kuntar – Lebanese militant.[23]
See also edit
References edit
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- ^ "Rami Zeedan: Finding his place in Israel and in Lawrence - Kansas City Jewish Chronicle". www.kcjc.com. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
- ^ A Bilingual Anthology of Arabic Poetry – Victims of A Map by Samih al-Qasim, Adonis, and Mahmoud Darwish. Al-Saqi Books 26 Westbourne Grove, London W2 1984
- ^ Makarem, Julia. "Druze Women". AmericanDruzeHeritage.com. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
- ^ . Washington Watch. The Arab American Institute. April 18, 1996. Archived from the original (archived September 26, 2005) on September 26, 2005.
- ^ Zuhur, Sherifa (1998), Images of Enchantment: Visual and Performing Arts of the Middle East, American University in Cairo Press, p. 81, ISBN 977-424-467-2
- ^ Provence, Michael (2005). The great Syrian revolt and the rise of Arab nationalism (illustrated ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-292-70680-4.
- ^ Zuhur, Sherifa (2001). Colors of enchantment: theater, dance, music and the visual arts of the Middle East. American University in Cairo Press. p. 296. ISBN 978-977-424-607-4.
- ^ "The CDS Fundraiser is this Saturday and we added another Special Guest! – Canadian Druze Society".
- ^ QED
- ^ Laviv-Hussein Abu-Rochan: Public Activities Knesset website
- ^ Meet Israel's new lawmakers Ynetnews, 20 March 2015
- ^ Hamad Amar Knesset website
- ^ Provence, Michael (2005). The Great Syrian Revolt and the Rise of Arab Nationalism. University of Texas Press. p. 3. ISBN 0-292-70680-4.
- ^ Moubayed, Sami M. (2006). Steel & Silk: Men and Women who shaped Syria 1900–2000. Cune Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-885942-41-8.
- ^ Batatu, Hanna (2012). Syria's Peasantry, the Descendants of Its Lesser Rural Notables, and Their Politics. Princeton University Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-691-00254-5.
- ^ Gambill, Gary C. (2013), Syrian Druze: Toward Defiant Neutrality, Middle East Forum, retrieved 9 July 2013
- ^ Mary Anastasia O'Grady, "The Iran-Cuba-Venezuela Nexus: The West underestimates the growing threat from radical Islam in the Americas", The Wall Street Journal, November 23, 2014.
- ^ Zidan Yusef Amar from Julis – I Aspire to play for Arsenal in England July 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Saleh Deksa, 24 April 2009, hona.co.il (in Hebrew)
- ^ "Amir Halaby". footballdatabase.eu.
- ^ "Five Things to Know About U.S. MNT Midfielder Kenny Saief". www.ussoccer.com. 10 May 2016.
- ^ Nathan Burstein, Sister of Druze Miss Israel Contestant is Murdered, Forward.com, 3 August 2011 [1]
- ^ Smith, Craig S. (July 15, 2008). "For Lebanese, killer is a hero". The New York Times. Retrieved August 21, 2013.