{"id":94,"date":"2019-04-16T10:49:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T14:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/studyskills\/?p=94"},"modified":"2019-04-16T10:54:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T14:54:12","slug":"poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/studyskills\/2019\/04\/16\/poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/studyskills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2912\/2019\/04\/Point-of-View-Poem.docx\">Point of View Poem<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Science\" class=\"mw-headline\">Science<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span><a title=\"Edit section: Science\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=List_of_Arab_Americans&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2\">edit<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Elias J. Corey\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elias_J._Corey\">Elias J. Corey<\/a>, organic chemistry professor at Harvard University, winner of the 1990\u00a0<a title=\"Nobel Prize in Chemistry\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry\">Nobel Prize in Chemistry<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0(Lebanese parents)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ahmed Zewail\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ahmed_Zewail\">Ahmed Zewail<\/a>, Egyptian-American scientist, known as the &#8220;father of\u00a0<a title=\"Femtochemistry\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Femtochemistry\">femtochemistry<\/a>&#8220;, winner of the 1999\u00a0<a title=\"Nobel Prize in Chemistry\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry\">Nobel Prize in Chemistry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Michael E. DeBakey\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_E._DeBakey\">Michael E. DeBakey<\/a>, pioneering Lebanese-American cardiovascular surgeon and researcher,<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a01963\u00a0<a title=\"Lasker Award\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lasker_Award\">Lasker Award<\/a>\u00a0laureate<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Omar M. Yaghi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Omar_M._Yaghi\">Omar M. Yaghi<\/a>, Jordanian-American\u00a0<a title=\"Metal\u2013organic framework\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metal%E2%80%93organic_framework\">reticular chemistry<\/a>\u00a0pioneer; winner of the 2018\u00a0<a title=\"Wolf Prize in Chemistry\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wolf_Prize_in_Chemistry\">Wolf Prize in Chemistry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mostafa El-Sayed\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mostafa_El-Sayed\">Mostafa El-Sayed<\/a>, Egyptian-American US\u00a0<a title=\"National Medal of Science\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Medal_of_Science\">National Medal of Science<\/a>\u00a0laureate; leading nanoscience researcher; known for the\u00a0<a title=\"Spectroscopy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spectroscopy\">spectroscopy<\/a>\u00a0rule named after him, the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"El-Sayed rule\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/El-Sayed_rule\">El-Sayed rule<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Huda Zoghbi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huda_Zoghbi\">Huda Zoghbi<\/a>, Lebanese-American physician and medical researcher who discovered the genetic cause of the\u00a0<a title=\"Rett syndrome\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rett_syndrome\">Rett syndrome<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Huda Akil\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huda_Akil\">Huda Akil<\/a>, pioneering Syrian-American neuroscientist and medical researcher<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Hunein Maassab\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hunein_Maassab\">Hunein Maassab<\/a>, Syrian-American professor of\u00a0<a title=\"Epidemiology\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Epidemiology\">epidemiology<\/a>\u00a0and the inventor of the\u00a0<a title=\"Live attenuated influenza vaccine\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Live_attenuated_influenza_vaccine\">live attenuated influenza vaccine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Joanne Chory\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joanne_Chory\">Joanne Chory<\/a>, plant biologist and geneticist (Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Elias Zerhouni\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elias_Zerhouni\">Elias Zerhouni<\/a>, former director of the\u00a0<a title=\"National Institutes of Health\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Institutes_of_Health\">National Institutes of Health<\/a>\u00a0(Algerian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Anthony Atala\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anthony_Atala\">Anthony Atala<\/a>, Director of the\u00a0<a title=\"Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wake_Forest_Institute_for_Regenerative_Medicine\">Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine<\/a>\u00a0(Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Nawal M. Nour\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nawal_M._Nour\">Nawal M. Nour<\/a>, obstetrician and gynecologist (Sudanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Michel T. Halbouty\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michel_T._Halbouty\">Michel T. Halbouty<\/a>, Lebanese-American geologist and geophysicist; pioneer in oil field research<sup id=\"cite_ref-3\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Adah Almutairi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adah_Almutairi\">Adah al-Mutairi<\/a>\u00a0(Saudi Arabian), inventor and scholar in nanotechnology and nanomedicine<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"M. Amin Arnaout\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M._Amin_Arnaout\">M. Amin Arnaout<\/a>, Lebanese-American nephrologist and biologist<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Nassim Nicholas Taleb\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nassim_Nicholas_Taleb\">Nassim Nicholas Taleb<\/a>, Professor of Mathematics at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span id=\"NASA\" class=\"mw-headline\">NASA<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span><a title=\"Edit section: NASA\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=List_of_Arab_Americans&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3\">edit<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Farouk El-Baz\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Farouk_El-Baz\">Farouk El-Baz<\/a>\u00a0Egyptian-American space scientist who worked with\u00a0<a title=\"NASA\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\">NASA<\/a>\u00a0to assist in the planning of scientific exploration of the Moon<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Charles Elachi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Elachi\">Charles Elachi<\/a>, Lebanese-American professor of electrical engineering and planetary science at\u00a0<a title=\"California Institute of Technology\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California_Institute_of_Technology\">Caltech<\/a>\u00a0and the former director of the\u00a0<a title=\"Jet Propulsion Laboratory\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory\">Jet Propulsion Laboratory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Noureddine Melikechi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Noureddine_Melikechi\">Noureddine Melikechi<\/a>, Algerian-American Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physicist, member of the\u00a0<a title=\"Mars Science Laboratory\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars_Science_Laboratory\">Mars Science Laboratory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Essam Heggy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Essam_Heggy\">Essam Heggy<\/a>, Egyptian-American\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Planetary scientist\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Planetary_scientist\">Planetary scientist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Shadia Habbal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shadia_Habbal\">Shadia Habbal<\/a>, Syrian-American astronomer and physicist specialized in\u00a0<a title=\"Space physics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_physics\">Space physics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span id=\"Engineering.2FComputer_Science\"><\/span><span id=\"Engineering\/Computer_Science\" class=\"mw-headline\">Engineering\/Computer Science<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span><a title=\"Edit section: Engineering\/Computer Science\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=List_of_Arab_Americans&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4\">edit<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Fawwaz T. Ulaby\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fawwaz_T._Ulaby\">Fawwaz T. Ulaby<\/a>\u00a0Syrian-American professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, former Vice President of Research for the\u00a0<a title=\"University of Michigan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Michigan\">University of Michigan<\/a>; first Arab-American winner of the\u00a0<a title=\"IEEE Edison Medal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IEEE_Edison_Medal\">IEEE Edison Medal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Taher ElGamal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taher_ElGamal\">Taher ElGamal<\/a>, Egyptian-American cryptographer, inventor of the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"ElGamal discrete log cryptosystem\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ElGamal_discrete_log_cryptosystem\">ElGamal discrete log cryptosystem<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a title=\"ElGamal signature scheme\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ElGamal_signature_scheme\">ElGamal signature scheme<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ali H. Nayfeh\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ali_H._Nayfeh\">Ali H. Nayfeh<\/a>, Palestinian-American mechanical engineer, the 2014 recipient of\u00a0<a title=\"Franklin Institute Awards\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franklin_Institute_Awards#Benjamin_Franklin_Medals\">Benjamin Franklin Medal<\/a>\u00a0in mechanical engineering<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Dina Katabi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dina_Katabi\">Dina Katabi<\/a>, Syrian-American Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"MIT\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MIT\">MIT<\/a>\u00a0and the director of the MIT Wireless Center.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Abbas El Gamal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abbas_El_Gamal\">Abbas El Gamal<\/a>, Egyptian-American electrical engineer, educator and entrepreneur, the recipient of the 2012\u00a0<a title=\"Claude E. Shannon Award\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claude_E._Shannon_Award\">Claude E. Shannon Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Oussama Khatib\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oussama_Khatib\">Oussama Khatib<\/a>, roboticist and a professor of computer science<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hassan_Kamel_Al-Sabbah\">Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah<\/a>, Lebanese-American technology innovator<sup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-6\">[6]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-7\">[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mohammad S. Obaidat\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohammad_S._Obaidat\">Mohammad S. Obaidat<\/a>\u00a0(Jordanian), computer science\/engineering academic and scholar<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Charbel Farhat\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charbel_Farhat\">Charbel Farhat<\/a>, Vivian Church Hoff Professor of Aircraft Structures; Director of the Army High Performance Computing Research Center; Chair of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University (Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Hany Farid\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hany_Farid\">Hany Farid<\/a>, Professor of computer science at\u00a0<a title=\"Dartmouth College\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dartmouth_College\">Dartmouth College<\/a>, pioneer in\u00a0<a title=\"Digital forensics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Digital_forensics\">Digital forensics<\/a>\u00a0(Egyptian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ahmed Tewfik\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ahmed_Tewfik\">Ahmed Tewfik<\/a>, Egyptian-American electrical engineer, Professor and college administrator<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Munther A. Dahleh\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Munther_A._Dahleh\">Munther A. Dahleh<\/a>, Professor and Director at\u00a0<a title=\"Massachusetts Institute of Technology\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology\">Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/a>\u00a0(Palestinian)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"new\" title=\"Michel j. Asmar (page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Michel_j._Asmar&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Michel j. Asmar<\/a>, Lebanese Genius and Youngster, Bachelor in Computes Science. Self-taught from life&#8217;s experience<sup id=\"cite_ref-8\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-8\">[8]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span id=\"Humanities\" class=\"mw-headline\">Humanities<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span><a title=\"Edit section: Humanities\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=List_of_Arab_Americans&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5\">edit<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Ismail al-Faruqi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ismail_al-Faruqi\">Ismail al-Faruqi<\/a>, philosopher, professor<\/li>\n<li>Suleiman M. Hamdan, Palestinian American academic<\/li>\n<li>Nahla Yassine-Hamdan, Lebanese American political scientist and author<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fouad Ajami\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fouad_Ajami\">Fouad Ajami<\/a>, Professor of International Relations<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Saddeka Arebi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saddeka_Arebi\">Saddeka Arebi<\/a>, professor of anthropology at\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"UC Berkeley\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UC_Berkeley\">UC Berkeley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mohammed Adam El-Sheikh\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohammed_Adam_El-Sheikh\">Mohammed Adam El-Sheikh<\/a>, executive director of the\u00a0<a title=\"Fiqh Council of North America\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fiqh_Council_of_North_America\">Fiqh Council of North America<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-9\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-9\">[9]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0(Sudanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Samih Farsoun\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samih_Farsoun\">Samih Farsoun<\/a>, sociology professor at the American University<sup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-10\">[10]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Philip Khuri Hitti\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philip_Khuri_Hitti\">Philip Khuri Hitti<\/a>, historian of Arab culture and history (Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Philip S. Khoury\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philip_S._Khoury\">Philip S. Khoury<\/a>, Ford International Professor of History and Associate Provost at the\u00a0<a title=\"Massachusetts Institute of Technology\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology\">Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/a>\u00a0(Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Laura Nader\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laura_Nader\">Laura Nader<\/a>, cultural anthropologist<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Edward Said\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Said\">Edward Said<\/a>, Palestinian-American literary theorist and former professor at Columbia University<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ahmed Ismail Samatar\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ahmed_Ismail_Samatar\">Ahmed Ismail Samatar<\/a>, prominent writer, professor and former dean of the Institute for Global Citizenship at\u00a0<a title=\"Macalester College\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Macalester_College\">Macalester College<\/a>; Somali ancestry<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Nada Shabout\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nada_Shabout\">Nada Shabout<\/a>, Professor of Art History at\u00a0<a title=\"University of North Texas\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_North_Texas\">University of North Texas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imad-ad-Dean_Ahmad\">Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad<\/a>, teaches\u00a0<a title=\"Religion\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion\">religion<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Science\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Science\">science<\/a>, and\u00a0<a title=\"Liberty\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberty\">freedom<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0<a title=\"University of Maryland, College Park\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park\">University of Maryland, College Park<\/a>; directs the\u00a0<a title=\"Minaret of Freedom Institute\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minaret_of_Freedom_Institute\">Minaret of Freedom Institute<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-11\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-11\">[11]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-12\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-12\">[12]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Muhsin Mahdi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muhsin_Mahdi\">Muhsin Mahdi<\/a>, Iraqi-American\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Islamologist\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islamologist\">Islamologist<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Arabist\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arabist\">Arabist<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Talal Asad\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Talal_Asad\">Talal Asad<\/a>, anthropologist at the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"CUNY Graduate Center\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CUNY_Graduate_Center\">CUNY Graduate Center<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Majid Khadduri\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Majid_Khadduri\">Majid Khadduri<\/a>, Iraqi\u2013American academic, He was founder of the\u00a0<a title=\"Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_H._Nitze_School_of_Advanced_International_Studies\">Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies<\/a>\u00a0Middle East Studies program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span id=\"University_Presidents\" class=\"mw-headline\">University Presidents<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span><a title=\"Edit section: University Presidents\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=List_of_Arab_Americans&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6\">edit<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Mitch Daniels\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mitch_Daniels\">Mitch Daniels<\/a>, President of\u00a0<a title=\"Purdue University\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Purdue_University\">Purdue University<\/a>\u00a0(Syrian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Donna Shalala\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donna_Shalala\">Donna Shalala<\/a>, President of the\u00a0<a title=\"University of Miami\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Miami\">University of Miami<\/a>\u00a0(Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Joseph E. Aoun\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_E._Aoun\">Joseph E. Aoun<\/a>, president of\u00a0<a title=\"Northeastern University\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northeastern_University\">Northeastern University<\/a>\u00a0(Lebanese)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Business\" class=\"mw-headline\">Business<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span><a title=\"Edit section: Business\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=List_of_Arab_Americans&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7\">edit<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Mohamed A. El-Erian\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohamed_A._El-Erian\">Mohamed A. El-Erian<\/a>, CEO and co-CIO of\u00a0<a title=\"PIMCO\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PIMCO\">PIMCO<\/a>\u00a0(Egyptian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Alec Gores\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Gores\">Alec Gores<\/a>, founder of Gores Group; on the\u00a0<i>Forbes<\/i>\u00a0list of billionaires (Palestinian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Tom Gores\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tom_Gores\">Tom Gores<\/a>, founder and CEO of\u00a0<a title=\"Platinum Equity\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Platinum_Equity\">Platinum Equity<\/a>; on the\u00a0<i>Forbes<\/i>\u00a0list of billionaires (Palestinian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sam Gores\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sam_Gores\">Sam Gores<\/a>, founder of talent agency Paradigm Agency; on the\u00a0<i>Forbes<\/i>\u00a0list of billionaires<sup id=\"cite_ref-todaysoutlook.com_13-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-todaysoutlook.com-13\">[13]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0(Palestinian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Najeeb Halaby\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Najeeb_Halaby\">Najeeb Halaby<\/a>, former head of\u00a0<a title=\"Federal Aviation Administration\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Aviation_Administration\">Federal Aviation Administration<\/a>\u00a0and CEO of\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Pan-American Airlines\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pan-American_Airlines\">Pan-American Airlines<\/a>, and father of Queen Noor of Jordan (Syrian father)<sup id=\"cite_ref-14\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-14\">[14]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ray R. Irani\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ray_R._Irani\">Ray R. Irani<\/a>, Chairman and CEO of\u00a0<a title=\"Occidental Petroleum\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Occidental_Petroleum\">Occidental Petroleum<\/a>\u00a0(Palestinian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Joseph Jacobs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Jacobs\">Joseph Jacobs<\/a>, founder of\u00a0<a title=\"Jacobs Engineering Group\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacobs_Engineering_Group\">Jacobs Engineering<\/a>, one of the leading engineering firms in the US (Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Steve Jobs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Jobs\">Steve Jobs<\/a>, head of\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Apple Computer\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apple_Computer\">Apple<\/a>, (Syrian biological father)<sup id=\"cite_ref-15\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-15\">[15]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-16\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-16\">[16]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mario Kassar\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mario_Kassar\">Mario Kassar<\/a>, formerly headed\u00a0<a title=\"Carolco Pictures\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carolco_Pictures\">Carolco Pictures<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-17\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-17\">[17]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0(Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"John J. Mack\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_J._Mack\">John J. Mack<\/a>, CEO of investment bank\u00a0<a title=\"Morgan Stanley\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morgan_Stanley\">Morgan Stanley<\/a>\u00a0(Lebanese parents)<sup id=\"cite_ref-18\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-18\">[18]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Maloof family\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maloof_family\">Maloof family<\/a>, Lebanese family who owns numerous business properties in the Western United States, majority owners of the\u00a0<a title=\"Sacramento Kings\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sacramento_Kings\">Sacramento Kings<\/a>\u00a0and the Palms Casino Hotel in\u00a0<a title=\"Paradise, Nevada\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paradise,_Nevada\">Paradise, Nevada<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sam Maloof\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sam_Maloof\">Sam Maloof<\/a>\u00a0(Lebanese parents)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sam Moore (publisher)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sam_Moore_(publisher)\">Sam Moore<\/a>, founder and president of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest worldwide distributor of the Bible<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Manuel Moroun\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manuel_Moroun\">Manuel Moroun<\/a>, owner of CenTra, Inc., the holding company which controls the\u00a0<a title=\"Ambassador Bridge\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ambassador_Bridge\">Ambassador Bridge<\/a>\u00a0and Michigan Central Depot<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jacques Nasser\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacques_Nasser\">Jacques Nasser<\/a>, former president and CEO of\u00a0<a title=\"Ford Motor Company\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ford_Motor_Company\">Ford Motor Company<\/a>\u00a0(Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Musse Olol\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Musse_Olol\">Musse Olol<\/a>, Chairman of the Somali American Council of Oregon (SACOO), Somali ancestry<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Paul Orfalea\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Orfalea\">Paul Orfalea<\/a>, nicknamed &#8220;Kinko&#8221;, entrepreneur, founder the copy-chain Kinko&#8217;s (parents of Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Moose Scheib\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moose_Scheib\">Moose Scheib<\/a>, founder and CEO of Loanmod.com; inventor of the modern day loan modification<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Farouk Shami\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Farouk_Shami\">Farouk Shami<\/a>, founder of Farouk systems, a Houston-based company that manufactures hair care and spa products like CHI hair Irons (Palestinian)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Joe Sitt\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Sitt\">Joe Sitt<\/a>, real estate developer and founder of Thor Equities (Syrian grandparents)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"John Zogby\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Zogby\">John Zogby<\/a>\u00a0(Lebanese), founder and current President\/CEO of\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Zogby International\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zogby_International\">Zogby International<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Arts_and_entertainment\" class=\"mw-headline\">Arts and entertainment<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span><a title=\"Edit section: Arts and entertainment\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=List_of_Arab_Americans&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8\">edit<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Sam Esmail\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sam_Esmail\">Sam Esmail<\/a>, screenwriter, director and producer; creator of the television series\u00a0<a title=\"Mr. Robot\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mr._Robot\">Mr. Robot<\/a>\u00a0(Egyptian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Callie Khouri\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Callie_Khouri\">Callie Khouri<\/a>, Academy Award-winning screenwriter (Syrian-Lebanese father)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"William Peter Blatty\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Peter_Blatty\">William Peter Blatty<\/a>, Academy Award-winning screenwriter and writer (Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sanaa Hamri\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanaa_Hamri\">Sanaa Hamri<\/a>, music video and movie director; her films include the\u00a0<i><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sisterhood_of_the_Traveling_Pants_2\">Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(Moroccan)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Moustapha Akkad\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moustapha_Akkad\">Moustapha Akkad<\/a>, Syrian-American film producer and director<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Casey Kasem\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Casey_Kasem\">Casey Kasem<\/a>, radio personality and voice actor, co-founder of\u00a0<a title=\"American Top 40\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Top_40\">American Top 40<\/a>\u00a0franchise,<sup id=\"cite_ref-19\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-19\">[19]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0(Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"George Noory\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Noory\">George Noory<\/a>, radio broadcaster of late-night\u00a0<a title=\"Paranormal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paranormal\">paranormal<\/a>-themed radio talk show\u00a0<i><a title=\"Coast to Coast AM\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coast_to_Coast_AM\">Coast to Coast AM<\/a><\/i>, Lebanese<sup id=\"cite_ref-20\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-20\">[20]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mario Kassar\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mario_Kassar\">Mario Kassar<\/a>, film producer, founder of\u00a0<a title=\"Carolco Pictures\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carolco_Pictures\">Carolco Pictures<\/a>, (Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Tom Shadyac\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tom_Shadyac\">Tom Shadyac<\/a>, director, screenwriter and producer, (Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Tony Thomas (producer)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tony_Thomas_(producer)\">Tony Thomas<\/a>, producer, (Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jehane Noujaim\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jehane_Noujaim\">Jehane Noujaim<\/a>, documentary film director, (Egyptian)<sup id=\"cite_ref-21\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-21\">[21]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Kerri Kasem\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kerri_Kasem\">Kerri Kasem<\/a>, radio personality, (Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Dan Jbara\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dan_Jbara\">Dan Jbara<\/a>, television and film producer, (Lebanese father)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Diane Rehm\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diane_Rehm\">Diane Rehm<\/a>, host and executive producer of\u00a0<a title=\"The Diane Rehm Show\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Diane_Rehm_Show\">The Diane Rehm Show<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"National Public Radio\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Public_Radio\">National Public Radio<\/a>, (Syrian-Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Elie Samaha\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elie_Samaha\">Elie Samaha<\/a>, film producer, (Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Emile Kuri\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emile_Kuri\">Emile Kuri<\/a>, Academy Award-winning art director, (Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Zaida Ben-Yusuf\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zaida_Ben-Yusuf\">Zaida Ben-Yusuf<\/a>, portrait photographer (Algerian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rima Fakih\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rima_Fakih\">Rima Fakih<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Miss USA 2010\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miss_USA_2010\">Miss USA 2010<\/a>, (Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Remi Kanazi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Remi_Kanazi\">Remi Kanazi<\/a>, performance poet, Palestinian descent<sup id=\"cite_ref-IMEU_22-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-IMEU-22\">[22]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Abdisalam Aato\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abdisalam_Aato\">Abdisalam Aato<\/a>, film director, producer, entrepreneur, and media consultant (Somali)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Yousef Abu-Taleb\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yousef_Abu-Taleb\">Yousef Abu-Taleb<\/a>, actor,\u00a0<i><a title=\"Lonelygirl15\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lonelygirl15\">lonelygirl15<\/a><\/i>; film producer (Jordanian)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"new\" title=\"James Sayess (page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=James_Sayess&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">James Sayess<\/a>, actor\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"NCIS:LA\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NCIS:LA\">NCIS:LA<\/a>,\u00a0<i><a title=\"Barry (TV series)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barry_(TV_series)\">Barry (TV series)<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(Palestinian heritage)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Adam Saleh\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adam_Saleh\">Adam Saleh<\/a>, YouTuber and singer (Yemeni)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Cherien Dabis\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cherien_Dabis\">Cherien Dabis<\/a>, film director (Palestinian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Tareq Salahi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tareq_Salahi\">Tareq Salahi<\/a>, television personality (Palestinian father)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Yousef Erakat\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yousef_Erakat\">Yousef Erakat<\/a>, YouTuber and actor (Palestinian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span id=\"Actors\" class=\"mw-headline\">Actors<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span><a title=\"Edit section: Actors\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=List_of_Arab_Americans&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9\">edit<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Yasmine Bleeth\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yasmine_Bleeth\">Yasmine Bleeth<\/a>, actress, her mother was Algerian.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Gabbie Hanna\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gabbie_Hanna\">Gabbie Hanna<\/a>, Comedian, Actress, YouTube Personality, Singer. Lebanese Descent<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Tony Shalhoub\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tony_Shalhoub\">Tony Shalhoub<\/a>, three-time Emmy Award-winning television actor on\u00a0<i><a title=\"Monk (TV series)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monk_(TV_series)\">Monk<\/a><\/i>, Lebanese<sup id=\"cite_ref-23\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-23\">[23]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"F. Murray Abraham\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/F._Murray_Abraham\">F. Murray Abraham<\/a>, Academy Award-winning actor for his role in\u00a0<i><a title=\"Amadeus (film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amadeus_(film)\">Amadeus<\/a><\/i>, father was an Assyrian from Syria<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Danny Thomas\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Danny_Thomas\">Danny Thomas<\/a>, Emmy Award-winning actor, founder of\u00a0<a title=\"St. Jude Children's Research Hospital\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Jude_Children%27s_Research_Hospital\">St. Jude Children&#8217;s Research Hospital<\/a>; father of Marlo Thomas (Lebanese parents)<sup id=\"cite_ref-24\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-24\">[24]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Marlo Thomas\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marlo_Thomas\">Marlo Thomas<\/a>, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actress, (father of Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rami Malek\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rami_Malek\">Rami Malek<\/a>, Emmy Award and Academy Award &#8211; winning actor, (Egyptian descent)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"new\" title=\"James Sayess (page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=James_Sayess&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">James Sayess<\/a>, American film, television and theater actor, (Palestinian heritage)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Vic Tayback\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vic_Tayback\">Vic Tayback<\/a>, two-time Golden Globe-winning actor, (Syrian parents)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Kristy McNichol\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kristy_McNichol\">Kristy McNichol<\/a>, two-time Emmy Award-winning actress,<sup id=\"cite_ref-25\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-25\">[25]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0maternal grandfather was of Lebanese descent<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Tige Andrews\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tige_Andrews\">Tige Andrews<\/a>, Emmy-nominated actor, Syrian-American<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Michael Ansara\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Ansara\">Michael Ansara<\/a>, actor (Syrian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"George Nader\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Nader\">George Nader<\/a>, American film and television actor.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jenna Dewan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jenna_Dewan\">Jenna Dewan<\/a>, film\/TV actress (<i><a title=\"Step Up (film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Step_Up_(film)\">Step Up<\/a><\/i>); paternal grandfather was of Lebanese descent<sup id=\"cite_ref-26\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-26\">[26]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Shannon Elizabeth\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shannon_Elizabeth\">Shannon Elizabeth<\/a>, film actress (<i><a title=\"American Pie (film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Pie_(film)\">American Pie<\/a><\/i>,\u00a0<i><a title=\"Scary Movie\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scary_Movie\">Scary Movie<\/a><\/i>),<sup id=\"cite_ref-27\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-27\">[27]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0(father is of Lebanese and Syrian ancestry)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Khrystyne Haje\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khrystyne_Haje\">Khrystyne Haje<\/a>, actress on\u00a0<i><a title=\"Head of the Class\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Head_of_the_Class\">Head of the Class<\/a><\/i>, Lebanese descent<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Teri Hatcher\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Teri_Hatcher\">Teri Hatcher<\/a>, actress, maternal grandfather was of Syrian ancestry<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Salma Hayek\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salma_Hayek\">Salma Hayek<\/a>, Mexican actress (paternal grandfather was Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rowan Blanchard\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rowan_Blanchard\">Rowan Blanchard<\/a>, actress (paternal grandfather was Syrian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Anissa Jones\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anissa_Jones\">Anissa Jones<\/a>, actress,\u00a0<i><a title=\"Family Affair\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Family_Affair\">Family Affair<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(maternal Lebanese grandparents)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jamie Farr\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jamie_Farr\">Jamie Farr<\/a>, character actor, Lebanese<sup id=\"cite_ref-28\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-28\">[28]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Catherine Keener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catherine_Keener\">Catherine Keener<\/a>, actress, Lebanese ancestry on mother&#8217;s side<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Wendie Malick\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wendie_Malick\">Wendie Malick<\/a>, actress, Egyptian paternal grandfather<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Alanna Masterson\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alanna_Masterson\">Alanna Masterson<\/a>, actress, half Lebanese<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Wentworth Miller\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wentworth_Miller\">Wentworth Miller<\/a>, actor on\u00a0<i><a title=\"Prison Break\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prison_Break\">Prison Break<\/a><\/i>, Lebanese-Syrian from maternal great-grandmother<sup id=\"cite_ref-29\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-29\">[29]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Najee Mondalek\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Najee_Mondalek\">Najee Mondalek<\/a>, actor\/playwright, Lebanese descent<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Kathy Najimy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kathy_Najimy\">Kathy Najimy<\/a>, actress, Lebanese descent<sup id=\"cite_ref-30\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-30\">[30]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Gregory Jbara\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gregory_Jbara\">Gregory Jbara<\/a>, television and film actor<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Alia Shawkat\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alia_Shawkat\">Alia Shawkat<\/a>, actress on\u00a0<i><a title=\"Arrested Development (TV series)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arrested_Development_(TV_series)\">Arrested Development<\/a><\/i>, Iraqi father<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"James Stacy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Stacy\">James Stacy<\/a>, actor, father is of Lebanese descent<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Paola Turbay\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paola_Turbay\">Paola Turbay<\/a>, actress, father is of Lebanese descent<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Vince Vaughn\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vince_Vaughn\">Vince Vaughn<\/a>, actor (paternal grandmother was of Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Amy Yasbeck\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amy_Yasbeck\">Amy Yasbeck<\/a>, actress, father was of Lebanese ancestry<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sammy Sheik\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sammy_Sheik\">Sammy Sheik<\/a>, actor, Egyptians parents<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Omar Metwally\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Omar_Metwally\">Omar Metwally<\/a>, actor, Egyptian father<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Waleed Zuaiter\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waleed_Zuaiter\">Waleed Zuaiter<\/a>, actor; Palestinian parents<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mo Gallini\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mo_Gallini\">Mo Gallini<\/a>, actor; Lebanese parents<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Michael Nouri\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Nouri\">Michael Nouri<\/a>, actor; Iraqi father<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Haaz Sleiman\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haaz_Sleiman\">Haaz Sleiman<\/a>, Lebanese-American television and film actor<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Emeraude Toubia\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emeraude_Toubia\">Emeraude Toubia<\/a>, actress (Lebanese father)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Edy Ganem\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edy_Ganem\">Edy Ganem<\/a>, actress (Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Nadia Dajani\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nadia_Dajani\">Nadia Dajani<\/a>, actress (Palestinian father)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rose Abdoo\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rose_Abdoo\">Rose Abdoo<\/a>, comedian, actress (Lebanese)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span id=\"Comedians\" class=\"mw-headline\">Comedians<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span><a title=\"Edit section: Comedians\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=List_of_Arab_Americans&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10\">edit<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Dean Obeidallah\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dean_Obeidallah\">Dean Obeidallah<\/a>, stand-up comedian, writer, (Palestinian father)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ahmed Ahmed\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ahmed_Ahmed\">Ahmed Ahmed<\/a>, actor and comedian, (Egyptian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mohammed Amer\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohammed_Amer\">Mohammed Amer<\/a>, comedian, writer, actor;\u00a0<i>Rolling Stone<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Al Barnameg<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Allah Made Me Funny<\/i>\u00a0(Palestinian parents, born in Kuwait),<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Remy Munasifi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Remy_Munasifi\">Remy Munasifi<\/a>, comedian also known as GoRemy (Iraqi father\/Lebanese mother)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ronnie Khalil\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronnie_Khalil\">Ronnie Khalil<\/a>, stand-up comedian (Egyptian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Aron Kader\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aron_Kader\">Aron Kader<\/a>, stand-up comedian, (Palestinian father)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Maysoon Zayid\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maysoon_Zayid\">Maysoon Zayid<\/a>, actress and comedian (Palestinian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ray Hanania\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ray_Hanania\">Ray Hanania<\/a>, journalist and stand-up comedian (Palestinian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Kassem G\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kassem_G\">Kassem G<\/a>, comedian, actor, and YouTuber (Jordanian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Anwar Jibawi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anwar_Jibawi\">Anwar Jibawi<\/a>, YouTuber and comedian (Palestinian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span id=\"Fashion_designers\" class=\"mw-headline\">Fashion designers<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span><a title=\"Edit section: Fashion designers\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=List_of_Arab_Americans&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11\">edit<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Joseph Abboud\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Abboud\">Joseph Abboud<\/a>, menswear fashion designer and author<sup id=\"cite_ref-31\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-31\">[31]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0(Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Reem Acra\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reem_Acra\">Reem Acra<\/a>, Lebanese fashion designer<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Norma Kamali\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norma_Kamali\">Norma Kamali<\/a>, fashion designer (Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Rami Kashou\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rami_Kashou\">Rami Kashou<\/a>, fashion designer ( Palestinian descent)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Paul Anka\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Anka\">Paul Anka<\/a>\u00a0legendary singer\/songwriter (Syrian Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Frank Zappa\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Zappa\">Frank Zappa<\/a>, musician, part Lebanese father<sup id=\"cite_ref-32\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-32\">[32]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0(Part Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Shakira\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shakira\">Shakira<\/a>, singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, choreographer, and model (paternal grandparents emigrated from Lebanon to New York City)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"DJ Khaled\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DJ_Khaled\">DJ Khaled<\/a>\u00a0(Palestinian), popular hip-hop DJ, rapper, music producer<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"RedOne\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RedOne\">RedOne<\/a>\u00a0producer, songwriter, music executive (Moroccan, Swedish)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Tiffany (American singer)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiffany_(American_singer)\">Tiffany<\/a>, born Tiffany Renee Darwish, singer, father is of Lebanese descent<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Tiny Tim (musician)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiny_Tim_(musician)\">Tiny Tim<\/a>\u00a0(born Herbert Khaury), musician, Lebanese father<sup id=\"cite_ref-33\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-33\">[33]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"French Montana\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Montana\">French Montana<\/a>, New York rapper (Moroccan)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Paul Jabara\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Jabara\">Paul Jabara<\/a>, actor, singer, songwriter, Lebanese ancestry<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Dick Dale\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dick_Dale\">Dick Dale<\/a>, surf rock guitarist, father was of Lebanese descent<sup id=\"cite_ref-34\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-34\">[34]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Andrew Bazzi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andrew_Bazzi\">Andrew Bazzi<\/a>, singer-songwriter, Lebanese-American<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Soraya (musician)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soraya_(musician)\">Soraya<\/a>, singer\/songwriter, mother is part Lebanese<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"G.E. Smith\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/G.E._Smith\">G.E. Smith<\/a>, lead guitarist in the band Hall &amp; Oates; musical director of Saturday Night Live<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"David Yazbek\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Yazbek\">David Yazbek<\/a>, songwriter and musician, half Lebanese<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Raef (singer)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raef_(singer)\">Raef Haggag<\/a>\u00a0singer (Egyptian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Stephan Said\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephan_Said\">Stephan Said<\/a>, singer, musician, writer and activist, Iraqi descent<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Kareem Salama\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kareem_Salama\">Kareem Salama<\/a>, country singer-songwriter and musician, Egyptian-American<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Alissa Musto\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alissa_Musto\">Alissa Musto<\/a>, singer\/pianist, of partial Arab descent<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Kurtis Mantronik\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kurtis_Mantronik\">Kurtis Mantronik<\/a>, born\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Kurtis el Khaleel\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kurtis_el_Khaleel\">Kurtis el Khaleel<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Remixing\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Remixing\">remixer<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Record producer\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Record_producer\">producer<\/a>, founding member of 1980s\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Old school hip hop\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Old_school_hip_hop\">old school hip hop group<\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Mantronix\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mantronix\">Mantronix<\/a>, Syrian father<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Qusai Kheder\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qusai_Kheder\">Qusai Kheder<\/a>, rapper, singer\/songwriter, record producer, television personality, and DJ (Saudi)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Malek Jandali\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malek_Jandali\">Malek Jandali<\/a>, composer and pianist (Syrian-American)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sammy Hagar\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sammy_Hagar\">Sammy Hagar<\/a>, songwriter, singer, musician, guitarist, Lebanese descent<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ferras\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ferras\">Ferras<\/a>, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter (Jordanian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fredwreck\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fredwreck\">Fredwreck<\/a>\u00a0hip hop producer (Palestinian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mohammed Fairouz\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohammed_Fairouz\">Mohammed Fairouz<\/a>, musician, composer (Arab)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Emilio Estefan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emilio_Estefan\">Emilio Estefan<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Cubans\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cubans\">Cuban<\/a>-born, manager and producer of wife\u00a0<a title=\"Gloria Estefan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gloria_Estefan\">Gloria Estefan<\/a>, Lebanese ancestry<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ayad Al Adhamy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ayad_Al_Adhamy\">Ayad Al Adhamy<\/a>, synthesizer player and multi-instrumentalist musician, born in Bahrain<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ferras\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ferras\">Ferras<\/a>\u00a0Alqaisi, singer-songwriter, Jordanian-American<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mohammed El-Bakkar\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohammed_El-Bakkar\">Mohammed El-Bakkar<\/a>, singer and band-leader, Lebanese immigrant to\u00a0<a title=\"Brooklyn\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brooklyn\">Brooklyn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Jeff Becerra\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeff_Becerra\">Jeff Becerra<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Death metal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_metal\">death metal<\/a>\u00a0musician, Arab Mexican origin<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ron Affif\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ron_Affif\">Ron Affif<\/a>, jazz guitarist and musician<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Paula Abdul\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paula_Abdul\">Paula Abdul<\/a>, singer, musician, writer, actress, and television personality of partial Arab descent (Syrian-American), Syrian Jewish father<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Literature\" class=\"mw-headline\">Literature<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span><a title=\"Edit section: Literature\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=List_of_Arab_Americans&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14\">edit<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Khalil Gibran\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khalil_Gibran\">Khalil Gibran<\/a>, writer, poet, and member of the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"New York Pen League\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Pen_League\">New York Pen League<\/a>; the third-best-selling poet of all time (Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"William Peter Blatty\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Peter_Blatty\">William Peter Blatty<\/a>, American writer best known for his 1971 horror novel\u00a0<i><a title=\"The Exorcist (novel)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Exorcist_(novel)\">The Exorcist<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Laila Lalami\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laila_Lalami\">Laila Lalami<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Pulitzer Prize\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pulitzer_Prize\">Pulitzer Prize<\/a>-nominated novelist, journalist, essayist, and professor (Moroccan)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Mikhail Naimy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mikhail_Naimy\">Mikhail Naimy<\/a>, Nobel Prize-nominated author; member of the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"New York Pen League\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Pen_League\">New York Pen League<\/a>; well-known works include\u00a0<i><a title=\"The Book of Mirdad\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Book_of_Mirdad\">The Book of Mirdad<\/a><\/i>\u00a0and a biography of\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Khalil Gibran\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khalil_Gibran\">Khalil Gibran<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Edward Said\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Said\">Edward Said<\/a>, literary theorist, thinker, and the founder of the academic field of\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Postcolonial studies\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Postcolonial_studies\">postcolonial studies<\/a>\u00a0(Palestinian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ameen Rihani\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ameen_Rihani\">Ameen Rihani<\/a>, &#8220;father of\u00a0<a title=\"Arab American literature\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab_American_literature\">Arab American literature<\/a>,&#8221; member of the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"New York Pen League\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Pen_League\">New York Pen League<\/a>\u00a0and author of\u00a0<i><a title=\"The Book of Khalid\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Book_of_Khalid\">The Book of Khalid<\/a>,<\/i>\u00a0the first Arab American novel in English; also an ambassador<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Mona Simpson (novelist)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mona_Simpson_(novelist)\">Mona Simpson<\/a>, author of\u00a0<i><a title=\"Anywhere but Here (film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anywhere_but_Here_(film)\">Anywhere but Here<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(Syrian father)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Stephen Adly Guirgis\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Adly_Guirgis\">Stephen Adly Guirgis<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Pulitzer Prize\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pulitzer_Prize\">Pulitzer Prize<\/a>-winning playwright (Egyptian father)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Elmaz Abinader\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elmaz_Abinader\">Elmaz Abinader<\/a>, poet, playwright, memoirist, writer (Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Diana Abu-Jaber\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diana_Abu-Jaber\">Diana Abu-Jaber<\/a>, novelist and professor, author of\u00a0<i><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Arabian Jazz\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arabian_Jazz\">Arabian Jazz<\/a><\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i><a title=\"Crescent\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crescent\">Crescent<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(Jordanian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Elia Abu Madi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elia_Abu_Madi\">Elia Abu Madi<\/a>, poet, publisher and member of the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"New York Pen League\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Pen_League\">New York Pen League<\/a>\u00a0(Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Etel Adnan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Etel_Adnan\">Etel Adnan<\/a>, poet, essayist, and visual artist (Syrian father)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Catherine Filloux\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catherine_Filloux\">Catherine Filloux<\/a>, French-Algerian-American playwright<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Suheir Hammad\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suheir_Hammad\">Suheir Hammad<\/a>, poet, playwright, artist,\u00a0<a title=\"Tony Award\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tony_Award\">Tony Award<\/a>\u00a0winner, 2003 (<a title=\"Russel Simmons\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russel_Simmons\">Russel Simmons<\/a>\u00a0Presents\u00a0<a title=\"Def Poetry Jam\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Def_Poetry_Jam\">Def Poetry Jam<\/a>\u00a0on Broadway)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Samuel John Hazo\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samuel_John_Hazo\">Samuel John Hazo<\/a>, State Poet of Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Lawrence Joseph\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lawrence_Joseph\">Lawrence Joseph<\/a>, poet<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Lisa Suhair Majaj\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lisa_Suhair_Majaj\">Lisa Suhair Majaj<\/a>, poet and literary scholar<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jack Marshall (author)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jack_Marshall_(author)\">Jack Marshall<\/a>, poet and author (Iraqi father\/Syrian mother)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Khaled Mattawa\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khaled_Mattawa\">Khaled Mattawa<\/a>, poet, recipient of an\u00a0<a title=\"Academy of American Poets\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Academy_of_American_Poets\">Academy of American Poets<\/a>\u00a0award<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Claire Messud\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claire_Messud\">Claire Messud<\/a>, author, Algerian<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Naomi Shihab Nye\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Naomi_Shihab_Nye\">Naomi Shihab Nye<\/a>, poet<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Abraham Rihbany\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Rihbany\">Abraham Rihbany<\/a>, writer on politics and religion<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Steven Salaita\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steven_Salaita\">Steven Salaita<\/a>, expert on comparative literature and post-colonialism, writer, activist (Palestinian\/Jordanian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Media_and_journalism\" class=\"mw-headline\">Media and journalism<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span><a title=\"Edit section: Media and journalism\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=List_of_Arab_Americans&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15\">edit<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Pedram Javaheri\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pedram_Javaheri\">Pedram Javaheri<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"CNN International\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CNN_International\">CNN International<\/a>\u00a0weatherman forecasting<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Helen Thomas\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Helen_Thomas\">Helen Thomas<\/a>\u00a0reporter, columnist, and White House correspondent (Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Hala Gorani\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hala_Gorani\">Hala Gorani<\/a>\u00a0journalist and anchor of CNN&#8217;s International Desk; Levantine Cultural Center (Syrian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Anthony Shadid\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anthony_Shadid\">Anthony Shadid<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Pulitzer Prize\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pulitzer_Prize\">Pulitzer Prize<\/a>-winning journalist, foreign correspondent (Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Hoda Kotb\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hoda_Kotb\">Hoda Kotb<\/a>\u00a0broadcast journalist and TV host on\u00a0<i>Dateline NBC<\/i>\u00a0and the\u00a0<i>Today Show<\/i>\u00a0(Egyptian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jim Avila\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jim_Avila\">Jim Avila<\/a>, correspondent for ABC News &#8220;20\/20&#8221;, half Lebanese<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jamal Dajani\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jamal_Dajani\">Jamal Dajani<\/a>, television producer and Middle East analyst, Palestinian<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Paula Faris\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paula_Faris\">Paula Faris<\/a>, television correspondent and personality, half Lebanese<sup id=\"cite_ref-35\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-35\">[35]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ray Hanania\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ray_Hanania\">Ray Hanania<\/a>, award-winning journalist; Managing Editor of\u00a0<i>The Arab Daily News<\/i>; President and CEO of Urban Strategies Group media and political consultants<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Diane Rehm\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diane_Rehm\">Diane Rehm<\/a>, American public radio talk show host<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Dena Takruri\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dena_Takruri\">Dena Takruri<\/a>\u00a0journalist, on-air presenter, and producer (Palestinian)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"new\" title=\"Joseph Gedeon (page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Joseph_Gedeon&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Joseph Gedeon<\/a>, journalist, producer, editor (Palestinian father, Egyptian mother)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fawaz Gerges\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fawaz_Gerges\">Fawaz Gerges<\/a>, ABC analyst and regular guest on &#8220;<a title=\"Oprah's Anti-war series\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oprah%27s_Anti-war_series\">Oprah&#8217;s Anti-war series<\/a>&#8221; (Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Yasmeen Sami Alamiri\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yasmeen_Sami_Alamiri\">Yasmeen Sami Alamiri<\/a>, journalist, first member of the White House foreign press pool, (Iraqi)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Susan Chira\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Susan_Chira\">Susan Chira<\/a>, journalist, former\u00a0<i><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"New York Times\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Times\">New York Times<\/a><\/i>\u00a0editor, foreign correspondent (Syrian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Lorraine Ali\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lorraine_Ali\">Lorraine Ali<\/a>, reporter, editor, culture writer and music critic for\u00a0<i><a title=\"Newsweek\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newsweek\">Newsweek<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(Iraqi)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Susie Gharib\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Susie_Gharib\">Susie Gharib<\/a>, co-anchor of the\u00a0<i>Nightly Business Report<\/i><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Walid Phares\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walid_Phares\">Walid Phares<\/a>, Fox News correspondent, Middle Eastern policy advisor to the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mitt_Romney_presidential_campaign,_2012\">2012 Mitt Romney presidential campaign<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign,_2016\">the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign<\/a>\u00a0(Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Paul Ajlouny\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Ajlouny\">Paul Ajlouny<\/a>, founder of the Palestinian newspaper\u00a0<i>Al-Fajr<\/i><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Daoud Kuttab\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daoud_Kuttab\">Daoud Kuttab<\/a>, award-winning journalist; Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University (Palestinian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Nasser Weddady\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nasser_Weddady\">Nasser Weddady<\/a>\u00a0activist, Director of Civil Rights Outreach at American Islamic Congress (Mauritanian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mona Eltahawy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mona_Eltahawy\">Mona Eltahawy<\/a>, freelance journalist. (Egyptian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ayman Mohyeldin\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ayman_Mohyeldin\">Ayman Mohyeldin<\/a>, journalist for\u00a0<a title=\"NBC News\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBC_News\">NBC News<\/a>\u00a0(Egyptian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Military\" class=\"mw-headline\">Military<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span><a title=\"Edit section: Military\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=List_of_Arab_Americans&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16\">edit<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"John Abizaid\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Abizaid\">John Abizaid<\/a>, Lebanese<sup id=\"cite_ref-36\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-36\">[36]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ahmed_Qusai_al-Taayie\">Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Specialist (rank)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Specialist_(rank)\">specialist<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0<a title=\"United States Army\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army\">United States Army<\/a>\u00a0who was kidnapped by insurgents in Baghdad, Iraq, on October 23, 2006<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Florent Groberg\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Florent_Groberg\">Florent Groberg<\/a>, mother of Algerian descent<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"James Jabara\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Jabara\">James Jabara<\/a>, Lebanese<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"George Joulwan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Joulwan\">George Joulwan<\/a>, Lebanese<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Peter Mansoor\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Mansoor\">Peter Mansoor<\/a>, Palestinian Arab<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Michael A. Monsoor\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_A._Monsoor\">Michael A. Monsoor<\/a>, first Arab American Medal of Honor awardee<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ray Hanania\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ray_Hanania\">Ray Hanania<\/a>, Vietnam Era Military Service, U.S. Air Force<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"new\" title=\"Arab War Veterans (page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Arab_War_Veterans&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Arab War Veterans<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-37\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-37\">[37]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Politics\" class=\"mw-headline\">Politics<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span><a title=\"Edit section: Politics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=List_of_Arab_Americans&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17\">edit<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"James Abdnor\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Abdnor\">James Abdnor<\/a>, U.S. Senator (R-South Dakota) (1981\u20131987)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"John Abizaid\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Abizaid\">John Abizaid<\/a>, retired general (Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"James Abourezk\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Abourezk\">James Abourezk<\/a>, U.S. Senator (D-South Dakota) (1973\u20131979) (Lebanese ancestry)<sup id=\"cite_ref-38\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-38\">[38]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Spencer Abraham\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spencer_Abraham\">Spencer Abraham<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"U.S. Secretary of Energy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Secretary_of_Energy\">U.S. Secretary of Energy<\/a>\u00a0(2001\u20132005) and U.S. Senator (R-Mich.) Secretary of Energy under Bush (1995\u20132001) (Lebanese ancestry)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Justin Amash\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Justin_Amash\">Justin Amash<\/a>, U.S. Representative (R-Michigan) (2011\u2013), Palestinian and Syrian descent<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Victor G. Atiyeh\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victor_G._Atiyeh\">Victor G. Atiyeh<\/a>, Governor of\u00a0<a title=\"Oregon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oregon\">Oregon<\/a>\u00a0(R) (1979\u20131987) (Syrian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"John Baldacci\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Baldacci\">John Baldacci<\/a>, Governor of\u00a0<a title=\"Maine\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maine\">Maine<\/a>\u00a0(D) (2003\u20132011) (Lebanese mother)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rosemary Barkett\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rosemary_Barkett\">Rosemary Barkett<\/a>, U.S. federal judge and the first woman\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Supreme Court Justice\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Court_Justice\">Supreme Court Justice<\/a>\u00a0and Chief Justice for the state of Florida (Syrian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Charles Boustany\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Boustany\">Charles Boustany<\/a>,<sup id=\"cite_ref-39\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-39\">[39]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0U.S. Representative from Louisiana; cousin of\u00a0<a title=\"Victoria Reggie Kennedy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victoria_Reggie_Kennedy\">Victoria Reggie Kennedy<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-40\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-40\">[40]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0(Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Pat Danner\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pat_Danner\">Pat Danner<\/a>, U.S. Congresswoman (D-Mo.) (1993\u20132001)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Brigitte Gabriel\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brigitte_Gabriel\">Brigitte Gabriel<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Israel lobby in the United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel_lobby_in_the_United_States\">pro-Israel<\/a>\u00a0activist and founder of the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"American Congress For Truth\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Congress_For_Truth\">American Congress For Truth<\/a>\u00a0(immigrated from Lebanon)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Philip Charles Habib\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philip_Charles_Habib\">Philip Charles Habib<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Under_Secretary_of_State_for_Political_Affairs\">Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs<\/a>\u00a0and Special Envoy to\u00a0<a title=\"Ronald Reagan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronald_Reagan\">Ronald Reagan<\/a>\u00a0(Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Lisa Halaby\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lisa_Halaby\">Lisa Halaby<\/a>\u00a0(a.k.a. Queen Noor),\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Queen-consort\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Queen-consort\">Queen-consort<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a title=\"Jordan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jordan\">Jordan<\/a>\u00a0and wife of\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"King Hussein of Jordan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King_Hussein_of_Jordan\">King Hussein of Jordan<\/a>\u00a0(father is of Syrian descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Darrell Issa\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Darrell_Issa\">Darrell Issa<\/a>, U.S. Congressman (R-California) (2001\u2013) (Lebanese father)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Joe Jamail\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Jamail\">Joe Jamail<\/a>, Renown American trial lawyer and billionaire, also known as the &#8220;King of Torts&#8221; (Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"James Jabara\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Jabara\">James Jabara<\/a>, colonel and Korean War flying ace (Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Chris John\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_John\">Chris John<\/a>, U.S. Congressman (D-Louisiana) (1997\u20132005) (Lebanese ancestry)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"George Joulwan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Joulwan\">George Joulwan<\/a>, retired general, former NATO commander-in-chief (Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"George Kasem\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Kasem\">George Kasem<\/a>, U.S. Congressman (D-California) (1959-1961)<sup id=\"cite_ref-41\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-41\">[41]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Abraham Kazen\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Kazen\">Abraham Kazen<\/a>, U.S. Congressman (D-Texas) (1967\u20131985) (Lebanese ancestry)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jill Kelley\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jill_Kelley\">Jill Kelley<\/a>, global advocate and American socialite<sup id=\"cite_ref-42\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-42\">[42]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0(Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Victoria Reggie Kennedy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victoria_Reggie_Kennedy\">Victoria Reggie Kennedy<\/a>, attorney and widow of late Senator\u00a0<a title=\"Ted Kennedy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ted_Kennedy\">Ted Kennedy<\/a>\u00a0(Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Muna Khalif\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muna_Khalif\">Muna Khalif<\/a>, fashion designer and MP in the Federal Parliament of Somalia (Somali)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Johnny Khamis\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johnny_Khamis\">Johnny Khamis<\/a>, Councilmember from San Jose (Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ray LaHood\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ray_LaHood\">Ray LaHood<\/a>, U.S. Congressman (R-Illinois) (1995\u20132009),\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"U.S. Secretary of Transportation\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Secretary_of_Transportation\">U.S. Secretary of Transportation<\/a>\u00a0(2009\u20132013) (Lebanese and Jordanian ancestry)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Darin LaHood\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Darin_LaHood\">Darin LaHood<\/a>, U.S. Congressman (R-Illinois) (2015\u2013), son of Ray Lahood<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"George J. Mitchell\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_J._Mitchell\">George J. Mitchell<\/a>, U.S. Senator (D-Maine) (1980\u20131995) United States of America special envoy to the Middle East under the Obama administration, U.S. senator from\u00a0<a title=\"Maine\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maine\">Maine<\/a>, Senate Majority Leader (Lebanese mother)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohamed_Abdullahi_Mohamed\">Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed<\/a>, former Prime Minister of Somalia (Somali descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ralph Nader\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ralph_Nader\">Ralph Nader<\/a>, politician and consumer advocate, author, lecturer, and attorney, candidate for US Presidency<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jimmy Naifeh\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmy_Naifeh\">Jimmy Naifeh<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Speaker (politics)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Speaker_(politics)\">Speaker<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0<a title=\"Tennessee House of Representatives\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tennessee_House_of_Representatives\">Tennessee House of Representatives<\/a>\u00a0(D) (Lebanese ancestry)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mary Rose Oakar\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Rose_Oakar\">Mary Rose Oakar<\/a>, U.S. Congresswoman (D-Ohio) (1977\u20131993)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Abdisalam Omer\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abdisalam_Omer\">Abdisalam Omer<\/a>, Foreign Minister of Somalia (Somali descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ilhan Omar\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ilhan_Omar\">Ilhan Omar<\/a>, politician, DFL Party member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (Somali\/Yemeni)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jeanine Pirro\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeanine_Pirro\">Jeanine Pirro<\/a>, former Westchester County District Attorney and\u00a0<a title=\"New York (state)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_(state)\">New York<\/a>\u00a0Republican attorney general candidate (Lebanese parents)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Dina Powell\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dina_Powell\">Dina Powell<\/a>, current U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy (Egyptian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Nick Rahall\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nick_Rahall\">Nick Rahall<\/a>, U.S. Congressman (D-West Virginia) (1977\u20132015) (Lebanese ancestry)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Selwa Roosevelt\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Selwa_Roosevelt\">Selwa Roosevelt<\/a>\u00a0(Lebanese), former\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Chief of Protocol of the United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chief_of_Protocol_of_the_United_States\">Chief of Protocol of the United States<\/a>\u00a0and wife of the late\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt, Jr.\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archibald_Bulloch_Roosevelt,_Jr.\">Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt, Jr.<\/a>, grandson of President\u00a0<a title=\"Theodore Roosevelt\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theodore_Roosevelt\">Theodore Roosevelt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Zainab Salbi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zainab_Salbi\">Zainab Salbi<\/a>, co-founder and president of\u00a0<a title=\"Women for Women International\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women_for_Women_International\">Women for Women International<\/a>\u00a0(Iraqi)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Donna Shalala\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donna_Shalala\">Donna Shalala<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services\">U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services<\/a>\u00a0(1993\u20132001) (Lebanese parents)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Chris Sununu\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Sununu\">Chris Sununu<\/a>, Governor of\u00a0<a title=\"New Hampshire\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Hampshire\">New Hampshire<\/a>\u00a0(R) (2017\u2013), son of Governor John H. Sununu<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"John E. Sununu\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_E._Sununu\">John E. Sununu<\/a>, U.S. Senator (R-New Hampshire) (2003\u20132009) (father is of Lebanese and Palestinian ancestry)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"John H. Sununu\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_H._Sununu\">John H. Sununu<\/a>, Governor of\u00a0<a title=\"New Hampshire\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Hampshire\">New Hampshire<\/a>\u00a0(R) (1983\u20131989) and\u00a0<a title=\"White House Chief of Staff\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House_Chief_of_Staff\">Chief of Staff<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"George H.W. Bush\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_H.W._Bush\">George H.W. Bush<\/a>\u00a0(Lebanese and Palestinian ancestry)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"James Zogby\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Zogby\">James Zogby<\/a>\u00a0(Lebanese), founder and president of the\u00a0<a title=\"Arab American Institute\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab_American_Institute\">Arab American Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Hady Amr\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hady_Amr\">Hady Amr<\/a>\u00a0diplomat, founding director of Brookings Doha Center (Lebanese father)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Sports\" class=\"mw-headline\">Sports<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span><a title=\"Edit section: Sports\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=List_of_Arab_Americans&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18\">edit<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Justin Abdelkader\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Justin_Abdelkader\">Justin Abdelkader<\/a>, ice hockey forward playing in NHL<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Alaa Abdelnaby\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alaa_Abdelnaby\">Alaa Abdelnaby<\/a>, played for Duke and five years in the NBA (Egyptian descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Oday Aboushi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oday_Aboushi\">Oday Aboushi<\/a>, NFL player (Palestinian descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Dina Al-Sabah\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dina_Al-Sabah\">Dina Al-Sabah<\/a>, professional figure competitor (Kuwaiti descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sarah Attar\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sarah_Attar\">Sarah Attar<\/a>\u00a0track and field athlete (Saudi Arabian father)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rocco Baldelli\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rocco_Baldelli\">Rocco Baldelli<\/a>\u00a0professional baseball player (Syrian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Doug Flutie\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doug_Flutie\">Doug Flutie<\/a>, NFL player (Lebanese father)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Bill George (American football player)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_George_(American_football_player)\">Bill George<\/a>, NFL player and Hall of Famer<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jeff George\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeff_George\">Jeff George<\/a>, NFL quarterback (Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Isra Girgrah\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Isra_Girgrah\">Isra Girgrah<\/a>, boxer<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Drew Haddad\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drew_Haddad\">Drew Haddad<\/a>, NFL player (Jordanian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Gibran Hamdan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gibran_Hamdan\">Gibran Hamdan<\/a>, NFL QB (Palestinian and\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Pakistani people\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistani_people\">Pakistani<\/a>\u00a0descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jim Harrick\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jim_Harrick\">Jim Harrick<\/a>, UCLA coach<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Omar Hassan (skateboarder)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Omar_Hassan_(skateboarder)\">Omar Hassan<\/a>, pro skateboarder<sup id=\"cite_ref-43\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-43\">[43]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"John Jaha\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Jaha\">John Jaha<\/a>, baseball player, of the MLB<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Ahmed Kaddour\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ahmed_Kaddour\">Ahmed Kaddour<\/a>\u00a0professional boxer, from NBC show\u00a0<i><a title=\"The Contender (TV series)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Contender_(TV_series)\">The Contender<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sam Khalifa\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sam_Khalifa\">Sam Khalifa<\/a>, MLB baseball player<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Hocine Khalfi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hocine_Khalfi\">Hocine Khalfi<\/a>, professional boxer, Algerian-American<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Khalid Khannouchi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khalid_Khannouchi\">Khalid Khannouchi<\/a>, athlete marathon runner (Moroccan)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Amir Khillah\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amir_Khillah\">Amir Khillah<\/a>, mixed martial artist and\u00a0<i>The Ultimate Fighter<\/i>\u00a0contestant (Egyptian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rich Kotite\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rich_Kotite\">Rich Kotite<\/a>, retired NFL tight end; NFL Head coach for the\u00a0<a title=\"Philadelphia Eagles\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philadelphia_Eagles\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"New York Jets\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Jets\">New York Jets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Joe Lahoud\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Lahoud\">Joe Lahoud<\/a>, MLB player for Boston an California (Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Gavin Maloof\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gavin_Maloof\">Gavin Maloof<\/a>, businessman and owner of the Sacramento Kings<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"George Maloof, Sr.\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Maloof,_Sr.\">George Maloof, Sr.<\/a>\u00a0businessman and former owner of the NBA&#8217;s Houston Rockets<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Justin Meram\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Justin_Meram\">Justin Meram<\/a>, MLS player for\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Columbus Crew\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Columbus_Crew\">Columbus Crew<\/a>\u00a0(Iraqi sescent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Faryd Mondrag\u00f3n\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Faryd_Mondrag%C3%B3n\">Faryd Mondrag\u00f3n<\/a>, MLS player for\u00a0<a title=\"Philadelphia Union\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philadelphia_Union\">Philadelphia Union<\/a>\u00a0(Lebanese parents)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Carl Nassib\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carl_Nassib\">Carl Nassib<\/a>, defensive end for the\u00a0<a title=\"Cleveland Browns\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cleveland_Browns\">Cleveland Browns<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ryan Nassib\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ryan_Nassib\">Ryan Nassib<\/a>, backup quarterback for the\u00a0<a title=\"New York Giants\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Giants\">New York Giants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ramsey Nijem\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ramsey_Nijem\">Ramsey Nijem<\/a>\u00a0(Palestinian), mixed martial artist and UFC fighter<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bobby Rahal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bobby_Rahal\">Bobby Rahal<\/a>\u00a0(Lebanese ancestry)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Joe Robbie\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Robbie\">Joe Robbie<\/a>, former owner and founder of the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"NFL\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NFL\">NFL&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Miami Dolphins\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miami_Dolphins\">Miami Dolphins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Brandon Saad\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brandon_Saad\">Brandon Saad<\/a>, NHL player (Syrian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Soony Saad\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soony_Saad\">Soony Saad<\/a>, MLS player (Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sabu (wrestler)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sabu_(wrestler)\">Sabu<\/a>\u00a0ECW wrestler (Lebanese mother)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Robert Saleh\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Saleh\">Robert Saleh<\/a>, defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Tarick Salmaci\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tarick_Salmaci\">Tarick Salmaci<\/a>, professional boxer (Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Damien Sandow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Damien_Sandow\">Damien Sandow<\/a>, WWE wrestler (Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rony Seikaly\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rony_Seikaly\">Rony Seikaly<\/a>\u00a0former NBA player, now DJ (Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Adam Shaheen (American football)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adam_Shaheen_(American_football)\">Adam Shaheen<\/a>, tight end from Ashland<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Omar Sheika\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Omar_Sheika\">Omar Sheika<\/a>\u00a0(Palestinian), professional boxer, four-time world title challenger<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Kelly Slater\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kelly_Slater\">Kelly Slater<\/a>, professional surfer (Syrian descent)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Others\" class=\"mw-headline\">Others<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span><a title=\"Edit section: Others\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=List_of_Arab_Americans&amp;action=edit&amp;section=19\">edit<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Naser Jason Abdo\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Naser_Jason_Abdo\">Naser Jason Abdo<\/a>, former soldier convicted of planning an attack near\u00a0<a title=\"Fort Hood\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fort_Hood\">Fort Hood<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sami Al-Arian\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sami_Al-Arian\">Sami Al-Arian<\/a>, professor guilty of conspiracy to contribute services to or for the benefit of a Specially Designated Terrorist organization (Palestinian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Anwar al-Awlaki\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anwar_al-Awlaki\">Anwar al-Awlaki<\/a>, believed by US officials to be a recruiter involved in planning terrorist operations for the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda (Yemeni)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Nihad Awad\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nihad_Awad\">Nihad Awad<\/a>, founding Executive Director of largest Muslim civil rights organization in the U.S., Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) (Palestinian)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rosemary Barkett\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rosemary_Barkett\">Rosemary Barkett<\/a>, federal judge and first woman Justice and Chief Justice on the Florida Supreme Court (Syrian)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"2002 Tampa plane crash\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2002_Tampa_plane_crash\">Charles Bishop<\/a>, suicide by plane crash in Tampa, Florida; grandson of Syrian immigrant<sup id=\"cite_ref-44\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-44\">[44]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-45\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-45\">[45]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Nidal Malik Hasan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nidal_Malik_Hasan\">Nidal Malik Hasan<\/a>, former soldier convicted of the\u00a0<a title=\"2009 Fort Hood shooting\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2009_Fort_Hood_shooting\">2009 Fort Hood shooting<\/a>\u00a0(Palestinian descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Hussein Ibish\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hussein_Ibish\">Hussein Ibish<\/a>, writer, journalist, advocate for Arab causes in the United States (Lebanese)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Ali Hassan Abu Kama\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ali_Hassan_Abu_Kama\">Ali Hassan Abu Kama<\/a>, gunman in\u00a0<a title=\"1997 Empire State Building shooting\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1997_Empire_State_Building_shooting\">1997 Empire State Building shooting<\/a>\u00a0(Palestinian)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Candice Lightner\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Candice_Lightner\">Candice Lightner<\/a>, founder of\u00a0<a title=\"Mothers Against Drunk Driving\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mothers_Against_Drunk_Driving\">MADD<\/a>\u00a0(Lebanese mother)<sup id=\"cite_ref-46\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-46\">[46]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Edward L. Masry\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_L._Masry\">Edward L. Masry<\/a>, lawyer (Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rasmea Odeh\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rasmea_Odeh\">Rasmea Odeh<\/a>, convicted of\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Immigration fraud\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Immigration_fraud\">immigration fraud<\/a>, for concealing her arrest, conviction, and imprisonment for fatal terrorist bombing (Palestinian)<sup id=\"cite_ref-fatal_47-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-fatal-47\">[47]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-reut_48-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Arab_Americans#cite_note-reut-48\">[48]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Walid Rabah\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walid_Rabah\">Walid Rabah<\/a>, publisher<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Raphael of Brooklyn\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raphael_of_Brooklyn\">Saint Raphael of Brooklyn<\/a>, first Orthodox bishop to be consecrated in North America; born Raphael Hawaweeny in Beirut of Damascene Syrian parents<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Karim Rashid\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karim_Rashid\">Karim Rashid<\/a>\u00a0(Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Zainab Salbi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zainab_Salbi\">Zainab Salbi<\/a>, co-founder and president of\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women_for_Women_International\">Women for Women International<\/a>\u00a0(Iraqi)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sirhan Sirhan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sirhan_Sirhan\">Sirhan Sirhan<\/a>, convicted murderer of\u00a0<a title=\"Robert F. Kennedy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_F._Kennedy\">Robert F. Kennedy<\/a>\u00a0(Palestinian with Jordanian citizenship)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Nadya Suleman\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nadya_Suleman\">Nadya Suleman<\/a>, &#8220;<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Octomom\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Octomom\">Octomom<\/a>&#8220;, father is Iraqi<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"James Zogby\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Zogby\">James Zogby<\/a>, Arab-American civil rights activist (<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Arab-American Institute\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab-American_Institute\">Arab-American Institute<\/a>); brother of John (Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"John Zogby\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Zogby\">John Zogby<\/a>, pollster for\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Zogby International\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zogby_International\">Zogby International<\/a>\u00a0(Lebanese descent)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Point of View Poem Science[edit] Elias J. Corey, organic chemistry professor at Harvard University, winner of the 1990\u00a0Nobel Prize in Chemistry[1]\u00a0(Lebanese parents) Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American scientist, known as the &#8220;father of\u00a0femtochemistry&#8220;, winner of the 1999\u00a0Nobel Prize in Chemistry Michael E. DeBakey, pioneering Lebanese-American cardiovascular surgeon and researcher,[2]\u00a01963\u00a0Lasker Award\u00a0laureate Omar M. Yaghi, Jordanian-American\u00a0reticular chemistry\u00a0pioneer; winner of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1837,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/studyskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/studyskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/studyskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/studyskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1837"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/studyskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/studyskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/studyskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/studyskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/studyskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}