List of Druze
The list of Druze includes prominent Druze figures who are notable in their areas of expertise.
Literature
- Naim Araidi - Israeli writer and poet in Hebrew and Arabic.[1]
- Reda Mansour - Israeli Hebrew poet and writer and former ambassador in Ecuador
- Salman Masalha - Israeli poet, essayist and researcher
- Samih al-Qasim - Palestinian-Israeli poet.[2]
- Sami Makarem - Lebanese-American writer and painter
- Raymond H Hamden (Aboul-Hosn) - Lebanese-American author in Clinical & Forensic Psychology <Balanced-4-Life: Before BurnOut. WestBow Press 2016 August> <Psychology of Terrorists: Profiling and CounterAction. Taylor & Francis Publishers, CRC Press, 2018 November>
Media
- Mona Abou Hamza - Lebanese TV presenter
- Raghida Dergham - Lebanese American journalist.[3]
- Ziad Hamzeh - Syrian-American filmmaker
- Casey Kasem - American TV & radio presenter, of Lebanese descent.[4]
- Nahida Nakad - Lebanese French senior correspondent and TV executive
- Faisal al-Qassem - Syrian television talkshow host
- Asmahan (Amaal al-Atrash) - Syrian Lebanese Egyptian female singer, and actress.[5]
- Mais Harb Syrian female singer
- Farid al-Atrash - Syrian Lebanese Egyptian male singer, composer, and actor.[6]
- Ramy Ayach - Lebanese singer
- Fahd Ballan - Syrian male singer.[7]
- Talal Jurdi - Lebanese actor
- Badih Abou Chakra - Lebanese actor, and singer
- Junaid Zeineddine - Lebanese comedian
- Tarek Al Atrash - Syrian singer
- Eddie Joseph (Aboul-Hosn) - Lebanese-American ABC TV Editor and recipient of 3 Emma Awards
Politics
Canada
- Ziad Aboultaif - Canadian MP for Edmonton Manning.[8]
Israel
- Labib Hussein Abu Rokan - Israeli MP and religious judge.[9]
- Abdullah Abu Ma'aruf - Israeli MP and physician.[10]
- Hamad Amar - Israeli MP.[11]
- Assad Assad - Israeli MP, army colonel, and diplomat
- Zeidan Atashi - Israeli MP and diplomat
- Amal Nasser el-Din - Israeli MP and author
- Salah-Hassan Hanifes - Israeli MP
- Ayoob Kara - Israeli MP, deputy speaker, and deputy minister
- Jabr Moade - Israeli MP and deputy minister
- Gadeer Mreeh - Israeli MP and former television anchor
- Mohamed Nafa - Israeli MP
- Said Nafa - Israeli MP and lawyer
- Shachiv Shnaan - Israeli member of parliament
- Salah Tarif - Israeli minister, MP, and army captain
- Majalli Wahabi - Israeli MP, IDF lieutenant-colonel, and acting president
Lebanon
- Akram Chehayeb - Lebanese Minister and MP
- Ghazi Aridi - Lebanese minister and MP
- Majid Arslan - Lebanese Defense Minister for over 40 years
- Shakib Arslan - Lebanese politician, writer, poet and historian
- Talal Arslan - Lebanese minister and MP
- Fakhr-al-Din II - Ruler (emir) of Lebanon from 1590 to 1633; united Lebanon and parts of Syria and Palestine under his rule
- Kamal Jumblatt - Lebanese MP, minister, writer, author, and poet
- Walid Jumblatt - Lebanese minister and leader of the Progressive Socialist Party
- Marwan Hamadeh - Lebanese minister and MP
- Marwan Kheireddin - Lebanese minister
- Faisal Al Sayegh - Lebanese MP
- Wiam Wahhab - Lebanese Politician
Syria
- Sultan Pasha al-Atrash - Syrian Leader & Commander of the Syrian Revolt.[12]
- Mansur al-Atrash - Syrian politician, Interim head of state.[13][14]
- Shibli al-Aysami - former Syrian Vice president and Gen Sec of the Ba'th Arab Socialist Party
- Issam Zahreddine - Major General of the Syrian Republican Guard who has played a major role in the Syrian Civil War, leading Syrian Government forces on several fronts.[15]
Venezuela
- Tarek El Aissami - Venezuelan interior and justice minister.[16]
Religion
- Suliman Bashear - Palestinian-Israeli scholar of Islam
- Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah - central religious figure of the faith and sixth Imam-Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate
- Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad - founding religious leader
- Amin Tarif (1898–1993) - Israeli religious leader
- Mowafak Tarif - Israeli religious leader
- Abu Mohammad Jawad Walieddine (1916–2012) - Head of Authority of Senior Sheikhs
Security
- Imad Fares - Israeli Brigadier General
- Salim Hatoum - Syrian Major. Led overthrow of the government of Amin al-Hafez in 1966.[17] while historian Patrick Seale describes them "poor."[18]
- Yousef Mishleb - Israeli general
- Nada Nadim Prouty - Syrian security agent
- Ghassan Alian - Commander of Golani brigade in IDF
Sports
- Zidan Amar - Israeli footballer.[19]
- Ahad Azam - Israeli footballer
- Wiyam Amashe - Israeli footballer
- Amir Nasar A Din - Israeli footballer
- Sari Falah - Israeli footballer
- Amir Halaby - Israeli footballer.[20]
- Mahran Lala - Israeli footballer
- Nazar Mahmud - Israeli figure skater
- Raja Rafe - Syrian footballer
- Kenny Hasan Sayef - American-Israeli footballer.[21]
Visual arts
- Farid Mansour (artist) - Lebanese Painter, and Sculptor
- Nabil Kanso - Lebanese-American painter
- Michael Netzer (Nassar) - American-Israeli graphical artist
Others
- Azzam Azzam - Israeli textile worker, former Israeli prisoner in Egypt
- Angelina Fares - Israeli beauty pageant.[22]
- Samir Kuntar - Lebanese militant.[23]
- Majdi Halabi - disappeared and discovered Israeli soldier
- Ali Abul-Fadl - Syrian American Professor of Electrical Engineering
- Amal Clooney - Lebanese-British lawyer, married to George Clooney
- Khaled Camil Abou Chakra - Lebanese Architect, LEED Green Associate / Researcher in Construction & Architectural Sciences
- Nadia Aboulhosn - Lebanese-American plus-size model and blogger
- Emin Arslan - Born in current-day Lebanon (Ottoman Syria), diplomat, writer and editor
See also
References
- ^ Itamar Eichner (2012-04-22). "Druze professor appointed ambassador to New Zealand". ynet. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
- ^ A Bilingual Anthology of Arabic Poetry - Victims of A Map by Samih al-Qasim, Adonis, and Mahmoud Darwish. Al-Saqi Books 26 Westbourne Grove, London W2 1984
- ^ Makarem, Julia. "Druze Women". AmericanDruzeHeritage.com. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
- ^ "Casey Kasem: Our Arab American Star". Washington Watch. The Arab American Institute. April 18, 1996. Archived from the original (archived September 26, 2005) on September 26, 2005.
- ^ Zuhur 1998, p. 81
- ^ Provence, Michael (2005). The great Syrian revolt and the rise of Arab nationalism (illustrated ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-292-70680-4.
- ^ Zuhur, Sherifa (2001). Colors of enchantment: theater, dance, music and the visual arts of the Middle East. American University in Cairo Press. p. 296. ISBN 978-977-424-607-4.
- ^ http://druze.net/2016/02/19/the-cds-fundraiser-is-this-saturday-and-we-added-another-special-guest/
- ^ Laviv-Hussein Abu-Rochan: Public Activities Knesset website
- ^ Meet Israel's new lawmakers Ynetnews, 20 March 2015
- ^ Hamad Amar Knesset website
- ^ Provence, Michael (2005). The Great Syrian Revolt and the Rise of Arab Nationalism. University of Texas Press. p. 3. ISBN 0-292-70680-4.
- ^ Moubayed 2006, p. 178.
- ^ Batatu 2012, p. 28.
- ^ Gambill, Gary C. (2013), Syrian Druze: Toward Defiant Neutrality, Middle East Forum, retrieved 9 July 2013
- ^ Mary Anastasia O'Grady, "The Iran-Cuba-Venezuela Nexus: The West underestimates the growing threat from radical Islam in the Americas", The Wall Street Journal, November 23, 2014.
- ^ Batatu, pp. 148-149.
- ^ Seale, p. 109.
- ^ Zidan Yusef Amar from Julis - I Aspire to play for Arsenal in England Archived July 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Saleh Deksa, 24 April 2009, hona.co.il (in Hebrew)
- ^ "Amir Halaby". footballdatabase.eu.
- ^ "Five Things to Know About U.S. MNT Midfielder Kenny Saief". www.ussoccer.com.
- ^ Nathan Burstein, Sister of Druze Miss Israel Contestant is Murdered, Forward.com, 3 August 2011 [1]
- ^ Smith, Craig S. (July 15, 2008). "For Lebanese, killer is a hero". The New York Times. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
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