List of Druze
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The list of Druze includes prominent Druze figures who are notable in their areas of expertise.
Literature
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- Naim Araidi – Israeli writer and poet in Hebrew and Arabic, Israeli Ambassador to Norway.[1]
- Emin Arslan – born in current-day Lebanon (Ottoman Syria), diplomat, writer, and editor
- Suliman Bashear – Israeli scholar, writer, and professor
- Sami Makarem – Lebanese-American writer, painter, and scholar
- Reda Mansour – Israeli Hebrew poet and writer and former Israeli ambassador to Ecuador, Brazil, and Panama.
- Salman Masalha – Israeli poet, essayist, translator, and researcher
- Salman Natour – Israeli writer, journalist, and playwright.[2]
- Samih al-Qasim – Israeli poet.[3]
- Rami Zeedan – Israeli political scientist, historian, professor, and author.[4]
Media
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- Raghida Dergham – Lebanese-American journalist.[5]
- Mona Abou Hamza – Lebanese TV presenter
- Casey Kasem – American TV and radio presenter (notably American Top 40) and actor, of Lebanese descent.[6]
- Gadeer Mreeh – Israeli journalist and politician, member of the Israeli Knesset, anchor of Hebrew-language news program on Israeli television.[7]
- Nahida Nakad – Lebanese-Italian senior correspondent, TV executive, and author; former Editorial Director of FRANCE 24 TV station and Monte Carlo Doualiya Arabic language radio
- Faisal al-Qassem – Syrian television talkshow host of The Opposite Direction on Al Jazeera, based in Qatar
Military
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- Alim Abdallah – Israeli deputy commander of the IDF 300th Brigade of the 91st Division, lieutenant colonel.
- Ghassan Alian – Israeli commander of the IDF Golani Brigade, head of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories.[8]
- Tarif Bader – Israeli doctor and IDF Brigadier General, Director of Kaplan Medical Center, Clinical Associate Professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- Imad Fares – Israeli Brigadier General, commander of the IDF Givati Brigade, commander of 91st Division
- Salman Habaka – Israeli commander of the IDF 188th Armored Brigade's 53rd Battalion killed in action during the Israel–Hamas war
- Salim Hatoum – Syrian Major. Led overthrow of the government of Amin al-Hafez in 1966.
- Yousef Mishleb – Israeli general; commander of the IDF Etzion Regional Brigade, commander of the Edom Division, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, and commander of the Home Front Command.[9]
- Nada Nadim Prouty – Lebanese intelligence professional who worked with the FBI and CIA in counter-terrorism
- Salman Zarka – Israeli physician and current Director of Ziv Medical Center in Safed; Israel Defense Forces Colonel, senior lecturer at the Haifa University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Entertainment
[edit]- Farid al-Atrash – Syrian male singer, composer, and actor.[10]
- Asmahan (Amaal al-Atrash) – Syrian female singer and actress.[11]
- Ramy Ayach – Lebanese singer
- Fahd Ballan – Syrian male singer.[12]
Politics
[edit]Canada
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- Ziad Aboultaif – Canadian MP for Edmonton Manning.[13]
- Labib Hussein Abu Rokan – Israeli MP and religious judge.[15]
- Abdullah Abu Ma'aruf – Israeli MP and physician.[16]
- Hamad Amar – Israeli MP.[17]
- Naim Araidi – Israeli writer and poet in Hebrew and Arabic, Israeli Ambassador to Norway.[1]
- Assad Assad – Israeli MP, army colonel, and diplomat
- Jabar Asakla – Israeli member of the Knesset, now secretary of the Hadash Party
- Zeidan Atashi – Israeli MP and diplomat
- Amal Nasser el-Din – Israeli MP and author, awarded the Israel Prize, the Prime Minister's Prize for the Commemoration of Fallen Soldiers, and the Yakir Haifa Award
- Salah-Hassan Hanifes – Israeli MP
- Akram Hasson – Israeli member of the Knesset, Kadima's leader, marking the first time a Druze had led a Jewish party.
- Ayoob Kara – Israeli MP, deputy speaker, Israeli Minister of Communications, Israeli Deputy Minister for Development.
- Reda Mansour – Israeli poet, historian, diplomat, Israeli Ambassador to Ecuador, Brazil, and Panama
- Jabr Moade – Israeli MP and deputy minister
- Gadeer Mreeh — Israeli journalist and member of the Knesset; anchor of a Hebrew-language news program on Israeli television.[7]
- Fateen Mulla – Israeli member of the Knesset, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office.
- Mohamed Nafa – Israeli MP
- Said Nafa – Israeli MP and lawyer
- Shachiv Shnaan – Israeli member of parliament
- Salah Tarif – Israeli government minister, MP, and army captain[18]
- Majalli Wahabi – Israeli member of the Knesset; briefly President of Israel, IDF lieutenant-colonel,.[19]
Jordan
[edit]- Ayman Safadi – Deputy Prime Minister and Jordan's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Lebanon
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- Emin Arslan – born in current-day Lebanon (Ottoman Syria), diplomat, writer, and editor
- 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
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- Sultan Pasha al-Atrash – Syrian Leader and Commander of the Syrian Revolt of 1925.[20]
- Mansur al-Atrash – Syrian politician, Interim head of state, journalist, founding member of the Ba'ath Party.[21][22]
- Shibli al-Aysami – former Syrian Vice president and Gen Sec of the Ba'ath 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.[23]
Venezuela
[edit]- Tarek El Aissami – Venezuelan interior and justice minister.[24]
Religion
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- 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
Sports
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- Zidan Amar – Israeli footballer.[25]
- Weaam Amasha – Israeli footballer playing for F.C. Tira and the Israeli national junior team
- Ahad Azam – Israeli footballer playing for Bnei Eilat and the Israeli national junior team
- Amir Nasar A Din – Israeli footballer
- Sari Falah – Israeli footballer playing for Bnei Sakhnin, the Israeli national junior team, and bronze medalist in the 2009 Maccabiah Games
- Amir Halaby – Israeli footballer.[26]
- Shareef Keouf – Israeli footballer playing for Maccabi Haifa and the Israeli national junior team
- Mahran Lala – Israeli footballer playing for Hapoel Tel Aviv.[27]
- Nazar Mahmud – Israeli figure skater
- Raja Rafe – Syrian footballer
- Kenny Hasan Sayef – American-Israeli footballer playing for Maccabi Haifa and the Israeli national team.[28]
- Saleh Shahin (born 1982) – Israeli Paralympic medalist rower
Visual arts
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- Farid Mansour – Lebanese sculptor and painter
- Nabil Kanso – Lebanese-American painter
- Michael Netzer (Nassar) – American-Israeli graphical artist
Others
[edit]- Nadia Aboulhosn – Lebanese-American plus-size model and blogger
- Azzam Azzam – Israeli textile worker, former Israeli prisoner in Egypt.
- Tarif Bader – doctor and IDF Brigadier General, Director of Kaplan Medical Center
- Amal Clooney – Lebanese-British lawyer, married to George Clooney
- Angelina Fares – Israeli beauty pageant contestant. She was a finalist in Miss Israel 2007.[29]
- Tiran Fero – Israeli teenager removed from life support and held hostage by members of the Jenin Brigades armed group
- Majdi Halabi – disappeared and discovered Israeli soldier
- Samir Kuntar – Lebanese Hezbollah militant.[30]
See also
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[edit]- ^ a b Itamar Eichner (2012-04-22). "Druze professor appointed ambassador to New Zealand". Ynetnews. ynet. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
- ^ Granta contributors: Salman Natour. Accessed 15 February 2016
- ^ 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
- ^ "Rami Zeedan: Finding his place in Israel and in Lawrence - Kansas City Jewish Chronicle". www.kcjc.com. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Chernick, Ilanit (2 April 2019). "Gadeer Mreeh set to break the glass ceiling for Druze women in politics". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ Jones, Ryan (20 July 2014). "IDF Brigade Commander Wounded Leading Troops into Battle". Israel Today. Archived from the original on 23 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "IDF General: Make Neve Dekalim an Arab Tourist Resort". Arutz Sheva. 18 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ^ 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 (1998), Images of Enchantment: Visual and Performing Arts of the Middle East, American University in Cairo Press, p. 81, ISBN 977-424-467-2
- ^ Zuhur, Sherifa (2001). Colors of enchantment: theater, dance, music and the visual arts of the Middle East. American University in Cairo Press. p. 296. ISBN 978-977-424-607-4.
- ^ "The CDS Fundraiser is this Saturday and we added another Special Guest! – Canadian Druze Society".
- ^ QED
- ^ Laviv-Hussein Abu-Rochan: Public Activities Knesset website
- ^ Meet Israel's new lawmakers Ynetnews, 20 March 2015
- ^ Hamad Amar Knesset website
- ^ Ministers of the Minorities Knesset website
- ^ Livni returns to politics with The Tzipi Livni Party Archived 2012-11-27 at the Wayback Machine Jerusalem Post, 27 November 2012
- ^ Provence, Michael (2005). The Great Syrian Revolt and the Rise of Arab Nationalism. University of Texas Press. p. 3. ISBN 0-292-70680-4.
- ^ Moubayed, Sami M. (2006). Steel & Silk: Men and Women who shaped Syria 1900–2000. Cune Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-885942-41-8.
- ^ Batatu, Hanna (2012). Syria's Peasantry, the Descendants of Its Lesser Rural Notables, and Their Politics. Princeton University Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-691-00254-5.
- ^ Gambill, Gary C. (2013), Syrian Druze: Toward Defiant Neutrality, Middle East Forum, retrieved 9 July 2013
- ^ Mary Anastasia O'Grady, "The Iran-Cuba-Venezuela Nexus: The West underestimates the growing threat from radical Islam in the Americas", The Wall Street Journal, November 23, 2014.
- ^ Zidan Yusef Amar from Julis – I Aspire to play for Arsenal in England Archived July 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Saleh Deksa, 24 April 2009, hona.co.il (in Hebrew)
- ^ "Amir Halaby". footballdatabase.eu.
- ^ Chait, Sakhnovsky thrill at Nationals | Jerusalem Post
- ^ "Five Things to Know About U.S. MNT Midfielder Kenny Saief". www.ussoccer.com. 10 May 2016.
- ^ Nathan Burstein, Sister of Druze Miss Israel Contestant is Murdered, Forward.com, 3 August 2011 [1]
- ^ Smith, Craig S. (July 15, 2008). "For Lebanese, killer is a hero". The New York Times. Retrieved August 21, 2013.