List of Druze
Siblings Asmahan (top) and Farid al-Atrash were influential Syrian-Lebanese-Egyptian vocalists.
Sultan Pasha al-Atrash (1885–1982), commander of the Syrian Revolution of 1925-1927.
Ziad Aboultaif is the first Druze elected to public office outside of the Middle East
Nazar Mahmud is an Israeli figure skater
Nabil Kanso is a Lebanese-American painter
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
- 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
Media
- Mona Abou Hamza - Lebanese TV presenter
- Raghida Dergham - Lebanese American journalist[1]
- Ziad Hamzeh - Syrian-American filmmaker
- Casey Kasem - American TV & radio presenter, of Lebanese descent
- Nahida Nakad - Lebanese French senior correspondent and TV executive
- Faisal al-Qassem - Syrian television talkshow host
Performing arts
- Asmahan (Amaal al-Atrash) - Syrian Lebanese Egyptian female singer, and actress
- Farid al-Atrash - Syrian Lebanese Egyptian male singer, composer, and actor
- Ramy Ayach - Lebanese singer
- Fahd Ballan - Syrian male singer
Politics
Canada
- Ziad Aboultaif - Canadian MP for Edmonton Manning [2]
Israel
- Labib Hussein Abu Rokan - Israeli MP and religious judge
- Abdullah Abu Ma'aruf - Israeli MP and physician
- Hamad Amar - Israeli MP
- 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
- 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
- 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
Syria
- Sultan Pasha al-Atrash - Syrian Leader & Commander of the Syrian Revolt
- Mansur al-Atrash - Syrian politician, Interim head of state
- Shibli al-Aysami - former Syrian Vice president and Gen Sec of the Ba'th Arab Socialist Party
Venezuela
- Tarek El Aissami - Venezuelan interior and justice minister
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.
- Yousef Mishleb - Israeli general
- Nada Nadim Prouty - Syrian security agent
- Ghassan Alian - Commander of Golani brigade in IDF
Sports
- Zidan Amar - Israeli footballer
- Ahad Azam - Israeli footballer
- Wiyam Amashe - Israeli footballer
- Amir Nasar A Din - Israeli footballer
- Sari Falah - Israeli footballer
- Amir Halaby - Israeli footballer
- Mahran Lala - Israeli footballer
- Nazar Mahmud - Israeli figure skater
- Kenny Hasan Sayef - American-Israeli footballer
Visual arts
- 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
- Samir Kuntar - Lebanese militant
- Majdi Halabi - disappeared and discovered Israeli soldier
- Amal Clooney - Lebanese-British lawyer, married to George Clooney
- Nadia Aboulhosn - Lebanese-American plus-size model and blogger
References
- ↑ Makarem, Julia. "Druze Women". AmericanDruzeHeritage.com. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
- ↑ http://druze.net/2016/02/19/the-cds-fundraiser-is-this-saturday-and-we-added-another-special-guest/
See also
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