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.[1]
- Reda Mansour – Israeli Hebrew poet and writer and former ambassador in Ecuador
- Rami Zeedan- Israeli Druze political scientist, historian, and author.[2]
- Salman Masalha – Israeli poet, essayist and researcher
- Samih al-Qasim – Palestinian-Israeli poet.[3]
- Sami Makarem – Lebanese-American writer and painter
Media
- Mona Abou Hamza – Lebanese TV presenter
- Raghida Dergham – Lebanese American journalist.[4]
- Casey Kasem – American TV & radio presenter, of Lebanese descent.[5]
- Nahida Nakad – Lebanese French senior correspondent and TV executive
- Faisal al-Qassem – Syrian television talkshow host
- Asmahan (Amaal al-Atrash) – Syrian female singer, and actress.[6]
- Farid al-Atrash – Syrian male singer, composer, and actor.[7]
- Ramy Ayach – Lebanese singer
- Fahd Ballan – Syrian male singer.[8]
Politics
Canada
- Ziad Aboultaif – Canadian MP for Edmonton Manning.[9]
Israel[10]
- Labib Hussein Abu Rokan – Israeli MP and religious judge.[11]
- Abdullah Abu Ma'aruf – Israeli MP and physician.[12]
- Hamad Amar – Israeli MP.[13]
- Assad Assad – Israeli MP, army colonel, and diplomat
- Zeidan Atashi – Israeli MP and diplomat
- Amal Nasser el-Din – Israeli MP and author
- Salah-Hassan Hanifes – Israeli MP
- Ayoob Kara – Israeli MP, deputy speaker, and deputy minister
- Jabr Moade – Israeli MP and deputy minister
- Gadeer Mreeh – Israeli MP and former television anchor
- Mohamed Nafa – Israeli MP
- Said Nafa – Israeli MP and lawyer
- Shachiv Shnaan – Israeli member of parliament
- Salah Tarif – Israeli minister, MP, and army captain
- Majalli Wahabi – Israeli MP, IDF lieutenant-colonel, and acting president
Lebanon
- Akram Chehayeb – Lebanese Minister and MP
- Ghazi Aridi – Lebanese minister and MP
- Majid Arslan – Lebanese Defense Minister for over 40 years
- Shakib Arslan – Lebanese politician, writer, poet and historian
- Talal Arslan – Lebanese minister and MP
- Fakhr-al-Din II – Ruler (emir) of Lebanon from 1590 to 1633; united Lebanon and parts of Syria and Palestine under his rule
- Kamal Jumblatt – Lebanese MP, minister, writer, author, and poet
- Walid Jumblatt – Lebanese minister and leader of the Progressive Socialist Party
- Marwan Hamadeh – Lebanese minister and MP
- Marwan Kheireddin – Lebanese minister
- Faisal Al Sayegh – Lebanese MP
- Wiam Wahhab – Lebanese Politician
- Hadi Aboul-Hosn – Lebanese MP
Syria
- Sultan Pasha al-Atrash – Syrian Leader & Commander of the Syrian Revolt.[14]
- Mansur al-Atrash – Syrian politician, Interim head of state.[15][16]
- Shibli al-Aysami – former Syrian Vice president and Gen Sec of the Ba'th Arab Socialist Party
- Issam Zahreddine – Major General of the Syrian Republican Guard who has played a major role in the Syrian Civil War, leading Syrian Government forces on several fronts.[17]
Jordan
- Ayman Safadi – Deputy Prime Minister and Jordan's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Venezuela
- Tarek El Aissami – Venezuelan interior and justice minister.[18]
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 – Lebanese 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 – Lebanese sculptor and painter
- Nabil Kanso – Lebanese-American painter
- Michael Netzer (Nassar) – American-Israeli graphical artist
- Marwan Aridi – Lebanese-American calligrapher-artist
Others
- Nadia Aboulhosn – Lebanese-American plus-size model and blogger
- Emin Arslan – Born in current-day Lebanon (Ottoman Syria), diplomat, writer and editor
- Azzam Azzam – Israeli textile worker, former Israeli prisoner in Egypt.
- Khaled Camil Abou Chakra – Lebanese Architect, LEED Green Associate / Researcher in Construction & Architectural Sciences
- Amal Clooney – Lebanese-British lawyer, married to George Clooney
- Angelina Fares – Israeli beauty pageant.[22]
- Majdi Halabi – disappeared and discovered Israeli soldier
- Samir Kuntar – Lebanese militant.[23]
See also
References
- ↑ Itamar Eichner (2012-04-22). "Druze professor appointed ambassador to New Zealand". ynet. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
- ↑ "Rami Zeedan: Finding his place in Israel and in Lawrence - Kansas City Jewish Chronicle". www.kcjc.com. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
- ↑ A Bilingual Anthology of Arabic Poetry – Victims of A Map by Samih al-Qasim, Adonis, and Mahmoud Darwish. Al-Saqi Books 26 Westbourne Grove, London W2 1984
- ↑ Makarem, Julia. "Druze Women". AmericanDruzeHeritage.com. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
- ↑ "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, Sherifa (1998), Images of Enchantment: Visual and Performing Arts of the Middle East, American University in Cairo Press, p. 81, ISBN 977-424-467-2
- ↑ Provence, Michael (2005). The great Syrian revolt and the rise of Arab nationalism (illustrated ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-292-70680-4.
- ↑ Zuhur, Sherifa (2001). Colors of enchantment: theater, dance, music and the visual arts of the Middle East. American University in Cairo Press. p. 296. ISBN 978-977-424-607-4.
- ↑ "The CDS Fundraiser is this Saturday and we added another Special Guest! – Canadian Druze Society".
- ↑ QED
- ↑ Laviv-Hussein Abu-Rochan: Public Activities Knesset website
- ↑ Meet Israel's new lawmakers Ynetnews, 20 March 2015
- ↑ Hamad Amar Knesset website
- ↑ Provence, Michael (2005). The Great Syrian Revolt and the Rise of Arab Nationalism. University of Texas Press. p. 3. ISBN 0-292-70680-4.
- ↑ Moubayed, Sami M. (2006). Steel & Silk: Men and Women who shaped Syria 1900–2000. Cune Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-885942-41-8.
- ↑ Batatu, Hanna (2012). Syria's Peasantry, the Descendants of Its Lesser Rural Notables, and Their Politics. Princeton University Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-691-00254-5.
- ↑ Gambill, Gary C. (2013), Syrian Druze: Toward Defiant Neutrality, Middle East Forum, retrieved 9 July 2013
- ↑ Mary Anastasia O'Grady, "The Iran-Cuba-Venezuela Nexus: The West underestimates the growing threat from radical Islam in the Americas", The Wall Street Journal, November 23, 2014.
- ↑ Zidan Yusef Amar from Julis – I Aspire to play for Arsenal in England 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
- ↑ Smith, Craig S. (July 15, 2008). "For Lebanese, killer is a hero". The New York Times. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
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