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List of Druze

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List of Druze

The list of Druze includes prominent Druze figures who are notable in their areas of expertise.

Contents

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
  • 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

    • Canada

  • Ziad Aboultaif - Canadian MP for Edmonton Manning

    • 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
  • 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.

    • 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

    List of Druze Wikipedia
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