Arab diaspora

Arab Diaspora
العرب المغتربون
Total population
	According to the International Organization for Migration, there are 13 million Arab migrants, of whom 5.8 million reside in Arab countries.
Regions with significant populations
Brazil	12,000,000[1][2][lower-alpha 1]
France	4,189,000 (mostly from the Maghreb)[4]
Indonesia	15,000,000[5]
Turkey	5,000,000[6][7][8][9][10]
Argentina	4,500,000[11]
United States	3,700,000[12]
Venezuela	1,600,000[13]
Colombia	1,500,000[14]
Iran	1,500,000[15]
Mexico	1,500,000[16][17]
Italy	1,400,000[18]
Chad	1,473,000[19]
Spain	1,350,000[20][21]
Germany	1,155,390[22][23]
Chile	800,000[24][25][26][27]
Canada	750,925[28]
United Kingdom	500,000[29]
Australia	500,000[30]
Ecuador	250,000 [31]
Honduras	275,000 [32][33]
Japan	265,000[34]
Belgium	800,000 (600,000 from Morocco)
Sweden	425,000
Denmark	121,000
Netherlands	480,000–613,800[35]
Languages
	Arabic (mother tongue), French, Italian, Spanish, English, Portuguese, Hebrew, Japanese, German, Turkish and other languages among others
Religion
	Predominantly Christianity in the Americas, Islam in Europe, but also Druze and irreligion, among others
Related ethnic groups
	Lebanese diaspora; Iraqi diaspora; Egyptian diaspora; Yemeni diaspora; Palestinian diaspora; Syrian diaspora; Moroccan diaspora;

Arab diaspora refers to descendants of the Arab immigrants who, voluntarily or as refugees, emigrated from their native lands to non-Arab countries, primarily in South America, Europe, North America, and parts of South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, and West Africa.

According to the International Organization for Migration, there are 13 million,^[36] of which 5.8 million reside in Arab countries. Arab expatriates contribute to the circulation of financial and human capital in the region and thus significantly promote regional development. In 2009 Arab countries received a total of 35.1 billion USD in remittance in-flows and remittances sent to Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon from other Arab countries are 40 to 190 per cent higher than trade revenues between these and other Arab countries.^[37] Large numbers of Arabs migrated to West Africa, particularly Côte d'Ivoire,^[38] Senegal,^[39] Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Nigeria.^[40] Since the end of the civil war in 2002, Lebanese traders have become re-established in Sierra Leone.

Arab traders have long operated in Southeast Asia, trading in spices, timber and textiles. But an important trading minority in the region that goes largely unrecognised comprises the local descendants of Arabs. Most of the prominent Indonesians, Malaysians, and Singaporeans of Arab descent have their origins in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula, especially the coastal Hadhramaut region of Yemen. They are the Hadramis. As many as fifteen million Indonesians are mainly of Hadrami descent.^[41]^[42]

According to Saudi Aramco World, the largest concentration of Arabs outside the Arab World is in Brazil, which has 9 million Brazilians of Arab ancestry.^[43] Of these 9 million Arabs, 6 million are of Lebanese ancestry,^[44]^[45]^[46] making Brazil's population of Lebanese greater than that of Lebanon itself. About 3 million Brazilians of Arab descent are Syrians. Most others Brazilians of Arab descent are mainly from Palestine, Jordan, Egypt and Saudi-Arabia. Other large Arab communities includes Argentina, Venezuela,^[47] Colombia, Mexico and Chile. Palestinians cluster in Chile and Central America, particularly El Salvador, and Honduras.^[48] The Palestinian community in Chile^[49]^[50] is the fourth largest in the world after those in Israel, Lebanon, and Jordan. Arab Haitians (a large number of whom live in the capital) are more often than not, concentrated in financial areas where the majority of them establish businesses. In the United States, there are around 3.5 million people of Arab ancestry.^[51]

Distribution

Europe

Garden East exhibition of the Arab World Institute in Paris

Rachida Dati, Member of the European Parliament, Mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris and former Minister of Justice (Union for a Popular Movement)

There are millions of Arabs living in Europe, mostly concentrated in France (about 6,000,000 in 2005^[4]) most Arabs in France from Maghreb but also some from Mashreq areas of the Arab world) in France forms the second largest ethnic group after French people of French origin. There are no official figures concerning the demographics of French people of Arab descent because ethnic statistics are forbidden in France.

Italy are mostly expatriates from Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Syria, Libya, Palestine, and Iraq; and also small groups from Jordan, Algeria and Sudan. Spain (about 1,800,000^[52]^[53]^[20]^[21]), there have been Arabs in Spain since the early 8th century when the Umayyad conquest of Hispania created the state of Al-Andalus. In modern times there are expatriates from a range of Arab countries.^[54]^[55]^[56] Germany (over 1,000,000^[57]), they form the second-largest predominantly Muslim immigrant group in Germany after the large German–Turkish community.^[57]

United Kingdom (366,769^[58] to 500,000^[59]) British Arabs are represented in the business and media fields, among other areas. Miladi (2006)'s survey of 146 community members during the summer of 2001 reported Al-Jazeera as being the respondents' preferred news outlet. Reasons supplied for the selection included the quality of the station's programs and transmission, its discussion of current issues in the Arab world, and the possibility of giving voice to the community's concerns and positions on various matters.^[60] Greece (250,000 to 750,000^[61]), In addition, Greece has people from Arab countries, who have the status of refugees (e.g. refugees of the Syrian civil war) or illegal immigrants trying to immigrate to Western Europe.^[62] Sweden . Netherlands (180,000^[63]). Denmark (121,000). And in other European countries, such as Norway, Austria, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Republic of Macedonia, Romania and Serbia.^[64]

Anatolia

Map showing the distribution of Arabs in 1965

The population of Arabs in Turkey varies according to different sources. Al Jazeera and the Washington Institute for Near East Policy estimates the Arab population before the Syrian Civil War in 2011 from 1,500,000^[65] to more than 2,000,000,^[66] with recent Syrian refugees 2,748,367,^[10]^[7] so Arabs in Turkey constituency now numbers anywhere from 4.5 to 5.1% of the population. Put another way, with nearly 4-5 million Arab inhabitants.^[67]^[66]

North America

Diagram indicating Arab American settlement in the United States. Image as based on the census 2000 by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Arabs have been emigrating to North America for over a century, and they now number approximately three to seven million.^[68] For most of this period of emigration, the overwhelming majority of Arab immigrants to America were Christian. However, large numbers of Muslim Arabs have settled in the New World, especially since World War II. Almost from the beginning, the Arab community in North America suffered from negative attitudes directed against it by the host society.^[69]

The majority of Arab Americans, around 62%, originate from the region of the Levant, which includes Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan. The remainder are made up of those from Egypt, Morocco, Iraq, Libya, the GCC and other Arab nations.^[70]

The biological father of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc. was Syrian.^[71]

Arabs immigrants began to arrive in Canada in small numbers in 1882. Their immigration was relatively limited until 1945, after which time it increased progressively, particularly in the 1960s and thereafter.^[72]

Latin America

The Hospital Sírio-Libanês (Syrian-Lebanese Hospital) founded by the Lebanese Community in 1931 in São Paulo

Latin America has the world's largest Arab population outside of the Arab World.^[73] Latin America is home to anywhere from 17-25 to 30 million people of Arab descent,^[74] that's more than any other diaspora region in the world.^[75]^[76] Most Latin Americans with Arab origins are several generations old, and are admixed with other Latin American ethnicities, whether other white Latin American or mixed-race Latin American.

The Brazilian and Lebanese governments claim there are 7 million Brazilians of Lebanese descent.^[77]^[78] Also, the Brazilian government claims there are 4 million Brazilians of Syrian descent.^[77]

According to a research conducted by IBGE in 2008, just among self-identified white Brazilian respondents from only the states of Amazonas, Paraíba, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul, Mato Grosso and Distrito Federal, 0.9% said they had family origins in the Middle East.^[43]^[79]^[80]^[81] This alone makes Brazil's Lebanese-origin population greater than the population of Lebanon itself, and this does not include mixed-race Brazilians whose race mixture includes Middle Eastern origin, nor does it include Arab-origin white Brazilians or partly Arab-origin mixed-race Brazilians from the other states throughout Brazil. Aside from Lebanese origin Brazilians (White or mixed race), most other Brazilians of Arab descent are mainly of Syrian or part Syrian extraction.

Other large Arab communities includes Argentina (about 4,500,000^[11]), the majority of the Arab Argentines are from either Lebanese or Syrian background with a smaller amount of Palestinian, Egyptian and Moroccan background.^[82] Among Arab Argentines, approximately 900,000 are Muslims.^[83] The interethnic marriage in the Arab community, regardless of religious affiliation, is very high in Argentina; most community members have only one parent who has Arab ethnicity.^[84]

Venezuela has over 1,600,000 Arab-origin Venezuelans (mixed or otherwise),^[13] mainly from Lebanon, Syria and Palestine.^[13]^[47] Colombia has between 1,600,000^[14] to 3,200,000.^[85]^[86]^[87] Arab-origin Colombians (mixed or otherwise). Arab Colombians have their Arab component hailing from Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Palestine.^[88] One genetic study found that on average the Colombians have 8.5% genes from Middle East.^[89] Mexico has over 1,100,000 Arab-origin Mexicans (mixed or otherwise),^[17] with most Arab Mexicans having origins hailing from either Lebanese, Saudi Arabian, Syrian, Iraqi, Moroccan, Yemeni or Palestinian backgrounds.^[90] Chile has over 800,000 Arab-origin Chilieans (mixed or otherwise)^[91]^[25]), most Arab Chileans have their Arab component hailing from Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon, having arrived in Chile in the mid-19th to early-20th centuries.^[92]^[93] The Palestinian-origin population in Chile is the fourth largest population of Palestinian origin in the world after those in Palestine/Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon respectively.

Central America, particularly El Salvador, and Honduras, have between 150,000 and 200,000 Arab-origin citizens (mixed or otherwise).^[33]^[26]^[27]

Arab Haitians (a large number of whom live in the capital) are more often than not, concentrated in financial areas where the majority of them establish businesses.^[94]^[94]^[94]

Shakira is a well-known Colombian of Arab descent.

From the early onset, communities, mostly from Lebanon, Palestine and Syria, dominated the private sector. Starting with the cotton industry, they rapidly moved to bigger and better professions. Today, they are now known for their large influence in telecommunications, textiles, media outlets, construction and many more.^[74]

They take on professions like doctors, lawyers, engineers and clergymen. As a result, their successes have earned them an immense amount of favor and support amongst their Latin American communities, enabling them to start social organizations, participate in politics, and culturally influence the states they reside in. These political organizations, social clubs, religious institutions, and schools given way to generations of giving back to their greater communities. Through building hospitals, constructing soccer stadiums and donating to regional causes, the Arab communities have gained recognition as not only one of the wealthiest or politically active groups.^[95]

The richest man in the world is a Lebanese-Mexican, Carlos Slim,^[96]^[97] a president of Argentina, Carlos Menem, was of Syrian origin, three presidents of Ecuador were of Lebanese origin, as well as one president of Colombia, Julio César Turbay Ayala. The current president of Brazil, Michel Temer, is of Lebanese origin. While the vice president in Uruguay and another in Brazil were of Lebanese descent. At least two Central American presidents were of Palestinian origin. This list is nowhere near complete. Two of Latin America's most famous entertainment exports to the world are actress Salma Hayek who is a Mexican of part Lebanese origin, and singer Shakira who is Colombian also of part Lebanese origin.^[74]

Oceania

Arab people first came to Australia in the late nineteenth century. Today more than half a million Australians claim some form of Arab ancestry.^[98] In the 2001 census, 248,807 Australian residents reported Arab ancestry. Additionally, 209,372 Australians indicated that they spoke Arabic at home. 162,283 Australian residents were born in one of the Arab nations. There is currently an estimate of just over 500,000 Arabs living in the Australia today.^[99] The majority of Arab Australians are Christians.

Central Asia and Caucasus

Georgia and the Caucasus around 750, just after the emirate was established

In 1728, a Russian officer described a group of Sunni Arab nomads who populated the Caspian shores of Mughan (in present-day Azerbaijan) and spoke a mixed Turkic-Arabic language.^[100] It is believed that these groups migrated to the Caucasus in the 16th century.^[101] The 1888 edition of Encyclopædia Britannica also mentioned a certain number of Arabs populating the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire.^[102] They retained an Arabic dialect at least into the mid-19th century,^[103] but since then have fully assimilated with the neighbouring Azeris and Tats. Today in Azerbaijan alone, there are nearly 30 settlements still holding the name Arab (for example, Arabgadim, Arabojaghy, Arab-Yengija, etc.). From the time of the Arab conquest of the Caucasus, continuous small-scale Arab migration from various parts of the Arab world occurred in Dagestan, which influenced local culture. Until the mid-20th century, some individuals in Dagestan still claimed Arabic as their native language. The majority of these lived in the village of Darvag, to the north-west of Derbent.

The latest of these accounts dates to the 1930s.^[101] Most Arab communities in southern Dagestan underwent linguistic Turkicisation, thus nowadays Darvag is a majority-Azeri village.^[104]^[105] According to the History of Ibn Khaldun, the Arabs that were once in Central Asia have been either killed or have fled the Tatar invasion of the region, leaving only the locals.^[106] However, today many people in Central Asia identify as Arabs. Most Arabs of Central Asia are fully integrated into local populations, and sometimes call themselves the same as locals (for example, Tajiks, Uzbeks) but they use special titles to show their Arabic origin such as Sayyid, Khoja or Siddiqui.^[107]

South and southeast Asia

Kechimalai Mosque, Beruwala. One of the oldest mosques in Sri Lanka. It is believed to be the site where the first Arabs landed in Sri Lanka.

Arab sea farers have been visiting the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka and South East Asian nations since Pre-Islamic times for trade purposes. Their main stopovers in the Indian subcontinent have largely been in the South West coastal regions of India, mainly the Malabar and Konkan coasts. A few have settled and intermarried with native people in the region, especially in Kerala, Goa and Karnaaka coast lines. There are also other more organized communities that identify as Arab in India, mainly the Chaush of the Deccan region and the Chavuse of Gujarat, who are by and large descended of Hadhrami migrants who settled in these two regions in the 18th Centuries. However, both these communities no longer speak Arabic, although with the Chaush, there has been re-immigration to Persian Gulf countries, and re-adoption of Arabic by these immigrants.^[108] In South Asia, claiming Arab ancestry is considered prestigious, and many communities have origin myths with claim to an Arab ancestry. Examples include the Mappilla of Kerala, Labbai of Tamil Nadu. These communities all allege an Arab ancestry, but none speak Arabic and follow the customs and traditions of the Hindu majority.^[109]

Among Muslims of North India and Pakistan there are groups who claim the status of Sayyid, have origin myths that allege descent from the Prophet Mohammad. None of these Sayyid families speak Arabic or follow Arab customs or traditions.^[110]Iraqi biradri can be considered as an Arab because the record of their ancestors who migrated from Iraq exists in historical documents.

There are about 15,000,000 Native Indonesians with Arab ancestry,^[111] Arab Indonesians mainly Hadrami, descent. The group also includes those of Arab descent from other Middle Eastern Arabic speaking nations. Restricted under Dutch East Indies' law until 1919, the community elites later gained economic power through real estate investment and trading.^[112] Currently found mainly in Java, especially West Java, they are almost all Muslims.^[112] Sri Lankan Moors are the third largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka, comprising 9.23% of the country's total population. They are native speakers of the Tamil language^[113]^[114] and predominantly followers of Islam. While sources trace their ancestry to Arab traders (Moors) who settled in Sri Lanka some time between the 8th and 15th centuries.^[115]^[116]^[117]^[118]

Sub-Saharan Africa

Fathia Nkrumah, former First Lady of Ghana

Afro-Arabs are individuals and groups from Africa who are of partial Arab descent. Most Afro-Arabs inhabit the Swahili Coast in the African Great Lakes region, although some can also be found in parts of the Arab world.^[119]^[120] Large numbers of Arabs migrated to West Africa, particularly Côte d'Ivoire (home to over 100,000 Lebanese),^[121] Senegal (roughly 30,000 Lebanese),^[39] Sierra Leone (roughly 10,000 Lebanese today; about 30,000 prior to the outbreak of civil war in 1991), Liberia, and Nigeria.^[40] Since the end of the civil war in 2002, Lebanese traders have become re-established in Sierra Leone.

Arabs have been present in Ghana for millennia, mostly as merchants in the 15th century, then into the 21st century as business people, and due to this intermarriage has occurred with also the production offsprings of Afro-Arabs; Fathia Nkrumah is a notable Arab with ties to Ghana. She was the late wife of Ghana's first president and revolutionist Kwame Nkrumah, whose marriage was seen as helping plant the seeds of cooperation between Egypt and other African countries as they struggled for independence from European colonization. This helped advance the formation of the African Union.^[122] Arabs who have lived in Ghana for most of their lives have acquired Ghanaian citizenship. There are over 100,000 Arab residents in Ivory Coast as of 2009. Most are either former expatriates or current shopkeepers' families who are descended from immigrants of Middle Eastern and North African origin.^[123]^[124]

Map with the extent of the Rashaida people

The Rashaida are a tribe populating Eritrea.^[125] In 1846, many Rashaida migrated from the Hejaz in present-day Saudi Arabia into what is now Eritrea after tribal warfare had broken out in their homeland. The Rashaida of Eritrea live in close proximity with the Beja people. Large numbers of Bani Rasheed are also found on the Arabian Peninsula. The Bani Rashid are related to the Banu Abs tribe.^[126] The Djiboutian Arabs of Djibouti, numbering 44,000, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are part of the Arab, Yemeni people cluster within the Arab World.^[127] Their primary language is Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic. The primary religion practiced by the Djiboutian Arabs is Shia Islam, one of two major denominations of Islam.^[128] According to the CIA, there are 30,000 Arabs in Somalia^[129]

Baggara belt

The Arabs of Chad occupy northern Cameroon and Nigeria (where they are sometimes known as Shuwa), and extend as a belt across Chad and into Sudan, where they are called the Baggara grouping of Arab ethnic groups inhabiting the portion of Africa's Sahel. The Chadian Arabs live in the dry central Chadic Sahel zone of the landlocked country of Chad. Libya surrounds the country to the north; while Sudan is to the east; Niger (150,000^[130]) is to the west; and Nigeria, Cameroon (171,000), and the Central African Republic (107,000) are to the south and southwest. Because of its central location, Lake Chad is the region's most important body of water. Arab ancestors emigrated from Sudan to Chad during the fourteenth century. They were primarily nomadic camel herders and slave traders. By the eighteenth century, the Arabs counted their wealth in their large herds of horses, cattle, goats, and sheep. Although the Arabs are respected by the Chad government because of their wealth in animals, they don't play a very large role in Chad's political arena. Their pastoral lifestyle has also saved them from being forced by the government to change culturally-an action that has disrupted the lives of the more settled peoples.^[131]

Notable people

Prominent members of the Arab diaspora include:

Business

Mohamed Al-Fayed (Egyptian origin), businessman, former owner of London's Harrods and the Ritz Palace in Paris
Mohed Altrad (Syrian origin), French billionaire businessman
André Apaid (Lebanese origin), high-profile Haitian businessman
Nadhmi Auchi (Iraqi origin), businessman, founder and Chairman of General Mediterranean Holdings
Miguel Facussé Barjum (Palestinian origin), Honduran businessman and landowner
Mohamed A. El-Erian (Egyptian origin), Egyptian-French-American businessman and asset manager; former CEO of PIMCO and current chief economic adviser at Allianz
Charles Elachi (Lebanese origin), Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Carlos Ghosn (Lebanese origin), Brazilian-French-Lebanese businessman, CEO of Renault-Nissan
Mohamed Hadid (Palestinian origin), Jordanian-American luxury real estate developer and businessman
Nicolas Hayek (Lebanese origin), Swiss-Lebanese American entrepreneur, co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of the Swatch Group
Carlos Slim Helú (Lebanese origin), Mexican businessman; listed by Forbes as the richest man in the world
Antoine Izméry (Palestinian origin), Former wealthy Haitian businessman and pro-democracy activist
Steve Jobs (Syrian origin), American businessman and inventor; Apple Inc co-founder, chairman and CEO
George J. Maloof, Sr. (Lebanese origin), American businessman, owner of the Houston Rockets
Fredy Nasser (Palestinian origin), Honduran businessman
Awadh Saleh Sherman (Yemeni origin), Kenyan businessman

Fashion, beauty

Azzedine Alaia (Tunisian origin), fashion designer
Constanza Baez (Lebanese origin), Miss Ecuador 2013 winner and 2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 2013
Valerie Domínguez (Lebanese origin), Miss Colombia 2005 winner and Top 10 finalist at Miss Universe 2006
Rima Fakih (Lebanese origin), Miss USA 2010 winner from Michigan
Gigi Hadid (Palestinian origin), American model
Lisa Hanna (Lebanese origin), Miss World 1993 winner from Jamaica
Sabrina Houssami (Lebanese origin), Miss World 2006 (2nd runner-up) from Australia
Jessica Kahawaty (Lebanese origin), Miss World 2012 (2nd runner-up) from Australia
Yves Saint Laurent (Algerian origin), fashion designer
Hedi Slimane (Tunisian origin), fashion designer and former creative director of Yves Saint-Laurent
Paulina Vega (Lebanese origin), Miss Colombia 2013 Miss Universe 2014
Paola Turbay (Lebanese origin), Miss Universe 1992 (1st runner-up) from Colombia

Film, television

Hiba Abouk (Libian and Tunisian origin), Spanish actress
Tige Andrews (Syrian origin), an American character actor
Sofia Boutella (Algerian origin), American actress, dancer
Abdel Raouf Dafri (Algerian origin), award-winning French director
Salma Hayek (Lebanese origin), Mexican actress
Bader Ben Hirsi (Yemeni origin), award-winning British-Yemeni director
Abdellatif Kechiche (Tunisian origin), French film director, actor and screenwriter; Palme d'Or laureate
Nawell Madani (Algerian origin), Belgian humorist, presenter and producer
Rami Malek (Egyptian origin), American actor
Elyas M'Barek (Tunisian origin), Austrian actor born in Germany
Kad Merad (Algerian origin), French comedian, actor, and filmmaker
Tahar Rahim (Algerian origin), award-winning French actor
Andy Serkis (Iraqi origin), English actor, director, and author
Omar Sharif (Egyptian origin), award-winning international actor

Literature / theatre

Kaouther Adimi, Algerian writer
William Peter Blatty (Lebanese origin), American writer
Assia Djebar, Algerian writer
Kahlil Gibran (Lebanese origin), American poet, writer, artist
Amin Maalouf (Lebanese origin), French author
David Malouf (Lebanese origin), Australian writer
Wajdi Mouawad (Lebanese origin), Canadian writer, actor and director

Media and intellectuals

Magdi Allam (Egyptian origin), Italian journalist
Khadija Benguenna (Algerian origin), Arab TV personality
Hala Gorani (Syrian origin), journalist and anchor of CNN's International Desk
Casey Kasem (Lebanese origin), American radio personality.
Djamel Eddine Laouisset (Algerian origin), Canadian intellectual
Tariq Ramadan (Egyptian origin), Swiss intellectual
Edward Saïd (Palestinian origin), US intellectual
Léa Salamé (Lebanese origin), French journalist and political commentator

Music

Adel Tawil (Egyptian / Tunisin origin), German singer, songwriter and producer
Ali B (Moroccan origin), Dutch rapper
Bushido (Tunisian origin), German rapper
DJ Khaled (Palestinian origin), American DJ
Eric Saade (Palestinian Lebanese origin), Swedish singer
Fady Maalouf (Lebanese origin), German singer
Fredwreck (Palestinian origin), American record producer
Ghali (Tunisian origin), Italian singer
Ibrahim Maalouf (Lebanese origin), French saxophonist
Indila (Algerian origin), French singer
Kareem Salama (Egyptian origin), American country singer
Karl Wolf (Lebanese origin), Canadian pop star
La Fouine (Moroccan origin), French rapper
L'Algérino (Algerian origin), French rapper
Lowkey (Iraqi origin), British rapper and political activist
Maher Zain (Lebanese origin), Swedish singer
Malika Ayane (Moroccan origin), Italian rapper
Massari (Lebanese origin), Canadian singer
Master Sina (Tunisian origin), Italian rapper
Nasri Tony Atweh (Palestinian origin), Canadian lead singer of Magic!
Natasja Saad (Sudanese origin), Danish rapper and reggae singer
Rami Yacoub (Palestinian origin), Swedish record producer
RedOne (Moroccan origin), Swedish record producer
Samy Deluxe (Sudanese origin), German rapper
Salem Al Fakir (Syrian origin), Swedish singer
Sarbel (Lebanese origin), Greek singer
Shakira (Lebanese origin), Colombian singer
Tarak Ben Ammar (Tunisian origin), international movie producer and distributor
Tunisiano (Tunisian origin), French rapper
Zaho (Algerian origin), Canadian singer

Politics

Ali Alatas (Yemeni origin), former Indonesian Foreign Minister
Geraldo Alckmin (Lebanese origin), politician, Governor of São Paulo state
Khadija Arib (Moroccan origin), politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
Jacobo Majluta Azar (Lebanese origin), former President of Dominican Republic
Najib Balala (Yemeni origin), member of parliament in Kenya
Yamina Benguigui (Algerian origin), French socialist politician
Mohamed Bennouna (Moroccan origin), Diplomat, Jurist and Judge of the International Court of Justice in The Hague since 2006
Salvador Jorge Blanco (Syrian origin), former President of Dominican Republic
Abdalá Bucaram (Lebanese origin), former President of Ecuador
Alberto Dahik (Lebanese origin), former Vice President of Ecuador
Mitch Daniels (Syrian origin), Governor of Indiana
Rachida Dati (Moroccan-Algerian origin), former French Minister of Justice, current Member of the European Parliament and Mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris
Tareck El Aissami (father is Syrian Druze and mother is Lebanese), Vice President of Venezuela since January 2017
Myriam El Khomri (Moroccan origin), French Minister of Labor
Carlos Roberto Flores Facussé (Palestinian origin), former President of Honduras
Schafik Handal (Palestinian origin), Salvadoran born FMLN leader
Gilberto Kassab (Lebanese origin), former mayor of São Paulo
Paulo Maluf (Lebanese origin), politician, former mayor of São Paulo city and former governor of São Paulo state in Brazil
Carlos Menem (Syrian origin), former President of Argentina
Arnaud Montebourg (Algerian origin), politician, former French Minister of the Economy, and candidate for the Socialist Party's presidential nomination
Said Musa (Palestinian origin), former Prime Minister of Belize
Ralph Nader (Lebanese origin), 2004 US presidential candidate, activist for consumer rights
Antonio Saca (Palestinian origin), former President of El Salvador
Edward Seaga (Lebanese origin), former Prime Minister of Jamaica
Donna Shalala (Lebanese origin), former American Secretary of Health and Human Services
Michel Temer (Lebanese origin), politician, 37th President of Brazil
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem (Moroccan origin), French Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Research

Sciences

Michael E. DeBakey (Lebanese origin), American cardiac surgeon
Zaha Hadid (Iraqi origin), British architect
Elias Zerhouni (Algerian origin), American National Institutes of Health Director

Sports

Justin Abdelkader (Jordanian origin), American ice hockey player
Brahim Asloum (Algerian origin), French professional boxer, Olympic winner
Hatem Ben Arfa (Tunisian origin), French professional football player of Paris Saint-Germain F.C.
Wissam Ben Yedder (Tunisian origin), French professional football player of Sevilla FC
Migidio Bourifa (Moroccan origin), Italian long-distance runner
Robert Farah (Lebanese origin), Colombian tennis player
Naseem Hamed (Yemeni origin), also known as Prince Naseem, English professional boxer
Nazem Kadri (Lebanese origin), Canadian ice hockey player
Sami Khedira (Tunisian origin), midfielder in the German national team
Mahiedine Mekhissi (Algerian origin), French runner, International winner
Brandon Saad (Syrian origin), American ice hockey player
Mário Zagallo (Lebanese origin), Brazilian football coach and former player

References

Notes

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