- Walid Phares
Dr. Walid Phares, is an American of Lebanese descent and expert on global terrorism and Middle Eastern affairs. He is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) in Washington, D.C., and a Visiting Fellow at the European Foundation for Democracy in Brussels. He has published a number of articles in "Middle East Quarterly", "Global Affairs", "Journal of Middle East", …
- Menachem Begin
"'"' (August 16, 1913 – March 9, 1992) was a Polish-Jewish head of the Zionist underground group the Irgun, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and the first Likud Prime Minister of Israel. Though revered by many Israelis, Begin’s legacy remains highly controversial and divisive. As the leader of Irgun, Begin played a central role in Jewish military resistance to the British Mandate of Palestine, but was strongly deplored and consequently sidelined by mainstream Zionist leadership.
- Gwynne Dyer
Gwynne Dyer, Ph.D, MA, BA (born April 17, 1943) is a London-based independent Canadian journalist, syndicated columnist and military historian. He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and joined the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve at the age of sixteen. While still in the naval reserve, he obtained a BA in History from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1963; an MA in Military History from Rice University, Houston, Texas, …
- Jon Lee Anderson
Jon Lee Anderson is a staff writer for "The New Yorker", reporting from warzone locales such as Afghanistan, Iraq, and Lebanon and also writing stories from other Middle Eastern nations like Iran. He is also known for his definitive biography of Che Guevara, published in 1997. Anderson has also written for "The New York Times" and other publications.
- Googoosh
Googoosh (also spelled as Gogosh and Googosh and Gougoush), [born Faegheh Atashin on February 7, 1951 in Tehran, Iran], is an Iranian pop singer and actress. In the 1970s, Googoosh was considered the most celebrated recording artist in Iran. In addition to music, Googoosh was a prolific actress in several Iranian films of the 1960s and 1970s.
- Balbir Singh Sodhi
Balbir Singh Sodhi (1949 - September 15, 2001) was a Mesa, Arizona, gas station owner who was murdered in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. He made headlines because he was the first of several cases across the United States that were reported to the police as acts of retaliation for the terrorist attacks. According to family members, Singh Sodhi had been distraught because of the terrorist attacks. Born in Punjab, India, he was a member of the Sikh religion.
- Yevgeny Primakov
Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov is a Russian politician and a former Prime Minister of Russia. He was also the last Speaker of the Soviet of the Union of the Supreme Soviet, and the Russian Foreign Minister responsible for changing the foreign policy from largely unconditional support of the United States to a more nationalist defense of Russia's interests. Primakov was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR and grew up in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR.
- Adel Darwish
Adel Darwish is a British journalist, author, historian, broadcaster and political commentator, specialising on Middle Eastern politics. Darwish is a veteran Fleet Street foreign correspondent and has written for "The Daily Telegraph" and "The Independent", as well as maintaining his online blog and publishing several books.
- Jeremy Bowen
Jeremy Francis John Bowen (born 6 February 1960, in Cardiff) is a British journalist and television presenter. His secondary education was at Cardiff High School, followed by University College London (BA, History) and the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC, he joined the BBC in 1984 and has been a war correspondent for much of his career, reporting from more than 70 different countries, …
- David Samuels
David J. Samuels, a Political Science professor at the University of Minnesota, earned his PhD at the University of California at San Diego in 1998. Over his career, he has published articles in many of the field's top journals, and is the author of "Ambition, Federalism, and Legislative Politics in Brazil" (Cambridge University Press, 2003). Samuels specializes in Comparative Politics.
- Ali Osman
Ali Osman (born 1988) is a Lebanese Australian who was involved in a gang assault on two Lifeguards at Cronulla Beach, Sydney on December 4, 2005 which sparked the Cronulla race riots between White youths and ethnic Arabs. Osman, a resident of Bankstown, was charged with affray and assault occasioning actual bodily harm by the Sutherland Local Court on September 29, 2006 to which he plead "Not Guilty".
- James L. Gelvin
James Gelvin is an American scholar of Middle Eastern history. He has been a faculty member in the department of history at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) since 1995 and has written extensively on the history of the modern Middle East, with particular emphasis on nationalism and the social and cultural history of the modern Middle East.
- Ryan G. Anderson
Ryan Gibson Anderson (born 1978), is an American convicted of attempting to engage in espionage for al-Qaeda Anderson lived in Everett, Washington, and converted from Lutheranism to Islam circa 1998. He attended Washington State University, where he studied Middle Eastern military history; he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2002. Anderson was a Specialist (E-4) in the U.S. 81st Armored Brigade of the United States Army National Guard, …
- Hania Mufti
Hania Mufti is a Jordanian national who has long lived in London and used to direct the Middle Eastern branch of Human Rights Watch. She was listed as one of the 100 most influential people in 2005 by Time Magazine. She previously worked for Amnesty International, where she was in charge of their investigations into Human Rights abuses in Iraq.
- Edwin Long
Edwin Longsden Long was a British painter who was born in Bath in 1829 and died in 1891 of pneumonia. He was an orientalist, depicting Biblical and Middle Eastern subjects with astute accuracy, and a romanticist. In 1854, under the advice of the artist John Phillip, he travelled abroad to Spain, and later to Egypt and Syria. This inspired him to create his more lucrative paintings, such as "The Babylonian Marriage Market".
- H. V. F. Winstone
Harry Victor Frederick Winstone FRGS, known as Victor, (born 1926) is an English author and journalist, who specialises in Middle Eastern topics. He has written biographies of several influential figures in the history of this region. Victor Winstone worked as a reporter and features writer with weekly journals and a financial features agency from 1947 - 50. He was an industrial journal editor and press advisor to Royal Doulton and others during the 1950s and 60s.
- Henry Habib
Henry Habib is the Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Concordia University. He established the Political Science Department at Loyola College, and was instrumental in establishing the Global Forum for International Co-operation (GFIC). He is a well-known authority on Middle Eastern politics. Habib received his Bachelor's degree in political science from the American University in Beirut, Lebanon; his M.A. from Fordham University; and his Ph.D. from McGill University.
- Abe F. March
Abe F. March (born 1939) is the author of "To Beirut and Back - An American in the Middle East" (ISBN 1-4241-3853-1). In his book he recounts the years shortly before and including the beginning of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990). Abe March was born in the US state of Pennsylvania. After military service with the US Air Force in France, and then in Germany (1957-61) where he met and married his German wife, he began a business career at IBM.
- Sulayman S. Nyang
Dr. Sulayman S. Nyang is professor and chairman of the African Studies Department at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and co-principal investigator of Project MAPS. A former deputy ambassador and head of chancery of the Gambia Embassy in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Nyang has served as consultant to several national and international agencies and on the boards of the African Studies Association, the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies, …
- Oscar Levertin
Oscar Ivar Levertin (July 17, 1862 - September 22, 1906) was a Swedish poet, critic and literary historian. Levertin was a dominant voice of the Swedish cultural scene from 1897, when he started writing influential high-profile essays and reviews in the daily paper Svenska Dagbladet. From 1899 until his early death in 1906 he also occupied the first Chair of literary history at the University of Stockholm, in which role he published extensive studies, …
- Ali Said Abdella
Ali Said Abdella (September 1949-August 28, 2005) was an Eritrean rebel commander, politician and diplomat, who at the time of his death was serving as foreign minister of Eritrea. Abdella was the son of a shepherd. He was of Afar ethnic origin. As a young man, he joined the Eritrean Liberation Front, a rebel group which was fighting for Eritrean independence from Ethiopia.
- Francis Edwards Peters
Francis Edward Peters is Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, History, and Religion at New York University.
- John Stanmeyer
John Stanmeyer (born March 1964), is a celebrated American photojournalist based in Bali, Indonesia. He is best known for his contributions to TIME Magazine. His work has centered on Asian and Middle-Eastern political and human rights issues for the past 11 years. Stanmeyer has received many honors including the Robert Capa, Magazine Photographer of the Year, as well as numerous World Press and Picture of the Year awards.
- Tayyab Sheikh
Tayyab Sheikh is a convicted gang rapist. He was a member of a Lebanese Australian gang rape attack squad during the Sydney gang rapes who was involved in the August 30 rape which targeted White Australian females. Sheikh was originally tried by a jury in a case known as "Regina vs. Sheikh (2004)".
- Carole Curtis
Carole Curtis is the editor and co-founder of the comic book publishing company, Shanda Fantasy Arts and head writer for the Popular Furry comic book "Katmandu". She is the wife of Mike Curtis, creator of" Shanda the Panda". In contrast to her husband's work, Carole Curtis is known for her work being poetic and sensational. Curtis's work is typically furry and based on Native American and Middle Eastern legend and mythology.
- Samuel Nalo
Samuel "The Arab" Nalo was the more successful and well-known New York City hijacker and large scale burglar who is the better known brother of Robert Nalo; whom are of Iraqi descent. Samuel stood a 5'5 and had dark deep-set guy with hairy arms and chest, and a permanent five o'clock shadow and bald. He was a sinister looking little man who never smiled.
- Ahmad Ibn Yahya Al-Baladhuri
Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri Arabic (أحمد بن يحيى بن جابر البلاذري) was an 9th century Persian historian. One of the eminent middle-eastern historians of his age, he spent most of his life in Baghdad and enjoyed great influence at the court of the caliph al-Mutawakkil. He traveled in Syria and Iraq, compiling information for his major works. He is regarded as a reliable source for the history of the early Arabs and the history of Muslim expansion(1)
- Nayef Rashed
Nayef Rashed is a Middle-Eastern actor living in the United Kingdom. After training at London's Drama Centre, he has appeared in such television favourites as Only Fools and Horses, The Bill, and feature films such as Navy Seals. He was born in 1949.
- Middle Eastern
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- Michael Elian
The first initial A. stands for Assaf - a common Israeli name. Received a Bachelor's Degree in Literature with a concentration in Drama Studies from Purchase College in New York. (Class of 1998). Attended Great Neck South High School in New York. (Class of 1994). Speaks fluent Hebrew.
- Fahmi Farouk Farahat
Fahmi Farouk Farahat, a young Saudi filmmaker, first started as a TV talent in an English program on channel 2, Saudi Arabia, when he was 15 year old. After finishing a 2 year diploma in Computer programming, Farahat moved to the US and found him self persuading a career as a filmmaker. He graduated from Cal State Fullerton with a degree in Radio, Film & TV in 2006. Since 2003, Farahat has been involved in over 30 productions as a director, producer, actor, and editor among other crew...
- Jim Issa
I am a commercial and film director. Bought a house with my love, and spend my free time cooking and riding my motorcycles. Life is good.
- Will Raee
Will Raee is an independent filmmaker and seasoned show producer, who was president of Tupac Shakur's production company "Urban Warrior Films," and Rock Docs where he produced and wrote the critically acclaimed Marilyn Manson documentary, "Demystifying the Devil". In the past year, Will has finished producing Sci-Fi Channel's "Alien God's." In addition, Will has just finished producing 16 episodes of A&E Television's new series "Criss Angel MindFreak," and producing the motion picture...
- Chris Farah
Is of Syrian-Lebanese descent Graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a B.A. in Theatre Arts Born in the valley and raised in Orange County, she is an only child of divorced parents. Her father is a financial advisor and her mother is a writer Performs her teenage thriller novels in the comedy show "Get Mortified" around the country. Is a vegetarian
- Hayk Manukyan
After successfully launching numerous animated shorts, such as Sweet Mother Of Vartan and The Harut Series, animator/director Hayk Manukyan has established Hayasa Pictures Inc., a production company aimed at creating animated films that will appeal to all audiences.
- Daria Maneche
- Sara Fitzpatrick
I am a half Irish half Persian concoction of cultures that went to Boston Latin School here in Boston. Through some miracle of science or maybe even graduated with all my back muscles and minimal emotional damage in 1998. Since then, a lot has changed...I did a lot of travelling to Paris and London and once things settle down career-wise I'll be off again; hopefully to some sunny, beachy, yes-keep-fanning-me-cabana-boy location.
- Diaa
i am tall about 6" (181 cm), 85kg, with athletic build. i have short black hair and brown eyes. i also have a strong personality.i work as an orthopedic surgeon and i am subspecialized in arthroscopy.i am honest caring man.
- Michael Saffady
I am the plague of the 21st century.
- John Khawam
PhD. Student.