Hafez Al-Assad

Hafez Al-Assad

male, deceased (2000)
Hafez al-Assad (') (October 6, 1930 - June 10, 2000) was president of Syria for three decades. Assad's rule stabilized and consolidated the power...
Ali Mohamed

Ali Mohamed

male, 57 years old
Ali Abdul Saoud Mohamed, also known as Ali Mohammed (b. 1952) is an acknowledged Al Qaeda operative who was charged with the August 7, 1998...
Queen Of Sheba

Queen Of Sheba

female
The Queen of Sheba,, referred to in the Bible books of 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles, the New Testament, the Qur'an, and Ethiopian history, was the...
Al-Kindi

Al-Kindi

male, deceased (873)
"' (c. 801-873 CE), also known by the Latinized version of his name Alkindus"' to the West, was a Muslim Arab scientist, philosopher,...
Rashid Khalidi

Rashid Khalidi

male, 59 years old
Rashid Khalidi Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University and the author of The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle...
Daniel Barenboim

Daniel Barenboim

male, 67 years old (Oak Park, United States)
Daniel Barenboim (b. November 15, 1942) is a pianist and conductor. He lives in Berlin and holds citizenship in Argentina, Israel, and Spain. He...
Abba Eban

Abba Eban

male, deceased (2002)
Abba Eban (born February 2, 1915, died November 17, 2002) was an Israeli diplomat and politician. Born with the name Aubrey Solomon Meir in Cape...
Hanan Ashrawi

Hanan Ashrawi

female, 63 years old
Hanan Ashrawi is currently the Secretary-General of the Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH). She was...
Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif

male, 77 years old
Omar Sharif (born April 10, 1932) is an Academy Award-nominated Egyptian actor who has starred in many Hollywood films. He has acted in Arabic,...
Avicenna

Avicenna

male, deceased (1037)
Ibn Sina, also known as Avicenna) was a Persian ("Tājīk") Muslim universal genius who made signficant contributions to medicine, astronomy, al...