Appendix: Nationally Known Personalities of Arabic Ancestry

Robert Abboud – First National Chicago – International banker listed in 200 Americans for 2000 AD

James Abdnor – House of Representatives – South Dakota

James Abourezk – Senator from South Dakota Paul Anka – Singer and Composer

Michael Ansara – Movie Star

William Peter Blatty – Author of “The Exorcist”

George Bowab – New York producer of “Sweet Charity”

Lois and Selma De Bakey – Professors in scientific communication Baylor – Med. – Specialize in simplifying medical jargon

Michael De Bakey – Heart Surgeon – Baylor University – Texas

George Doumani – Geologist – Oceanographer – Explorer of Antartica

Dr. Farouk El-Baz – Space age geologist – Directed Ronald Evans Appollo 17 on moon

Halim El-Dabh – Ethnomusicalogist – Composer – Son et Lumiere at Pyramid and Sphinx – Presently teaching at Kent State University

Rosalind Elias – Metrop. Opera

Farah Brothers – manufacturers of trousers and jeans

Philip Gabriel – Author – “Tomorrow” “The Executive” “Citizen from Lebanon” “I Found America”

Abe Gibran – Formerly with Cleveland Browns

J. M. Haggar – Dallas, Texas, Manufacturer of Haggar slacks and jeans

Najeeb Halaby (“Jeep”) – Former chairman of Pan Am World Airways – Father of Queen Noor of Jordan

Ramzi Hanna – Hanna Barbara Productions – Cartoonist and artist -Designed new currency for Egyptian treasury

Dr. George Hatem – “Dr. Ma Hai Teh” (Virtuous One from Overseas) – Dermatology – eradicated VD in Peoples Republic of China Away from U.S. since 1929 – still retains his passport – Marched with Mao in Long March in 1935

Philip Hitti – noted historian “History of the Arabs” et al. – Princeton University, deceased

Colonel James Jabara – First jet ace

George Kassem – California House of Representatives

Abraham Kazan, Jr. – House of Representatives

Emile Kuri – Motion picture set decorator – 1949 Oscar for “The Heiress”

Toby Moffett – House of Representatives

George Nader – Movie Star

Laura Nader – Anthopologist – Berkeley, California

Ralph Nader – Consumer Advocate

Nafey Brothers – Movie magnets

Michael Nafey – Chairman of Board United Artists

Mary Rose Oakar – House of Representatives

Nick Rahall – House of Representatives

Joe Robbie – Owner of Miami Dolphins

Major General Walter Safi on Pattons staff

A. Saidy – Producer “Finians Rainbow”

Lt. Commander John Shaheen – Naval hero participated in surrender of Italian fleet – World War II and Korea

Donna Shalala – Undersecretary HUD

Joseph Sheban^[1] – Biographer of Kahlil Gibran – Auther and lecturer

Frank Skaff – Former manager Detroit Tigers

Brig. Gen. Elias Stevens – First Arab American grad of West Point – Staff officer for Gen. Eisenhower

Danny Thomas – TV and movies (Amos Jacobs)

Helen Thomas – Senior UPI corres. White House – Author of “Dateline – White House”