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Revision as of 04:23, 5 January 2006
Template:JewsByCountry From the Arab Expansion until the late twentieth century, Jews were a significant part of the population of Arab countries. Before 1948, an estimated 900,000 Jews lived in what are now Arab states. Here is a list of some prominent Jews from the Arab World, arranged by country of origin.
Algeria
- Alexandre Arcady, film director
- Yvan Attal, film director, actor (Algerian parents)
- Jacques Attali, economist, writer
- Baruj Benacerraf, immunologist, Nobel prize (1992) (Algerian mother)
- Paul Benacerraf, philosopher (Algerian mother)
- Jean Benguigui, actor
- Eric Benhamou, CEO of 3COM
- Lili Boniche, musician
- Patrick Bruel, singer, actor
- Hélène Cixous, feminist writer
- Robert Cohen, boxer: World Bantamweight Champion
- Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, physicist, Nobel prize (1997)
- Cy Curnin, lead singer of The Fixx (Jewish Algerian mother, non-Jewish father)
- Jacques Derrida, deconstructionist philosopher
- Alphonse Halimi, boxer: World Bantamweight Champion
- Roger Hanin, film actor & director
- Claude Lelouch, film director (Algerian father)
- Enrico Macias, singer
- Patrick Timsit, humorist, actor
Egypt
- Alain de Botton, writer (Egyptian father)
- Eli Cohen, celebrated Israeli spy
- Aura Herzog
- Eric Hobsbawm, historian (Polish origin, Egyptian-born)
- Edmond Jabès, poet
- Benny Levy, author & secretary to Jean-Paul Sartre
- Ranan Lurie, political cartoonist
- Mosheh & Aharon ben Amram
- Moshe Marzouk, Dr.
- Philo
- Edgar Harari
- Onkelos, the Proselyte (converted)
- Layla Murad, singer
- Claudia Roden, chef
- Haim Saban, TV producer
- Sylvain Sylvain, guitarist for New York Dolls
- Ignaz Tiegerman, lived on Egypt
- Bat Ye'or, historian
- Kaley Zeitouni, founder of Youth Against MS (Egyptian father)
Iraq
- Adiabene people
- Many Tannas and Talmud rabbis (Amoraim):
- Abba Arika, "Rabh", amora
- Shmuel Yarchina'ah, "Mar Samuel", or Samuel of Nehardea, amora
- Huna
- Hisda
- Abbaye, amora
- Abba bar Yoseph bar Hama, "Rabha", amora
- Papa, amora
- Yosi (Saffi) Levy, Israeli, Iraqi singer in L.A
- Huna ben Joshua, amora
- Huna ben Nathan
- Rav Ashi(Abana), rav, amora
- Anan ben David, founder of the Qara'ism
- S'adyah ben Joseph, Gaon (born on Egypt)
- Eli Amir, Israeli novelist
- Shimon Ballas
- Shlomo Hillel, Israeli Interior Minister
- Moshe Houri(Moussa Houri)
- Chakham Yosef Chayyim of Baghdadh, "Ben Ish Chai"
- Jack F.R. Jacob, Indian general & politician
- Elly Kadoorie, Shanghai-based businessman
- Anish Kapoor, sculptor (Iraqi mother, non-Jewish father)
- Samir Maqqash
- David Saul Marshall, Chief Minister of Singapore (Iraqi parents)
- Sami Michael*, Israeli writer
- ([1]; not -Amin al Shammas)
- Daniel Pearl, journalist (Iraqi mother)
- David & Simon Reuben, businessmen (Iraqi parents)
- Maurice & Charles Saatchi, advertising executives
- David Sassoon, Anglo-Indian merchant, and Sassoon family
- Eizabeth Shammash, US soprano singer (Iraqi Jewish mother)
- Ella Habiba Shohat
- Yaakov Chaim Sofer, rabbi
- Alan Yentob, television executive
- Khedoury & Selim Zilkha, businessmen
See also:
Lebanon
- Paula Abdul (Lebanese Jewish father)
- Hank Azaria, actor (Lebanese parents)
- Yfrah Neaman, violinist (Lebanese-born)
- Edmond Safra, banker (Lebanese-born)
Morocco
- Shlomo Amar
- Arthur, radio and TV host
- Natacha Atlas, singer (Moroccan Jewish father, non-Jewish mother)
- André Azulay, advisor to Kings Hassan II and Mohammed_VI
- Shlomo Ben-Ami Israeli diplomat, politician and author born in Tangier
- Baruj Benacerraf, immunologist, Nobel prize (1992) (Moroccon father)
- Paul Benacerraf, philosopher (Moroccan father)
- Emmanuelle Chriqui, actress (Moroccan parents)
- Edmond Amran El Maleh, writer
- Gad Elmaleh, humorist, actor
- Dunash ben Labrat, grammarian, poet
- David Levy, Israeli politician
- Maurice Lévy, head of Publicis Groupe
- Paul, Georges, Maurice & Armand Marciano, founders of Marciano and GUESS
- Layla Murad, singer (Moroccan father)
- Amir Peretz politician, leader of the Labour Party
- Monique Powell, singer in Save Ferris (Moroccan mother)
- Sapho, singer
- Abraham Serfaty, political activist
- Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli dissident (converted to Christianity)
- Ralph Toledano, Chairman and CEO of Chloé
Saudi Arabia
- Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya(Samuel ibn 'Adiya), poet, warrior
Sudan
- Nessim Gaon, financier
Syria
- Paula Abdul, singer & dancer (Syrian father)
- Dan Hedaya, TV actor (Syrian parents)
- Jerry Seinfeld, TV actor (Syrian mother, Hungarian father), see also Seinfeld
- Moshe Safdi, Architect (Syrian Parents)
Tunisia
- Max Azria, fashion designer, founder of BCBG
- Alain Boublil, lyricist
- Michel Boujenah, actor
- Dany Brillant, singer
- Claude Challe, club impresario and DJ
- David Charvet, TV actor (Tunisian father)
- Pierre Darmon, tennis player
- Agnès Jaoui, director & actress (Tunisian parents)
- Albert Memmi, novelist & sociologist
- Raphaël Mezrahi, humorist
- Victor Young Perez, boxer: World Flyweight Champion
- Nick Valensi, guitarist for The Strokes (Tunisian father)
Yemen
- Yosefa Dahari, Israeli singer (Yemenite parents)
- Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (Yemenite parents)
- Margalit Oved, dancer, choreographer, entertainer
- Abdullah ibn Saba, converted to Islam (born Jewish)
- Makeda (converted)
- Ahinoam Nini (Noa), Israeli singer (Yemenite parents)
- Rabiah ibn Mudhar & Dhu Nuwas, kings of Himyarite
- Sara Levi-Tannai*, Israeli musician (Yemenite)
- Wahb bin Munabbih (?-732), converted to Islam (born Persian Jew)