List of Druze

The list of Druze includes prominent Druze figures who are notable in their areas of expertise.

Literature

• Naim Araidi – Israeli writer and poet in Hebrew and Arabic, Israeli Ambassador to Norway.
• Emin Arslan – born in current-day Lebanon (Ottoman Syria), diplomat, writer, and editor
• Suliman Bashear – Israeli scholar, writer, and professor
• Sami Makarem – Lebanese-American writer, painter, and scholar
• Reda Mansour – Israeli Hebrew poet and writer and former Israeli ambassador to Ecuador, Brazil, and Panama.
• Salman Masalha – Israeli poet, essayist, translator, and researcher
• Salman Natour – Israeli writer, journalist, and playwright.
• Samih al-Qasim – Israeli poet.
• Rami Zeedan – Israeli political scientist, historian, professor, and author.

Media

• Raghida Dergham – Lebanese-American journalist.
• Mona Abou Hamza – Lebanese TV presenter
• Casey Kasem – American TV and radio presenter (notably American Top 40) and actor, of Lebanese descent.
• Gadeer Mreeh – Israeli journalist and politician, member of the Israeli Knesset, anchor of Hebrew-language news program on Israeli television.
• Nahida Nakad – Lebanese-Italian senior correspondent, TV executive, and author; former Editorial Director of FRANCE 24 TV station and Monte Carlo Doualiya Arabic language radio
• Faisal al-Qassem – Syrian television talkshow host of The Opposite Direction on Al Jazeera, based in Qatar

Military

• Alim Abdallah – Israeli deputy commander of the IDF 401st Brigade of the 91st Division, lieutenant colonel.
• Ehsan Daxa – Israeli commander of the IDF 401st Armored Brigade, colonel.
• Ghassan Alian – Israeli commander of the IDF Golani Brigade, head of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories.
• Imad Fares – Israeli Brigadier General, commander of the IDF Givati Brigade, commander of 91st Division
• Issam Zahreddine – Major General of the Syrian Republican Guard who has played a major role in the Syrian Civil War, leading Syrian Government forces on several fronts.
• Salman Habaka – Israeli commander of the IDF 188th Armored Brigade's 53rd Battalion killed in action during the Gaza war
• Salim Hatoum – Syrian Major. Led overthrow of the government of Amin al-Hafez in 1966.
• Yousef Mishleb – Israeli general; commander of the IDF Etzion Regional Brigade, commander of the Edom Division, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, and commander of the Home Front Command.
• Nada Nadim Prouty – Lebanese intelligence professional who worked with the FBI and CIA in counter-terrorism
• Salman Zarka – Israeli physician and current Director of Ziv Medical Center in Safed; Israel Defense Forces Colonel, senior lecturer at the Haifa University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Entertainment

• Farid al-Atrash – Syrian male singer, composer, and actor.
• Asmahan (Amaal al-Atrash) – Syrian female singer and actress.
• Ramy Ayach – Lebanese singer
• Fahd Ballan – Syrian male singer.
• Loai Ali - Israeli singer and actor

Politics

Canada

• Ziad Aboultaif – Canadian MP for Edmonton Manning.

Israel

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• Labib Hussein Abu Rokan – Israeli MP and religious judge.
• Abdullah Abu Ma'aruf – Israeli MP and physician.
• Hamad Amar – Israeli MP.
• Naim Araidi – Israeli writer and poet in Hebrew and Arabic, Israeli Ambassador to Norway.
• Assad Assad – Israeli MP, army colonel, and diplomat
• Jabar Asakla – Israeli member of the Knesset, now secretary of the Hadash Party
• Zeidan Atashi – Israeli MP and diplomat
• Amal Nasser el-Din – Israeli MP and author, awarded the Israel Prize, the Prime Minister's Prize for the Commemoration of Fallen Soldiers, and the Yakir Haifa Award
• Salah-Hassan Hanifes – Israeli MP
• Akram Hasson – Israeli member of the Knesset, Kadima's leader, marking the first time a Druze had led a Jewish party.
• Ayoob Kara – Israeli MP, deputy speaker, Israeli Minister of Communications, Israeli Deputy Minister for Development.
• Reda Mansour – Israeli poet, historian, diplomat, Israeli Ambassador to Ecuador, Brazil, and Panama
• Jabr Moade – Israeli MP and deputy minister
• Gadeer Mreeh — Israeli journalist and member of the Knesset; anchor of a Hebrew-language news program on Israeli television.
• Fateen Mulla – Israeli member of the Knesset, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office.
• Mohamed Nafa – Israeli MP
• Said Nafa – Israeli MP and lawyer
• Shachiv Shnaan – Israeli member of parliament
• Salah Tarif – Israeli government minister, MP, and army captain
• Majalli Wahabi – Israeli member of the Knesset; briefly President of Israel, IDF lieutenant-colonel.

Jordan

• Ayman Safadi – Deputy Prime Minister and Jordan's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
• Rashid Talaa – First Prime Minister of Jordan.

Lebanon

• Emin Arslan – born in current-day Lebanon (Ottoman Syria), diplomat, writer, and editor
• Akram Chehayeb – Lebanese Minister and MP
• Ghazi Aridi – Lebanese minister and MP
• Majid Arslan – Lebanese Defense Minister for over 40 years
• Shakib Arslan – Lebanese politician, writer, poet, and historian
• Talal Arslan – Lebanese minister and MP
• Fakhr-al-Din II – Ruler (emir) of Lebanon from 1590 to 1633; united Lebanon and parts of Syria and Palestine under his rule
• Kamal Jumblatt – Lebanese MP, minister, writer, author, and poet
• Walid Jumblatt – Lebanese minister and leader of the Progressive Socialist Party
• Marwan Hamadeh – Lebanese minister and MP
• Marwan Kheireddin – Lebanese minister
• Faisal Al Sayegh – Lebanese MP
• Wiam Wahhab – Lebanese politician

Syria

• Sultan Pasha al-Atrash – Syrian Leader and Commander of the Syrian Revolt of 1925.
• Mansur al-Atrash – Syrian politician, Interim head of state, journalist, founding member of the Ba'ath Party.
• Shibli al-Aysami – former Syrian Vice president and Gen Sec of the Ba'ath Arab Socialist Party

Venezuela

• Tarek El Aissami – Venezuelan interior and justice minister.

Religion

• Suliman Bashear – Palestinian-Israeli scholar of Islam
• Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah – central religious figure of the faith and sixth Imam-Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate
• Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad – founding religious leader
• Amin Tarif (1898–1993) – Israeli religious leader
• Mowafak Tarif – Israeli religious leader
• Abu Mohammad Jawad Walieddine (1916–2012) – Head of Authority of Senior Sheikhs

Sports

• Zidan Amar – Israeli footballer.
• Weaam Amasha – Israeli footballer playing for F.C. Tira and the Israeli national junior team
• Ahad Azam – Israeli footballer playing for Bnei Eilat and the Israeli national junior team
• Amir Nasar A Din – Israeli footballer
• Sari Falah – Israeli footballer playing for Bnei Sakhnin, the Israeli national junior team, and bronze medalist in the 2009 Maccabiah Games
• Amir Halaby – Israeli footballer
• Shareef Keouf – Israeli footballer playing for Maccabi Haifa and the Israeli national junior team
• Mahran Lala – Israeli footballer playing for Hapoel Tel Aviv.
• Nazar Mahmud – Israeli figure skater
• Raja Rafe – Syrian footballer
• Kenny Hasan Sayef – American-Israeli footballer playing for Maccabi Haifa and the Israeli national team.
• Saleh Shahin (born 1982) – Israeli Paralympic medalist rower

Visual arts

• Farid Mansour – Lebanese sculptor and painter
• Nabil Kanso – Lebanese-American painter
• Michael Netzer (Nassar) – American-Israeli graphical artist

Others

• Nadia Aboulhosn – Lebanese-American plus-size model and blogger
• Azzam Azzam – Israeli textile worker, former Israeli prisoner in Egypt
• Amal Clooney – Lebanese-British lawyer, married to George Clooney
• al-Darazi – 11th-century Isma'ili preacher and early leader of the Druze faith
• Angelina Fares – Israeli beauty pageant contestant. She was a finalist in Miss Israel 2007.
• Tiran Fero – Israeli teenager removed from life support and held hostage by members of the Jenin Brigades armed group
• Majdi Halabi – disappeared and discovered Israeli soldier
• Samir Kuntar – Lebanese Hezbollah militant

See also

• List of Israeli Druze

References