From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of notable
Iraqi Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
Academia/science
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Ali Al-Sharah, computer scientist studying computer science in Washington State.
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Elias Alsabti, plagiarist medical researcher and Pennsylvania medical licensed
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Sinan Antoon, academic, writer, filmmaker
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Hind Rassam Culhane, professor
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Rafil A. Dhafir, physician
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Mona Hanna-Attisha, pediatrician, professor,
Flint Water Crisis whistleblower and public health advocate
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Khidir Hamza, scientist and fraudulent
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Emanuel Kamber, physics professor at Western Michigan University
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Abraham Karem, designer of fixed and rotary-wing unmanned aircraft, regarded as the founding father of drone technology
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Majid Khadduri, academic and founder of the
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Middle East Studies program
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Jessica Meir,
NASA astronaut, marine biologist, and physiologist
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Thomas L. Saaty, Assyrian-Iraqi professor at the University of Pittsburgh
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Nada Shabout, art historian and Assistant Professor at the
University of North Texas
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
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Ella Shohat, professor, author and activist
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Saadi Simawe, translator, novelist and teacher
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Donny George Youkhanna, archaeologist, anthropologist, author, curator, and scholar, and visiting professor at Stony Brook University in New York
Activists
Actors
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David Chokachi, actor of Turkmen and Finnish descent[
citation needed]
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Yasmine Hanani, actress known for her role in
Voices of Iraq and
The Kingdom
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Nicholas Kadi, actor
[9]
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Chris Kattan, comedian and actor; best known for his work on
Saturday Night Live; paternal grandfather was of Iraqi Jewish descent
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Jemima Kirke, artist, actress and director
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Lola Kirke, actress and singer-songwriter
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Michael Nouri, actor; father is from Iraq
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Vincent Oshana, Assyrian-Iraqi actor
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Heather Raffo, award-winning playwright/actress most known for her role in
9 Parts of Desire
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Basam Ridha, actor
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Alia Shawkat, actress known as
Maeby Fünke on
Arrested Development, father is from Iraq
Architecture
Artists
Business
Comedians
Directors
Military
Models
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Amy Fadhli, fitness model, actress and winner of the Fitness America National Champion 1996
Musicians
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Hanan Alattar, soprano opera singer
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Rahim AlHaj, musician and composer
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Ahmed El Faleh, singer who participated in
Super Star 3, the pan-
Arabic version of
Pop Idol
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Amir ElSaffar, musician and younger brother of Dena
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Sargon Gabriel, Chaldean singer
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Linda George, Chaldean singer
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Juliana Jendo, Chaldean singer
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Chemda Khalili, singer-songwriter and co-host of the
Keith and The Girl podcast
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Stephan Said, musician, writer and political activist
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Ashur Bet Sargis, Chaldean singer
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Janan Sawa, Chaldean musician
[11]
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TIMZ, rapper
Politics
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Rend al-Rahim Francke, politician, political activist and once held the position as Iraqi ambassador to the United States
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Ayham al-Samarie, politician
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Adam Benjamin, Jr., Assyrian-Iraqi, Indiana Congressman
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Wadie Deddeh, Chaldean, Assemblyman and California State Senator
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Anna Eshoo, Assyrian-Iraqi, California Congressman
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John Nimrod, Assyrian-Iraqi, Illinois Senator
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Qubad Talabani, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) representative in Washington DC and son of Iraqi president
Jalal Talabani
Sports
Writers and journalists
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Lorraine Ali, reporter, editor, culture writer and music critic for
Newsweek
[13]
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Ibrahim al-Marashi, academic plagiarized by the British government
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Alise Alousi, poet
[14]
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Sinan Antoon, poet, novelist and translator
[15]
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Leila Barclay, American journalist and storyteller
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Alon Ben-Meir, professor, writer and is the Middle East Project director at the World Policy Institute
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Sargon Boulus, Assyrian-Iraqi
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Abdul Ameer Yousef Habeeb, journalist
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Jack Marshall (author), poet and author
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Dunya Mikhail, poet
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Armand Nassery, author and filmmaker
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Greg Patent, author (born in Hong Kong to a Russian father and Iraqi mother)
[16]
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Daniel Pearl, journalist (kidnapped and murdered in
Pakistan)
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Ayad Rahim, journalist
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Mahmoud Saeed, Iraqi novelist
[17]
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Zainab Salbi, writer, activist, co-founder and president of
Women for Women International
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Cindy Sargon, Assyrian-Iraqi TV chef
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Anita Sarkeesian, Canadian-American
feminist
media critic and public speaker. Her parents are
Armenians from Iraq who emigrated to Canada in the 1970s
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Rachel Wahba, writer
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Thura Al Windawi, author
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Obelit Yadgar, Assyrian-Iraqi-Radio Glendale, Wisconsin
Other
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Husham Al-Husainy, Sheikh of the Karbala Islamic Education Center
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Noor Almaleki, honor killing victim
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Hassan Al-Qazwini, religious leader
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Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief, attorney who helped the
United States armed forces rescue
Jessica Lynch from Iraq
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Aban Elias, civil engineer (held hostage and has not been heard from)
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Samir Gegea, Iraqi interpreter who captured Saddam Hussein
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Jumana Hanna, involved in war propaganda
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Farris Hassan
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Steven Menashi, lawyer who serves as a
US judge of the
US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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Michael Mizrachi, professional poker player (Iraqi Jewish father)
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Robert Mizrachi, professional poker player and older brother of Michael Mizrachi
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Mohammad Munaf, terrorist
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Samuel Nalo, businessman, hijacker, burglar, and brother of Robert
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Nadya Suleman, gave birth to octuplets in January 2008
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Abdul Rahman Yasin, suspected terrorist
See also
References
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^ Shabout, Nada M. (2007). Modern Arab Art: Formation of Arab Aesthetics: Books: NADA M. SHABOUT. University Press of Florida.
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"News". Montreal Mirror. 2007-11-21. Archived from
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"UNT Insider - May 2007 - Nada Shabout". Unt.edu. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
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Research Magazine 2006 - The University of North Texas
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"This man brings hope to Arab youth, one Wikipedia page at a time". Christian Science Monitor. 2020-02-05.
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"Nicholas Kadi, actor with Iraqi roots". Ihrc.org.uk. Archived from
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"Halla Ayla". Icanartworks.com. Archived from
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"Janan Sawa Musical Networks". Janansawa.com. 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
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"Ishtar Broadcasting Corporation". Ishtartv.com. 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
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"Bios&Abstracts". Web.mit.edu. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
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^ Smith, Brian.
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"Sinan Antoon". Selvesandothers.org. 2004-05-25. Archived from
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Author Greg Patent brings us scrumptious chocolate treats.
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^ The New Yorker Magazine 1/12-18/2010