List of Iraqi Americans

"This is a list of famous Iraqi Americans."

Academia/Science

* Dr Ibrahim al-Marashi, academic plagiarized by the British government
*Rafil A. Dhafir, physician
*Elias Alsabti, medical researcher and writer
*Majid Khadduri, academic and founder of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Middle East Studies program
*Kanan Makiya, academic, professor
*Saadi Simawe, translator, novelist and teacher
*Ella Shohat, professor, author and activist
*Hind Rassam Culhane, professor
*Khidir Hamza, scientist
*Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, scientist
*Nada Shabout, art historian and Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas. [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0813031508 Amazon.com: Modern Arab Art: Formation of Arab Aesthetics: Books: NADA M. SHABOUT ] ] [ [http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/46882/ Iraqi Art: Continuity Through Contemporaneity by Nada Shabout at Carleton College Boliou Hall, Room 104 (Thursday, January 12, 2006) - Upcoming ] ] [ [http://www.montrealmirror.com/2007/111507/news3.html Montreal Mirror - News ] ] [ [http://www.unt.edu/president/insider/may07/shabout.htm UNT Insider - May 2007 - Nada Shabout ] ] [ [http://www.unt.edu/untresearch/lost.htm Research Magazine 2006 - The University of North Texas ] ] [ [http://montalvoarts.org/participants/nada_shabout/ Montalvo Arts Center | Nada Shabout ] ] [ [http://web.mit.edu/akpia/www/courses.htm Akpia@Mit ] ]
*Raouf A. Ridha, civil engineer
*Jeffrey R. Ridha, physician

Activists

*Dahlia Wasfi, activist
*Julie Iny, activist and author

Actors

*Tamara Dhia, actress known for her lead role in Santa Claus in Baghdad [ [http://www.backstage.com/bso/community/success/success_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003624339 Tamara Dhia ] ]
*Yasmine Hanani, actress known for her role in Voices of Iraq and The Kingdom
*Nicholas Kadi, actor [ [http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=1764 Nicholas Kadi, actor with Iraqi roots] ]
*Sarab Kamoo, actress known for her role in Super Sucker
*Chris Kattan, comedian and actor; best known for his work on "Saturday Night Live"
*Heather Raffo, Award winning playwright/actress most known for her role in "9 Parts of Desire"
*Basam Ridha, actor
*Alia Shawkat, actress known as Maeby Fünke on "Arrested Development"
*Zina Zaflow, actress

Architecture

*Hisham N. Ashkouri, architect
*Raed Jarrar architect, blogger, and activist

Artists

*Wafaa Bilal, artist and professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
*Toba Khedoori, artist
*Leila Kubba, artist
*Sama Raena Alshaibi, artist
*Maysaloun Faraj, artist
*Oded Halahmy, artist [ [http://www.odedhalahmy.com/history.shtml Oded Halahmy / Public Collections and Museums ] ]
* Halla Ayla, artist [ [http://www.icanartworks.com/Halla%20Ayla.html Halla Ayla ] ]
* Lidia Shaddow, artist [ [http://www.washington-report.org/archives/December_2007/0712047.html Iraq Veterans Against the War “March Home” to Rutgers ] ]

Business

*Sam Kubba, author and businessman
*Shakir al Khafaji, businessman
*Susan Gailani, interior designer and businesswoman

Directors

*Usama Alshaibi, film director of "Muhammad and Jane"
*Ali Hossaini, filmmaker, philosopher and pacifist
*Anisa Mehdi, Emmy Award winning film director and journalist
*Carole Basri, filmmaker

Models

*Amy Fadhli, fitness model, actress and winner of the "Fitness America National Champion 1996"

Musicians

*Chemda Khalili, singer/songwriter and co-host of the Keith and The Girl podcast
*TIMZ, rapper
*Elliott Yamin, singer
*Stephan Smith, singer-songwriter, poet and political activist
*Ahmed El Faleh, singer who participated in "Super Star 3", the pan-Arabic version of "Pop Idol"
*Rahim AlHaj, musician and composer
*Dena El Saffar, musician
*Amir ElSaffar, musician and younger brother of Dena
*Linda George, singer
*Majid Kakka, singer [ [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=80856283 MySpace.com - Majid Kakka & the BELLS BAND - West Bloomfield, Michigan - Autre - www.myspace.com/bellsbandmusic ] ]
*Juliana Jendo, singer
*Janan Sawa, musician [ [http://www.janansawa.com/ Janan Sawa Musical Networks ] ]
*Fabian Alsultany, DJ

Politics

*Rend al-Rahim Francke, politician, political activist and once held the position as Iraqi ambassador to the United States
*Ayham al-Samarie, politician
*John Kanno, politician running for congress in California
*Qubad Talabani, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) representative in Washington DC and son of Iraqi president Jalal Talabani

ports

*Najah Ali, boxer
*Falah Hassan, footballer

Writers & Journalists

*Lorraine Ali, reporter, editor, culture writer and music critic for "Newsweek" [ [http://web.mit.edu/akpia/www/03fallbiosabs.htm Bios&Abstracts ] ]
*Sinan Antoon, poet, novelist and translator [ [http://www.selvesandothers.org/view691.html Sinan Antoon ] ]
*Alon Ben-Meir, professor, writer and is the Middle East Project director at the World Policy Institute
*Joseph Braude, author
*Saul Fathi, author
*Abdul Ameer Yousef Habeeb, journalist
*Jack Marshall (author), poet and author
*Dunya Mikhail, poet
*Daniel Pearl, journalist (kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan)
*Ayad Rahim, journalist
*Zainab Salbi, writer, activist, co-founder and president of Women for Women International
*Farrah Sarafa, poet, editor, translator and teacher
*Rachel Wahba, writer
*Thura Al Windawi, author

Other

*Kaysar Ridha, contestant on reality show "Big Brother"
*Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie, soldier
*Aban Elias, civil engineer, (recently held hostage and has not been heard from since)
*Michael Mizrachi, professional poker player (Iraqi Jewish father)
*Robert Mizrachi, professional poker player and older brother of Michael Mizrachi
*Jumana Hanna, involved in war propaganda
*Farris Hassan
*Husham Al-Husainy, Sheikh of the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center
*Joseph Markhay, engineer
*Robert Nalo, burglar and heist man
*Samuel Nalo, businessman, hijacker, burglar and brother of Robert
*Sami Khoshaba Latchin
*Mohammad Munaf
*Abdul Rahman Yasin, a suspected American terrorist
*Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief, attorney who helped the United States armed forces rescue Jessica Lynch from Iraq
*Leila Barclay, storyteller [fr icon [http://www.1stmediterranean.com/actuuk/archivesuk/resultat.php?id=1115 Euromed News ] ] [ [http://www.albustanseeds.org/teachers2004.html teachers ] ]

References

ee also

*Iraqi American
*List of Iraqis