Category: Non-Resident / PAO (Persons of Arab Origin / Descent)

Ramy Youssef Wins ‘Golden Globe Award’ 2020

Ramy Youssef wins the ‘Golden Globe Award 2020’ for-‘ Best Actor in a Television series Musical / Comedy’ category.

Ramy was awarded for his stage performance in the 10-episode Hulu comedy series ‘Ramy’.

Ramy Youssef – Actor, Stand-up comedian, Writer

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USA / Arab-American / Egypt

Amney Jamal Elected to ‘American Academy of Arts & Sciences’ – April 2020

Dr. Amney Jamal – Princeton University has been named as one of the members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

She is Princeton faculty of : Edward S. Sanfords – Professor of Politics / Director – Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice

Jamal is Senior Advisor – PEW Research Center Projects . Conducts Workshops on Arab Political Development, Princeton University

Education:

Bachelors – UCLA – 1993

PhD – Political Science, University of Michigan

Books :

  • Barriers to Democracy : The other side of Social Capital in Palestine and the Arab World – (2002) / ‘ Winner ADSA Best Book Award 2008
  • Race and Arab Americans Before and After 9/11: From Invisible Citizen to Visible Subject – (2007) (co-author with Nadine Christine)
  • Citizenship and Crisis : Arab Detroit after 9/11 – (2009)
  • Of Empires and Citizens – Pro-American Democracy or No Democracy at All – (2012)

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USA / Arab-American / Palestine

Mohamed Hadid – Luxury Real Estate & Property Developer : USA

Mohamed Hadid (aka) Mohamed Anwar Hadid . Real Estate Developer. Philanthropy.

Main focus on building luxury hotels and mansions in Washington DC, Colorado, Los Angeles and specialised projects around the world.

Father of Supemodels Gigi Hadid, Bella Hadid and Anwar Hadid

Sports:

-Represented Jordan for speed skating at the Winter Olypmics (1992). Hadid is the only person to have represented Jordan at the Winter Olympics 1992.

www.mohamedhadid.com

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pix: bravotv.com

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American / Jordan-Palestine / Arab-American

Nicolas Hayek – Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board: SWATCH Group – Switzerland

Dr.Nicolas Hayek (aka) Dr. Nicolas George Hayek. Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO – The Swatch Group.

The Swatch Group was earlier ‘Societe Suisse de Microelectronique et d’Horologerie’ or SMH. Later The Swatch Group.

The watch brands of the Swatch Group being Swatch, Blancpain, Omega, Longines, Rado, Tissot, Certina, Mido, Hamilton, Pierre Balmain, Calvin Klein, Flik Flak, Breguet and Lanco.

Nicolas Hayek is credited with the engineering and re-birth of the Swiss Watch industry.

He is the inventor of the Swatch Watch Company which used only 51 parts as opposed to the nearly 100 parts needed to make a traditional wrist watch. At the time it was first and foremost a technological break through.

-Member- Advisory Board of EPFC (Ecole Polytechniqu Federale de Lausanne)

Awards:

  • Distinction of ‘Grosses Ehrenzeichen mit Stern ‘ – Government of Austria
  • Conferred ‘Officier de la legion d’honneur ‘ – Government of France
  • Conferred ‘Commander de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres’ – Government of France
  • Appointed ‘Honorary Citizen of Biel-Bienne, Switzerland
  • Conferred ‘Meisterschwanden’ – Aargau
  • Awarded ‘ Swiss Lifetime Achievement Award (January 2007)

www.swatchgroup.com

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pix : iloveinwatch.wordpress.com

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Swiss / Lebanese-American / Swiss-Arab

First Arab American to Represent Dearbon in Michigan – Abdullah Hammoud : U.S.A.

Abdullah Hammoud. Politician.

First Arab American to represent the 15th District Dearborn in the Michigan House of Representative (2017).

Education:

-MPH – Master’s Degree – Public Health in Epidemiology and Genetics, University of Michigan -AnnArbor

-B.S. – Biology – University of Michigan-Dearborn

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pix: modeldmedia.com / modelD / Doug Coombie

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AMERICAN / American-Arab / LEBANON