did you know that all of these famous people are Arabs ?

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and if you do so , why Bin Ladin is the only one who come to American or westerner mind when hearing the "Arab" word ?

List of famous Arabs ( some of them partially )

Shakira , World's Most Famous Female Singer
Salma Hayek , one of the most prominent Actress figures in Hollywood
Zidane , one of the greatest players in the history of football
Carlos Slim Helú , He was listed as the richest man in the world
Steve Jobs , the co-founder and chief executive officer of Apple Inc
Naseem hamed , former World Featherweight and European Bantamweight Champion.
Elie Saab , one of the most influential and highly regarded designers of our time
Farouk Shamie , the CEO and founder of the world's largest hair products company
Carlos Menem , former President of Argentina
Abdallah Bucaram , former President of Ecuador
Antonio Saca, former President of El Salvador
Julio Cesar Turbay , former President of Colombia
Salvador Jorge Blanco , former President of Dominican Republic
Paul Orfalea , founded the world’s biggest international chain of copying service stores, Kinko’s( FedEx Office )
Massari and Carl Wolf the most popular singers in Canada
Edward Said , was one of the most influential literary theorists and critics in the world
Queen Rania , the world's youngest Queen
Rima faqih Miss USA , Malika Minnar Miss France , Jeff Zalzali Mr universal
Elias Corey and Ahmed Zwail , Noble prize winners
Carlos Ghosn , CEO of Nissan and Renault, former CEO of Michelin
Waleed Ali , founded MPI, the world’s largest home-video distributor of documentaries.
Dalida , a world famous singer and actress
Michael DeBakey , Magdi Yacoub and Dawood Hanina three of the most prominent heart Surgeons in the world
Gabriel Omar Batistuta , ranked among the greatest ever to play soccer
Casey Casem , the man with the most recognizable voice in American radio
Gibran Khalil Gibran , was one of the most profound writers of modern times
Moustapha Akkad, best known for producing the series of Halloween films
Ralph Nader , four-time candidate for President of the United States,
Hicham Guerrouj , the current holder of the 1500 metres, mile and outdoor 2000 metres world records
Fawaz Ismail , founder of Alamo Flag Company the largest retailer of flags and related items in the world
Paul Anka , was one of America’s first pop teen idols
Joseph D. Jamail , The Texas lawyer who won the biggest business settlement in U.S. history and country’s most successful attorneys,
Asaad Kelada , well-known series director , he directed Dharma & Greg and Everybody Loves Raymond.
Mohammed Abu-Ghazaleh , the CEO of largest food products in the world ( Del monte )
Emirates Airline is the largest airline in the Middle East and were named winner of Best Airline Inflight Entertainment in the world
Col. James Jabara , America’s and the world’s first jet ace
Le Trio Joubran band , the most talented oud players in the world
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh , the chairman and founder of the largest accounting organization, the TAG org.
Bobby Rahal , the all-time earnings champ among Indy car racers
George Joulwan , held the highest military position in NATO, the Supreme Allied Commander
DJ Khaled , a famous DJ & Hip Hop producer in USA .
Socrates and Mario Zagalo considered to be among the greatest football players in Brazil .
Mohammed Alabbar , the CEO of Emaar properties the world's largest land and real estate developer
Jamal Taslaq , top fashion designer in Italy .
Tareq Salahi , one of the most successful vintners in the world
John Henry Sununu , is a former Governor of New Hampshire and former White House Chief of Staff
Sam Rasoul , is the youngest candidate in the history of american elections .
Abdul Hameed Shoman , the founder of Arab Bank , largest financial institution in the Middle East and amongest the largest in the world ,
George A. Doumani’s , a well-known Geologist who helped prove the theory of continental drift; he has a mountain peak named after him in Antarctica.
Dr. Farouk el-Baz, famous scientist who worked with NASA , he helped plan all the Apollo moon landings and later pioneered the use of space photography to study the Earth.
Jacques Nasser , was formerly the president and CEO of Ford Motor Company
Salem Khamis , most important economic statistician for the United Nations
Iqbal Al-Assad , the youngest doctor in the world .
Alex Atala , CEO of DOM resturants and one of the most exciting chefs of his generation.
Justin Amash the second youngest current U.S. Representative


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Yeah I did, although a lot of them are not full blooded Arabs - Shakira is very mixed race.
 
Yeah I did, although a lot of them are not full blooded Arabs - Shakira is very mixed race.
 
Yawn...
I thought Shakira is 100%South American for a start..but I could be wrong. Anyway - Osama Bin Laden is just one religious extremist terrorist; and doesn't represent an entire global region to me. Viva Arabia and all it's great, historic cultural wealth :)
 
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