List of Iraqi Americans

Ali Al-Sharah, computer scientist studying computer science in Washington State.
Elias Alsabti, plagiarist medical researcher and Pennsylvania medical licensed
Sinan Antoon, academic, writer, filmmaker
Hind Rassam Culhane, professor
Rafil A. Dhafir, physician
Mona Hanna-Attisha, pediatrician, professor, Flint Water Crisis whistleblower and public health advocate
Khidir Hamza, scientist and fraudulent
Emanuel Kamber, physics professor at Western Michigan University
Abraham Karem, designer of fixed and rotary-wing unmanned aircraft, regarded as the founding father of drone technology
Majid Khadduri, academic and founder of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Middle East Studies program
Jessica Meir, NASA astronaut, marine biologist, and physiologist
Thomas L. Saaty, Assyrian-Iraqi professor at the University of Pittsburgh
Nada Shabout, art historian and Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]
Ella Shohat, professor, author and activist
Saadi Simawe, translator, novelist and teacher
Donny George Youkhanna, archaeologist, anthropologist, author, curator, and scholar, and visiting professor at Stony Brook University in New York

Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, human rights activist and social entrepreneur^[8]
Amir Ashour, LGBT Rights activist

David Chokachi, actor of Turkmen and Finnish descent^{[citation needed]}
Yasmine Hanani, actress known for her role in Voices of Iraq and The Kingdom
Nicholas Kadi, actor^[9]
Chris Kattan, comedian and actor; best known for his work on Saturday Night Live; paternal grandfather was of Iraqi Jewish descent
Jemima Kirke, artist, actress and director
Lola Kirke, actress and singer-songwriter
Michael Nouri, actor; father is from Iraq
Vincent Oshana, Assyrian-Iraqi actor
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 FünkeonArrested Development, father is from Iraq

Hisham N. Ashkouri, architect

M. J. Alhabeeb, calligrapher
Sama Raena Alshaibi, artist
Halla Ayla, artist^[10]
Zigi Ben-Haim, painter and sculptor
Wafaa Bilal, artist and professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Hayv Kahraman, artist/painter
Toba Khedoori, artist

Efrem Harkham, hotelier and philanthropist
David Hindawi, software entrepreneur, co-founder of cybersecurity firm Tanium
Huda Kattan, CEO of Huda Beauty
Shakir al Khafaji, businessman
Moishe Mana, businessman and real estate developer
Selim Zilkha, entrepreneur
Alina Habba, Donald Trump's personal attorney

Brian Awadis, also known as FaZe Rug
Remy Munasifi, also known as GoRemy

Usama Alshaibi, filmmaker
Carole Basri, filmmaker
Ali Hossaini, filmmaker, philosopher and pacifist
Anisa Mehdi, Emmy Award-winning film director and journalist

Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie, soldier
Ahmed K. Altaie, Specialist in the United States Army, killed in Iraq

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

Hanan Alattar, soprano opera singer
Rahim AlHaj, musician and composer
Ahmed El Faleh, singer who participated in Super Star 3, the pan-Arabic version of Pop Idol
Amir ElSaffar, musician and younger brother of Dena
Sargon Gabriel, Chaldean singer
Linda George, Chaldean singer
Juliana Jendo, Chaldean singer
Chemda Khalili, singer-songwriter and co-host of the Keith and The Girl podcast
Stephan Said, musician, writer and political activist
Ashur Bet Sargis, Chaldean singer
Janan Sawa, Chaldean musician^[11]
TIMZ, rapper

Rend al-Rahim Francke, politician, political activist and once held the position as Iraqi ambassador to the United States
Ayham al-Samarie, politician
Adam Benjamin, Jr., Assyrian-Iraqi, Indiana Congressman
Wadie Deddeh, Chaldean, Assemblyman and California State Senator
Anna Eshoo, Assyrian-Iraqi, California Congressman
John Nimrod, Assyrian-Iraqi, Illinois Senator
Qubad Talabani, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) representative in Washington DC and son of Iraqi president Jalal Talabani

Alex Agase, Assyrian-American, American football (Gridiron) player
Lou Agase, Assyrian-American, American football (Gridiron) player
Najah Ali, boxer
Steven Beitashour, Assyrian who played in Major League Soccer
Falah Hassan, footballer
Justin Meram, Chaldean U.S. based soccer player^[12]
Michael Shabaz, Assyrian American tennis player

Lorraine Ali, reporter, editor, culture writer and music critic for Newsweek^[13]
Ibrahim al-Marashi, academic plagiarized by the British government
Alise Alousi, poet^[14]
Sinan Antoon, poet, novelist and translator^[15]
Leila Barclay, American journalist and storyteller
Alon Ben-Meir, professor, writer and is the Middle East Project director at the World Policy Institute
Sargon Boulus, Assyrian-Iraqi
Abdul Ameer Yousef Habeeb, journalist
Jack Marshall (author), poet and author
Dunya Mikhail, poet
Armand Nassery, author and filmmaker
Greg Patent, author (born in Hong Kong to a Russian father and Iraqi mother)^[16]
Daniel Pearl, journalist (kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan)
Ayad Rahim, journalist
Mahmoud Saeed, Iraqi novelist^[17]
Zainab Salbi, writer, activist, co-founder and president of Women for Women International
Cindy Sargon, Assyrian-Iraqi TV chef
Anita Sarkeesian, Canadian-American feminist media critic and public speaker. Her parents are Armenians from Iraq who emigrated to Canada in the 1970s
Rachel Wahba, writer
Thura Al Windawi, author
Obelit Yadgar, Assyrian-Iraqi-Radio Glendale, Wisconsin

Husham Al-Husainy, Sheikh of the Karbala Islamic Education Center
Noor Almaleki, honor killing victim
Hassan Al-Qazwini, religious leader
Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief, attorney who helped the United States armed forces rescue Jessica Lynch from Iraq
Aban Elias, civil engineer (held hostage and has not been heard from)
Samir Gegea, Iraqi interpreter who captured Saddam Hussein
Jumana Hanna, involved in war propaganda
Farris Hassan
Steven Menashi, lawyer who serves as a US judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Michael Mizrachi, professional poker player (Iraqi Jewish father)
Robert Mizrachi, professional poker player and older brother of Michael Mizrachi
Mohammad Munaf, terrorist
Samuel Nalo, businessman, hijacker, burglar, and brother of Robert
Nadya Suleman, gave birth to octuplets in January 2008
Abdul Rahman Yasin, suspected terrorist

^ Shabout, Nada M. (2007). Modern Arab Art: Formation of Arab Aesthetics: Books: NADA M. SHABOUT. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0813031507.

^ Added by carlmedr on December 20, 2005 (2005-12-20). "Iraqi Art: Continuity Through Contemporaneity by Nada Shabout at Carleton College Boliou Hall, Room 104 (Thursday, January 12, 2006) - Upcoming". Upcoming.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2012-06-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

^ "News". Montreal Mirror. 2007-11-21. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2012-06-18.

^ "UNT Insider - May 2007 - Nada Shabout". Unt.edu. Retrieved 2012-06-18.

^ Research Magazine 2006 - The University of North Texas Archived March 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

^ P.O. BOX 158. "Montalvo Arts Center | Nada Shabout". Montalvoarts.org. Retrieved 2012-06-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

^ Akpia@Mit Archived November 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

^ "This man brings hope to Arab youth, one Wikipedia page at a time". Christian Science Monitor. 2020-02-05. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2020-09-23.

^ "Nicholas Kadi, actor with Iraqi roots". Ihrc.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-06-18.

^ "Halla Ayla". Icanartworks.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-06-18.

^ "Janan Sawa Musical Networks". Janansawa.com. 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2012-06-18.

^ "Ishtar Broadcasting Corporation". Ishtartv.com. 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2012-06-18.

^ "Bios&Abstracts". Web.mit.edu. Retrieved 2012-06-18.

^ Smith, Brian. "Women in Black quietly denounces Bush and bombs". Metrotimes.com. Retrieved 2012-06-18.

^ "Sinan Antoon". Selvesandothers.org. 2004-05-25. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-06-18.

^ Author Greg Patent brings us scrumptious chocolate treats.

^ The New Yorker Magazine 1/12-18/2010

List of Iraqi Americans

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