SettingsEgyptian immigrants to the United States
Abdel-Moniem El-Ganayni
Dr. Abdel-Moniem ibn Ali El-Ganayni (عبد المنعم بن علي الجنايني) is an Egyptian-born American nuclear physicist, former prison Imam, and an active member of the Pittsburgh Muslim community.
Dr. Abdel-Moniem ibn Ali El-Ganayni (عبد المنعم بن علي الجنايني) is an Egyptian-born American nuclear physicist, former prison Imam, and an active member of the Pittsburgh Muslim community.
Afaf Meleis
Afaf Ibrahim Meleis is an Egyptian-American nursing scientist and educator.
Afaf Ibrahim Meleis is an Egyptian-American nursing scientist and educator.
Ahmed Elmaghraby
Ahmed Elmaghraby (born April 26, 1968 in Suez, Egypt) is a former field hockey forward who finished twelfth with the United States men's national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ahmed Elmaghraby (born April 26, 1968 in Suez, Egypt) is a former field hockey forward who finished twelfth with the United States men's national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ahmed Subhy Mansour
Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Subhy Mansour (also Ahmad Subhy Mansour and Ahmad Subhi Mansur), born March 1, 1949, in Abu Harair, Kafr Saqr, Sharqia, Egypt is an Egyptian-born noted Islamic schol...
Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Subhy Mansour (also Ahmad Subhy Mansour and Ahmad Subhi Mansur), born March 1, 1949, in Abu Harair, Kafr Saqr, Sharqia, Egypt is an Egyptian-born noted Islamic schol...
Ahmed Zayat
Ahmed Zayat was born on August 31, 1962, in Cairo, Egypt.
Ahmed Zayat was born on August 31, 1962, in Cairo, Egypt.
Ahmed Zewail
Ahmed Hassan Zewail is an Egyptian scientist, and the winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry.
Ahmed Hassan Zewail is an Egyptian scientist, and the winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry.
Alaa Abdelnaby
Alaa Abdelnaby (born June 24, 1968, in Cairo) is a retired Egyptian-American professional basketball player, who played in the NBA. He played at Duke University from 1986 to 1990, where he was ...
Alaa Abdelnaby (born June 24, 1968, in Cairo) is a retired Egyptian-American professional basketball player, who played in the NBA. He played at Duke University from 1986 to 1990, where he was ...
Ali Mohamed
Ali Abdul Saoud Mohamed, (علي محمد) (born June 3, 1952) is a double agent who worked for both the CIA and Egyptian Islamic Jihad simultaneously, reporting on the workings of each for the benefit...
Ali Abdul Saoud Mohamed, (علي محمد) (born June 3, 1952) is a double agent who worked for both the CIA and Egyptian Islamic Jihad simultaneously, reporting on the workings of each for the benefit...
Amr Aly
Amr Aly (born August 1, 1962) is a retired American soccer forward.
Amr Aly (born August 1, 1962) is a retired American soccer forward.
Dina Powell
Dina Habib Powell (née Habib), born 1973, is the former Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs for the United States government.
Dina Habib Powell (née Habib), born 1973, is the former Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs for the United States government.
Farouk El-Baz
Farouk El-Baz (فاروق الباز, Egyptian Arabic: ) (born January 2, 1938) is an Egyptian American scientist who worked with NASA to assist in the planning of scientific exploration of the Moon...
Farouk El-Baz (فاروق الباز, Egyptian Arabic: ) (born January 2, 1938) is an Egyptian American scientist who worked with NASA to assist in the planning of scientific exploration of the Moon...
Fathi Osman
Mohamed Fathi Osman (March 17, 1928 – September 11, 2010) was an Egyptian author and scholar who advocated on behalf of cooperation between Islam and other religions and whose writings inc...
Mohamed Fathi Osman (March 17, 1928 – September 11, 2010) was an Egyptian author and scholar who advocated on behalf of cooperation between Islam and other religions and whose writings inc...
Fayez Sarofim
Fayez Sarofim (فايز ساروفيم) is a Coptic Egyptian American fund manager for a number of Dreyfus family stock funds.
Fayez Sarofim (فايز ساروفيم) is a Coptic Egyptian American fund manager for a number of Dreyfus family stock funds.
Feisal Abdul Rauf
Feisal Abdul Rauf (فيصل عبد الرؤوف, born 1948) is an American Sufi imam, author, and activist whose stated goal is to improve relations between the Muslim world and the West.
Feisal Abdul Rauf (فيصل عبد الرؤوف, born 1948) is an American Sufi imam, author, and activist whose stated goal is to improve relations between the Muslim world and the West.
Gamal Helal
Gamal Helal (born March 22, 1954) is an Egyptian-American interpreter and diplomat who has translated for several American presidents and Secretaries of State.
Gamal Helal (born March 22, 1954) is an Egyptian-American interpreter and diplomat who has translated for several American presidents and Secretaries of State.
Hagop Sandaldjian
Hagop Sandaldjian (1931–1990) was an Egyptian-born Armenian American musician and microminiature sculptor, best known for his tiny art pieces displayed at the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Lo...
Hagop Sandaldjian (1931–1990) was an Egyptian-born Armenian American musician and microminiature sculptor, best known for his tiny art pieces displayed at the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Lo...
Hasan M. El-Shamy
Hasan M. El-Shamy (born 1938) is a Professor of Folklore (Folkloristics) in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and the African...
Hasan M. El-Shamy (born 1938) is a Professor of Folklore (Folkloristics) in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and the African...
Hassan Aref
Dr. Hassan Aref (b. 1950, Alexandria, Egypt) is the Reynolds Metals Professor in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech, and the Niels Bohr Visiting Professor at th...
Dr. Hassan Aref (b. 1950, Alexandria, Egypt) is the Reynolds Metals Professor in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech, and the Niels Bohr Visiting Professor at th...
Ibram Lassaw
Ibram Lassaw (1913–2003) is an American sculptor, known for nonobjective construction in brazed metals.
Ibram Lassaw (1913–2003) is an American sculptor, known for nonobjective construction in brazed metals.
Leila Ahmed
Leila Ahmed (b. 1940; لیلى أحمد) is an Egyptian American writer on Islam and Islamic feminism as well as being the first women's studies professor at Harvard Divinity School.
Leila Ahmed (b. 1940; لیلى أحمد) is an Egyptian American writer on Islam and Islamic feminism as well as being the first women's studies professor at Harvard Divinity School.
Mohamed A. El-Erian
Dr. Mohamed A. El-Erian (born August 19, 1958) is the CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO, a global investment management firm and one of the world’s largest bond investors with approximately US$1.2 trillio...
Dr. Mohamed A. El-Erian (born August 19, 1958) is the CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO, a global investment management firm and one of the world’s largest bond investors with approximately US$1.2 trillio...
Mohamed Hashish
Mohamed Hashish (born May 22, 1947) is an Egyptian-born research scientist best known as the father of the abrasive waterjet cutter.
Mohamed Hashish (born May 22, 1947) is an Egyptian-born research scientist best known as the father of the abrasive waterjet cutter.
Mostafa Abbas Saleh
Mostafa Abbas Saleh is an Egyptian ecologist and herpetologist.
Mostafa Abbas Saleh is an Egyptian ecologist and herpetologist.
Mostafa El-Sayed
Mostafa A. El-Sayed (Arabic: مصطفى السيد) (born 8 May 1933 - Zifta, Egypt) is an Egyptian-American chemical physicist, a leading nanoscience researcher, a member of the National Academy of Scien...
Mostafa A. El-Sayed (Arabic: مصطفى السيد) (born 8 May 1933 - Zifta, Egypt) is an Egyptian-American chemical physicist, a leading nanoscience researcher, a member of the National Academy of Scien...
Muhammad S. Eissa
Muhammad S. Eissa is currently a Lecturer of Arabic at the University of Chicago, and prior to that was the Mellon Lecturer at the University of Michigan.
Muhammad S. Eissa is currently a Lecturer of Arabic at the University of Chicago, and prior to that was the Mellon Lecturer at the University of Michigan.
Noha Radwan
Noha Mohamed Radwan is a comparative literature professor at University of California, Davis, and was an Egyptian literary scholar and Assistant Professor Arabic Literature Columbia University.
Noha Mohamed Radwan is a comparative literature professor at University of California, Davis, and was an Egyptian literary scholar and Assistant Professor Arabic Literature Columbia University.
Nonie Darwish
Nonie Darwish (نوني درويش) (born 1949) is an Egyptian-American human rights activist, and founder of Arabs For Israel, and is Director of Former Muslims United.
Nonie Darwish (نوني درويش) (born 1949) is an Egyptian-American human rights activist, and founder of Arabs For Israel, and is Director of Former Muslims United.
Omar Abdel-Rahman
Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman (عمر عبد الرحمن, ‘Umar ‘Abd ar-Raḥman; born 3 May 1938), commonly known in the United States as "The Blind Sheikh", is a blind Egyptian Muslim leader who is cu...
Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman (عمر عبد الرحمن, ‘Umar ‘Abd ar-Raḥman; born 3 May 1938), commonly known in the United States as "The Blind Sheikh", is a blind Egyptian Muslim leader who is cu...
Rashad Khalifa
Rashad Khalifa was an Egyptian-American biochemist, closely associated with the United Submitters International.
Rashad Khalifa was an Egyptian-American biochemist, closely associated with the United Submitters International.
Saad Eddin Ibrahim
Saad Eddin Ibrahim (سعد الدين ابراهيم) (born 3 December, 1938 in Bedeen, Mansoura, Egypt) is an Egyptian American sociologist and author.
Saad Eddin Ibrahim (سعد الدين ابراهيم) (born 3 December, 1938 in Bedeen, Mansoura, Egypt) is an Egyptian American sociologist and author.
Shaker Elsayed
Shaker Elsayed (born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1951) is a dual citizen of Egypt and the US, and has been the Imam of the Dar Al-Hijrah mosque in Falls Church, Virginia, since June 1, 2005.
Shaker Elsayed (born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1951) is a dual citizen of Egypt and the US, and has been the Imam of the Dar Al-Hijrah mosque in Falls Church, Virginia, since June 1, 2005.