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Until the 20th century, Jews accounted for a significant minority among the populations of West Asia and North Africa, which has mostly consisted of the Arab world since the early Muslim conquests. Following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the majority of the Arab world's Jews—numbering around 900,000 people—left or were expelled in waves of mass movement that continued until the 1970s. Roughly 72% of these refugees were absorbed by Israel and the remainder largely by the Western world. This article provides a list of prominent Jews with either full or partial origins in the territory of the Arab world from as far back as the early medieval era.

Al-Andalus (Arab Spain)

Algeria

{{main list|List of Algerian Jews}}

  • Isaac Alfasi, Talmudist and posek; best known for his work of halakhaLeonard Levy, R. Yitzhaq Alfasi's application of principles of adjudication in Halakhot Rabbati, footnotes 11-27
  • Jacques Attali, economist, writer
  • Cheb i Sabbah, famous club DJ{{cite news|title=Cheb i Sabbah: 'Krishna Lila' and Everything Else|url=http://asianvibrations.com/cgi-bin/getFeature.cgi?featureNum=8|newspaper=Asian Vibrations|date=April 21, 2002|author=Gaurav|access-date=September 13, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529132250/http://asianvibrations.com/cgi-bin/getFeature.cgi?featureNum=8|archive-date=May 29, 2008|url-status=dead}}
  • Lili Boniche, musician{{cite web|url=https://deces.matchid.io/search?advanced=true&ln=Boniche&bd=1922&fn=%C3%89lie|title=BONICHE Eliaou|access-date=11 July 2020}}
  • Patrick Bruel, singer, actor
  • Alain Chabat, actor
  • Hélène Cixous, feminist writer{{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/cixous-helene |title=Hélène Cixous |publisher=Jewish Women's Archive |access-date=2014-01-17}}
  • Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, physicist, Nobel prize (1997){{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/124559/Claude-Cohen-Tannoudji|title=Claude Cohen-Tannoudji - French physicist|access-date=4 October 2018}}
  • Jacques Derrida, deconstructionist philosopher{{cite book|title=Derrida: A Biography|last=Peeters|first=Benoît|publisher=Polity|year=2012|pages=12–13|quote="Jackie was born at daybreak, on 15 July 1930, at El Biar, in the hilly suburbs of Algiers, in a holiday home. [...] The boy's main forename was probably chosen because of Jackie Coogan ... When he was circumcised, he was given a second forename, Elie, which was not entered on his birth certificate, unlike the equivalent names of his brother and sister."}} {{OCLC|980688411|844437566|818721033}} See also {{cite book|title=Jacques Derrida|last=Bennington|first=Geoffrey|publisher=The University of Chicago Press|year=1993|page=325|quote=1930 Birth of Jackie Derrida, July 15, in El-Biar (near Algiers, in a holiday house).}}.
  • Alphonse Halimi, boxer; World Bantamweight champion{{cite web|title=Alphonse Halimi|url=http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/AlphonseHalimi.htm|website=International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame}}
  • Roger Hanin, film actor and director{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/30141/Roger-Hanin/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213043058/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/30141/Roger-Hanin/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 February 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author=Hal Erickson|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|date=2015|title=Roger Hanin|access-date=12 February 2015}}
  • Bernard-Henri Lévy, French philosopherKirsch, Jonathan. [http://www.jewishjournal.com/cover_story/article/bernard_henri_levy_bares_his_jewish_soul "Bernard-Henri Lévy bares his Jewish soul."] Jewish Journal. 11 January 2017. 17 January 2017.
  • Enrico Macias (Gaston Ghrenassia), French singer{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.ben-ameur.org/maalouf Le Malouf Constantinois] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328010624/http://www.ben-ameur.org/maalouf |date=28 March 2012 }}
  • Line Monty (Eliane Sarfati), Algerian singer[https://www.jechantemagazine.net/single-post/2017/04/14/Line-Monty-«-La-Française-qui-chante-si-bien-l’arabe-» Line Monty - La Française qui chante si bien l'arabe] at jechantemagazine.net, retrieved May 10th 2019
  • Reinette l'Oranaise, famous Algerian singer from Oran. Known as one of Oran's respected artists. Best known for Nhabek Nhabek and Mazal Haï Mazal{{Cite book|last=Langlois|first=Tony|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uohCCwAAQBAJ|title=Musical Exodus: Al-Andalus and Its Jewish Diasporas|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2015|isbn=978-0-8108-8176-1|editor-last=Davis|editor-first=Ruth F.|location=|pages=155|language=en}}

Bahrain

  • Menasheh Idafar, of Iraqi descent, former Bahraini/British racing driver with dual citizenship{{cite web|url=http://www.britishf3international.com/drivers.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528102823/http://www.britishf3international.com/drivers.php|url-status=usurped|archive-date=May 28, 2007|title=Drivers|publisher=Official site of the British F3 International Series.|access-date=15 January 2011}}
  • Nancy Khedouri, of Iraqi descent, current member of parliament, of Iraqi originIsmaeel Naar, [https://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2017/02/26/Long-history-of-Jewish-Bahraini-contributions-to-Gulf-economics-and-politics.html Retracing Bahrain’s Jewish contributions to Gulf economics and politics], Alarabiya.net, 26 February 2017Michael Slackman, [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/world/middleeast/06bahrain.html In a Landscape of Tension, Bahrain Embraces Its Jews. All 36 of Them.], Nytimes.com, 5 April 2009
  • Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo, of Iraqi descent, former member of parliament{{cite news

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  • Houda Ezra Nonoo, of Iraqi descent, former member of parliament and former Ambassador of Bahrain to the USNora Boustany.

[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/18/AR2008121803642.html?noredirect=on "Barrier-Breaking Bahraini Masters Diplomatic Scene"], The Washington Post, December 19, 2008.

  • Misha Nonoo, of British-Iraqi descent, US-based British-Bahraini fashion designer{{cite news|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/the-diary/meet-misha-nonoo-the-jewish-matchmaker-who-brought-harry-and-meghan-together-1.449219|title=Meet Misha Nonoo – the Jewish 'matchmaker' who brought Harry and Meghan together|author= Doherty, Rosa|date=28 November 2017|access-date= 20 May 2018|work=The Jewish Chronicle|location= London}}

Egypt

  • André Aciman, writer and academic{{Cite web|url=https://prelectur.stanford.edu/lecturers/aciman|title=Presidential Lectures: André Aciman|last=Baker|first=Zachary M.|date=2009|website=Stanford Presidential Lectures|access-date=5 September 2017}}
  • Guy Béart, French singer{{cite news|author=Jon Henley |url=https://www.theguardian.com/aids/story/0,,2192825,00.html |title=The kiss of death |work=The Guardian|location=UK |access-date=5 May 2011 |date=17 October 2007}}
  • Eli Cohen, celebrated Israeli spy{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/eli-cohen|title=Eli Cohen (1924–1965)|website=Jewish Virtual Library|access-date=8 May 2019}}
  • Sir Ronald Cohen, Egyptian-born businessman{{cite news|last1=Mathiason|first1=Nick|title=The high priest of money-making|url=https://www.theguardian.com/observer/7days/story/0,,2204868,00.html|access-date=5 November 2015|work=The Observer|date=4 November 2007}}
  • Jacques Hassoun, psychoanalyst, writer
  • Aura Herzog, widow of sixth Israeli president Chaim Herzog{{cite news |url=http://www.jpost.com/Features/In-Thespotlight/All-in-the-family |title=All in the Family |author=Cashman, Greer Fay |date=2012-04-25 |access-date=2017-09-09 |work=The Jerusalem Post}}
  • Eric Hobsbawm, historian (Jewish-Polish and -German parents living in Cairo){{cite journal |last1=Palmer |first1=Bryan D. |date=Spring 2020 |title=Hobsbawm's Century |url=https://catalyst-journal.com/vol4/no1/hobsbawms-century |journal=Catalyst |volume=4 |issue=1 |access-date=8 July 2020}}
  • Isaac Israeli ben Solomon, physician and philosopher
  • Edmond Jabès, poet
  • Paula Jacques, writer, journalist, radio show producerAlan Astro (2009). [https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/jacques-paula Paula Jacques]. Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia
  • Jacqueline Kahanoff, writer
  • Ranan Lurie, political cartoonist[http://www.luriestudios.com Cartoonews] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611191040/http://luriestudios.com/ |date=June 11, 2013 }}
  • Moshe Marzouk, doctor{{cite book|title=Spies: A Narrative Encyclopedia of Dirty Tricks and Double Dealing from Biblical Times to Today|last=Nash|first=Jay Robert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0FIWCgAAQBAJ&q=Moshe+Marzouk+1955&pg=PA370|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=0871317907|date=1997|page=370}}
  • Togo Mizrahi, film director, actor, writer, and producer
  • Roland Moreno, engineer, inventor of the Smart Card
  • Layla Murad, singer
  • Haim Saban, TV producer
  • Saadia ben Yosef, rabbi
  • Sylvain Sylvain (Sylvain Mizrahi), guitarist for New York Dolls
  • Bat Ye'or, historian
  • Avraham Yosef, rabbi
  • Yaakov Yosef, rabbi
  • Ahmed Zayat, entrepreneur and owner of Zayat Stables LLC

Iraq

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Kuwait

  • Saleh and Daoud Al-Kuwaity, singers of Iranian-Iraqi descent[https://www.the-kuwaitis.com Dudu Tassa & the Kuwaitis], official band website

Libya

  • George Borba, footballer
  • Hila Klein, member of American-Israeli husband and wife duo h3h3Productions, best known for their YouTube channel of the same name. Family is of mixed Libyan and Iraqi Jewish heritage[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5s-s1oGzVM], video discussing ancestry
  • Moses Hacmon, Israeli artist and architect. Family is of mixed Libyan Jewish, Turkish Jewish and Iraqi Jewish heritage

Lebanon

  • David Nahmad, backgammon champion and art dealerPeter Aspden (December 21, 2012), [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/49e1b958-4a0d-11e2-a7b1-00144feab49a.html#axzz2KiAmJnhj Art dealer who bought and sold with immaculate timing] Financial Times.
  • Yfrah Neaman, violinist
  • Gad Saad, evolutionary behavioral scientist{{cite web|url=http://passagestocanada.com/story-profile/?story=1133|title=Story Profile - Passages Canada|work=passagestocanada.com}}{{cite news|newspaper=Lewiston Daily Sun

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  • Edmond Safra, billionaire banker[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8HL-G2G Edmond Safra] (1954) and [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KX23-68F Edmond Safra] (1954) information from the National Archives, Rio de Janeiro. Scan of Edmond Safra's Brazilian entry visa on 1954 on familysearch.org
  • Jacob Safra, founder of Jacob E. Safra Bank{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2000/oct/29/features.magazine47|title=The strange case of Edmond Safra|last=Anthony|first=Andrew|website=Theguardian.com|date=2000|access-date=}}
  • Joseph Safra, chairman of all Safra companies[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJ1V-PY2 Joseph Safra] (1956) and [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1S7-YCM Joseph Safra] (1956), information from the National Archives, Rio de Janeiro. Scan of Joseph Safra's Brazilian entry visa on 1954 on familysearch.org

Morocco

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Saudi Arabia

Sudan

  • Nessim Gaon, financier{{Cite news|title=Nigerian Reverses Stun Commodities Trader|last=Mufson|first=Steve|date=July 19, 1984|work=The Wall Street Journal}}

Syria

Tunisia

{{main list|List of Tunisian Jews}}

Yemen

  • Rabbi Nethanel ben Isaiah"Eben Sappir," i. 67a, Lyck, 1866.Steinschneider, "Verzeichnis," p. 62.
  • Rabbi Jacob ben Nathanael
  • Shoshana Damari, Israeli singer[http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/damari-shoshana Encyclopedia of Jewish Women: Shoshana Damari]
  • Ofra Haza, famous Israeli singer{{cite web | last=Satenstein | first=Liana | title=The Ancient Beauty of Yemenite Wedding Ceremonies, Up Close | website=Vogue | date=14 May 2020 | url=https://www.vogue.com/article/yemenite-wedding-ceremony-henna-jewelry-clothing-history-talia-collis | access-date=November 22, 2020}}
  • Rabbi Yosef Qafih rabbi and leader of Baladi Yemenite Jewish community
  • Abdullah ibn Saba, converted to Islam (born Jewish){{Cite book| publisher = BRILL| isbn = 9789004209305| last = Anthony| first = Sean| title = The Caliph and the Heretic: Ibn Saba' and the Origins of Shi'ism| date = 2011-11-25| page=71|quote=Equally impressive, perhaps, is the sobriety with which Imami sources confirm the heresiarch's Jewish identity, as well as how salient this datum persists through the heresiographical literature, and this despite Sunni polemics against Shi'ism as being polluted by Judaic beliefs. Indeed, of all the components of Ibn al-Sawda's identity proffered by Sayf, that he was a Jew enjoys the broadest attestation elsewhere by far.}}
  • Rabiah ibn Mudhar and Dhu Nuwas, kings of Himyarite
  • Wahb bin Munabbih (?–732), allegedly a Jew who converted to Islam{{Cite encyclopedia|title=WAHB IBN MUNABBIH (Abu 'Abd Allah al-Ṣana'ani al-Dhimari)|encyclopedia=Jewish Encyclopedia|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/14748-wahb-ibn-munabbih-abu-abd-allah-al-sana-ani-al-dhimari|last=Jacobs|first=Joseph}}
  • Alrashed Sahoubah, rabbi and kabbalist
  • Rabbi Shalom Shabazi, rabbi and poetAvraham al-Nadaf, Hoveret (Composition), Jerusalem 1928, p. 1; reprinted in Zekhor Le'Avraham, Jerusalem 1992, p. 1 of Part II (Hebrew); includes the author's note, where he adds concerning Shabazi's lineage: "Thus did R. Yefeth b. Saʻadia Sharʻabi tell me, may G-d keep him, who saw the said genealogy in a certain book belonging to our Rabbi Sholem in his house of study in the town of Taʻiz."
  • Rabbi Shalom Sharabi{{Cite web|url=https://www.aish.com/dijh/Shevat_10.html|title=Jewish History: Shevat 10|website=aishcom|date=21 May 2009 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-06}}
  • Rabbi Yihya Yitzhak HaLevi
  • Rabbi Shlomo Korah, chief rabbi of Bnei Brak
  • Rabbi Azarya Basis, chief rabbi of Rosh HaAyin
  • Rabbi Shimon Baadani, leading Sephardi rabbi and rosh kollel in Israel.
  • Rabbi Avraham Al-Naddaf, one of the leaders of Yemenite Jews in Jerusalem
  • Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak

See also

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