Before 1948, an estimated 900,000 Jews lived in what are now Arab states. Here is a list of some prominent Jews from the Arab World, arranged by country of birth.
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Isaac Alfasi , Talmudist and posek; best known for his work of halakha Jacques Attali , economist, writer Cheb i Sabbah , famous club DJ Lili Boniche , musician Patrick Bruel , singer, actor Alain Chabat , actor Hélène Cixous , feminist writer Claude Cohen-Tannoudji , physicist, Nobel prize (1997) Jacques Derrida , deconstructionist philosopher Alphonse Halimi , boxer; World Bantamweight champion Roger Hanin , film actor and director Bernard-Henri Lévy , French philosopher Enrico Macias (Gaston Ghrenassia), French singer Line Monty (Eliane Sarfati), Algerian singer 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 Bahrain
Menasheh Idafar , of Iraqi descent, former Bahraini/British racing driver with dual citizenship Nancy Khedouri , of Iraqi descent, current member of parliament, of Iraqi origin Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo , of Iraqi descent, former member of parliament Houda Ezra Nonoo , of Iraqi descent, former member of parliament and former Ambassador of Bahrain to the US Misha Nonoo , of British-Iraqi descent, US-based British-Bahraini fashion designer Egypt
André Aciman , writer and academic Guy Béart , French singer Eli Cohen , celebrated Israeli spy Sir Ronald Cohen , Egyptian-born businessman Jacques Hassoun , psychoanalyst, writer Aura Herzog , widow of Chaim Herzog , sixth President of the State of Israel Eric Hobsbawm , historian (Jewish-Polish and -German parents living in Cairo) Isaac Israeli ben Solomon , physician and philosopher living in the Arab world Edmond Jabès , poet Paula Jacques , writer, journalist, radio show producer Jacqueline Kahanoff , writer Ranan Lurie , political cartoonist Moshe Marzouk , doctor 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
Ovadia Yosef Many Tannaim and Amoraim , including: Anan ben David , founder of Qara'ism Sir Sassoon Eskell Alan Yentob , television executive, broadcaster Avi Shlaim , Oxford Professor Binyamin Ben-Eliezer , politician Dodai ben Nahman , scholar Shlomo Hillel , diplomat and politician Ya'qub Bilbul , poet Sir Sassoon Eskell , statesman and financier Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted , Lord Mayor of London, businessman Naeim Giladi , writer Sir Naim Dangoor , entrepreneur and philanthropist N.J. Dawood , translator of Koran Hakham Yosef Chayyim of Baghdad, "Ben Ish Chai " Yitzchak Kadouri , rabbi and kabbalist Yitzhak Yamin , painter and sculptor 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 Elie Kedourie , historian Jessica Meir , astronaut, physiologist Sami Michael * , writer Shafiq Ades , wealthy businessman Samir Naqqash , novelist Selim Zilkha , entrepreneur Maurice and Charles Saatchi , advertising executives Yona Sabar , scholar, linguist and researcher David Sassoon , merchant, and Sassoon family Yaakov Chaim Sofer , rabbi Ovadia Yosef , rabbi Kuwait
Libya Lebanon Morocco Rabbi Shlomo Amar Michel Abitbol , academic at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Amram Aburbeh , Sephardi Dayan , Scholar Chief Rabbi of Petah Tikva born in Tetouan . Best known of his work Netivei-Am Shlomo Amar , Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel Robert Assaraf , historian and writer André Azoulay , advisor to Kings Hassan II and Mohammed VI Shlomo Ben-Ami , Israeli diplomat, politician and author born in Tangier Ralph Benmergui , Canadian media personality, born in Tangier Raphael Berdugo , dayan , scholar, and rabbi Salomon Berdugo , poet and rabbi from Meknes Frida Boccara , singer from Casablanca Aryeh Deri , Israeli politician, a former leader of Shas Party Edmond Amran El Maleh , writer André Elbaz , painter and filmmaker from El Jadida Gad Elmaleh , humorist, actor Serge Haroche , Nobel-winning physicist David Hassine , liturgic poet and rabbi Dunash ben Labrat , grammarian, poet David Levy , Israeli politician Nahum Ma'arabi , Hebrew poet and translator of the 13th century Chalom Messas , Grand Rabbi of Morocco until 2003 David Messas , Grand Rabbi of Paris since 1995 Amir Peretz , Israeli politician, leader of the Labour Party David Rebibo , congregational rabbi and Jewish day school dean in Phoenix, Arizona Baba Sali , rabbi Abraham Serfaty , political activist Meir Sheetrit , Israeli politician of Kadima Avi Toledano , singer who competed at the Eurovision Song Contest Mordechai Vanunu , Israeli dissident (converted to Christianity) Arabia Sudan Syria Tunisia Dove Attia , French-Tunisian musical television producer Max Azria , French-Tunisian fashion designer, founder of BCBG Roger Bismuth , Tunisian senator Alain Boublil , French musical theatre lyricist and librettist Michel Boujenah , French Tunisian comedian and humorist Paul Boujenah , French-Tunisian film director Dany Brillant , French singer Claude Challe , French club impresario and DJ Pierre Darmon , French tennis player Jacques Haïk , French producer Gisèle Halimi , Tunisian lawyer and essayist Élie Kakou , French actor and humorist Pierre Lellouche , French politician Albert Memmi , French novelist and sociologist Habiba Msika , Tunisian singer, dancer and actress Victor Perez , Tunisian boxing world champion Silvan Shalom , Israeli politician and former Foreign Minister of Israel René Trabelsi , Tunisian Politician Nissim Zvili , Israeli politician and diplomat Yemen Rabbi Nethanel ben Isaiah Rabbi Jacob ben Nathanael Shoshana Damari , was an Israeli singer. Ofra Haza , famous Israeli singer Rabbi Yosef Qafih rabbi and leader of Baladi Yemenite Jewish community Abdullah ibn Saba , converted to Islam (born Jewish) Rabiah ibn Mudhar and Dhu Nuwas , kings of Himyarite Wahb bin Munabbih (?–732), converted to Islam (born Persian Jew) Rabbi Shalom Shabazi , rabbi and poet Rabbi Shalom Sharabi 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 and Israel. Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak See also
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