List of arabophones

This list consists of the internationally well-known personalities that speak Arabic.

Afghanistan

• Mohammed Fahim, an Afghan warlord^[1]
• Mohammed Omar, the leader of Taliban.^[2]
• Burhanuddin Rabbani, former president of Afghanistan.
• Younis Qanooni^[3]

Australia

• Jacques Nasser, Ford Motor Company, former CEO

France

• Hakim Karoui, Co-founder of Young Mediterranean Leaders.

Russia

• Vitaly Naumkin, Director of the Center for Arab Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences.^[4]

United States

• Faisal Abdul Rauf, Imam
• As'ad AbuKhalil, Professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus
• Fouad Ajami: Professor of Middle Eastern studies
• Nihad Awad: the Executive Director of CAIR (Council on Ameican-Islamic Relations)
• Rima Fakih: Miss USA 2010
• Fawaz Gerges, Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science
• Hala Gorani: CNN presenter
• Octavia Nasr: a Mideast affairs expert and former CNN editor of Mideast affairs
• Natalie Portman: actress
• Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Professor of Risk Engineering at Polytechnic Institute of New York University, and Research Scholar, Said Business School, Oxford University and author of The Black Swan

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