Ayam (people)
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Ayam[1][2] (Kuwaiti Arabic):العيّم are Kuwaiti citizens of Iranian origin, who migrated to Kuwait over the last couple of hundred years. Marafi Behbahani was one of the first merchants to settle in Kuwait in the 18th century.[3]
Most Ayam are Shia Muslims. However, some Kuwaitis of Iranian origin are Sunnis. The Kuwaitis of Iranian Balochi origin are predominantly Sunni Muslim.[4] Balochi families first immigrated to Kuwait in the 19th century.[5]
Notable people
- Abdulhussain Abdulredha, prominent actor.
- Ahmed Lari, a politician.
- Ali Hussain Al-Awadhi, journalist and politician.
- Ali Al-Zinkawi, Olympics athlete.
- Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad, a politician.
- Ali Ashkanani, footballer.
- Ali al-Ihqaqi, Shaykhism marja.
- Ali Abdulreda, footballer.
- Abdulwahed Al-Awadhi, a politician.
- Kazem Behbehani, immunologist and retired professor, World Health Organization official.
- Rola Dashti, one of first Kuwaiti women elected in the Kuwaiti parliament.
- Samir Said, footballer.
- Dawood Hussein, comedy actor.
- Bashar al-Shatti, singer-songwriter of Star Academy fame.
- Sulaiman Qabazard, 1976 Olympics diver.
- Emma Shah, singer.
- Mai Al Balushi, actress.
- Ibtihal Al-Khatib, secular academic.
- Marafi, merchant.
- Mohammad Ashkanani, professional basketball player.
- Muhammad Baqir al-Muhri, an ayatollah.
- Saleh Ashour, a politician.
- Hassan Jawhar, former member of the National Assembly.
- Hussain Al-Moussawi, footballer.
- Abbas Almohri, Shia scholar.
- Halema Boland, television host and entertainer.
- Hamad al-Naqi, blogger.
- Nasser Abul, online activist.
See also
References
- ↑ Article in AL-AAN online newspaper (in Arabic) November 2010
- ↑ Article by Waleed aj-Jasim in Al-Watan daily newspaper (in Arabic). 25 May 2013
- ↑ http://www.alanba.com.kw/weekly/literature-and-culture/from-the-past/114428/22-05-2010
- ↑ "The Baluch Presence in the Persian Gulf" (PDF). 2013. pp. 742–743.
- ↑ "The Shia Migration from Southwestern Iran to Kuwait: Push-Pull Factors during the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries". Georgia State University. 2012. pp. 71–72.
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