Notable Palestinians — Nazareth

Notable Palestinians — Nazareth

• Elia Suleiman (1960–present) — Elia Suleiman is the most internationally celebrated Palestinian auteur, an actor-director whose dea…
• Hany Abu-Assad (1961–present) — Hany Abu-Assad is the only Palestinian filmmaker to be nominated twice for the Academy Award, and on…
• Michel Khleifi (1950–present) — Michel Khleifi is widely considered the father of contemporary Palestinian cinema and one of its mos…
• Michel Sabbah (1933–present) — Michel Sabbah is a Palestinian Catholic prelate who made history as the first native Palestinian Lat…
• Hiam Abbass (1960–present) — Hiam Abbass is the most internationally prominent Palestinian actress, a commanding screen presence…
• Le Trio Joubran (Samir Joubran) (1973–present) — Le Trio Joubran is a Palestinian oud ensemble formed by three brothers from Nazareth, Samir, Wissam,…
• Hossam Haick (1975–present) — Hossam Haick is a Palestinian scientist and engineer, born in 1975 into an Arab Christian family in…
• Rim Banna (1966–2018) — Rim Banna, born in Nazareth on 8 December 1966 into a Palestinian Greek Orthodox family, was one of…
• May Ziadeh (1886–1941) — May Ziadeh (born Marie Elias Ziadeh, 11 February 1886, Nazareth) was a poet, essayist, translator, o…
• Tawfiq Zayyad (1929–1994) — Tawfiq Zayyad was a Palestinian poet, political leader, and one of the central figures of the resist…
• Habib Hassan Touma (1934–1998) — Habib Hassan Touma, born in Nazareth in 1934, was a Palestinian composer and ethnomusicologist who b…
• Elyanna (2002–present) — Elyanna, born Elian Amer Marjieh on 22 January 2002 in Nazareth, is a Palestinian-Chilean singer and…
• Ali Suliman (1977–present) — Ali Suliman is a Palestinian actor who has built one of the most international careers of any Palest…
• Khalil Beidas (1874–1949) — Khalil Beidas was a Palestinian scholar, educator, translator, and novelist often credited as a fath…
• Maha Haj (1970–present) — Maha Haj is a Palestinian filmmaker and screenwriter whose understated, finely observed dramas have…
• Dalal Abu Amneh (1983–present) — Dalal Abu Amneh, born in 1983 in Nazareth, is a Palestinian singer, producer, and neuroscientist who…
• Mohamed Hadid (1948–present) — Mohamed Anwar Hadid is a Palestinian-American real-estate developer known internationally for buildi…
• Riah Abu El-Assal (1937–present) — Riah Hanna Abu El-Assal, born in Nazareth in 1937, is a Palestinian Anglican cleric who served as th…
• Asma Tubi (1905–1983) — Asma Rizq Tubi was born in 1905 in Nazareth, then part of Ottoman Palestine, into a cultured Christi…