Famous people born in Amman
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Nabil Shaban
Nabil Shaban is a JordanianBritish actor and writer. He founded The Graeaea theatre group which promotes performers with disabilities. He has a son named Zenyel.....
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Hana Majaj
Hana Majaj is a Jordanian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events. She represented Jordan at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and also trained for the BYU Cougars swimming and diving team at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.....
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Ehab Al Shihabi
Ehab Al Shihabi was the Executive Director of international operations for Al Jazeera Media Network and the former Chief Executive Officer of Al Jazeera America. As of November 2015, he serves as Advisor to the Director General, Al Jazeera Media Network.....
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Elias Farkouh
Elias Farkouh is a Jordanian short story writer and novelist. He was born in Amman in 1948 and was educated in Amman and east Jerusalem. He graduated from the Arab University of Beirut where he read philosophy and psychology. He worked as a journalist in the early part of his career. After working at the publishing house AlManarat, he set up his own house Dar Azminah in 1991 and runs it to this day.....
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Gerwyn Edwards
William Gerwyn Edwards is a former Welsh cricketer. Edwards was a lefthanded batsman who bowled leftarm medium pace. He was born in Glanamman, Carmarthenshire.....
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Basma bint Talal
Princess Basma bint Talal of Jordan, is the only daughter of King Talal and Queen Zein alSharaf Talal, sister of King Hussein of Jordan and paternal aunt to the current King, King Abdullah II. Princess Basma is often considered the equivalent Princess Royal of Jordan.....
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Ibrahim Bisharat
Ibrahim Hani Bisharat is a Jordanian equestrian rider. He is a threetime Olympian and is currently ranked no. 285 in the world by Fdration questre Internationale .....
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Ibrahim Nasrallah
Ibrahim Nasrallah is a JordanianPalestinian poet, novelist, professor, painter and photographer.....
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Omar Abu Fares
Omar Abu Fares is a Jordanian former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke and individual medley events.....
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Omar Ahmad
Omar Ahmad was the founder of the Council on AmericanIslamic Relations , a Washington D.C.based Muslim civil rights organization. He also worked for the Islamic Association of Palestine, a precursor to CAIR. He was born in Amman, Jordan. He holds a Masters in Computer Science from Santa Clara University as well as a Masters in Political Science. He also served on the Board of Trustees for the Santa Clara City Library for 8 years.....
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Omar Naim
Omar Naim is a Lebanese film director and screenwriter, perhaps best known for writing and directing the 2004 film The Final Cut.....
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Anas Hamadeh
Anas Hamadeh is a Jordanian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He represented his nation Jordan at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing himself among the top 60 swimmers in the 50 m freestyle.....
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Marwan Jabour
Marwan Jabour is a former captive held in the CIAs network of black sites. He was raised him Saudi Arabia by his Palestinian guest worker parents. He moved to Pakistan for study, in 1994.....
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