Islam - History, Value, Cultures

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George Mitchell

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Arab Americans

Casey Kasem and Don Bustany (Lebanon) creators of radio's American

Top 40

Mustapha Elaqqad (Syria), Hollywood movie director

(director of the ‘Halloween’ series)

Tom Shadyac (Lebanon), Hollywood movie director

Salma Hayic (Lebanon), a Hollywood star

Yasser Seirawan (Syria), US Chess Champion

Jacques Nasser, president and CEO of Ford Motor Co

Ray Irani CEO of Occidental Petroleum (Exxon Mobil) Co

The Hyatt, Hagar, and Farah enterprises

Christina McAuliffe, an astronaut who died aboard the space shuttle

Challenger

Candy Lightner, founder of MADD

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Suggested Reading

“History of the Arabs”, Philip Hitti

“The Arab People”, Albert Hourany

“Islam, An Empire of Faith”, PBS Video, 2001

“Islam: A Short History”, Karen Armstrong, 2000

“Muhammad”, Karen Armstrong, 1998

“Jihad: A Commitment to Universal Peace”, Marcel A. Boisard, American Trust

Publications, 1988

“The Oxford History of Islam”, John L Esposito, ed. 1999

“Islam: The Straight Path”, John L Esposito, ed. 1998

“The Meaning of the Holy Quran”, Abdullah Yusif, Ali, 1997

“Lives of the Prophets”, Leila Azzam, 1995

“From Difference to Equas”, George Kindy, and Philip Saliba, eds., NYAS, 1994

Science in Medieval Islam, Howard R Turner, 1997

Arab American Encyclopedia, Anan Ameri, and Dawn Ramey, eds., 2000