List of Lebanese people in Egypt

This is a list of notable individuals born in Egypt of Lebanese ancestry or people of Lebanese and Egyptian dual nationality who live or lived in Egypt.

Film, television and radio personalities[]

• Youseff Chahine, film director
• Henry Barakat, film director
• Assia Dagher, actress and producer
• Nour el Houda- actress
• Mary Queeny, actress and producer
• Georges Schehadé, playwright and poet
• Omar Sharif, actor
• Hana Shiha, actress
• Badia Masabni- actress and dancer
• Rose Al Yusuf- actress and journalist

Writers and journalists[]

• George Antonius- author and historian
• Farah Antun- journalist and secularist
• Alexandra Avierino, journalist and writer
• Celine Axelos, poet
• Andrée Chedid, poet
• Zaynab Fawwaz- novelist and playwright
• Labiba Hashim- novelist and founder of
• Khalil Mutran- poet and journalist
• Hind Nawfal, journalist and feminist writer
• Ihsan Abdel Quddous- novelist
• Edward Zaid, writer
• Jurji Zaydan- novelist, founder of Al-Hilal
• May Ziadeh, writer

Media[]

• Beshara Takla, co-founder of Al-Ahram
• Saleem Takla, co-founder of Al-Ahram

Music and Arts[]

• Farid al-Atrash, singer, composer and musician
• Bob Azzam, singer
• Édika, comics artist
• Manuel Tadros- singer and actor

Architects[]

• Charles Ayrout
• Naoum Shebib, architect, designer of the Cairo Tower

Activists[]

• Aya Hijazi, American social activist.^[1]

Athletes[]

• Jamal Taha, association football player and coach
• Alain Attalah, basketball player and coach

See also[]

• List of Lebanese people
• List of Lebanese people (Diaspora)
• Lebanese people in Egypt

References[]