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Sayegh
Sayegh is an Arabic surname which means goldsmith. It has also some variants, like ''Saieg'' or ''Sayigh''. Notable people with the surname include: Sayegh *Abdul Nasser Al-Sayegh (born 1959), Kuwaiti fencer * Adnan Al-Sayegh (born 1955), Iraqi singer * Ahmad Ali Al Sayegh (born 1962), Emirati businessman and CEO of Dolphin Energy *Bashar Al-Sayegh (born 1977), Kuwaiti journalist and politician *Daud as-Sayegh, Iraqi communist politician *Fayez Sayegh, Palestinian-American academic *Fayez Sayegh (1922–1980), Palestinian-American academic and civil servant *Faisal Al Sayegh, Lebanese Druze politician * Hani al-Sayegh, Saudi citizen, and alleged member of Hezbollah Al-Hejaz *Jean Sayegh (born 1981), Canadian water polo player *Jim Sayegh, American television director *Joe Sayegh, (1884–1946) Syrian born New Zealand politician and businessman *Maximos IV Sayegh (1878–1967), Syrian cardinal *May Sayegh (1940–2023), Palestinian poet, feminist, political activist and writer *Nader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Sayegh
Tony Sayegh (born October 29, 1976 in Brooklyn, New York) served as a White House Senior Advisor for Strategy until February 2020, and is a former Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, serving from March 6, 2017 to June 2019. He led the department's Office of Public Affairs. During the passage of the Tax Cuts And Jobs Act, Sayegh was detailed to the White House Office of Communications appearing numerous times in the media to promote the passage of comprehensive tax reform. Sayegh was a Republican strategist and contributor for the Fox News Channel prior to joining the administration, and served as Executive Vice President at Jamestown Associates from 2013 to 2017. Early life and education Sayegh's parents, Amale and Tony Sayegh, immigrated from Lebanon in the 1960s. He attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C. where he received a B.A. in political science and a Master of Public Administration. Sayegh was elected Executive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nader Sayegh
Nader J. Sayegh ( ar, نادير ساييعه; born August 30, 1952) is a Jordanian-United States, American politician, attorney, and educator from the state of New York (state), New York. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, Sayegh has represented the 90th district of the New York State Assembly, based in Yonkers, New York, Yonkers, since 2019. Early life and career Sayegh was born on August 30, 1952, in Mafraq, Jordan to an Eastern Orthodox family. His mother, Jalilah Sayegh (1929-2020), was born in Mafraq and moved with his father Jamil M. Sayegh (died 1965) to the United States in 1957. Sayegh was an educator with Yonkers Public Schools from 1973 until 2008, and worked as a school superintendent in 2010 and 2011. Sayegh is also an attorney at law and a captain in the New York Guard. New York State Assembly 2018 State Assembly election In 2018 New York Assembly election, 2018, Sayegh announced he would run for the Assembly seat vacated by Shelley Mayer, who had be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Sayegh
Joseph Callil Sayegh (7 March 1884 – 29 March 1946) was a New Zealand politician and businessman. Early life and career Sayegh was of Assyrian origin, born in Lebanon 11 kilometres from Bethlehem on 7 March 1884. Sayegh's father Callil emigrated with his family from Lebanon to Sydney, Australia in 1888. The Sayegh family later moved to New Zealand in 1894 arriving in Wellington before finally settling in Auckland. Callil Sayegh set up business as owner operator of a restaurant which Joe was to take over on his father's retirement. Situated on Auckland's Queen Street, opposite to the Civic Theatre, Sayegh's establishment specialized in serving tea and confectionery. He later became the President of the Auckland Retail Confectioners' Association. He never married. Political career Sayegh was a member of the Labour Party and successfully stood for the Auckland City Council in 1933. He later stood as the Labour Party's candidate for Mayor of Auckland in 1935, 1938 and 1941. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daud As-Sayegh
Daud as-Sayegh was an Iraqi communist politician. As-Sayegh was a Christian lawyer from Mosul. He joined and left the Iraqi Communist Party several times during the 1940s and 1950s.Gabbay, Rony. Communism and agrarian reform in Iraq'. p. 97 As-Sayegh had sided with Iraqi Communist Party leader Fahd in the 1942 split in the party. However, in February 1944 as-Sayegh broke away from the party and formed the League of Iraqi Communists. As-Sayegh denounced Fahd's leadership in the Iraqi Communist Party, accusing him of adventurism and undemocratic practices. As-Sayegh was readmitted to the Iraqi Communist Party in 1957. In early 1958 as-Sayegh, then a Central Committee member of the Iraqi Communist Party, was expelled from the party after disagreements with Salam Adil and Amir Abdullah. In 1959 as-Sayegh founded his own newspaper ''al-Mabda'''. As-Sayegh organized his own Iraqi Communist Party, with a tiny fraction of the membership of the original party. As-Sayegh's party applied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hani Al-Sayegh
Hani Abdel Rahim Hussein al-Sayegh ( ar, هاني عبد الرحيم الصائغ) is a Saudi citizen, and alleged member of Hezbollah Al-Hejaz and accused of involvement in the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing.Depalma, Anthony. New York TimesSaudi case casting a light on how militants infiltrate and exploit Canada May 4, 1997 He was one of 14 people subjected to extraordinary rendition by the CIA prior to the 2001 declaration of a War on Terror. Although he appeared to be innocent, American officials released a falsified account of his interrogations and deported him back to Saudi Arabia, where it was presumed he faced beheading. Despite the lack of evidence against him, Hani Al-Sayegh was one of the individuals named later in an indictment issued by the US Justice Department Life As a young man, al-Sayegh had joined the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, but following a "particularly disastrous exercise" where his asthma interfered, he was told to leave the corps. He left Saudi A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fayez Sayigh
Fayez Sayegh (1922–1980) was a Palestinian-American civil servant. Early life Fayez Abdullah Sayegh was born in 1922 in Kharaba, Mandatory Syria, where his father was a Presbyterian minister. As a child, Sayegh moved with his family to Tiberias and went to school in Safed. He received his bachelor's degree from the American University of Beirut (AUB) in 1941 and his master's degree from the same university in 1945. Career Sayegh, along with his brothers who had joined earlier, joined the Syrian Social Nationalist Party in 1938. He was later expelled from the party after Antoun Saadeh returned to Lebanon in 1947, following his exile. In 1949, he earned his Ph.D. in philosophy, with a minor in political science, from Georgetown University. Andrew I. Killgore,25 Years After His Death, Dr. Fayez Sayegh’s Towering Legacy Lives On, ''Washington Report on Middle East Affairs'', December 2005, pp 22–23. After receiving his degree, Sayegh worked for the Lebanese Embassy in Washi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May Sayegh
May Musa Sayegh ( ar, مي الصايغ; 1940 – 5 February 2023), also spelled Mai Sayegh, was a Palestinian poet, , political activist, and writer. Early life Sayegh was born in 1940 in in Mandatory Palestine. She received a bachelor's degree in philosophy and sociology from the Cairo University. In 1954, she headed the women's section of the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salim Sayegh
Salim Sayegh is a Lebanese academic and politician who served as minister of social affairs from 2009 to 2011. Early life and education Sayegh was born into a Maronite family. He graduated from Lebanese American University in 1983. He received a master's degree in international relations and diplomacy in 1989. He also holds a PhD in law from the University of Paris in 1992. Career Sayegh worked as professor at the University of South Paris from 1993 to 2009 and also, served as the director of university's conflict resolution center during the same period. He is a member of the Kataeb party and was elected as second vice president in February 2008 when Amine Gemayel became the president of the party. He has also been a member of the party's political bureau and head of the foreign affairs committee in the party since 2008, Sayegh was appointed minister of social affairs in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Saad Hariri on 9 November 2009. Sayegh resigned from his party post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bashar Al-Sayegh
Bashar Al-Sayegh ( ar, بشار الصايغ, born 29 January 1977) is a Kuwaiti journalist and politician. Detention On August 18, 2007 Al-Sayegh was arrested by the state security services after comments that insulted Kuwait's ruler, Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, were posted on his personal website, www.alommah.org, although the comments were posted anonymously and deleted by AlSayegh 15 minutes later. Kuwait's Interior Ministry has said the arrest of journalist Bashar Al-Sayegh, over comments about the country's Amir, was lawful and denied press claims the reporter had been kidnapped. Acting Interior Undersecretary Major General Ahmad Al-Rujaib said in a press conference that the comments were punishable by law. "This is a national security crime" he said, referring to article 25 of criminal law which states a prison term "not exceeding five years will be handed down to anyone who publicly challenges the rights or authorities of the Amir or insults him – whether in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Ali Al Sayegh
Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh (Arabic: أحمد علي الصايغ) is an UAE politician who is Minister of State in the United Arab Emirates since September 2018. He is Chairman of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in the UAE's capital city. Early life and education Al Sayegh was born in 1962 in Abu Dhabi where he attended school and furthered his higher education in the United States. He graduated in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in Economics from Lewis & Clark College, Oregon, United States. Career In September 2018, the UAE President, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Alnahyan, appointed Al Sayegh as the Minister of State in the UAE Cabinet. He is Chairman of ADGM, which oversees the UAE capital city's International Financial Centre (IFC). He is the Managing Director of Dolphin Energy, a natural gas company. The company produces and processes natural gas from Qatar's North Field and transports the gas by sub-sea pipeline to the UAE from which it is delive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricio Sayegh
Patricio Sayegh ( he, פטריסיו סייג; born 28 December 1967) is an Argentine former professional association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...er who was part of the 1988–89 championship squad at Maccabi Haifa. Biography Playing career In 1988, Maccabi Haifa decided to bring in Jewish players from Argentina since they would qualify as immigrants and not as transfers. The Jewish Agency for Israel paid for travel and some living expenses for new immigrants. Sayegh was brought in under these circumstances, along with Fabian Grimberg and Fabian Lagman. References External links Profile and short biography of Patricio Sayegh on Maccabi Haifa's official website Patricio Sayeghat BDFA.com.ar 1967 births Living people Argentine Jews Jewish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
