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* [[Patrick Baladi]] (born 1971), actor and musician, known for his role in the British show ‘”[[The Office (British TV series)|The Office]]’” |
* [[Patrick Baladi]] (born 1971), actor and musician, known for his role in the British show ‘”[[The Office (British TV series)|The Office]]’” |
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*[[Souad Faress]] (born 1948), actress, best known for her roles in [[Game of Thrones (season 6)|”Game of Thrones” (season 6)]] and BBC’s Radio 4 program ”[[The Archers]]”. |
*[[Souad Faress]] (born 1948), actress, best known for her roles in [[Game of Thrones (season 6)|”Game of Thrones” (season 6)]] and BBC’s Radio 4 program ”[[The Archers]]”. |
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*[[Laith Nakli]], actor |
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=== Artists and designers === |
=== Artists and designers === |
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Ethnic group
| Born in Syria 9,258 (2011 census) 50,529 (2021–2022 censuses) |
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| London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool | |
| British English, Arabic (variants of Syrian Arabic), Domari, Turkish, Neo Aramaic, Kurdish, Adyghe, Afshar, Turoyo, Armenian | |
| Islam (mainly Sunni Islam, minority Alawites), Syriac Christianity, Atheism |
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| Other British Arabs, Syrian diaspora |
Syrians in the United Kingdom or Syrian Britons are people whose heritage is originated from Syria who were born in or who reside in the United Kingdom.
The 2011 UK census recorded 8,526 people who stated that they were born in Syria and reside in England; 322 in Wales,[1] 379 in Scotland[2] and 31 in Northern Ireland.[3]
In the 2021 UK census, 40,707 people in England were recorded as having been born in Syria, as well as 2,168 in Wales,[4] and 1,810 in Northern Ireland.[5] The census in Scotland was delayed by a year until 2022[6] and recorded 5,844 residents born in Syria.[7]
In the six-year period between 2018 and 2023, 8,581 Syrian nationals entered the United Kingdom by crossing the English Channel using small boats – the fifth most common nationality of all small boat arrivals.[8][9]
- Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI and co-founder of DeepMind, which Google bought for an estimated £400 million in 2014. He is also the co-founder of Inflection AI.[10]
- Ayman Asfari, billionaire businessman, former CEO of Petrofac.
- Wafic Said, billionaire businessman, he established the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford in 1996.
- Simon Halabi, property developer. In 2007, he was listed as the 14th richest person in Britain.
- Helly Nahmad, art dealer, he descends from a billionaire family that originated in Aleppo.
- Ronald Mourad, Chairman of The Portland Trust and Bridges Ventures; his parents were originally from Aleppo.
- Kasim Kutay, CEO of Novo Holdings A/S.
Actors and entertainment
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Artists and designers
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- Moussa Ayoub (c.1873–1955), Syrian-born British painter and portraiture artist.[11]
- Khairat Al-Saleh (born 1940), painter, ceramicist, glassmaker and printmaker
- Yasmin Hayat (born 1990), painter of miniatures
- Nabil Nayal: fashion designer who won the Fashion Trust Grant from the British Fashion Council and the Royal Society of Arts Award
Writers and journalists
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- Danny Abdul Dayem, citizen-journalist who reported from Homs, Syria between 2011 and 2012.
- Mai Badr (born 1968), editor-in-chief of Hia Magazine and deputy editor-in-chief of Sayidaty and Al Jamila.
- Zaina Erhaim, journalist and feminist
- Nadine Kaadan (born 1985), children’s illustrator and writer
- Rana Kabbani, writer, broadcaster and cultural historian
- Mustapha Karkouti: journalist and media consultant
- Waad Al-Kateab, journalist and documentary filmmaker
- Abdallah Marrash (1839–1900), Syrian writer involved in various Arabic-language newspaper ventures in London and Paris.
- Nadim Nassar, writer, director of the Awareness Foundation and the only British-Syrian priest in the Church of England
- Saba Sams, writer
- Yasmine Seale, writer and translator
- ^ “2011 Census: Country of birth (expanded), regions in England and Wales”. Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ “Country of birth (detailed)” (PDF). National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 7 January 2017. Archived 30 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ “Country of Birth – Full Detail: QS206NI”. Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ “Census 2021: Country of birth (extended)”. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ^ “Country of birth – full detail MS-A18”. Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ^ McNeill, Kirsty (18 March 2021). “March 21st is Census day – but Scotland will have to wait”. Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ^ “Scotland’s Census 2022: Write-in ethnic group, country of birth, national identity, main language and religion data for Scotland”. National Records of Scotland. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ^ “Official Statistics: Irregular migration to the UK, year ending December 2022”. gov.uk. Home Office. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ “Statistics relating to the Illegal Migration Act: data tables to December 2023”. gov.uk. Home Office. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ “Mustafa Suleyman”. Mustafa Suleyman. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
- ^ “Ayoub, Moussa | Benezit Dictionary of Artists”. www.oxfordartonline.com. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00009249. ISBNÂ 978-0-19-977378-7. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
- ^ “PhysicsWorld Archive » Volume 13 » Obituary: Dennis Sciama 1926–1999”. Physicsworldarchive.iop.org. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- ^ “PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY VOL. 145, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER 2001” (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ Bar, Shmuel (2006). “Bashar’s Syria: The Regime and its Strategic Worldview” (PDF). Comparative Strategy. 25 (5): 353–445. doi:10.1080/01495930601105412. ISSN 0149-5933. S2CID 154739379. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2013.
- ^ “President Assad’s wife banned from travelling to Europe… but not Britain”. The Mirror. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
