FAMOUS SYRIANS

GHASSAN MASSOUD
Ghassan Massoud (born September 20, 1958) is a Syrian actor and filmmaker. He is known in the West for playing the role of Muslim ruler Saladin in Ridley Scott's 2005 film Kingdom of Heaven.
Massoud also played the "Sheikh" in the Turkish film "Kurtlar Vadisi: Irak" (Valley of the Wolves: Iraq), and Ammand the Corsair in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End film.

MOUSTAPHA AKKAD
Moustapha Akkad (July 1, 1930 ? November 11, 2005) was a Syrian American film producer and director, best known for producing the series of Halloween films and directing Mohammad, Messenger of God and Lion of the Desert. He was killed along with his daughter Rima Akkad Monla in 2005 in Amman, Jordan by a suicide bomber.