Famous People with Arabic Names

The famous people in this quiz all have first names which are Arabic in origin. Complete their names based on the clues provided.

The people may or may not be Arab themselves.

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Hint	Answer
"The Greatest" heavyweight boxer, birth name Cassius Clay	Muhammad Ali
The above's daughter, also a boxer	Laila Ali
Cricket player turned President of Pakistan	Imran Khan
British singer who was part of the boyband One Direction	Zayn Malik
Singer born Steven Demetre Georgiou, also known as Cat Stevens	Yusuf Islam
King of Jordan who ascended the throne in 1999	King Abdullah II
The wife of the above, known for her global activism	Queen Rania
American singer, known by her first name, killed in a 2001 plane crash	Aaliyah Haughton
The first Mexican nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, for "Frida"	Salma Hayek
Leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization who died in 2004	Yasser Arafat
Nigerian-American basketball player nicknamed "The Dream"	Hakeem Olajuwon
Egyptian actor who played Sherif Ali in "Lawrence of Arabia"	Omar Sharif
One-named Colombian singer whose hips don't lie	Shakira
Notorious Iraqi president who was executed in 2006	Saddam Hussein
British actor who played Tahani Al-Jamil on "The Good Place"	Jameela Jamil

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