Greater Levant
(includes Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt)
- Hassan al-Banna (1906–1949), Egypt
- Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1928–2010), Egypt
- Rashid Rida (1865–1935), Syria
- Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1849–1902), Syria
- Mahmud Shaltut (1893–1963), Egypt
- Abd al-Hamid Kishk (1933–1996) Egypt
- Mohammed al-Ghazali (1917–1996) Egypt
- Abdel-Halim Mahmoud (1910–1978), Egypt
- Safwat al-Shwadify (1945–2000), Egypt
- Aisha Abd al-Rahman (1913–1998), Egypt
- Ahmad Muhammad Shakir (1892–1956), Egypt
- Gibril Haddad (1960-), Lebanon
- Abdul Qader Arnaoot (1928–2004), Albanian-Syrian
- Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy Syria
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