Notable Alumni
- Mahmoud Abbas - President of the Palestinian Authority
- Bushra al-Assad - sister of ruling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
- Giles Clarke - chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board
- Colette Khoury - Syrian novelist
- Abdul-Salaam Al-Majali - Former Prime Minister of Jordan
- Assef Shawqat - head of Syrian intelligence services
- Riad Ismat - Syrian diplomat, writer and theatrical director
- Najeeb Alshak- Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
- Salem Daboul - writer and journalist
- Abbas Al-Noury - Actor, writer and director (Graduate of History and Humanitarian Sciences)
- Nizar Qabbani - Syrian Diplomat, Poet and publisher (Graduate of Law)
- George Percy, Earl Percy
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