Apple Steve Jobs is an Arab American

[neddy]

Type too fast, Steve Jobs WAS an Arab American

Arabs embrace Steve Jobs and the Syrian connection
By Giles Elgood | Reuters – Thu, Oct 6, 2011

LONDON (Reuters) - While the world mourned the death of Apple founder Steve Jobs in California, many Syrians were quick to claim the computer genius as one of their own on Thursday through a little-known connection to his biological father.

Jobs, who died of cancer at the age of 56 on Wednesday, was given up for adoption soon after his birth in San Francisco to an American mother, Joanne Carole Schieble, and a Syrian-born father, Abdulfattah "John" Jandali.

Jandali, 80, a former academic, has told how Schieble's "tyrant" father refused to allow his daughter to marry a Syrian and so the baby was adopted by a married couple from California, Paul and Clara Jobs.

Only in recent years did Jandali, born in the Syrian city of Homs and latterly an executive of the Boomtown Casino in Reno, Nevada, realize that the Apple chief was his son.

"Without telling me, Joanne upped and left to move to San Francisco to have the baby without anyone knowing, including me," Jandali told the New York Post in an interview in August. "She did not want to bring shame onto the family and thought this was best for everyone."

With Jandali out of the picture at the outset, many Syrians were unaware of the connection between Apple and their homeland until recently. But they were quick to embrace Jobs when news broke of his death.

 

[vamjok]

he might be the first buddhist arab that i know

 

[Patriot]

Who on earth will ever know what he would have become if he had not been adopted?

 

[halsey02]

Who on earth will ever know what he would have become if he had not been adopted?

Who knows, with his non-conformist creative, & brilliant mind, he would have bombed the white house. Fate has it that he was adopted by a American Caucasian couple, and he went to kek leng country & discovered Buddhism & drop acid & most likely ganja aka cananbis. Born in SINgapore, most likely be friend of CNB & spent years eating curry rice in one of the best prison in the world & APPLE CORP would not have been born.

 

[singveld]

if the muslim dad and dad family were to bring him up. Imagine the world. No apple II, mactintosh, no GUI, no mouse, no imac, no ipod, no itune, no iphone and no ipad. He will be just a religious nut that pray 5 times a day, does not think outside the box, just conform to family and achieve nothing and does not change the world. Scarely.

thank god steve gone to a white family.

 

[eatshitndie]

biologically half syrian, majority californian, fully bay arean, 100% cupertinonian.

 

[Conqueror]

Shot Dead In Afghanistan ?

if the muslim dad and dad family were to bring him up. Imagine the world. No apple II, mactintosh, no GUI, no mouse, no imac, no ipod, no itune, no iphone and no ipad. He will be just a religious nut that pray 5 times a day, does not think outside the box, just conform to family and achieve nothing and does not change the world. Scarely.

thank god steve gone to a white family.

Probably worst ! A terrorist but bombed by an unmanned aircraft in Afghanistan ? But, I thought he was half a Syrian and he will still be in the Gaza Strip throwing stones at Israeli army ?

 

[singveld]

Re: Shot Dead In Afghanistan ?

he is born in 1955, i do not think he will go that extreme. that is crazy, he probably be a nobody if he is born in an syrian family. that show you why muslim world failed in the world. when oil run out, they will be finished.

 

[Batok Seri]

.. Born in SINgapore, most likely ...

Most of the great enterprising brains would have been put in jail and scarred for life if some of the things they did earlier in their lives had been committed in Singapore.

Even if they had not been caught, they wouldn't wouldn't have gone far as they were dropouts instead of government scholars. Read up on what they were doing when they were NS age.

Jobs
Gates
Branson

 

[Conqueror]

Lousy 'Robot'

Most of the great enterprising brains would have been put in jail and scarred for life if some of the things they did earlier in their lives had been committed in Singapore.

Even if they had not been caught, they wouldn't wouldn't have gone far as they were dropouts instead of government scholars. Read up on what they were doing when they were NS age.

Jobs
Gates
Branson

Remember the LOUSY 'robot' that NTU created ? Wow ! The first time I have seen a robot that have to be supported by two people. A senile robot like ... someone we know very well ... was that LKY ? Maybe it should slur too when it tries to speak to visitors. And talk rubbish too.

 

[halsey02]

Re: Lousy 'Robot'

Remember the LOUSY 'robot' that NTU created ? Wow ! The first time I have seen a robot that have to be supported by two people. A senile robot like ... someone we know very well ... was that LKY ? Maybe it should slur too when it tries to speak to visitors. And talk rubbish too.[/QUOTE]

That robot is an exact copy of 'wooden GOh', that is what they were modelling after. ha ha ha ha ha

 

[methink]

Who on earth will ever know what he would have become if he had not been adopted?

We thank God for what he was that he is today. Adopted by a American Caucasian couple who gave him love, education, support, etc... Steve Jobs may never be Apple co-founder.

If borned in Sinkieland? habis lah, surely no Apple to talk about!

 

[neddy]

We thank God for what he was that he is today. Adopted by a American Caucasian couple who gave him love, education, support, etc... Steve Jobs may never be Apple co-founder.

If borned in Sinkieland? habis lah, surely no Apple to talk about!

I will not be so quick to criticise Singapore, TODAYs' America will not produce Steve Jobs either.

Jobs parents are WORKING CLASS families. In 1955 America, working class families can afford to have garages and send the kids to colleges.

In todays' America, working class people need to WAIT FOR SUPERMAN. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_"Superman")

Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 documentary film from director Davis Guggenheim and producer Lesley Chilcott.[2] The film analyzes the failures of American public education by following several students through the educational system, hoping to be selected in a lottery for acceptance into charter schools.

The film received the Audience Award for best documentary at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.[3] The film also received the Best Documentary Feature at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards.[4][5]