Sheik
Sheik or Sheikh, literally "elder" in Arabic, is the honorific title for the ruler of a tribe.
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Sheik or The Sheik may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
- The Sheik (novel) a 1919 novel by Edith Maude Hull
- The Sheik (film), a 1921 silent film starring Rudolph Valentino, based on the novel
- The Son of the Sheik, a 1926 sequel to the earlier film also starring Rudolph Valentino
- She's a Sheik, a 1927 film starring Bebe Daniels with a gender-reversed plot
- "Sheik", a 1973 song on ZZ Top's album Tres Hombres
- Sheik (Legend of Zelda), an alias/disguise of Princess Zelda, in the 1998 Ocarina of Time
- The Sheik, a character in the 1989 American action comedy movie Speed Zone
People
- Duncan Sheik (born 1969), American singer-songwriter and composer
- Irina Sheik (born 1986), Russian supermodel
Professional wrestlers
- Adnan Al-Kaissie (born 1939), frequently billed as The Sheik
- Ed Farhat (1924–2003), American wrestler who performed as "The Sheik"
- The Sheik II (born 1974), ring name of American wrestler Joseph Cabibbo
Other uses
- Sheik condom, a North American brand of condoms
- Sheiks, Hollywood High School's mascot
See also
- The Iron Sheik (born 1942), ring name of Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, Iranian professional wrestler and actor
- Shawn Daivari (born 1984), American wrestler who has performed as "Sheik Abdul Bashir"
- Chad Morgan (born 1933), Australian singer and comedian commonly referred to as "The Sheik of Scrubby Creek"
- "Sheiky" and "The Iron Sheik", nicknames of Shawn Sheikhan (born 1969), professional poker player
- Sheikh (disambiguation)
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