What ethnicity is Tarek Moussa?

Tarek El Moussa was born on August 21, 1981 to a Lebanese Catholic father, whose family migrated to Egypt, and a Belgian mother in Long Beach, California. In 2000, he graduated from Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California. He married Christina Haack in May 2009.

What nationality is the last name Tarek?

The surname Tarek (Bengali: তারেক, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻃﺎﺭﻕ, Hindi: तारिक, Marathi: तारेक, Oriya: ତାେରକ, Russian: Тарек) has its highest incidence in Egypt. It can be rendered as: Tarék.

Is Tarek El Moussa of Arabic descent?

“I’m half Middle-Eastern, so it comes from Middle-Eastern descent,” Tarek told us while filming the most recent season of the series. “My dad was raised Catholic in the Middle East in Lebanon and then Egypt. My mom’s from Belgium and my dad moved to Europe when he was in his late teens.”

What autoimmune disease does Tarek El Moussa have?

After HGTV star Tarek El Moussa was diagnosed with celiac disease, he made some major changes to his diet, which he said has led to many health benefits.