Sheik

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Sheik or Sheikh, literally 'elder' in Arabic, is the honorific title for the ruler of a tribe.

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, based on the novel with a gender-reversed plot
• "Sheik", a 1973 song on ZZ Top's album Tres Hombres
• Sheik (The Legend of Zelda), an alias/disguise of Princess Zelda, mainly appearing in the 1998 game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• The Sheik, a character in the 1989 American action comedy movie Speed Zone
• "The Sheik", a 1988 episode of the American children's comedy science fiction sitcom Small Wonder

People

• Blaize Shiek, American dancer
• Duncan Sheik (1969–2026), American singer-songwriter and composer
• Irina Sheik (born 1986), Russian supermodel

Other uses

• Sheik condom, a North American brand of condoms
• Sheiks, Hollywood High School's mascot

See also

• Chad Morgan (1933–2025), Australian singer and comedian commonly referred to as "The Sheik of Scrubby Creek"
• Mississippi Sheiks
• Cheikh (disambiguation)
• Shaik (disambiguation)
• Shaikh (disambiguation)
• Sheikh (disambiguation)

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