Who is Steve Jobs' Syrian immigrant father, Abdul Fattah?Abdulfattah Jandali?

Steve Jobs is well known as an arch innovator from California's Silicon Valley, founding Apple Computer, NeXt and Pixar, and helping to bring to the world the personal computer, Mac, iPhone and iPad, as well as movies such as Toy Story and Finding Nemo.

Steve Jobs was adopted and his father was a political migrant from the Syrian city of Homs, which is now devastated by the civil war in Syria.

This fact was exposed by the Outside Source programme on the British Broadcasting Corporation's website.Following the atrocities in Syria, Iraq, Egypt, and now with Donald Trump's ban on Syrian refugees, it remains a powerful statement.

While some people are horrified at the numbers fleeing Syria, and worry about the consequences of other countries taking on millions of refugees, many have pointed out that previous Syrian migrants have boosted the West's culture, business and technology, most notably the biological father of Steve Jobs.

Protests and demonstrations led to the downfall of the president of Lebanon.

He has stated that he believes in Islam in doctrine and culture despite being a non-practicing Muslim.

I have never experienced discrimination in the United States because of my race or religion.He is quoted as saying that he has integrated in society here and that his accent might sometimes suggest he is from another country.

Jandali was born in Homs, Syria in 1931.His father was a self-made millionaire who owned several entire villages.He had complete authority over his children.

His mother was a traditional Muslim woman who took care of the house and me and my four sisters, but she was conservative, obedient and a housewife.

He wanted to study law at Damascus University, but his father said there were too many lawyers in Syria.

Jandali left Syria at the age of 18 to continue his studies in Lebanon.He said that he spent the best days of his life in Lebanon.

He spent three days in prison after demonstrating for Algeria's independence at the university.

Protests from 1952-54 forced him to flee.The protests led to the resignation of the president of Lebanon, who became the first Arab president to step down.

Jandali lived in New York with a relative who was the Syrian ambassador to the United Nations.

Jandali received a scholarship that allowed him to get a PhD in Economics and Political Sciences.

While studying in Wisconsin, Jandali met and dated a German-Swiss Catholic who was soon pregnant with his child.

The baby was put up for adoption in San Francisco because the adoptive parents were Catholic and college educated.

Paul Jobs passed on his love of mechanics to Steve, which led to his friendship with Steve Wozniak and the creation of Apple Computer.

After fleeing the Turks in Armenia, Clara's parents landed in New Jersey.

Steve Jobs said that knowing he was adopted may have made him feel more independent, but he has never felt abandoned.

He hated it when people said that Paul and Clara Jobs were not his real parents.

He said that his biological parents were his sperm and egg bank.The way it was, a sperm bank thing, nothing more.

The couple were married a long time after the adoption.Their daughter went on to become a successful American novelist.Jobs didn't meet Mona Simpson until he was 27.

Jandali was on the move again.He came back to Syria to try to get a job in the diplomatic corps.

He worked as a director in an oil refinery in Homs for a year, instead of being a diplomat.He divorced Schieble while in Syria.When Jandali returned to the US in 1962, he didn't get in touch with her.

Jandali was an assistant professor at Michigan University.He worked in Las Vegas after buying a restaurant.He is the Vice Chairman of the Boomtown Casino and Hotel.

Steve Jobs thought he had met his father when Jandali was the manager of the restaurant.

I met the owner of the restaurant who was from Syria.It was my father.I shook his hand and he shook mine.Jobs told his biographer that was all.

Jobs decided not to pursue a relationship with Jandali after learning more about him.

Jandali believed his son to be a genius, even though he had no contact with him.

I don't have a good relationship with him.I send a message to him on his birthday, but neither of us have been close to each other.I think he knows where I am and how to contact me if he wants to spend time with me.

My biological son is Steve Jobs, the chief executive of Apple, and my daughter is a famous writer.He was put up for adoption because my girlfriend's father wouldn't let her marry me because he was too conservative.

Steve is my biological son, but I didn't bring him up, and he has a family that adopted him.If it is said that I am the father of invention, then my biological son is a genius and my daughter a brilliant writer.I thank God for my success, but I am not an inventor.

Steve would have achieved the same success if he had been brought up with a Syrian name.He has a great mind.He did not finish his studies.I think he would have succeeded regardless of his background.