Muhammed Faris Status: Retired 5/26/1951 – Nationality: Syrian Type: Government Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Muhammed Ahmed Faris (Arabic: محمد أحمد فارس Muḥammad ʾAḥmad Fāris; born 26 May 1951) is a Syrian military aviator. He was the first Syrian and the second Arab in space.