Claim: Youssef Saadallah Howayek was a musician and the grandson of  Saadallah Howayek, Councillor for the Ottoman Mutasarref's (Governor) Administrative Council who travelled to Rome to study various forms of art.
Evidence: Youssef Saadallah Howayek (Arabic: يوسف حويك‎; also Yusuf Huwayyik, Hoyek, Hoayek, Hawayek) (1883–1962) a painter and sculptor from Helta, in modern-day Lebanon. 
Youssef Howayek's father, Saadallah Howayek, was a Councillor elected into the Ottoman Mutasarref's (Governor) Administrative Council. 
visual artist