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.
Youssef Saadallah Howayek (Arabic:  ; also Yusuf Huwayyik, Hoyek, Hoayek, Hawayek) (18831962) 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 
