1. Dad
2. Rafik Hariri (former premier of Lebanon, from my dad's hometown. They knew each other professionally too).
3. Dubya
4. Saudi King
5. Dlish's friend
6. Dlish's
So 6 degrees

. Of course, Hariri worked a lot with the Saudi king, so no need to go through Dubya. So 5 degrees.
And since we're both Lebanese, I'm sure there's an even closer connection somewhere.
Actually, now that I think about it, since we know each other, we're 1 degree apart.
Proceed.