Abd al-Fattāḥ (

ALA-LC romanization ALA-LC (American Library AssociationLibrary of Congress) is a set of standards for romanization, the representation of text in other writing systems using the Latin script. Applications The system is used to represent bibliographic information by ...

of ar, عبد الفتاح) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Fattāḥ'', one of the

names of God in the Qur'an Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...

, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. People with this name include:

Given name

Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda ʿAbd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah ( ar, عبد الفتاح بن محمد بن بشير بن حسن أبوغدة الخالدي, ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn Muḥammad ibn Bashīr ibn Ḥasan Abū Ghuddah Al Khaldi) (9 May 1917 – 16 February 1997) was a ...

* Abd al-Fattah Fumani *

Abdel Fattah Yahya Ibrahim Pasha Abdel Fattah Yahya Pasha (1876–1951) ( ar, يحيى إبراهيم باشا) was an Egyptian political figure. He served as Prime Minister of Egypt from 1933 to 1934. He was Justice Minister in 1921 and 1930, and from 1930 to 1934 was Minister ...

(1876–1951), Egyptian politician *Abdelfattah Amr, also known as F. D. Amr Bey (1910–after 1972), Egyptian diplomat and squash player *

Abdul Fattah Ismail Abd al-Fattah Ismail Ali Al-Jawfi ( ar, عبد الفتاح إسماعيل علي الجوفي , translit=ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ Ismāʿīl; 28 July 1939 – 13 January 1986) was the Marxist ''de facto'' leader of People's Democratic Republic of Yem ...

(1939–1986), Yemeni politician *

Abdul Fatah Younis Abdul Fatah Younis Al-Obeidi (; ar, عبد الفتاح يونس, sometimes transliterated ''Fattah Younis'' or ''Fattah Younes'' or ''Fatah Younes''; 1944 – 28 July 2011) was a senior military officer in Libya. He held the rank of major gene ...

(1944-2011), Libyan soldier and politician *

Abdelfattah Kilito Abdelfattah Kilito ( ar, عبد الفتاح كيليطو; born 10 April 1945, in Rabat) is a Moroccan writer. He is the author of several books in Arabic and in French. He has also written articles for magazines such as ''Poétique'' and ''Stud ...

(born 1945), Moroccan writer * Ahmed Salah Abdelfatah (born 1949), Dutch actor *

Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah ( ar, محمد عبدالوهاب عبدالفتاح; born 1962) is an Egyptian composer of contemporary classical music and educator. He is a member of Egypt's third generation of classical composers. Biography ...

(born 1962), Egyptian composer *

Abdulfatah Ahmed Abdulfatah Ahmed (born 29 December 1963) is a Nigerian banker and politician. He is the former Governor of Kwara State. Background Ahmed was born on 29 December 1963 in Share, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. He attended Gover ...

(born 1963), Nigerian banker and politician *

Essam Abd El Fatah Essam Abdel-Fatah (Arabic: عصام عبد الفتاح) (born December 30, 1965) is an Egyptian football (soccer) referee. Abd El Fatah has been a referee since 2001; his first international game was between Morocco and Sierra Leone in 2003. He wa ...

(born 1965), Egyptian football referee *

Mohamed Abdelfatah Mohamed Abdelfattah ( ar, محمد عبد الفتاح, born February 4, 1978 in Suez, Egypt), commonly known by his nickname "Bogy" ( ar, بوجى), is an Egyptian Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler who competed in 76 kg, 84 kg, and 96&nb ...

(born 1978), Egyptian wrestler *

Hassan Abdel Fattah Hassan Abdel-Fattah Mahmoud Al-Mahsiri ( ar, حسن عبد الفتاح محمود المحسيري) is a Jordanian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. International goals :''Scores and results list Jordan's goal tally first ...

(born 1982), Jordanian footballer * Karim Adel Abdel Fatah (born 1982), Egyptian footballer *

Abdul Fattah Al Agha Abdul Fattah Al Agha ( ar, عبد الفتاح الآغا; born 1 August 1984), is a retired Syrian footballer who played as a striker. He spent the majority of his career playing for Syrian side Al Ittihad Aleppo and other clubs from Egypt. ...

(born 1984), Syrian footballer *

Abdoul-Fatah Mustafa Abdoul Fatah Njankou Nsangou (born 27 May 1984), also known as Mustafá, is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Career Born in Foumbot, Njankou plays as a defensive midfielder and central defender. He pla ...

(born 1984), Cameroonian footballer *

Abdul Fatawu Dauda Abdul Fatawu Dauda ( ar, عبد ال فاتو داودا; born 6 April 1985), known as Fatau Dauda, is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Legon Cities FC. Club career Dauda began his football career in 2004 with ...

(born 1985), Ghanaian footballer *

Basel Abdoulfattakh Basel Mansurovich Abdoulfattakh (russian: Басель Мансурович Абдульфаттах; born 6 March 1990) is a Russian former professional association football player. His father is of Syrian descent and his mother Russian. Care ...

(born 1990), Russian footballer *

Abdoul Fatah (Malagasy politician) Abdoul Fatah is a Malagasy politician. A member of the National Assembly of Madagascar, he was elected as a member of the Tiako I Madagasikara party; he represents the first constituency of Antsiranana Antsiranana ( mg, Antsiran̈ana ), na ...

* Alaa Abd El-Fatah, Egyptian blogger and activist *

Samih Abdel Fattah Iskandar Samih Abdel Fattah Iskandar ( ar, سميح عبد الفتاح إسكندر) served as International Commissioner of the Jordanian Association for Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, as well as the Chairman of the Arab Scout Committee. In 1995, he was aw ...

Samir Abdel Fattah Samir Abdel Fattah is a Yemeni short story writer, novelist and playwright. He was born in Jibla, Yemen in 1971, and he moved to Sanaa in 1982, where he studied economics and business at university. He is known for his short story collections, the f ...

, Yemeni short story writer, novelist and playwright *

Abdolfattah Soltani Abdolfattah Soltani ( fa, عبدالفتاح سلطانی; born 2 November 1953) is an Iranian human rights lawyer and spokesman for the Defenders of Human Rights Center. He co-founded the group with Mohammad Seifzadeh and Nobel Peace Prize-winne ...

, Iranian human rights lawyer *Abdul-Fattah

Abu-Abdullah Adelabu Abdul-Fattah Abu-Abdullah Taiye Ejire Adelabu ( ar, عبد الفتّاح أبو عبد الله تَائيي أيجيري أديلابو) or simply Sheikh Adelabu (), also known as Al-Afriqi () or Shaykh Al-Afriqi () is a Nigeria-born British M ...

, Nigerian scholar of Islamic and Arabic Studies, linguist, jurist and lecturer

Surname

Randa Abdel-Fattah Randa Abdel-Fattah (born 6 June 1979) is an Australian writer. Randa was born in Australia and her debut novel, '' Does My Head Look Big in This?'', was published in 2005. Early life and education Abdel-Fattah was born in Sydney, New South Wal ...

(born 1979), Australian writer * Israa Abdel Fatah, (born 1978), Egyptian internet activist and blogger

References

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