Afrin may refer to:

Places

Afrin Canton Afrin Canton ( ku, Kantona Efrînê, ar, مقاطعة عفرين, syc, ܦܠܩܐ ܕܥܦܪܝܢ, translit=Pelqā dha-ʻAfrin) was one of the cantons of Rojava. Syria's Afrin District fell under the control of the People's Protection Units (YPG) arou ...

, one of the cantons of the de facto autonomous Democratic Federation of Northern Syria *

Afrin District Afrin District ( ar, منطقة عفرين, manṭiqat Afrīn) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Afrin. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 172,095. Also available in ...

, a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Afrin *

Afrin Subdistrict Afrin Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية مركز عفرين, nāḥiyah ʿAfrīn) is a subdistrict of Afrin District in northwestern Aleppo Governorate of northern Syria. The administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional admi ...

, a subdistrict of the Afrin District *

Afrin Region Afrin Region ( ku, Herêma Efrînê, ar, إقليم عفرين, syc, ܦܢܝܬܐ ܕܥܦܪܝܢ, translit=Ponyotho d'Afrin) is the westernmost of the three original regions of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. The region p ...

, the westernmost of the three regions of the de facto autonomous Democratic Federation of Northern Syria *

Afrin River The Afrin River ( ar, نهر عفرين ''Nahr ʻIfrīn''; ( ku, Çemê Efrînê; northern Syrian vernacular: ''Nahər ʻAfrīn''; tr, Afrin Çayı) is a tributary of the Orontes River in Turkey and Syria. It rises in the Kartal Mountains in ...

, a river in Turkey and Syria **

Afrin Dam The Afrin Dam ( ar, سد عفرين), officially 17 April Dam ( ar, سد 17 نيسان), also called Maydanki Dam ( ar, سد ميدانكي), is an earth-filled water storage and hydroelectric power dam on the Afrin River in northwest Syria. It p ...

, dam on the Afrin River in northwest Syria *

Afrin, Syria Afrin; ar, عفرين, Ifrīn. is a city in northern Syria. In the Afrin District, it is part of the Aleppo Governorate. The total population of the district was recorded at 172,095 people, of whom 36,562 lived in the town of Afrin itself. The ...

, a city in northwestern Syria, administratively part of Aleppo Governorate

Institutions

Afrin SC Afrin Sports Club is a Syrian professional football club based in Afrin, Syria. The club was founded in 1984. They played in the Syrian Premier League The Syrian Premier League ( ar, الدوري السوري الممتاز) is a professional ...

, a football club based in Afrin, Syria *

University of Afrin Afrin University ( ku, Zanîngeha Efrînê) was an unrecognized university in the city of Afrin in northern Syria, when Afrin was a part of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). It was the second university to open in the A ...

, an unrecognized university established in the city of Afrin by the Afrin Canton Board of Education

Products

Oxymetazoline Oxymetazoline, sold under the brand name Afrin among others, is a topical decongestant and vasoconstrictor medication. It is available over-the-counter as a nasal spray to treat nasal congestion and nosebleeds, as eyedrops to treat eye redness d ...

, used to constrict blood vessels when sprayed into the nose; trademark Afrin® in the United States.

People

Given name

Afrin Ali Afrin Ali née Aparupa Poddar (born 8 January 1986) is an Indian politician and a member of parliament to the 16th 17th Lok Sabha from Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency), West Bengal. She won the 2014 & 2019 Indian general election as an All In ...

(born 1986), Indian politician

Surname

Jill Afrin Jill Afrin (born 1962) is a psychiatrist who specializes in working with deaf populations in South Carolina, and is also credited as the first telepsychiatrist in the state. Biography Afrin was born in Suffern, New York in 1962. Jeanette Newman, h ...

(born 1962), psychiatrist *

Nahid Afrin Nahid Afrin is an Indian playback singer who made her debut in the 2016 Bollywood film '' Akira'' starring Sonakshi Sinha in the lead role. She first gained recognition as a singer as a participant in the 2015 edition of ''Indian Idol Junior' ...

(born 2001), Indian playback singer * Narin Afrin, resistance leader {{disambiguation, geo, surname, given name