Akif, Akef or Aqif ( ar, عاكف) is an

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

, meaning "focused, attached, intent, devoted"

Given name

Akif Šeremet Akif Šeremet (19 September 1895 – 19 April 1939) was a Bosnian communist activist, known as the "Red Professor". A member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia since its inception in 1919, Šeremet remained active in various communist groups th ...

, Bosnian communist * Akif Pirinçci, German writer of Turkish origin

Surname

Mohammed Mahdi Akef Mohammed Mahdi Akef ( ar, محمد مهدي عاكف; July 12, 1928 – September 22, 2017) was the head of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Egypt-based Islamic political movement, from 2004 until 2010. He assumed the post, that of "general guide" ( ar ...

, Egyptian Islamist *

Naima Akef Naima Akef ( ar, نعيمة عاكف,‎ ; 7 October 1929 – 23 April 1966) was a famous Egyptian belly dancer during the Egyptian cinema's golden age and starred in many films of the time. Akef was born in Tanta on the Nile Delta. Her parent ...

, Egyptian belly dancer *

Mehmet Akif (disambiguation) Mehmet Akif is a Turkish masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Mehmet Akif Ersoy (1873–1936), Turkish poet * Mehmet Akif Pirim (born 1968), Turkish sport wrestler See also * Akif * Mehmet Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehm ...

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