Akif, Akef or Aqif ( ar, عاكف) is an
Arabic 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
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Akif Šeremet, Bosnian communist
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Akif Pirinçci, German writer of Turkish origin
Surname
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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
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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
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Mehmet Akif (disambiguation)
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Arabic-language surnames
Arabic masculine given names
Turkish masculine given names