Fahmi (

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: فهمي) is an Arabic name in the possessive form of the word ''fahm'' (

: فَهْم) which means "understanding, comprehension, knowing", and which stems from the verb ''fahima'' (

: َفَهِم) meaning "come to know about", "to realize, understand or comprehend". It may refer to:

Given name

* Fahmi Abdullah Ahmed, Yemeni captured and detained in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps in Cuba * Fahmi al-Abboushi (1895–1975), co-founder of the Palestinian political party Hizb al-Istiqlal (Independence Party) * Fahmi al-Husseini (1886–1940), mayor of Gaza (1929–1939) under British rule *

Fahmi Idris Fahmi Idris (Born in Jakarta on September 20, 1943 - May 22, 2022) was an Indonesian prominent businessman and politician. He was an Indonesian government minister under the Habibie and Yudhoyono presidencies. He received a doctorate title fr ...

(born 1943), Indonesian politician in Golkar Party and government minister * Fahmi Reza (born 1977), Malaysian political artist * Mohammad Fahmi bin Abdul Shukor, a convicted rioter and gang member of

Salakau Salakau ( zh, s=三六九, poj=Saⁿ-la̍k-káu), which means 369 in Hokkien, also known as "Sah Lak Kau", is a street gang or secret society based in Singapore. The numbers 3, 6 and 9 add up to 18, which was the name of an older gang; the nu ...

in Singapore *

Mustafa Fahmi Pasha Mustafa Fahmi Pasha (11 June 1840 – 13 September 1914) was an Egyptian military officer and politician who served as the prime minister of Egypt for two times. Early life and education Born in Crete in 1840 to a Turkish family who had ear ...

(1840–1914), Egyptian politician, cabinet minister, and twice premier * Fahmi Khalil Al Ansari (1940-2021), Palestinian intellectual, teacher and founder of The Bayt al-Maqdas: The Fahmi Al-Ansari Library in East Jerusalem.

Surname

* Abdelilah Fahmi (born 1973), Moroccan football defender who plays for Raja Casablanca * Heshmat Fahmi, member of the Pan-African Parliament and a member of the People's Assembly of Egypt * Ismail Fahmi (1922–1997), Egyptian diplomat and politician * Nabil Fahmi (born 1951), Egyptian diplomat and politician, and Ismail Fahmi's son *

Sameh Fahmi Sameh Fahmi (born 14 August 1949) is an Egyptians, Egyptian engineer and politician who served as Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (Egypt), oil minister of Egypt for 12 years from 1999 to 2011. Early life and education Fahmi was born ...

(born 1949), Egyptian politician Variants: *

Mohamed Fahmy Mohamed Fadel Fahmy ( ar, محمد فاضل فهمي ; born April 27, 1974) is an Egyptian-born Canadian journalist, war correspondent and author. He has worked extensively in the Middle East, North Africa, for CNN, BBC and Al Jazeera Engl ...

, Canadian journalist {{given name, type=both Arabic-language surnames Arabic-language masculine given names Masculine given names