Fatah (name)

Fatah (

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a 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. E.Watson; Walter ...

: فَتْح ''fat·ḥ'') is an

name and surname, meaning "open, begin, start, commence". A variant of the name is Fattah, also spelt ''Fattaah'' (

: فَتَّاح ''fattāḥ'') which denotes the same or similar meaning. Notable people with the name Fatah include: *

Abdul Fatah Haqqani Abdul Fatah Haqqani ( ps, عبدالفتاح حقاني; died April 19, 2011) was a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in the Bagram Internment Facility, and was subsequently killed by US forces. He was killed on April 19, 2011, by a precisi ...

(died 2011), Afghanistani alleged Taliban activist *

Abdel-Fatah Qudsiyeh Abdel-Fatah Qudsiyeh ( ar, عبد الفتاح قدسية; born 1953) is since 2012 the deputy director of the Syrian National Security Bureau and a close adviser to President Bashar al-Assad. Early life Qudsiyeh was born in Hama in 1953. Car ...

(born 1953), deputy director of the Syrian National Security Bureau *

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 ...

(active 2007) * Abdoul-Fatah Mustafa (born 1984), Cameroonian footballer *

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 senior military officer *

Chopy Fatah Chopy Shakir Fatah (; born June 10, 1983) is a contemporary Kurdish singer. She was born in Kirkuk, Iraq. Career Her family emigrated to the Netherlands in 1988. She released her first album titled ''Çît Naw Binêm'' in 2003. After emigratin ...

(born 1983), Kurdish singer * Essam Abdel-Fatah (born 1965), Egyptian football referee * Fatah Ait Saada (born 1978), Algerian artistic gymnast * Fatah Masoud (born 1989), Libyan futsal goalkeeper. *

Fatah Nsaief Abdul-Fatah Nsaief Jassim (born 2 February 1951) is an Iraqi football goalkeeper who played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Al-Jaish. Fattah Nasaif was one of Iraq's best keepers in the 1970s and 1980s. He played one g ...

(born 1951), Iraqi football goalkeeper * Fatah Said (born 1986), Moroccan footballer * Ismail Fatah al-Turk (1934/38 – 2004), Iraqi painter and sculptor * Karim Adel Abdel Fatah (born 1982), Egyptian footballer * Mir-Fatah-Agha (AKA Mushthaid, before 1829 – 1892), high-ranking Twelver Shi'a Muslim cleric in the Caucasus *

Natasha Fatah Natasha Fatah is a Canadian journalist, based in Toronto, Ontario. She is a host for CBC News Network. Early life and education Fatah was born in Karachi, Pakistan and spent most of her childhood in Saudi Arabia in Riyadh and Jeddah; she has a ...

(active from 1996), Canadian journalist * Rebwar Fatah (active from 1982), Kurdish writer and journalist * Ridzuan Fatah Hasan (born 1981), Singaporean football player *

Tarek Fatah Tarek Fatah (Punjabi/Urdu: ; born 20 November 1949) is a Pakistani-Canadian journalist and author.