Hijazi, Hijazy, Hejazi or
Hegazy ( ar, حجازي) 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 ...
surname originally designating a person (or their ancestor) from the
Hejaz
The Hejaz (, also ; ar, ٱلْحِجَاز, al-Ḥijāz, lit=the Barrier, ) is a region in the west of Saudi Arabia. It includes the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Tabuk, Yanbu, Taif, and Baljurashi. It is also known as the "Western Provin ...
region in
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
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People
Hijazi
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Abdallah Hijazi
Abdallah Hijazi is a Lebanese basketball player with Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League
The Lebanese Basketball League is the top-tier professional men's basketball league in Lebanon. It is organized annually as a nati ...
, Lebanese basketball player
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Ahmed Hijazi (poet)
Ahmed Abdel Muti Hijazi ( ar, أحمد عبد المعطي حجازي) (born in 1935 in Al-Menoufiya, Egypt) is an Egyptian contemporary poet.
Contributed to many literary conferences in many Arab capitals, and is one of the pioneers of the movem ...
, Egyptian contemporary poet
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Ali Hijazi
Ali Hijazi (born November 23, 1976) is a former Sierra Leonean international basketball player and the current manager of the Sierra Leone national basketball team. He has been the coach of the national basketball team since 2004. Hijazi was bor ...
, Sierra Leonean basketball player
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Amal Hijazi, Lebanese singer
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Farouk Hijazi Farouk Hijazi ( ar, فاروق حجازي) is a former Iraqi government official who served the Iraqi government during the rulership of Saddam Hussein. Hijazi served as Hussein's Director of External Operations for the Mukhabarat, the Iraqi intelli ...
, Iraqi diplomat
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Fouad Hijazi, Lebanese footballer
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Naseem Hijazi
Sharif Hussain (Urdu: ), who used the pseudonym Nasīm Hijāzī (Urdu: , commonly transliterated as Naseem Hijazi or Nasim Hijazi) (19 May 1914 – 2 March 1996), was an Urdu novelist.
Life and career
Hussain was born in an Arain family in th ...
, Urdu novelist
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Nawal Hijazi
Nawal Hijazi () is a Lebanese voice actress.
Filmography
Dubbing roles
*''Around the World with Willy Fog''
*'' Arrow Emblem: Hawk of the Grand Prix'' - Rie Katori
*''Astroganger''
*''Clémentine''
*''Hello! Sandybell'' - Sandybell
*''Ins ...
, Lebanese voice actress
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Zane Hijazi, American Vine creator and YouTuber, member of David Dobrik's Vlog Squad
Hejazi
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Abdol Hossein Hejazi
Abdol Hossein Hejazi (1904–1969) was an Iranian military officer who served as the commander of the Imperial Iranian Army's Ground Forces between 1958 and 1960.
Biography
Hejazi was born in 1904. He graduated from École Spéciale Militaire de ...
(1904–1969), Iranian military officer
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Attila Hejazi, Iranian football player and coach
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Mohammad Hejazi, Iranian military commander
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Nasser Hejazi
Nasser Hejazi (Persian: ناصر حجازی ''nāser hejāzi''; 14 December 1949 – 23 May 2011), nicknamed "the legendary Iranian goalkeeper", was an Iranian football player and coach who most notably played for Esteghlal (Taj).
Considered a ...
, Iranian football goalkeeper
See also
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Hejazi Arabic
Hejazi Arabic or Hijazi Arabic (HA) ( ar, حجازي, ḥijāzī), also known as West Arabian Arabic, is a variety of Arabic spoken in the Hejaz region in Saudi Arabia. Strictly speaking, there are two main groups of dialects spoken in the Hejaz ...
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Hejazi turban
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Arabic-language surnames
Iranian-language surnames