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Maktabi is a surname referring to the Maktabi family rooted in
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
during the years 1600-1800. The Maktabi family in Persia included teachers that ran multiple schools in
Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...
. They moved from Isfahan to
Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ...
in the late 1800s and started trading in antiques and rugs. In the early 1900s, members of the family moved to
Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
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Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
where they prospered as carpet merchants. Notable people with the surname include: *
Malek Maktabi Malek Maktabi (or Malik Maktaby, ar, مالك مكتبي, born in Beirut on 10 November 1981) is a Lebanese television presenter who is known for hosting '' Ahmar Bil Khatt Al Aarid'' (Red in Boldface), a weekly talk show about social and hu ...
(born 1981), Lebanese journalist and television presenter *
Nayla Tueni Maktabi Nayla Tueni Maktabi ( ar, نايلة تويني مكتبي) (born 31 August 1982) is a Lebanese journalist and politician. She was a member of the Lebanese Parliament for almost ten years (2009–2018), representing the district of Achrafieh. Tu ...
(born 1982), Lebanese journalist and politician, member of the Lebanese Parliament *
Rima Maktabi Rima, also known as Rima the Jungle Girl, is the fictional heroine of W. H. Hudson's 1904 novel '' Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest''. In it, Rima, a primitive girl of the shrinking rain forest of South America, meets Abel, a pol ...
(born 1977), Lebanese journalist and television presenter {{surname