Yasser (also spelled Yaser, Yasir, or Yassir; ar, ياسر, ''Yāsir'') is an Arabic male name.
Notable people with this given name
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Yasir ibn Amir
Yāsir ibn ʿĀmir ibn Mālik al-ʿAnsīy ( ar, يَاسِر ٱبْن عَامِر ٱبْن مَالِك ٱلْعَنْسِيّ) (sixth/seventh century C.E.) was an early companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is the second martyr in Isla ...
(died 615 C.E.) is known in the Islamic traditions as the second person in history to be martyred for having adopted the faith of Islam.
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Yaser Abdel Said
Yaser Abdel Said ( ar, ياسر عبد السعيد; born January 27, 1957) is an Egyptian-American former taxi driver and convicted murderer. For 12 years, Said evaded arrest for the January 1, 2008, fatal shootings of his two daughters, Amina ...
(born 1957), Egyptian fugitive wanted for the murder of his two daughters
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Yassir Abdul-Mohsen
Yassir Abdul-Mohsen ( ar, ياسر عبد المحسن, born May 27, 1988, in Baghdad, Iraq), is an Iraqi footballer who plays as a right winger for Al-Naft in Iraqi Premier League.
International debut
On December 3, 2012, Yassir made his full ...
Yasser Arafat
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini (4 / 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat ( , ; ar, محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني, Mu ...
(1929–2004) was Palestinian leader like his brother Dr. Fathi Arafat aka men of pea *
Yasir Arafat (disambiguation) Yasser Arafat (1929–2004) was an Egyptian-born Palestinian leader.
Yasir Arafat may also refer to:
* Yasir Arafat (cricketer), (born 1982) Pakistani Test cricketer
* Yasir Arafat (cricketer, born 1984), Pakistani first-class cricketer
* Yasser ...
, multiple people
* Yasser al-Azma, Syrian writer and actor
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Yasser Al-Baadani
Yasser Al-Baadani ( ar, ياسر البعداني; born February 2, 1986 in Yemen) is a Yemeni football defender currently playing for Al Sha'ab Ibb. He is a member of the Yemen national football team.
Honours
Club
Al-Sha'ab Ibb'
*Yemeni Leag ...