Zaki (Arabic زكي ) is an Arabic male name (with female form Zakiya) and surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Zaki al-Arsuzi Zaki al-Arsuzi ( ar, زكي الأرسوزي, Zakī al-Arsūzī; June 18992 July 1968) was a Syrian philosopher, philologist, sociologist, historian, and Arab nationalist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of Ba'athism and i ...

(1899–1998), Syrian politician *

Zaki Tun Azmi Tun Zaki bin Tun Azmi ( ms, زكي بن عزمي, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; born 12 September 1945) is a Malaysian barrister who served as the sixth Chief Justice of Malaysia. He was appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King o ...

(born 1945), Malaysian judge *

Zaki Badawi Sheikh Mohammed Aboulkhair Zaki Badawi ( ar, الشيخ محمد أبو الخير زكي بدوي), KBE, GCFO (14 January 1922 – 24 January 2006) was a prominent Egyptian Islamic scholar, community activist, and promoter of interfaith-dialo ...

(1922–2006), Egyptian Islamic scholar *

Zaki Badr Zaki Badr ( ar, زكي بدر; 28 February 1926 – 2 April 1997) was an Egyptian major general and the former interior minister of Egypt who served in the post from 1986 to 1990 in the Sedki Cabinet. Badr had a confrontational approach ...

(1926-1997), Egyptian security officer and politician *

Zaki Chehab Zaki Chehab (born 1956) is an Arab journalist. Founder and Editor-in-Chief of ArabsToday.net, an Arabic-language news website. Until October 2009, Chehab was London Bureau Chief of Al Hayat – LBC TV. He has covered the Middle East for a variety ...

(born 1956), Lebanese-British journalist *

Zaki al-Khatib Zaki al-Khatib (1887–1961) was a Syrian politician from the People's Party who served as Prime Minister of Syria. Political career He was Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry ...

(1887–1961), Syrian politician *

Zaki Naguib Mahmoud Zaki Naguib Mahmoud (Arabic: زكي نجيب محمود‎) (February 2, 1905 – September 8, 1993) was an Egyptian intellectual and thinker, and is considered a pioneer in modern Arabic philosophical thought. He was described by Abbas Mahmoud a ...

(1905–1993), Egyptian philosopher * Zaki Mazboudi (1920–2000), Lebanese politician *

Zaki Nassif Zaki Nassif ( ar, زكي ناصيف; 4 July 1918 – 10 March 2004) was a Lebanese music composer and singer. He was influential among the first generation of composers for the mass audience for music on radio in Lebanon in the 1940s and 1950s, ...

(1918–2004), Lebanese composer *

Zaki Nusseibeh Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh is the Cultural Adviser to the President of the UAE and the Chancellor of UAE University. He has been active in government service in the United Arab Emirates since its formation in 1971, and with the Government of the Emirate ...

(died 2004), UAE diplomat *

Zaki Rostom Zaki Rostom ( arz, زكي رستم) (1903–1972) Zaki Moharram Mahmoud Rostom was an Egyptian actor. A Method acting, method actor known for portraying intimidating and often Asociality, asocial villains, Zaki is regarded as one of the influenti ...

(1903–1978), Egyptian actor

Middle name

Muhammad Zaki Butt Air Commodore Muhammad Zakaria Butt was a Pakistan Air Force fighter pilot who served in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and 1971. He was born to a respected family of Lahore in 1929. He was the commander of the Students' Guard for Quaid-e-Aza ...

(1929–1993), Pakistani air force pilot

Surname

Aamir Zaki Aamir Zaki (April 8, 1968 – June 2, 2017) was a Saudi born Pakistani guitarist-songwriter and composer. Zaki is considered by many as one of the most influential guitarists in Pakistan's history. He is considered to be among the pioneers of Roc ...

, Pakistani guitar player *

Abbas Zaki Abbas Zaki ( ar, عباس زكي) is the former representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Lebanon and a member of Fatah's central committee.

, Palestinian politician * Ahmad Zaki (disambiguation), several persons *

Akram Zaki Akram Zaki (27 October 1931 – 30 November 2017) was a Pakistani politician. He held the role of senior leader of the Pakistan Muslim League and chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs. Career Zaki also served as Paki ...

, Pakistani politician * Amadou Aboubakar Zaki (born 1988), Nigerien basketball player *

Amr Zaki Amr Hassan Zaki ( ar, عمرو زكي; born 1 April 1983) is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He has played for numerous different clubs in Egypt, Russia, England, Turkey and Kuwait. Zaki has made 63 appearan ...

(born 1983), Egyptian footballer *

Badr Zaki Badr Zaki is a Moroccan footballer. He usually plays as midfielder. Zaki is currently attached to Union Aït Melloul Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operat ...

(born 1988), Moroccan footballer *

Ibrahim Hussein Zaki Ibrahim Hussein Zaki (born 1947) is a politician of the Maldives. Zaki is a former Cabinet Minister of the Maldives government: from 11 November 1993 to 10 November 1998, he was Minister of Tourism. He served as the Secretary General of the Sou ...

(born 1947), Maldives politician * Kawthar Zaki (born 1940), Egyptian-American microwave engineer * Kim Khan Zaki (born 1982), Singaporean kickboxer * Mohamed Zaki (born 1953), Maldives businessman * Mona Zaki (born 1976), Egyptian actress * Muad Mohamed Zaki (born 1982), Maldives politician * Muhamed Amin Zaki (1880–1948), Kurdish historian and politician * Soheir Zaki, Egyptian belly dancer and actress * Wissam Zaki (born 1986), Iraqi footballer * Zakia Zaki (died 2007), Afghan journalist * Zeeko Zaki (born 1990), American actor of Egyptian descent

References

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