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Rafi (name)
Rafi () is a male given name of Armenian and Arabic origin. It is one of the names of Allah, stemming from the Arabic verb ''rafaʿa'' (رَفَعَ), meaning "to lift, to raise (something high)". It is distinct from another male name, Rafi (, meaning "exalted/grand/high"). Other common transcriptions include "Rafee", "Rafie", "Rafay" and "Raffy". Raffi ( or ) is also an Armenian given name. It was popularized by the 19th-century author Hakob Melik Hakobian, who adopted it as his pen name. Rafi () is also a common nickname amongst Jews for people named Rafael. People named Rafi Last name * Mirza Rafi Sauda, Urdu language poet * Mohammed Rafi, Indian playback singer * Mohammed Rafi (footballer), Indian footballer * Rafi Usmani, Pakistani Deobandi scholar * Muhammad Rafi, Dagestani historian of the 13th century First name Rafi * Rafi al-Din Shirazi, Persian historian of the Sultanate of Bijapur (1540/41–1620) * Rafi ibn al-Layth, Khurasani Arab leader of a rebellion aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. In Western culture, the idioms "" and "being on first-name terms" refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or Gentile name, ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai (18 February 1894 – 24 October 1954) was a politician, an Indian independence activist and a socialist. Kidwai served as a Minister of Communications in the first Cabinet of Independent India (First Nehru Ministry). He hailed from Barabanki District of Uttar Pradesh, in north India. Biography Rafi Ahmed Kidwai was born on 18 February 1894 in a middle class family in the village of Masauli, in Barabanki district (now in Uttar Pradesh). As a young man, after graduating from the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh, he became politically active and was a regular member of Khilafat Movement in 1920. He also vigorously supported the Non-cooperation movement (1919-1922) in the Barabanki district. In 1946, he became the Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh. After the 1951-52 general elections in India, Jawaharlal Nehru made Rafi the minister of food and agriculture. At that time, there was food rationing all over India due to man-made food scarcity. Raf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafi Zabor
Rafi Zabor (born Joel Zaborovsky, August 22, 1946) is a Brooklyn, New York–based music journalist- and musician-turned-novelist. Life and work A graduate of Brooklyn College, Zabor became a jazz critic for ''Musician'' in 1977, and later became an editor for the magazine. He received the 1998 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for his first novel, ''The Bear Comes Home'', which follows an alto saxophonist – who happens to be a bear – in his pursuit of musical perfection. Zabor's second book, the memoir ''I, Wabenzi'', was commercially unsuccessful and met with mixed critical response. In 2008, Zabor received an NEA Literature Fellowship. , he was reportedly working on a new novel, to be titled ''The Bosphorus Dogs.'' Zabor is also a jazz drummer. Bibliography * ''The Bear Comes Home'' (1997) * ''I, Wabenzi'' (2005) References External links "Of the Tree and its Four Birds"by Rafi Zabor, at Words Without Borders ''Words Without Borders'' (''WWB'') is an internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafi Yoeli
Rafi Yoeli () is an Israeli pilot, inventor, designer of two proposed flying cars ( Urban Aeronautics X-Hawk, Tactical Robotics Cormorant), and CEO of Urban Aeronautics Ltd., which he founded in Yavne, Israel in 2000. Early life and education Yoeli was born in Tel Aviv, circa 1950, and later served as a reserve officer in the Israeli Air Force. He attended Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Career Following his Israeli Air Force service, Yoeli joined Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., then was with Boeing in Seattle for 18 months. In 1989, Yoeli founded Aero Design & Development Ltd (AD&D, Ltd.), acting as managing director. In 2001, he started his own company in Israel, Urban Aeronautics, to develop "robots and flying machines." During the 2000s and 2010s, Yoeli designed and tested the Tactical Robotics Cormorant, formerly AirMule or Mule, a flying car unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), built by Tactical Robotics Ltd., another subsidiary of Urban Aeronautics Ltd. Designer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafi Pitts
Rafi Pitts (, born 1967) is an Iranian film director. Life and career Pitts was born in Mashad, Iran. Rafi spent his childhood in Tehran, where he lived in a basement flat underneath a post-production studio. He came to England (his father is English) in 1981 during the Iran Iraq war. He graduated in 1991 from the Polytechnic of Central London with a BA (Hons) degree in Film and Photography. His first short film, ''In Exile'' (1991) was presented the same year at the London International Film Festival. In the 90's Pitts moved to Paris and worked on films by Leos Carax, Jacques Doillon and Jean-Luc Godard. Educated in France and England, Rafi Pitts belongs to the ''new wave'' of Iranian cinema, which received numerous prestigious prizes in the international festival circuit. In 1996 he had the opportunity to film in Iran and he was the first film director (in exile) to do so since the Revolution in 1979. His first feature Season Five (1997) was the first Franco-Iranian coprod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafi Menco
Rafael "Rafi" Menco (; born 5 March 1994) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague. He was named the Israeli Basketball Premier League Most Improved Player in 2017, and an Israeli Basketball Premier League All-Star in 2019. Early life Menco was born in Jerusalem. He played basketball for Wingate Institute youth academy. Professional career Early years (2012–2016) In 2012, Menco started his professional career with Hapoel Jerusalem. On 21 October 2012, Menco made his professional debut in a match against Hapoel Tel Aviv. On 17 July 2014, Menco was loaned to Hapoel Gilboa Galil for the 2014–15 season. On 25 April 2015, Menco recorded a season-high 18 points, shooting 7-of-11 from the field, along with five rebounds, two assists, and three steals in an 89–72 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv. In 31 games played for Gilboa Galil, he averaged 7.9 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.1 steals per g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafi Melnick
Rafi Melnick (; born ) is an Israeli economist and academic administrator who served as president of Reichman University from 2021 to 2023. Biography Rafi Melnick was born in . He completed a B.A. in economics and statistics and a M.A. in economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1979. His dissertation was titled, ''An Econometric Study of Consumption with Unobservables''. Academic career Melnick was a member of the economic council advisory committee of the Prime Minister of Israel's office. He served as deputy director of research and a member of the monetary committee at the Bank of Israel. He was a lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Melnick's research focuses on economy of Israel, monetary economics, and applied econometrics. In 1998, he joined the faculty at Reichman University, serving as a professor in its Tiomkin School of Economics and the Lauder School of Government, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafi Manoukian
Rafi Manoukian (born 1961) is a businessman and elected council member for several terms to Glendale City Council and has served at times as mayor of the city. Biography Manoukian immigrated to the United States in 1975 from Beirut, Lebanon with his parents and three brothers. He resided in Los Angeles. After high school, he joined the United States Air Force in 1978 at the age 17 where he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and where he received the Air Force Commendation Medal for work above and beyond the call of duty. He was honorably discharged in 1982. During his four years in the military, Manoukian received an Associate in Arts Degree from Miami Dade Community College. Afterwards, Manoukian continued his education at California State University, Northridge receiving a bachelor's degree in economics in 1984. He received his Certified Public Accountant certificate in 1991 and founded Manoukian Accountancy Corporation in 1993. He went on to receive an MBA from California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafi Khawar
Rafi Khawar (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ) (4 August 1942 – 2 June 1986), popularly known as Nanha (Urdu: ننھا), was a Pakistani actor and comedian. He started his film career in 1966 and earned several awards including 3 Nigar awards.Death anniversary of film, TV actor Rafi Khawar (Nanha) today Samaa TV News website, Published 2 June 2016, Retrieved 1 February 2022 Career His first Urdu language film was ''Watan Ka Sipahi'', released in 1966. Nanha got a breakthrough from film ''Noukar'' in 1976. He played the lead role in film ''Tehka Pehlwan'' in 1979, and in the same year his film ''Dubai Chalo'' was a super hit at the box office. His pairing with fellow comedian ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafi Greenberg
Raphael Greenberg () is a senior lecturer in archaeology at Tel Aviv University. Greenberg is the leading critic of the archaeological digs now underway at the Ophel, in Jerusalem. Greenberg founded an organization called An Alternative Archaeological Tour of Ancient Jerusalem, to present his views of the ancient finds in the area of the Ophel. He explained to a reporter that "Archeology is all about interpretation. The findings don't speak for themselves, archeologists speak for them." In February 2025, Greenberg wrote an open letter criticising a planned conference on archaeology in the West Bank, saying that archaeology had been "weaponised" and used "as a lever to dispossess Palestinians and enlarge the settler footprint". Subsequently, Amichai Eliyahu, Israel's Heritage Minister, instructed the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) to cancel Greenberg's participation in the annual conference of the Israel Exploration Society. The conference was due to take place at the hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafi Gavron
Raphael Pichey Gavron (born 24 June 1989) is a British actor. He had supporting roles in the films ''Breaking and Entering'' (2006), '' Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist'' (2008), '' A Star Is Born'' (2018), and the series ''Life Unexpected'' (2010) and '' Godfather of Harlem'' (2019). Early life Gavron was born in Hendon, London, England, the son of writer Martha Pichey and the late publisher Simon Gavron. His mother is American, and his father was British. Gavron was raised in a Jewish family in North London. His paternal grandparents were Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, a British printing millionaire, philanthropist and Labour life peer, and sociologist Hannah Fyvel, who was born in Tel Aviv and committed suicide at age 29. His great-grandfather was writer Tosco R. Fyvel, who worked with author George Orwell. His half-aunt (his father's half-sister) is director Sarah Gavron. Gavron has two younger brothers – Benjamin (born 1992) and Moses (born 1996). In 2008, Gavron volun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafi Escudero
Rafi Escudero (born December 30, 1945) is a Puerto Rican musician, singer, composer, poet and political activist. Early years Escudero was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico the capital city of the island. His parents were well aware that their son was musically inclined at a young age. They also stressed that their son receive a good education and sent him to study in private schools. They wanted their son to learn about classical music and contracted the services of violin teacher Eduardo Geigel to teach Escudero how to play the violin. When Escudero wasn't in school or taking violin classes, he would spend hours on the family piano until he finally taught himself how to play. He perfected his piano playing by taking piano lessons from the maestro Pedro Escabi. Early influences During the 1960s, he enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico where he studied humanities. As a student in the university, he was exposed to the works of some of Puerto Rico's greatest poet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
