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List of Bahranis

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The Baharna are one of the many East Arabian groups. The following is a list of notable Bahrani figures.

Academics

  • Ali Al-Ahmed, Bahraini political activist, public speaker, scholar, writer
  • Abdulhadi Khalaf, Bahraini leftist political activist and academic

Actors

  • Ali Al-Sebaa, Saudi television actor
  • Sabrin Burshid, actress

Artists

  • Abdullah Al Muharraqi, Bahraini artist considered the founder of modern art in the Persian Gulf region
  • Sara Qaed, Bahraini political cartoonist

Bloggers

  • Ali Abdulemam, Bahraini blogger and contributor to Global Voices
  • Mahmood Al-Yousif, Bahrani blogger and political activist

Businesspeople

  • Amin H. Nasser, CEO of Saudi Arabian oil company Saudi Aramco
  • Nadhmi Al-Nasr, CEO of NEOM
  • Mahdi Al Tajir, businessman from the United Arab Emirates, based in the United Kingdom
  • Yara Salman, Bahraini businesswomen who introduced cryotherapy to the country

Journalists

  • Mansoor Al-Jamri, son of Bahrain's spiritual leader, Sheikh Abdul-Amir Al-Jamri
  • Leila Al Mutawa (born 1987), novelist and journalist

Musicians

  • Mohammed Haddad, composer and music critic
  • Majeed Marhoon, saxophonist and a former Leftist political activist with the National Liberation Front of Bahrain
  • Majid Al-Maskati, singer of the Canadian R&B duo Majid Jordan

Philosophers

  • Kamal al-Deen Maitham al-Bahrani, famous 13th century philosopher

Poets and writers

  • Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh, one of the greatest poets of Bahrain and the Persian Gulf region
  • Thuraya Al Arrayedh, daughter of Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh
  • Ali Al Jallawi, poet, researcher, and writer
  • Ayat Al-Qurmezi, poet
  • Mohammed Hasan Kamaluddin, Bahraini former minister, poet, ex-diplomat, historian, writer, and researcher

Politicians

  • Masouma Abdelrahim, Bahraini politician sworn into the 2018 Council of Representatives; head of drug and alcohol unit at the Ministry of Health
  • Abdulwahid AlAbduljabbar, Saudi political activist
  • Majeed Al Alawi, Bahrain's Minister of Labour Affairs
  • Jawad Al-Arrayedh, Bahrain's first Shia Deputy Prime Minister
  • Nazar Al Baharna, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Bahrain
  • Abdul Amir al-Jamri, spiritual leader of the Bahrani people
  • Abdulhadi Al Khawaja, Bahraini human rights activist and hunger striker
  • Massouma al-Mubarak, Kuwait's first female minister
  • Nimr al-Nimr, spiritual leader of the 2011 Saudi Arabian protests
  • Hussain Al-Qallaf Al-Bahrani, member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly
  • Nada Haffadh, Bahrain's first ever female cabinet minister when she was appointed Minister of Health
  • Hasan Mushaima, Bahraini political activist
  • Isa Qassim, spiritual leader of Al Wefaq, Bahrain's biggest opposition society; leader and founder of the Islamic Awareness Institution
  • Nabeel Rajab, Bahraini human rights activist
  • Ali Salman, leader of the largest political party in Bahrain
  • Hussain Al Baharna, lawyer
  • Isa bin Abdulrahman Al Hammadi, Minister of Information Affairs

Rebels

  • Abu al-Bahlul al-Awwam, member of the Abdul Qays tribe who deposed the Qarmatians in Bahrain
  • Sayyid Shubar al-Sitri, attempted a coup d'état in 1895, however it failed due to lack of support from Shi'a clerics
  • Abdullah bin Ali Al Uyuni, rebel against the Qarmatians in the Overthrowing of the Qarmatians

Religious figures

Grand Ayatollahs

  • Shaykh Ahmad, founder of the Shaykhí school of thought
  • Maitham Al Bahrani, renowned 13th-century Shi'a cleric and theologian
  • Yusuf Al Bahrani, renowned 18th-century Shi'a cleric
  • Alaaeldeen Alghurayfi, Iraqi Shi'a Marja
  • Salih Al-Karzakani, renowned 17th-century Shi'a cleric
  • Abdullah al Samahiji, renowned 18th-century Shi'a cleric

Ayatollahs

  • Yasser Al-Habib controversial Kuwaiti ayatollah

Sports

  • Ismael Abdullatif, Bahraini football player
  • Sayed Mohamed Adnan, Bahraini football player
  • Hamad Al Fardan, Bahraini racing driver
  • Tareq Al-Farsani, Bahraini bodybuilder
  • Husain Ali, Bahraini football player
  • Hussein Taher Al-Sabee, Saudi long jumper
  • Hussein Al-Sadiq, Bahraini football player
  • Jamal Al-Saffar, Saudi sprinter
  • Abbas Ayyad, Bahraini football player
  • A'ala Hubail, Bahraini football player
  • Mohamed Hubail, Bahraini football player
  • Sayed Mohammed Jaffer, Bahraini football player
  • Abbas Ahmed Khamis, Bahraini football player
  • Hussain Salman, Bahraini football player

Others

  • Tekken Master (Sayed Hashem Ahmed), professional esports player

References

References

  1. (10 May 2013). "Bahraini blogger Ali Abdulemam flees to UK". BBC News.
  2. "Gulf Daily News » Local News » 60 Second Interview".
  3. "#1062 Mahdi Al-Tajir - Forbes.com".
  4. "Bahrain player Mohammed Hubail jailed for protesting government - ESPN". ESPN.com.
  5. Nooruddin, Noor. (December 2, 2019). "The Viral Rise of Sayed Hashem-Tekken Master". [[Redbull]].
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