Fahmi (Arabic: فهمي) is an Arabic name in the possessive form of the word fahm (Arabic: فَهْم) which means "understanding, comprehension, knowing", and which stems from the verb fahima (Arabic: فَهِمَ) meaning "come to know about", "to realize, understand or comprehend". It may refer to:

Given name edit

  • Fahmi Abdullah Ahmed, Yemeni captured and detained in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps in Cuba
  • Fahmi al-Abboushi (1895–1975), co-founder of the Palestinian political party Hizb al-Istiqlal (Independence Party)
  • Fahmi al-Husseini (1886–1940), mayor of Gaza (1929–1939) under British rule
  • Fahmi Idris (born 1943), Indonesian politician in Golkar Party and government minister
  • Fahmi Reza (born 1977), Malaysian political artist
  • Mohammad Fahmi bin Abdul Shukor, a convicted rioter and gang member of Salakau in Singapore
  • Mustafa Fahmi Pasha (1840–1914), Egyptian politician, cabinet minister, and twice premier
  • Fahmi Khalil Al Ansari (1940–2021), Palestinian intellectual, teacher and founder of The Bayt al-Maqdas: The Fahmi Al-Ansari Library in East Jerusalem.

Surname edit

  • Abdelilah Fahmi (born 1973), Moroccan football defender who plays for Raja Casablanca
  • Heshmat Fahmi, member of the Pan-African Parliament and a member of the People's Assembly of Egypt
  • Ismail Fahmi (1922–1997), Egyptian diplomat and politician
  • Nabil Fahmi (born 1951), Egyptian diplomat and politician, and Ismail Fahmi's son
  • Sameh Fahmi (born 1949), Egyptian politician

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