Zein (disambiguation)
Appearance
Zein is a class of prolamine protein found in maize.
Zein may also refer to:
Persons
[edit]Zein is a common Arabic name and family name. Notable people with the given name or surname include:
First name
[edit]- Princess Zein bint Al Hussein, the sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan
- Zein al-Abidin Ben Ali (1936–2019), Tunisian politician, President of Tunisia
- Zein al-Sharaf Talal, the Queen of Jordan and wife of King Talal
- Zein E. Obagi, Syrian-American dermatologist
- Zein Pun, a court official at the Martaban Palace of Hanthawaddy Kingdom, who seized the throne for seven days in 1331
- Zein Sajdi, known as Zeyne, Palestinian-Jordanian singer
Middle name
[edit]- Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, reigning sultan of Terengganu. He is also the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
- Ahmed Zein El-Abidin, Egyptian Olympic fencer
- Intisar el-Zein Soughayroun, Sudanese professor of archeology
- Mohamed Zein Tahan (born 1990), Lebanese footballer
Family name
[edit]- Zein
- Ahmad Zein, Yemeni writer and journalist
- Ali Zein (born 1990), Egyptian handball player
- Haitham Zein, Lebanese footballer
- Hussein Zein, Lebanese footballer
- Irfandy Zein (born 1995), Indonesian footballer
- Maha Zein (born 1976), Egyptian squash player
- Melhem Zein, Lebanese singer
- Saw Zein, the fourth king of Hanthawaddy Pegu from 1324 to 1331
- Al Zein
- Mahmoud Al-Zein, nicknamed "the president of Berlin", an organised crime boss in Germany
- El Zein
- Abdel Latif El Zein, Lebanese politician
- Ahmad Ali El Zein, Lebanese novelist and journalist
- Ahmed Aref El-Zein, Shi’a intellectual from the Jabal Amil area of South Lebanon
- Johny El Zein (born 1992), known as Zein, Cypriot/Belizean professional footballer
- Judith El Zein (born 1976), French actress
- Kassem El Zein (born 1990), Lebanese footballer
- Omar El-Zein (born 1985), German footballer
Other uses
[edit]- Zein, superhero character in AK Comics
- Zein TV, Arab satellite TV channel, a joint venture between Future TV and Dubai Media City
- The Wedding of Zein, 1962 novel by Sudanese author Tayeb Salih