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Hafiz (name)

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Hafiz or Hafez (Arabic: حافظ, "one who remembers" lit. "keeper") is an Arabic name.

Notable people with the name include:

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  • Hafiz al-Assad (1930–2000), president of Syria 1971–2000
  • Hafiz Ibrahim (1871–1932), also referred to as Hafiz or Hafiz, Egyptian poet of the early 20th century
  • Hafiz Jusuf Azemi, Balli Kombëtar fighter from the Dobrošte unit. After World War II, forced into exile in the United States
  • Hafiz Kasseb, Egyptian footballer
  • Hafiz Makhlouf (born 1971), Syrian intelligence officer who was head of the internal branch of the General Security
  • Hafiz Muhammad Saeed (born 1950), Pakistani Islamist militant, co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the chief of Jama'at-ud-Da'wah (JuD), UN-designated terrorist organisations operating mainly from Pakistan
  • Hafiz Al Mirazi, Egyptian journalist
  • Hafiz Nazeri, Iranian-Kurdish composer

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Al Hafez / Al Hafiz

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  • Amin al-Hafez (Lebanon) (1926–2009), Lebanese politician, former Prime Minister of Lebanon
  • Amin al-Hafiz (or Amin Hafez; 1921–2009), Syrian politician, General and member of the Ba'ath Party who served as the President of Syria from 27 July 1963 to 23 February 1966