# Zein (disambiguation)

Zein is the name of a class of prolamine protein found in maize. It may also refer to:

## People

Zein (Arabic: زين, lit. 'Beauty') is a common Arabic given name and family name. Notable people with the given name or surname include:

### First name

* Zein al-Abidin Ben Ali (1936–2019), Tunisian politician, President of Tunisia
* Zein al-Sharaf Talal (1916–1994), Queen of Jordan as the wife of King Talal
* Zein bint Al Hussein (born 1968), the sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan
* Zein E. Obagi, Syrian-American dermatologist
* Zein Farran (born 1999), Lebanese footballer
* Zein "Tina" Isa (1972–1989), American girl murdered in an honor killing
* Zein Ould Zeidane (born 1966), Mauritanian economist and politician
* Zein Pun (1295–1330), a court official at the Martaban Palace of Hanthawaddy Kingdom, who seized the throne for seven days in 1331
* Zein Sajdi (born 1997), known as Zeyne, Palestinian-Jordanian singer

### Middle name

* Ahmed Zein El-Abidin (born 1943), Egyptian Olympic fencer
* Intisar el-Zein Soughayroun (born 1957 or 1958), Sudanese professor of archeology
* Mahdi Zein-oddin (1959–1984), Iranian major general in the Iran–Iraq War
* Mizan Zainal Abidin (born 1962), reigning sultan of Terengganu and 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
* Mohamed Zein Tahan (born 1990), Lebanese footballer
* Omar Zein El-Din (born 1987), Lebanese footballer

### Family name
#### Zein

* Ahmad Zein (born 1966), Yemeni writer and journalist
* Ali Zein (born 1990), Egyptian handball player
* Haitham Zein (born 1979), Lebanese footballer
* Hussein Zein (born 1995), Lebanese footballer
* Irfandy Zein (born 1995), Indonesian footballer
* Maha Zein (born 1976), Egyptian squash player
* Mahdi Zein (born 2000), Lebanese footballer
* Marwa Zein, Sudanese film director
* Melhem Zein (born 1982), Lebanese singer
* Rahma Zein, Egyptian journalist
* Saw Zein (1303–1330), the fourth king of Hanthawaddy Pegu from 1324 to 1330
* Zeina Zein (born 2004), Egyptian squash player

#### Al Zein

* Ahmad al-Zein (1933–2021), Lebanese Sunni scholar
* Ahmed Al-Zein (born 1991), Saudi footballer
* Ali Al-Zein (born 1949), Lebanese actor and voice actor
* Al-Zein crime family, Lebanese organised crime family active in Germany
** Mahmoud Al-Zein, nicknamed "the president of Berlin", boss of the Al-Zein clan

#### El Zein

* Abbas El-Zein (born 1963), Australian writer and academic
* Abdel Latif El Zein (1932–2019), Lebanese politician
* Abu-Bekir El-Zein (born 2003), German footballer
* Ahmad Ali El Zein (born 1956), Lebanese novelist and journalist
* Ahmed Aref El-Zein (1884–1960), 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
* Najla El Zein (born 1983), Lebanese artist and designer
* Omar El-Zein (born 1985), German footballer

## Other uses

* 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
* Ribat of Zein-o-din, fortress in Iran