List of Bahranis

List of Bahranis
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
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
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
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. He was the 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
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
Abbas Almohri, renowned 20th-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
References
Further reading
Rival Empires of Trade and Imami Shiism in Eastern Arabia, 1300-1800, Juan Cole, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 19, No. 2, (May, 1987), pp. 177–203
External links
The 1922 Bahrani uprising in Bahrain
Arab groups
Society of Saudi Arabia
Society of Bahrain
Society of Iraq
Society of Kuwait
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