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[1]
- Mahmood Al-Yousif, Bahrani blogger and political activist[2]
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[3]
- 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[4]
- Sayed Mohammed Jaffer, Bahraini football player
- Abbas Ahmed Khamis, Bahraini football player
- Hussain Salman, Bahraini football player
References
- ↑ "Bahraini blogger Ali Abdulemam flees to UK". BBC News. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ↑ "Gulf Daily News » Local News » 60 Second Interview". Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ↑ "#1062 Mahdi Al-Tajir - Forbes.com". Forbes. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ↑ "Bahrain player Mohammed Hubail jailed for protesting government - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
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
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