Taha (name)
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Taha طه (Ṭāhā) is a male Arabic given name that is another name for the Prophet Mohamed (Peace be upon him). It is also a chapter (sura 20) in the Holy Qur'an.
People named Taha include:
- Taha Hussein (1889–1973), an Egyptian writer and Arabic literary scholar
- Taha (director), director of the 1993 Malayalam-language Indian film Varabhalam
- Taha (footballer), an Egyptian team member participating in the 1963 African Cup of Nations
People using it in their patronymic include:
- Mahmoud Taha, a Jordanian artist
- Mahmoud Mohamed Taha (1909–1985), a Sudanese political figure and theologian
- Mohammad Taha, a co-founding member of the Palestinian military group Haas
- Mohammed Taha (journalist) (died 2006), a Sudanese journalist and newspaper editor
- Rachid Taha (born 1958), an Algerian and French musician
- Rihab Taha (born 1957), an English-educated Iraqi microbiologist who worked in Saddam Hussein's biological weapons program
- Wasil Taha (born 1952), an Israeli Arab member of the Knesset
Others:
[edit] See also
- Taha, disambiguation
- Arabic name
- Wikipedia pages beginning with "Taha"
