Zein (disambiguation)

Zein is a class of prolamine protein found in maize.

Zein may also refer to:

Persons

Zein is a common Arabic name and family name. Notable people with the given name or surname include:

First name

• Princess Zein bint Al Hussein, the sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan
• Zein al-Abidin Ben Ali (1936–2019), Tunisian politician, President of Tunisia
• Zein al-Sharaf Talal, the Queen of Jordan and wife of King Talal
• Zein E. Obagi, Syrian-American dermatologist
• Zein Pun, a court official at the Martaban Palace of Hanthawaddy Kingdom, who seized the throne for seven days in 1331

Middle name

• Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, reigning sultan of Terengganu. He is also the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
• Ahmed Zein El-Abidin, Egyptian Olympic fencer
• Intisar el-Zein Soughayroun, Sudanese professor of archeology
• Mohamed Zein Tahan (born 1990), Lebanese footballer

Family name

Zein

• Ahmad Zein, Yemeni writer and journalist
• Ali Zein (born 1990), Egyptian handball player
• Haitham Zein, Lebanese footballer
• Hussein Zein, Lebanese footballer
• Irfandy Zein (born 1995), Indonesian footballer
• Maha Zein (born 1976), Egyptian squash player
• Melhem Zein, Lebanese singer
• Saw Zein, the fourth king of Hanthawaddy Pegu from 1324 to 1331

Al Zein

• Mahmoud Al-Zein, nicknamed "the president of Berlin", an organised crime boss in Germany

El Zein

• Abdel Latif El Zein, Lebanese politician
• Ahmad Ali El Zein, Lebanese novelist and journalist
• Ahmed Aref El-Zein, 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
• 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

See also

• Zain (disambiguation)
• Zayn (disambiguation)
• Zayn ad-Din (disambiguation)