Famous People with Name Abbas

Abbas Obeid Jassim            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Abbas Obeid Jassim: an Iraqi football player. He played for Pohang Steelers in the K-League and was selected 28 times for the national team where he scored 7 goals. Abbas was a football analyst on Dubai-sports TV channel during the 2007 Asian Cup and was remembered for breaking down in tears on a live broadcast after the Iraqi victory in the final of the tournament.

Abbas Ali Atwi            Origin/Culture/Country: Lebanese

Abbas Ali Atwi: is a Lebanese footballer, who plays for the Lebanese side Al Ahed F.C. as a striker. In 2003 & 2004 he played for Olympic Beirut before signing for Al Ahed in 2005. He started his career playing for Al-Bourj FC. Abbas is nicknamed Onika.

Abbas Ahmed Atwi            Origin/Culture/Country: Lebanese

Abbas Ahmed Atwi: is Lebanese football player who plays for Nejmeh. He currently wears the number 10 shirt, and is the captain of his club. He plays in midfield. He is the older brother of fellow Lebanese Player and Al-Ahed player Abbas Ali Atwi. He started his career for

Abbas Saad            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Abbas Saad: is an Australian former international football (soccer) player. Saad moved to Australia and started a professional footballing career. A midfielder with a good eye for goal, he played in the Malaysian League for Johor and Singapore in the early 1990s. He

Abbas Jawad            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Abbas Jawad: is a Pakistan-born Omani cricketer. He has previously played for the Oman Under-17s and now plays for the senior Omani cricket team.

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas: was an Indian film director, novelist, screenwriter, and a journalist in the Urdu, Hindi and English languages. He was the maker of important Hindi films like, Saat Hindustani, Shehar Aur Sapna and the screenwriter for the best of Raj Kapoor films.Khwaja Ahmad Abbas is considered one of pioneers of Indian parallel or neo-realistic cinema, having penned films like Neecha Nagar, Jagte Raho, Dharti Ke Lal, Awara, Saat Hindustani and Naya Sansar. [1]

Mohammad Hisham Mahmoud Mohammad Abbas            Origin/Culture/Country: Egyptian

Mohammad Hisham Mahmoud Mohammad Abbas: He is commonly known as just Hisham Abbas (Arabic: ???? ????). He is an Egyptian pop singer best known for his hit song Nari Narain.

Raouf Abbas            Origin/Culture/Country: Egyptian

Raouf Abbas: was a leading Egyptian historian and a professor of modern history at Cairo University and president of the Egyptian Society of Historical Studies.

Sidi Bel Abbas            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Sidi Bel Abbas: is the patron saint of Marrakesh. He is also one of the seven saints (sabaatou ridjal) of the city. His festival was founded by Abu Ali al-Hassan al-Yusi at the instigation of Moulay Ismael.

Hadi Abbas            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Hadi Abbas: was a former player and coach.During the 30s and 40s, he was considered as one of the most talented left sided forwards of his generation, playing for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and the Iraqi army national side in a career that spanned nearly twenty years.He scored several important goals during his playing days, including one against Syrian club Al-Barada in 1938 while guesting for the Baghdad Olympic Club and one against the Polish Army in 1943.