Famous People with Name Hamdi

Hamdi Al-Pachachi            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Hamdi Al-Pachachi: Iraqi politician, was born to a well known family in Baghdad. He studied law at the Royal School in Istanbul, graduating in 1909. He taught at the Baghdad Law College from 1913 to 1916. While in Istanbul, he joined the Covenant Society and became active in the Arab nationalist movement. Upon his return to Baghdad, he cooperated with the nationalists, who were demanding the decentralization of the Ottoman Empire. As a result of his activities during the 1920 Iraqi revolt against the British, al-Pachachi was arrested and exiled to Hanja, an island in the Persian Gulf. After his release, he continued to take part in anti-British activities.

Baligh Hamdi            Origin/Culture/Country: Egyptian

Baligh Hamdi: Distinguish composer. Created best-known songs in Egypt for all prominent singers .At age of 12, tried to join the Institute of music Fuad I, he was too yong which prevented that. He joined the Faculty of Law, eloquently, as he joined - at the same time -

Ibrahim El-Hamdi            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Ibrahim El-Hamdi: was the leader of a military coup d'etat in Yemen Arab Republic that overthrew the regime of President Abdul Rahman al-Iryani on June 13, 1974. After the revolt, he was President of the Military Command Council that governed the country. During his rule, he cemented the central government's control over the country, planned on ending tribal loyalty, and Yemen's medieval "social classes" by proclaiming all Yemenis as equal, and improved relations with Saudi Arabia. He also planned on improving ties with Marxist People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, he was murdered by Saudi Arabian funded agents looking to slow down Yemen's unification ambitions with the South.