Nassif

Naseef Ali (also spelled Nasif, Naseef, Nassef or Nasiff, Arabic: ناصيف‎) is an Arabic masculine given name originating in the Eastern Mediterranean, primarily from Lebanon and Syria, derived from the Arabic word nasif meaning just or fair-minded.^[1][2]

Given name

• Nassif Ghoussoub, Canadian mathematician
• Nasif Estéfano (1932-1973), Argentine racing driver
• Nasif al-Nassar (d. 1781), autonomous Shia leader of South Lebanon during Ottoman era
• Nasif Al-Yaziji (1800-1871), Lebanese author and prominent figure in the Nahda movement

Surname

• Abdullah Omar Nasseef (born 1939), Saudi chemist and geologist
• Ali Hussein Nassif (d. 2012), founding member of Hezbollah, former commander of all Hezbollah troops in the Syrian Civil War before being killed by rebels.
• Gabriel Nassif, French professional card player
• Henry Joseph Nasiff Jr., better known as "Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf," member of "The Wack Pack" on The Howard Stern Show (1962-2001)
• Muhammad Nasif Khairbek, senior internal security official in Syria.
• Paul Nassif, Beverly Hills plastic surgeon featured on the reality television series Botched and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
• Zaki Nassif (1918-2004), Lebanese folk music composer

Places

• The Nassif Building, former headquarters of the United States Department of Transportation
• Nasseef House, sometimes known as Nassif House, historical landmark in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Fictional characters

• Dr. Leila Nassif, fictional character in the PC game Deus Ex: Invisible War characters

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