Ghanem

For the village in Iran, see Ghanem, Iran.

Ghanem is an Arabic masculine given name and a surname.

The Ghanem family is descended from Jafna ibn Amr of the Azd Dynasty, one of the oldest Pre-Islamic communities that inhabited southwestern Arabia, mainly Yemen, and the Al-Bahah and 'Asir provinces in Saudi Arabia. Following the Ma'rib dam break during the 3rd century, they scattered between modern-day Saudi Arabia and the Levant.

Jafna settled in Roman-ruled Syria and established the Kingdom of the Ghassanids, which disappeared in 635 when the area was conquered by Muslims. They were so named after a spring of water where they stopped on their way to Syria. His descendants adopted Christianity and became allied to the Byzantine Empire.

Meanwhile, his brother, Thalabah ibn Amr, settled in Hijaz and his descendants became the Ansaris, the local inhabitants of Medina who took the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers into their homes when they emigrated from Mecca during the Hijra.

In Lebanon, the family descends directly from Moussa Ghanem Al-Ghassani, a native of Al-Nabek, Syria and a descendant of the Ghassanid Dynasty, "Al-Ghassani" being Arabic for the Ghassanid. Moussa moved to Yanouh in the 9th century and settled there. In the following centuries, his descendants moved to other regions in Lebanon, including Lehfed, Jouret Bedran, among others.

"Ghanem" may refer to:

Given name

• Ghanem al-Dosari (born 1980), Saudi human rights activist and satirist
• Ghanem Hamarsheh (born 1977), Jordanian footballer
• Ghanem Zrelly (born 1984), Tunisian actor

Surname

• Abdullah Ghanem (born 1995), Emirati footballer
• Abu Samra Ghanem (1820–1895), right hand of Tanyus Shahin, leader of the Mount Lebanon peasants' revolt of 1859 ^[1]
• Antoine Ghanem (1943–2007), Lebanese politician
• Asma Ghanem (born 1991), Palestinian artist and musician
• Donia Samir Ghanem (born 1985), Egyptian singer and actress
• Edy Ganem (born 1983), American actress of Lebanese descent
• Iskandar Ghanem (1911–2005), Lebanese army general
• Marcel Ghanem (born 1964), Lebanese journalist
• Mohamed El Ghanem, Egyptian refugee detained without charge for seven years by the Geneva judiciary from 2007 to 2013
• Najwa Ghanem (born 1960), Syrian first wife and first cousin of Osama bin Laden
• Nassir Al-Ghanem (born 1961), Kuwaiti footballer
• Nujoom Al-Ghanem (born 1962), Emirati poet, artist and film director
• Robert Ghanem (1942–2019), Lebanese lawyer and politician
• Sabine Ghanem (born 1984), Swiss-Lebanese jewelry designer and socialite
• Samir Ghanem (1937–2021), Egyptian comedian
• Saoud Ghanem (born 1981), Kuwaiti-born Qatari footballer
• Shihab Ghanem (born 1940), Emirati engineer, administrator, poet and author
• Shukri Ghanem (1942–2012), Libyan politician, prime minister

See also

• Ganem, a given name and surname

References

1. https://www.dig-doc.org/index.php?page=Ym9vaw==&op=ZGlzcGxheV9ib29rX2RldGFpbHNfdQ==&book_id=MTA4&lan=YXI=#:~:text=%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88%2520%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%2520%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%85%2520%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF%25201820,%D9%85%D9%86%D9%87%D9%85%2520%D9%83%D9%84%2520%D8%A3%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B9%2520%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%2520%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF.