Kateb is a surname, and may refer to;
Kateb derives from كاتب which means
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Kateb Yacine
Kateb Yacine (; 2 August 1929 or 6 August 1929 – 28 October 1989) was an Algerian writer notable for his novels and plays, both in French and Algerian Arabic, and his advocacy of the Berber cause.
Biography
Kateb Yacine was officially bo ...
, Algerian writer
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Kateb al Shammary, Saudi Arabian lawyer
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Amazigh Kateb
Amazigh Kateb (born September 16, 1972) is an Algerian singer and musician.
Early life
He emigrated to France in Grenoble in 1988, he was a member of the group Gnawa Diffusion (formed in 1992). He is the son of the famous writer Kateb Yacine, ...
, Algerian singer and musician
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Faiz Mohammad Katib Hazara
Faiz Muhammad Kāteb ( prs, فیضمحمد کاتب) also known as Kāteb () was a contemporary writer and historian. He was Afghan court chronicler, a skilled calligrapher and secretary to Habibullah Khan from 1901 to 1919.Kitab-e Tadakkor-e ...
, also known as Fayż Mohammad Kāteb, Afghan intellectual
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George Kateb, American political writer
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Marjan al-Katib al-Islami Marjan al-Katib al-Islami (Persian: Marjan Kateb Islami) a famous female Iranian calligrapher who lived in Safavid Persia under 17th century. She was active in the period around 1670.
Works
In August 2005 a copy of Koran
The Quran (, ; Sta ...
, also known as Marjan Kateb Islami, Iranian calligrapher
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Reda Kateb
Reda Kateb ( ar, رضا كاتب; born 27 July 1977) is a French actor.
Life and career
Kateb was born in Ivry-sur-Seine, France, to an Algerian actor, Malek-Eddine Kateb, and a French nurse of Czech and Italian origin. He is a grandnephew of t ...
, French actor
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Arabic-language surnames
Surnames of Algerian origin
