Fathallah, Fathalla or the Turkish variant Fethullah is a

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of the Arabic given name, فتح الله (''Fatḥ Allāh''), built from the Arabic words ''fath'' and ''

Allah Allah ( ; , ) is an Arabic term for God, specifically the God in Abrahamic religions, God of Abraham. Outside of the Middle East, it is principally associated with God in Islam, Islam (in which it is also considered the proper name), althoug ...

''. It is one of many Arabic theophoric names, meaning "Allah's opening (God's opening)" or "God's conquest".Parati: ''Mediterranean Crossroads: Migration Literature in Italy'', 201.

Given name

Fathallah

Fathallah Oualalou Fathallah Oualalou () (born 1942 in Rabat) is a Moroccan politician. He was the mayor of Rabat from 2009 to 2015. He was the Minister of Economy and Finance of Morocco between March 1998 and October 2007. He is a member of the Socialist Union o ...

(born 1942), Moroccan politician *

Fathallah Saqqal Fathallah Saqqal (; 1898 – 27 March 1970) was a Syrian attorney, writer and government minister. He was well known for successfully arguing for Ibrahim Hananu's innocence in the French Mandatory courts in Syria regarding Hananu's participation ...

(1898-1970), Syrian attorney, writer and government minister *

Fathallah Sijilmassi Fathallah Sijilmassi is a Moroccan politician and economist. He is the current Director General of the African Union Commission. He has a Ph.D. in economics from the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies. On November 22, 2004 he was appoint ...

(born 1966), Moroccan politician and economist *

Fathallah al-Zani Fathallah Abd Al-Latif Al-Zani is a Libyan politician who has served as acting Minister of Foreign Affairs since August 2023. He had previously served as youth minister since 2021. He addressed the General debate of the seventy-eighth session of ...

, Libyan politician

Fethullah

Fethullah Gülen Muhammed Fethullah Gülen (27 April 1941 – 20 October 2024) was a Turkish Ulama, Muslim scholar, preacher, and leader of the Gülen movement who as of 2016 had millions of followers. Gülen was an influential Neo-Ottomanism, neo-Ottomanist, A ...

(1941-2024), Turkish preacher, former imam, writer and political figure. Founder of the

Gülen movement The Gülen movement () or Hizmet movement () is an Islamist fraternal movement. It is a sub-sect of Sunni Islam based on a Nursian theological perspective as reflected in Fethullah Gülen's religious teachings. It is referred to by its membe ...

(also known as Hizmet)

Surname

Hesham Fathallah Hesham Fathallah (; born February 11, 1990) is an Egyptian professional footballer who currently plays as a central midfielder for the Egyptian club El Raja SC. Fathallah started his career with Smouha in youth level, and in 2015, he signed a 2 ...

(born 1990), Egyptian footballer *

Mahmoud Fathalla Mahmoud Fathalla Abdou Ibrahim El Henawy (; born 13 February 1982) is an Egyptian manager and former professional footballer who played as a centre-back and is the head coach of club Nejmeh. International career Fathalla represented the Egyp ...

(born 1982), Egyptian footballer

Places

Fathallah barracks The Fathallah barracks were the early headquarters of the Hezbollah organisation, situated in the Basta neighbourhood of West Beirut. History On 22 February 1987, following the defeat of the Amal Militia by a combination of Druze and Communis ...

, the early headquarters of the Hezbollah organisation * Kalateh-ye Fathallah, a village in Shirin Su Rural District, Maneh District, Maneh and Samalqan County, North Khorasan Province, Iran

Other

* Fathallah Gomla Market, a supermarket chain in Egypt

References

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