Kateb is a surname, and may refer to;
Kateb derives from كاتب which means
scribe
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Arabic
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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 b ...
, Algerian writer
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Kateb al Shammary, Saudi Arabian lawyer
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Amazigh Kateb, Algerian singer and musician
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Faiz Mohammad Katib Hazara, also known as Fayż Mohammad Kāteb, Afghan intellectual
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George Kateb
George Kateb is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics, Emeritus, at Princeton University. A staunch individualist, he has written scholarly works on Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Stuart Mill, and Hannah Arendt and on the ethical dimensions ...
, American political writer
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Marjan al-Katib al-Islami, 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
References
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Arabic-language surnames
Surnames of Algerian origin