Mughrabi, Mugrabi, Mograby, Mograbi, or Moghrabi is a surname and place name derived from "

Maghreb The Maghreb (; ar, الْمَغْرِب, al-Maghrib, lit=the west), also known as the Arab Maghreb ( ar, المغرب العربي) and Northwest Africa, is the western part of North Africa and the Arab world. The region includes Algeria, ...

" – meaning "West" in Arabic, and usually referring to

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in t ...

or specifically to

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria ...

, i.e., the westernmost part of the Arab and Muslim world. It exists among both Muslims and Jews originating from this region. Arabs originating from the Levant (Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Jordan) who hold the surname " Al Moghrabi" can trace their lineage back to the Son of Saladin, Malik Al Afdal,who established the Moroccan Quarter in East Jerusalem, dedicated to Maghrebi migrants coming from Northern Africa.

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Ibrahim Mughrabi Ibrahim Mughrabi ( ar, إبراهيم المغربي, born 1939 in Aleppo) was a Syrian footballer of Palestinian descent who played as a striker. He was the first foreigner to ever play in the Greek Championship. In Greece he was known as "Ibra ...

, Syrian football player *

Avi Mograbi Avi Mograbi ( he, אבי מוגרבי; born May 9, 1956) is an Israeli documentary filmmaker. Life and career Mograbi's grandfather founded The Mograbi Cinema ''(Kolnoa Mograbi)'', an Art Deco movie theatre in downtown Tel Aviv. Opened in 1930, ...

, Israeli documentary filmmaker *

Dalal Mughrabi Dalal Mughrabi ( ar, دلال المغربي, ; ''c.'' 1959 – 11 March 1978) was a Palestinian militant who was a member of the Fatah faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and participated in the 1978 Coastal Road massacre i ...

, Palestinian militant involved in killing Israeli civilians (March 11, 1978) *

Firas Mugrabi Firas Mugrabi ( ar, فراس مغربي he, פיראס מוגרבי; born 24 July 1991) is an Arab-Israeli footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr. Career On 12 November 2008, Mugrabi made his debut for the se ...

, Israeli football player *

Jose Mugrabi Jose Mugrabi (born 1939) is a Syrian Israeli businessman and art collector. with a family net worth estimated at several billion. He is the leading collector of Andy Warhol, with 800 artworks. Biography Yosef "Jose" Mugrabi was born to a Syrian- ...

, art collector

El Mughrabi

Mohammad Al Mughrabi Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monothe ...

, Jordanian interior designer * Ismael Al-Maghrebi, Saudi Arabian football player *

Ahmed El Maghrabi Ahmed Alaeldin Amin Abdelmaksoud ElMaghraby (or Ahmed El-Maghraby, Arabic: أحمد علاء الدين أمين عبد المقصود المغربي, May 16,1945 Cairo — ), is an Egyptian- Saudi businessman and former housing minister with the ...

, Egyptian businessman and politician *

Khalil Amira El-Maghrabi Khalil Amira El-Maghrabi (January 1, 1914 – May 26, 1976) was an Egyptian boxer. He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Career In 1936, El-Maghrabi was eliminated in the first round of the featherweight class, after having lost his fight ...

, Egyptian boxer *

Jomana Elmaghrabi Jomana Elmaghrabi (born 21 June 1995) is an Egyptian synchronised swimmer. She competed in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olymp ...

, Egyptian synchronised swimmer *

Razan Naiem Almoghrabi Razan Naiem Almoghrabi ( ar, رزان نعيم المغربي), also seen as Razan Naim Moghrabi, is a Libyan writer and feminist. Education Razan Naiem Almoghrabi studied accountancy before turning to a literary career.Razan Naim Moghrabi, ''B ...

, Libyan writer and feminist *

Samy Elmaghribi Samy Elmaghribi (born in 1922 as ''Salomon Amzallag'', in Safi, died on March 9, 2008) was a Jewish- Moroccan musician. He lived in Paris and Montreal. Originally from Safi, his family moved to Rabat in 1926. He started to familiarize himself with ...

, Jewish-Moroccan musician *

Khaled Al-Maghrabi Khaled Al-Maghrabi ( ar, خالد المغربي, born 11 September 1992) is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a right back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to ...

, Saudi Arabian football player *

Muhammad Al Maghrabi Mohammed al Maghrabi ( ar, محمد المغربي) (born April 19, 1985) is a Libyan footballer. He currently plays for Ahly Tripoli in the Libyan Premier League.Moroccan Quarter The Mughrabi Quarter ( ar, حارَة المَغارِبة ''Hārat al-Maghāriba'', he, שכונת המוגרבים, ''Sh'khunat HaMughrabim'') or Maghrebi Quarter was a neighbourhood in the southeast corner of the Old City of Jerusalem, est ...

, historic quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, razed in 1967 to make way for the Wailing Wall Plaza *

Mughrabi, Yemen Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء '), also spelled San'a or Sana, is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Sanaa, which is also the national capital. However, the city of Sanaa is not part of the governorate but instead forms the separate governora ...

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