Raed or Ryaid (;

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: , ') is an Arabic male name, meaning ''leader or pioneer''.

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Raed Arafat Raed Arafat (; , first name also spelled Rayed; born May 24, 1964) is a Syrian-born Romanian Intensive care medicine, intensive care physician of Palestinians, Palestinian origin, specialised in anesthesiology. He founded the SMURD, Mobile Emer ...

(born 1964), Syrian-born physician of Palestinian descent and Romanian citizenship *

Raed Elhamali Randy Alfred Holcomb Jr. (born August 8, 1979), also known as Raed Farid Elhamali, is an American-Libyan businessman and former professional basketball player. After being drafted by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2002 NBA draft, Holcomb went on ...

, Libyan-American basketball player *

Raed Fares Raed Fares (; born December 6, 1982, in Gaza, Palestine) is a Palestinian professional football (soccer) player currently playing for Jerusalem side Hilal Al-Quds of the West Bank Premier League. He plays primarily as a right back. Fares receiv ...

, Syrian journalist, activist and civil society leader from

Kafr Nabl Kafr Nabl (, also spelled Kafranbel or Kafr Nabil) is a town administratively belonging to the Idlib Governorate and Ma'arrat al-Numan District in northwestern Syria. It is situated above sea level. In the 2004 census by the Syrian Central Bur ...

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

Raed Jarrar Raed Jarrar () is an Arab- American architect, blogger, and political advocate based in the U.S. Capital Washington, DC. Life Jarrar was born in Iraq, and raised in Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. He is half Iraqi and half Palestinian. He holds a ...

, Iraqi-born architect, blogger, and political advocate *

Raed Al-Jishi Raed Al-Jishi (Arabic: رائد الجشي) a poet and a translator from Saudi Arabia. He was born in Al-Qatif Governorate in 1396 AH. He published books that vary between poetry, novel and literary translations. His poems have been translate ...

(born 1976), Saudi poet and translator * Ra'ed Al-Nawateer, Jordanian footballer *

Raed Salah Sheikh Raed Salah Abu Shakra (; ; born 1958) is a Palestinian religious leader from Umm al-Fahm, Israel. He is the leader of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel. Salah was elected mayor of his town Umm al-Falm, an Israeli-Ara ...

, Palestinian politician *

Raed al-Saleh Raed al-Saleh () is a Syrian humanitarian leader and government official. On 29 March 2025, he was appointed as the Minister of Disaster Management and Emergency Response in the Syrian transitional government. Previously, al-Saleh was director of ...

, founder and former director of the Syria Civil Defense, known as the White Helmets. Current Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management in the

Syrian transitional government The Syrian transitional government () is the current provisional government of Syria, formed on 29 March 2025 under President Ahmed al-Sharaa. It succeeded the Syrian caretaker government headed by Mohammed al-Bashir. The government was ...

Raed Zidan Raed Zidan is the first Palestinian man to summit Mount Everest and the first Palestinian man to reach all Seven Summits Early life Raed Zidan was born in Kuwait to Palestinian emigrants. His parents 2 emigrated from Kufr Lakef, Palestine, near ...

, first Palestinian man to Summit Mount Everest, first Palestinian man to complete the Seven Summits {{given name Arabic-language masculine given names Masculine given names