Raed or Ryaid (;

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

People

Raed

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