Zaydan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Banu Zaydan Al-Zayadina (singular: Zaydani or Zidany, also called the Banu Zaydan) were an Arab clan based in the Galilee. They were best known after one of their sheikhs (chiefs) Zahir al-Umar, who, through his tax farms, economic monopolies, popular support ...
, Arab clan that dominated the Galilee late 17th-early 18th centuries
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Amina Zaydan
Amina Zaydan (born 1966) is an Egyptian novelist and short story writer. She was born in 1966 in Suez and now lives in Cairo where she works as a civil servant.
Zaydan is known for her strong stand on gender inequality in her writings. In 1994, he ...
(born 1966), Egyptian novelist
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Hasan Zaydan, Iraqi politician
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Ibn Zaydan
Abd al-Rahman ibn Zaydan () (June 1873 – 1946) was a Moroccan historian and literary author.E. J. van Donzel, ''Islamic Desk Reference: Compiled from the Encyclopaedia of Islam'', ed. BRILL, 1994 , p. 163 "His works may be considered as the bes ...
(1878–1946), Moroccan historian and literary author
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Jurji Zaydan
Jurji Zaydan ( ar, جرجي زيدان, ; December 14, 1861 – July 21, 1914) was a prolific Lebanese novelist, journalist, editor and teacher, most noted for his creation of the magazine '' Al-Hilal'', which he used to serialize his twenty thr ...
(1861–1914), Lebanese novelist
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Arabic-language surnames