Fahmi Explained

Fahmi (Arabic: فهمي) is an Arabic name in the possessive form of the word fahm (Arabic: Arabic: فَهْم) which means "understanding, comprehension, knowing", and which stems from the verb fahima (Arabic: Arabic: فَهِمَ) meaning "come to know about", "to realize, understand or comprehend". It may refer to:

Given name

• Fahmi Abdullah Ahmed, Yemeni captured and detained in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps in Cuba
• Fahmi al-Abboushi (1895–1975), co-founder of the Palestinian political party Hizb al-Istiqlal (Independence Party)
• Fahmi al-Husseini (1886–1940), mayor of Gaza (1929–1939) under British rule
• Fahmi Idris (born 1943), Indonesian politician in Golkar Party and government minister
• Fahmi Reza (born 1977), Malaysian political artist
• Mohammad Fahmi bin Abdul Shukor, a convicted rioter and gang member of Salakau in Singapore
• Mustafa Fahmi Pasha (1840–1914), Egyptian politician, cabinet minister, and twice premier

Surname

• Abdelilah Fahmi (born 1973), Moroccan football defender who plays for Raja Casablanca
• Heshmat Fahmi, member of the Pan-African Parliament and a member of the People's Assembly of Egypt
• Ismail Fahmi (1922–1997), Egyptian diplomat and politician
• Nabil Fahmi (born 1951), Egyptian diplomat and politician, and Ismail Fahmi's son
• Sameh Fahmi (born 1949), Egyptian politician

Variants:

• Mohamed Fahmy, Canadian journalist