Barakat (surname)

Barakat (in Arabic بركات) is an Arabic surname. It is the plural form of Barakah (بركة) meaning blessing.

Notable people with the surname include:

* Adib Barakat (born 1982), Syrian footballer
* Adnan Barakat (born 1982), Moroccan-Dutch footballer
* Amin J. Barakat (born 1942), Lebanese-American physician
* Diala Barakat (born 1980), Syrian politician
* Fred Barakat (1939–2010), American basketball coach
* Ghaleb Barakat (1927–2014), Jordanian politician and diplomat
* Halim Barakat (born 1933), American writer
* Hamada Barakat (born 1988), Moroccan writer
* Henry Barakat (1912–1997), Egyptian film director
* Hibat Allah Abu'l-Barakat al-Baghdaadi (1080s–1165), 12th-century philosopher and physicist
* Hisham Barakat (1950–2015), Egyptian Prosecutor General
* Hoda Barakat (born 1952), Lebanese writer
* Ihsan Barakat (born 1964), first female Supreme Court judge in Jordan
* Jack Barakat (born 1988), guitar player of pop punk band All Time Low
* Melhem Barakat (born 1945), Lebanese singer-songwriter
* Mohamed Barakat (born 1976), Egyptian footballer
* Nael Barakat, Kuwaiti engineer
* Najwa Barakat (born 1966), Lebanese writer
* Saleh Barakat, Lebanese art dealer
* Salim Barakat (born 1951), Syrian writer and poet
* Subhi Barakat (1889–1939), Syrian politician and head of state of Syria from 1920 to 1925

Surname list

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