Baraka

Baraka or Barakah may refer to:

Berakhah or Baraka, in Judaism, a blessing usually recited during a ceremony
Barakah or Baraka, in Islam, the beneficent force from God that flows through the physical and spiritual spheres
Baraka, full ḥabbat al-barakah, a.k.a. Nigella sativa, a spice with purported health benefits

Places[edit]

Baraka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a town in the eastern Congolese province of Sud-Kivu on Lake Tanganyika.
Baraka, Gabon, a site where American missionaries from New England established a mission in 1842 on what is now Libreville
Baraka School, an educational program in Kenya, featured in the film The Boys of Baraka
Baraka, the local nickname for Barakaldo, Spain
Baraka River, Eritrea and Sudan
Har Brakha, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, Palestinian territories
Barakeh, Hama, Syria

Ajamu Baraka (born 1953), human rights activist and 2016 candidate for Vice President of the United States
Amiri Baraka (1934–2014), American writer
Ras J. Baraka (born 1970), American politician and current mayor of Newark, New Jersey
Al-Said Barakah (1260–1280), Mamluk Sultan
Barack Obama, Sr. (1934–1982), born Baraka Obama, Kenyan father of U.S. President Barack Obama
Baraka bint Thaʿlaba, known as Umm Ayman, female companion of Muhammad

Al-Barakah (ISIL administrative district), a self-proclaimed district and former province
Baraka (musical group) [ru], an ethno-jazz collective, from Riga, Latvia
Barakah nuclear power plant, in the United Arab Emirates
barakaši, a name the party founders of the Croatian Democratic Union gave to themselves