Bassel

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Bassel (Arabic: باسل) is an Arabic given name. It should not be confused with the French surname Bassil.

People with the name include:

People[edit]

  • Bassel al-Araj (1984–2017), Palestinian activist, author and pharmacist
  • Bassel al-Assad (1962–1994), Syrian colonel, and politician, the eldest son of President of Syria Hafez al-Assad and the older brother of (later) President Bashar al-Assad
  • Bassel Atallah, Syrian Canadian entrepreneur, co-founder of SSENSE
  • Bassel Bawji (born 1989), Lebanese American basketball player
  • Bassel Fleihan (1963–2005), Lebanese politician, legislator and minister
  • Bassel El Gharbawy (born 1977), Egyptian judoka
  • Bassel Jradi (born 1993), Danish-Lebanese football player
  • Bassel Khaiat (born 1977), Syrian actor
  • Bassel Khartabil also known as Bassel Safadi (1981–2015), Palestinian Syrian open-source software developer
  • Bassel Mashhour (born 1982), Egyptian water polo player
  • Bassel Al-Rayes (born 1979), Syrian-born Qatari handball player
  • Bassel Al Shaar (born 1982), Syrian football player
  • Bassel Shehadeh (1984–2012), Syrian Christian film producer and IT Engineer, activist

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