Hafiz

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Hafiz or Hafez (Arabic: حافظ ‎) may mean:

  • Hafiz (Qur'an), a term used by Muslims for people who have completely memorized the Qur'an
  • Hafiz Shirazi or Khwajeh Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi, an Iranian mystic and poet. Sometimes credited as "Hafiz" or "Hafiz of Shiraz".
  • al-Hafiz (d. 1149), the eleventh Caliph of the Fatimids
  • Abdel Halim Hafez (1929-1977), Egyptian singer and actor
  • Hafez al-Assad (1930-2000), president of Syria from 1971 to 2000
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