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Tarazi or Al-Tarazi (Arabic: ترزي ، ال ترزي) is a Palestinian Christian surname from Gaza. The name is mostly found in Palestine, along with other middle eastern countries such as Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan respectively. The Tarazi family follows Eastern Orthodoxy. They are a very prominent Arab Christian family and considered one of the richest families in the Palestinian Territories.

  • Ezri Tarazi (born 1962), Israeli industrial designer
  • Michael Tarazi, Palestinian-American lawyer and former adviser to the Palestine Liberation Organization. Since 2008, Tarazi has worked for the government and policy team of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), an organization that promotes microfinance.
  • Philippe de Tarrazi (1865-1956), Lebanese polymath, philanthropist, founder of the National Library of Lebanon, and a founding member of the Arab Academy of Damascus
  • Zuhdi Tarazi, first Ambassador, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations

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