Shitrit

Shitrit, Sheetrit, Shitreet, Chitrit, Chetrit, Chettrit (Template:Lang-he, Template:Lang-ar), also related to Benchetrit, Benshitreet, Ben Shitrit (Hebrew: בן שטרית‎, Arabic : بن شطريت) is a Moroccan surname (family name) of Berber Jewish origin, well known among Moroccan Jews, especially in Israel, France and Canada. The original pronunciation in Moroccan Arabic is Sh-t-ret. The French spell it Chetrit which is the most acceptable spelling for this name. Many people within the Moroccan Jewish diaspora hold this family name. Notable people include French actor Samuel Benchetrit, Israeli late minister Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit, Israeli professors Shimon Shetreet and Nir Shitrit, and Moroccan-born Israeli writer and poet Sami Shalom Chetrit

Notable people

• Nir Shitrit - Professor, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, world renown expert of meta-engineering of light in the linear, nonlinear and quantum optical regimes
• Samuel Chitrit - international tax expert
• Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit
• Meir Sheetrit
• Ofer Shitrit
• Joseph Chetrit
• Ofir Ben Shitrit - religious singer
• Ori Shitrit
• Sami Shalom Chetrit
• Shimon Shetreet
• Samuel Benchetrit