Boumediene
Appearance
Boumediene, Boumeddiene, Boumeddienne, Boumedienne, Boumedien, Boumeddien, or Boummedienne is an Arab surname. It can refer to:
People
[edit]- Abu Madyan (c. 1126 – 1198), also known as "Bou Medine" or "Boumediene", Andalusian mystic and Sufi master
- Houari Boumediène (1932–1978, the President of Algeria from 1967 to 1978
- Lakhdar Boumediene (born 1966), Bosnian prisoner held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp; plaintiff in Boumediene v. Bush
- Josef Boumedienne (born 1978), Swedish professional hockey player
- Hayat Boumeddiene (born 1988), fugitive common law wife of Amedy Coulibaly, who perpetrated the Montrouge shooting that was part of the terrorist attacks in France in 2015.
- Yahya Boumediene (born 1990), Belgian footballer
Other
[edit]- Boumediene v. Bush – 2008 United States Supreme Court decision involving a habeas motion by Lakhdar Boumediene
- Houari Boumediene Airport – airport serving Algiers, the capital of Algeria
- Sidi Boumedienne – municipality in northwest Algeria