Issa

Issa or ISSA may refer to:

People

• Issa family
• Issa-Aimé Nthépé, French sprinter
• Isa Ali Abdullah al Murbati, Guantanamo Bay detainee
• Issa Hentona, lead singer of J-pop band Da Pump
• Issa Lish, Mexican model
• Issa Sesay, a military leader in the Sierra Leone insurgency
• Issa, the nickname of Luttif Afif, a leader of the Black September terror squad at the 1972 Olympic Games
• Issa, a divine character in David Eddings's fantasy series The Belgariad and The Malloreon
• Issa Diop, Issa (Senegalese singer), singer, songwriter, and record producer
• Issa, the identity which Canadian musician Jane Siberry took upon changing her name
• Darrell Issa, a Californian Representative
• Kobayashi Issa, Japanese haiku poet

Other

• Issa or Isa, the Arabic name for Jesus in Islam
• Issa (polis), the Ancient Greek and Roman name for both the town of Vis, and Adriatic island of Vis, in modern-day Croatia; originating as the name of the Syracusan colony on the site of the town
• Issa, another name for the Native American Catawba people
• Issa (clan), a Somali clan that mainly inhabits Djibouti
• Issa (moth), a moth genus
• Issa (inhabited locality), several inhabited localities in Russia
• Issa (clothing), London fashion company, participant in Fall 2008 fashion weeks

Acronyms and abbreviations

• Independent Schools Sports Association, now known as the Sports Association for Adelaide Schools
• Information Systems Security Association
• Instituto Superior de Secretariado y Administracion (ISSA), a center of the University of Navarra that trains elite management assistants
• International Social Security Association, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland
• International Sports Sciences Association, an international organization of fitness experts which certifies personal fitness trainers
• International Strategic Studies Association
• Interscholastic Sailing Association
• International Sanitary Supply Association
• Irish Seed Savers Association
• Israel–South Africa Agreement