Ajami (surname)

The surname Ajami or al-Ajami (Arabic: عجمي ʿajamī) has origins in the Middle East and is prevalent in Arabic speaking countries. Derived from Ajam (عجم) it is an Arabic word meaning mute, which today refers to someone whose mother tongue is not Arabic.

List of people with the surname

  • Fouad Ajami - Lebanese-born scholar, author and professor
  • Ismail al-'Ajami - Persian leader of the Order of Assassins (Nizari Isma'ili sect)
  • Newsha Ajami - Iranian-American hydrologist
  • Habib al-Ajami - Muslim Sufi (mystic), saint, and traditionalist of Persian descent
  • Jocelyn Ajami - Lebanese-American artist and filmmaker of the 20th and 21st centuries
  • Mohammed al-Ajami - Qatari poet
  • Mary 'Ajami - Damascus born, Lebanese Educated Christian academic, was a feminist and pioneering Arabic-language writer
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