Taha (name)

Taha طه (Ṭāhā) is a male Arabic given name that is another name for the Prophet Mohamed (Peace be upon him). It is also a chapter (sura 20) in the Holy Qur'an.

People named Taha include:
* Taha Hussein (1889–1973), an Egyptian writer and Arabic literary scholar
* Taha (director), director of the 1993 Malayalam-language Indian film "Varabhalam"
* Taha (footballer), an Egyptian team member participating in the 1963 African Cup of Nations

People using it in their patronymic include:
* Mahmoud Taha, a Jordanian artist
* Mahmoud Mohamed Taha (1909–1985), a Sudanese political figure and theologian
* Mohammad Taha, a co-founding member of the Palestinian military group Haas
* Mohammed Taha (journalist) (died 2006), a Sudanese journalist and newspaper editor
* Rachid Taha (born 1958), an Algerian and French musician
* Rihab Taha (born 1957), an English-educated Iraqi microbiologist who worked in Saddam Hussein's biological weapons program
* Wasil Taha (born 1952), an Israeli Arab member of the Knesset

Others:
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See also

*Taha, disambiguation
*Arabic name
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3APrefixindex&from=Taha&namespace=0 Wikipedia pages beginning with "Taha"]