# Fahmi

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**Fahmi** (Arabic: فهمي) is an Arabic name in the [possessive](/source/Possessive) form of the word *fahm* (Arabic: فَهْم) which means "understanding, [comprehension](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comprehension), knowing", and which stems from the verb *fahima* (Arabic: فَهِمَ) meaning "come to know about", "to realize, understand or comprehend". It may refer to:

## Given name

- [Fahmi Abdullah Ahmed](/source/Fahmi_Abdullah_Ahmed), Yemeni captured and detained in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps in Cuba
- [Fahmi al-Abboushi](/source/Fahmi_al-Abboushi) (1895–1975), co-founder of the Palestinian political party Hizb al-Istiqlal (Independence Party)
- [Fahmi al-Husseini](/source/Fahmi_al-Husseini) (1886–1940), mayor of Gaza (1929–1939) under British rule
- [Fahmi Idris](/source/Fahmi_Idris) (born 1943), Indonesian politician in Golkar Party and government minister
- [Fahmi Fadli](/source/Fahmi_Fadli) (born 1976), Indonesian politician
- [Fahmi Reza](/source/Fahmi_Reza) (born 1977), Malaysian political artist
- [Fahmi Said](/source/Fahmi_Said) (1898–1942), Iraqi colonel
- [Mohammad Fahmi bin Abdul Shukor](/source/Mohammad_Fahmi_bin_Abdul_Shukor), a convicted rioter and gang member of [Salakau](/source/Salakau) in Singapore
- [Mustafa Fahmi Pasha](/source/Mustafa_Fahmi_Pasha) (1840–1914), Egyptian politician, cabinet minister, and twice premier

## Surname

- [Abdelilah Fahmi](/source/Abdelilah_Fahmi) (born 1973), Moroccan football defender who plays for Raja Casablanca
- [Heshmat Fahmi](/source/Heshmat_Fahmi), member of the Pan-African Parliament and a member of the People's Assembly of Egypt
- [Ismail Fahmi](/source/Ismail_Fahmi) (1922–1997), Egyptian diplomat and politician
- [Nabil Fahmi](/source/Nabil_Fahmi) (born 1951), Egyptian diplomat and politician, and Ismail Fahmi's son
- [Sameh Fahmi](/source/Sameh_Fahmi) (born 1949), Egyptian politician

Variants:

- [Mohamed Fahmy](/source/Mohamed_Fahmy_(journalist)), Canadian journalist

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