Gebran (name)

Gebran (in Arabic جبران) is a well-known given name and family name in Arabic. It is also transliterated as Gibran, Jebran, Jibran, Joubran, Jubran, Goubran and Gubran. It might also appear with an additional "e" at the end, like in Gebrane, Gibrane etc.

Gebran and variants Gibran, Goubran, Gubran, Jebran, Jibran, Joubran and Jubran may refer to:

Persons

Gebran

• Gebran Areiji (born 1951), Lebanese politician and former president of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP)
• Gebran Bassil, Lebanese politician and government minister
• Gebran Tueni (1957–2005), full name Gebran Ghassan Tueni, Lebanese politician, minister and the former editor and publisher of Lebanese daily paper An Nahar. Victim of assassination.
• Gebran Tueni (journalist) (died 1948), Lebanese journalist, founder of Lebanese daily paper An Nahar

Gibran

• Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931), full name Gibran Khalil Gibran, Lebanese artist, poet, and writer
• Kahlil Gibran (sculptor) (1922–2008), full name Kahlil George Gibran, Lebanese American painter and sculptor

Goubran

• Yara Goubran, Egyptian film, television and stage actress

Jebran

• Nicolas Jebran, Lebanese fashion designer

Jibran

• Jibran Hashmi (1982—2006), also known as Jabron Hashmi, British soldier killed in action in Sangin, Afghanistan
• Syed Jibran, Pakistani actor known for his lead role in Hum TV series Meray Khwab Raiza Raiza

Joubran

• Salim Joubran (born 1947), Israeli Arab judge on the Supreme Court of Israel
• Wissam Joubran (born 1983), Palestinian composer, oud virtuoso, and master lute maker. Part of Le Trio Joubran

Jubran

• Hanna Jubran, Palestinian sculptor
• Jabir Jubran Al Fayfi, Saudi Arabian national who was held in extrajudicial detention in Guantánamo Bay detention camp, in Cuba on allegations he trained and fought with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001
• Sultan Jubran Sultan al-Qahtani known also as Zubayr Al-Rimi, a militant in al-Qaeda's Saudi wing accused of complicity in the Riyadh compound bombings in 2003.

Others

• Le Trio Joubran, an oud trio playing traditional Palestinian music. The trio consists of the brothers Samir, Wissam, and Adnan Joubran
• Gebran Geahchan & Sons, also known "Gebran Geahchan & Fils SAL" in French, a Lebanese leading retailer and distributor for baby products.
• Gibran Museum, formerly the Monastery of Mar Sarkis, biographical museum in Bsharri, Lebanon, dedicated to the Lebanese artist, writer and philosopher Khalil Gibran.

See also

• Gowrun, Kerman, village in Iran, also known as Gebrān, Gabrān and Jowrān