Zein (disambiguation)
# Zein (disambiguation)

Zein is a class of prolamine protein found in maize.

Zein may also refer to:

## Persons

Zein is a common Arabic name and family name. Notable people with the given name or surname include:

### First name

* Princess Zein bint Al Hussein, the sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan
* Zein al-Abidin Ben Ali (1936–2019), Tunisian politician, President of Tunisia
* Zein al-Sharaf Talal, the Queen of Jordan and wife of King Talal
* Zein E. Obagi, Syrian-American dermatologist
* Zein Pun, a court official at the Martaban Palace of Hanthawaddy Kingdom, who seized the throne for seven days in 1331

### Middle name

* Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, reigning sultan of Terengganu. He is also the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
* Ahmed Zein El-Abidin, Egyptian Olympic fencer
* Intisar el-Zein Soughayroun, Sudanese professor of archeology
* Mohamed Zein Tahan (born 1990), Lebanese footballer

### Family name

**Zein**

* Ahmad Zein, Yemeni writer and journalist
* Ali Zein (born 1990), Egyptian handball player
* Haitham Zein, Lebanese footballer
* Hussein Zein, Lebanese footballer
* Irfandy Zein (born 1995), Indonesian footballer
* Maha Zein (born 1976), Egyptian squash player
* Melhem Zein, Lebanese singer
* Saw Zein, the fourth king of Hanthawaddy Pegu from 1324 to 1331

**Al Zein**

* Mahmoud Al-Zein, nicknamed "the president of Berlin", an organised crime boss in Germany

**El Zein**

* Abdel Latif El Zein, Lebanese politician
* Ahmad Ali El Zein, Lebanese novelist and journalist
* Ahmed Aref El-Zein, Shi’a intellectual from the Jabal Amil area of South Lebanon
* Johny El Zein (born 1992), known as Zein, Cypriot/Belizean professional footballer
* Judith El Zein (born 1976), French actress
* Kassem El Zein (born 1990), Lebanese footballer
* Omar El-Zein (born 1985), German footballer

## Other uses

* Zein, superhero character in AK Comics
* Zein TV, Arab satellite TV channel, a joint venture between Future TV and Dubai Media City
* The Wedding of Zein, 1962 novel by Sudanese author Tayeb Salih
