Famous People with Name Hafez

Hafez Al-Assad            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Hafez Al-Assad: was president of Syria, for three decades. Assad's rule stabilized and consolidated the power of the country's central government after decades of coups and counter-coups. He was succeeded by his son and current president Bashar al-Assad in 2000.Hafez al-Assad was born in the town of Qardaha in the Latakia province of western Syria (then a French Mandate) into a minority Alawite family. He was the first member of his family to attend high school. He attended Jules Jammal High School in Lattakia from which he graduated. He joined the Baath Party in 1946 at the age of 16.

Hafez Ibrahim            Origin/Culture/Country: Egyptian

Hafez Ibrahim: was an Egyptian poet, called the Poet of the Nile. He was one of several poets that revived Arabic poetry during the latter half of the 19th Century. While still using the classical Arabic system of meter and rhyme, these poets wrote to express new ideas and feelings unknown to the classical poets. Hafez is noted for writing poems on political and social commentary.

Adnan Al Hafez            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Adnan Al Hafez: is a Syrian football player who is currently playing for Al-Wahda. Al Hafez started his professional career at the Syrian Premier League with Al-Karamah. On 27 July 2009, Al Hafez had signed a one year contract with Al-Taliya. Al Hafez plays between 2003-

Mohammad Reza Hafeznia            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Mohammad Reza Hafeznia: a full professor of political geography in Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran. He obtained his Ph.D in political geography from Tarbiat Modares University in 1990.He has published 13 books on the subject, as well as more than 110 papers in the journals and conference proceedings. His newest book entitled : "National Power and Interests" published in 2008. Hafeznia has a critical view and approach toward some basic and traditional concepts, such as: politics, process of democracy and legislation, nation, nation state, boundary and so on. [1]