Famous People with Name Qasim

Qasim Ali Umar            Origin/Culture/Country: Pakistan

Qasim Ali Umar: is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 26 Tests and 31 ODIs from 1983 to 1987.

Qasim Amin            Origin/Culture/Country: Egyptian

Qasim Amin: was an Egyptian jurist and one of the founders of the Egyptian national movement and Cairo University. Born to an Upper Egyptian mother and an Ottoman-Kurdish father who had served as an administrator in Kurdistan and then in Egypt,[1] Amin is perhaps most noted as an early advocate of women's rights in Egyptian society. His 1899 book The Liberation of Women (Tahrir al mara’a) and its 1900 sequel The New Woman (al mara’a al jadida) examined the question of why Egypt had fallen under European power, despite centuries of Egyptian learning and civilisation, and concluded that the explanation was the low social and educational standing of Egyptian women.

Qasim Zia            Origin/Culture/Country: Pakistan

Qasim Zia: is an Olympian who represented Pakistan in Field Hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics at Los Angeles and 1986 Hockey World Cup. Qasim Zia was a fullback. He played 87 International matches, in which he scored 15 goals. He is currently a provincial legislato

Mohammad Iqbal Qasim            Origin/Culture/Country: Pakistan

Mohammad Iqbal Qasim: is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 50 Tests and 15 ODIs from 1976 to 1988.

Abd Al-Karim Qasim            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Abd Al-Karim Qasim: was a nationalist Iraqi military officer who seized power in a 1958 coup d'état, wherein the Iraqi monarchy was eliminated. He ruled the country as Prime Minister of Iraq until his downfall and death in 1963.His name can be transliterated from the Arabic

Syed Zahoor Qasim            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Syed Zahoor Qasim: one of India's leading marine scientists. Qasim is known as the man who lead India's maiden exploration to Antarctica and successfully organized and guided the other seven expeditions to the frozen continent from 1981 to 1988.He was Member of Planning Commission of India from 1991-1996. Qasim is Honorary Professor of many universities, including Aligarh Muslim University, Madurai Kamraj University, Anna Malai University, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Jamia Millia Islamia.

Ehmetjan Qasimi            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Ehmetjan Qasimi: was a Uyghur political leader in Xinjiang province of the Republic of China.He was a member of the governing council of the Second East Turkestan Republic, a Soviet-backed administration founded in three northwestern districts of Xinjiang during the Ili Rebellion in November 1944.

Alim Qasimov            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Alim Qasimov: is an Azerbaijani musician and is one of the foremost mugham singers in Azerbaijan. He was awarded the prestigious International IMC-UNESCO Music Prize in 1999, one of the highest international accolades for music. His music is characterised by his vocal improvisation and represents a move away from the traditional style of mugham.