Al-Banna

al-Banna is an Arabic family name, it translates to “The Mason”:


 * Ibn al-Banna, Arab mathematician and astronomer
 * Hassan al Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood
 * Gamal al-Banna, liberal Islamic scholar, brother of Hassan al-Banna
 * Abu Nidal, born Sabri Khalil al-Banna, Palestinian political leader, mercenary, and the founder of Fatah &mdash; the Revolutionary Council (Fatah al-Majles al-Thawry), more commonly known as the Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
 * Qasim Sultan al-Banna, director general of Dubai Municipality since 1992
 * Jamil al-Banna, Jordanian with refugee status in the U.K., presently held in extrajudicial detention in the U.S. in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps