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