Karami

Karami (Arabic: كرامي) is an Arabic-based Lebanese surname, particularly that of a famous Lebanese Sunni Muslim political family. It is often francicised in the media as Karamé. It is to be differentiated from the Classical Arabic term Karamah (Arabic: كرامة) and its colloquial form, Karameh.

Karami is also a common Persian language surname (Persian: کرمی)

Karami may refer to:

Lebanese political family

Also commonly written as francicized Karamé

• Abdul Hamid Karami (1890–1950), Lebanese political and religious leader
• Ahmad Karami (1944–2020), Lebanese statesman
• Faisal Karami (born 1971), Lebanese politician
• Omar Karami (1934–2015), Prime Minister of Lebanon
• Rashid Karami (1921–1987), Lebanese statesman

Iranian-based surname

Based on the Persian surname کرمی

• Abdollah Karami (born 1983), Iranian footballer
• Mohammad Sadegh Karami (born 1984), Iranian footballer
• Mohsen Karami (born 1995), Iranian footballer
• Shahab Karami (born 1991), Iranian footballer
• Yaser Karami (born 1992), Iranian football
• Yousef Karami (born 1983), Iranian Taekwondo athlete

Other people

• Khalid Karami (born 1989), Dutch footballer of Moroccan origin
• Miyoko Karami (born 1974), Japanese road cyclist

Language

• Karami language, an extinct and unclassified Papuan language, perhaps a language isolate, of Papua New Guinea.

Places

• Rashid Karami Stadium, a Lebanese stadium named after prime minister Rashid Karami
• Ali Karami-ye Olya, also known as ‘Alī Karamī, a village in Chenar Rural District, Kabgian District, Dana County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran
• Karreh Karami, a village in Tut-e Nadeh Rural District, in the Central District of Dana County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran

See also

• Karameh (disambiguation)
• Karamah (disambiguation)
• Karama (disambiguation)
• Karamat (disambiguation)
• Karam (disambiguation)