Baraka (surname)

Baraka is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin (born 1963), Sudanese fiction writer
  • Ajamu Baraka (born 1953), human rights activist and 2016 candidate for Vice President of the United States
  • Ali Baraka, senior Hamas official based in Beirut
  • Amina Baraka (born 1942), American poet, actress, author, community organizer, singer, dancer, and activist
  • Amiri Baraka (1934–2014), American writer
  • Hassan Baraka (born 1987), Moroccan open water swimmer
  • Iqbal Baraka (born 1942), Egyptian journalist, women's rights activist, and writer
  • Joshua Baraka (born 2000), Ugandan recording artist and music producer
  • Léonard Baraka (born 1985), Malagasy former footballer
  • Mouigni Baraka (born 1968), Comorian politician
  • Nizar Baraka (born 1964), Moroccan politician and businessman
  • Ras J. Baraka (born 1970), American politician and current mayor of Newark, New Jersey
  • Rhonda Baraka (born 1962), American film and television director and screenwriter
  • Sara Baraka (born 1991), Egyptian Olympic rower
  • Sayyid Baraka (1343–1403), holy man of the commercial city of Tirmidh
  • Sho Baraka (born 1979), American Christian hip-hop artist and writer
  • Usumain Baraka, Sudanese activist and asylum seeker living in Israel
  • Wissam Baraka (born 1985), Moroccan footballer

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