Ali Muhsin al-Barwani
Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani was a Zanzibari politician and diplomat under the Sultanate of Zanzibar. He was the only Arab foreign minister of an independent Zanzibar, from its independence on 10 December 1963 to the overthrow of the last Sultan on 12 January 1964, establishing the People's Republic of Zanzibar. When his government was overthrown, Barwani was held in detention centers across Tanzania until his release in 1974, when he fled to Kenya as a refugee. After obtaining refugee status, Barwani moved to Cairo then back to Kenya then to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. In the UAE, Barwani translated the Qur'an into Swahili (Swahili kiUnguja), for which he may be best known.