Yacine (name)
Yacine is the French version of the Arabic name Yasin. It is common in North Africa. The name comes from a chapter of the Quran called Ya-Sin. It is an epithet of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Notable persons
Given name
- Yacine Abdessadki, French-born Moroccan football midfielder
- Yacine Aït-Sahalia, Algerian-American economist
- Yacine Akhnouche, joint citizen of France and Algeria who confessed to having ties to Al Qaeda
- Yacine Amaouche, Algerian footballer
- Yacine Benalia, Algerian-born Islamist militant, allegedly participated in the Beslan school hostage crisis in 2004
- Yacine Bentaala, former Algerian international who played as a goalkeeper
- Yacine Bezzaz, Algerian football midfielder
- Yacine Brahimi, French football player of Algerian descent
- El Yacine Derradj, Algerian footballer
- Yacine Diallo, politician from Guinea who served in the French National Assembly from 1946 to 1954
- Yacine Douma, French judoka
- Yacine Elghorri, animator, illustrator, storyboard artist, conceptual designer and comic book artist
- Yacine Haddou, French professional football player
- Yacine Hima, Algerian footballer
- Yacine Kechout, Algerian football player
- Khady Yacine Ngom, female Senegalese basketball player
- Yacine Qasmi, French-born Moroccan football player
- Yacine Si Salem, French-Algerian football player
- Yacine Slatni, retired Algerian professional footballer
Surname
- Kateb Yacine, Algerian writer of novels and plays and advocate of the Algerian Berber cause