Nabhan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Gary Paul Nabhan (born 1952), American agricultural Ecologist, Ethnobotanist, Ecumenical Franciscan Brother and author Jassim Al-Nabhan (born 1944), Kuwaiti actor Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan (1979–2009), Kenyan born leader of al-Qaeda in Somalia Walid Nabhan (born 1966), Maltese writer and translator of Palestinian-Jordanian origin Lara Nabhan (born 1989) lebanese journalist See also Sawadiya - Nabhan, a Syrian village