Yasser (also spelled Yaser, Yasir, or Yassir; , Yāsir) is an Arabic male name. Notable people with this given name Yasir ibn Amir (died 615 C.E.) is known in the Islamic traditions as the second person in history to be martyred for having adopted the faith of Islam. Yaser Abdel Said (born 1957), Egyptian fugitive wanted for the murder of his two daughters Yassir Abdul-Mohsen, Iraqi footballer Yaser Salem Ali, Emirati footballer Yasser Arafat (1929–2004), Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat (disambiguation), multiple people Yasser al-Azma, Syrian writer and actor Yasser Al-Baadani (born 1986), Yemeni football defender Yasser Al Borhamy (born 1958), Egyptian Muslim activist Yasser Ibrahim Farag (born 1984), Egyptian shot putter Yasser Al-Habib, Shia Muslim Scholar and founder of Fadak TV Yasser el Halaby, Egyptian squash player Yaser Kasim, Iraqi footballer Yasser Khalil (born 1972), Egyptian journalist Yasser Al Mosailem (born 1984), Saudi Arabian professional football player Yasser Portuondo (born 1983), Cuban volleyball player Yasir Qadhi, American Islamic Scholar of Pakistani origin Yasser Al-Qahtani (born 1982), Saudi Arabian professional football player Yassir Raad, Iraqi footballer Yasser Abd Rabbo (born 1944), Palestinian politician Yasser Hashemi Rafsanjani (born 1971), Iranian politician Yasser Seirawan (born 1960), American chess player Yasir Shah (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer Yaser Shigan, Syrian boxer Yassir al-Sirri, Egyptian militant Yaser Yıldız, Turkish footballer Yasser Talal Al Zahrani (1984–2006), Saudi Arabian extra-judicial prisoner of the United States Notable people with this surname Ammar ibn Yasir, one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad Hussein Yasser (born 1984), Egyptian-Qatari footballer Ramadan Yasser (born 1980), Egyptian boxer Arabic-language surnames Arabic masculine given names Turkish masculine given names Masculine given names Pakistani masculine given names Urdu-language surnames