Zeitoun Zeitoun, Zeytoun, Żejtun, Zaytoun, Zeitun, Zitouna, "Zetum" or Zeita (all derived from the Arabic word for "olive tree") may refer to: Organisations Zaytoun (organisation), a non-profit organisation marketing Palestinian olive oil products People Abdullah Abu Zaitoun, Jordanian footballer Mohammed Dib Zaitoun, Syrian security head Abdulrahman Zeitoun, main character in the nonfiction book Zeitoun (see below) Ariel Zeitoun (born 1945), French film director and producer Nassif Zeitoun, Syrian singer Oren Zeitouni, Israeli former professional association football player Places Algeria Zitouna, a district in Skikda Province, Algeria Armenia Kanaker-Zeytun District, a district in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia Nor Zeytun, a town in this district China Zaytun or Zaitun, former names of the Chinese city of Quanzhou Egypt Zeitoun, Cairo, also El-Zeitoun, a district of Cairo, Egypt Our Lady of Zeitoun, Marian apparitions there Greece Zetounion, former name of the Greek city Lamia (city) Iran Zeytun, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Zeytun, Jahrom, Fars Province Zeytun, Rostam, Fars Province Zeytun, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Zeytun-e Sofla Malta Żejtun, a medium-sized town in the south of Malta Għajn Żejtuna, an area in the town of Mellieħa, north of Malta Palestine Zaytun Quarter, a quarter of Gaza's Old City Zeitoun, Gaza, a district of Gaza City Zeita (disambiguation), various towns called Zeita or Zeyta in the West Bank Ein al-Zeitun, a depopulated village in Palestine Ein al-Zeitun massacre, the 1948 massacre that took place in the village Turkey Zeytun, the former name of Süleymanlı, a town in Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey Art and literature Zaytoun (film), an Israeli film Zeitoun (book), a nonfiction book written by Dave Eggers in 2009 Religion , Vienna, Austria See also Zeitun Resistance (disambiguation) – resistance by Armenian militia in Süleymanlı