Bilal (Arabic: بلال‎) is a masculine Arabic given name, it may refer to:

Given name[link]

• Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi (c.580 – c.640), Aksumite Ethiopian whom Muhammad chose as his muezzin
• Bilal (American singer), (born 1979), American r&b/jazz singer
• Bilal (British singer) (born 1993), British-Asian singer
• Bilal (Lebanese singer), (born 1983), Lebanese gypsy singer
• Bilal Abdullah, British doctor of Iraqi descent behind the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack
• Bilal Asad (born 1978), Pakistani cricketer
• Bilal Bashir, hip hop music producer
• Bilal Clarance, (born 1979), Danish basketball player
• Bilal Çubukçu, Turkish footballer
• Bilal Duckett (born 1989), American football (soccer) player
• Bilal Haider (born 1973), Pakistani cricketer
• Bilal ibn al-Harith (? – c.682), companion of Muhammad
• Bilal Hussein, a photojournalist
• Bilal Khan (singer) {born 1986), Pakistani Pop Singer
• Bilal Khan, (1978–2010), Pakistani television actor and model
• Bilal Khazal, Lebanese Australian suspected member of Al-Qaeda
• Bilal Kısa, Turkish footballer
• Bilal Macit (born 1984), Turkish politician
• Bilal Mohammed (born 1986), Qatari football player
• Bilal Yusuf Mohammed (born 1983), French football player
• Bilal Moumen, (born 1990), Algerian football player
• Bilal Saad Mubarak (born 1972), Qatari shot putter
• Bilal Musharraf, son of Pervez Musharraf
• Bilal Najarin (born 1981), Lebanese football player
• Bilal Madre, (born 1979), Indian, Creative Designer
• Bilal Nazki, Indian judge
• Bilal Aziz Özer, Lebanese-Turkish footballer
• Bilal Philips (born 1947), speaker and author on Islam
• Bilal Powell (born 1988), American football running back
• Bilal Rafiq (born 1985), Pakistani footballer
• Bilal Rifaat (born 1957), Egyptian fencer
• Bilal Shafayat (born 1984), English cricketer
• Bilal Sidibé (born 1978), Mauritanian football player
• Bilal Skaf, convicted gang rapist
• Bilal Xhaferri (1935–1986) Albanian poet, novelist, political dissident against the Albanian communist regime
• Cheb Bilal (born Bilal Mouffok), Algerian raï singer

Surname[link]

• Charles Bilal, mayor of Kountze, Texas
• Enki Bilal (born 1951), French comics artist, writer and film director
• Mohamed Gharib Bilal (born 1945), Zanzibar nuclear scientist, Chief Minister of Zanzibar (1995-2000)
• Muhammad Ibrahim Bilal, suspected member of a terrorist group dubbed the Portland Seven
• Muhsen Bilal, Syrian Baathist politician
• Sheikh Muhammad Rashid Bilal (1907?-1988), Muslim scholar in Ethiopia
• Wafaa Bilal (born 1966), Iraqi-American artist

Places[link]

• Bilal, Jordan
• Bilal Colony, neighbourhood of Korangi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
• Bilal Town, Pakistan a suburb of Abbottabad in which the Death of Osama bin Laden occurred

Others[link]

• 23166 Bilal, main belt asteroid
• Bilal Muslim Mission, international Shi'a twelver organization, established in East Africa

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Cheb Bilal (born Bilal Mouffok) is a well-known raï singer. He was born on July 23, 1966 in Cherchel, Algeria.

Career[link]

Bilal spent much of his youth in Oran, Algeria where he studied at the conservatory of music. He was raised by his grandfather.

Initially, Cheb Bilal performed at weddings and festivals around Oran. In 1980, he created the group El Ahouar. In 1989 he went to Marseilles, France, which he described as a turning point in his career.^[1] He also spent much of his time on the prision of "l3awad" in Kenitra ( Morocco). He is a well-known singer in morocco.

It is said^{[by whom?]} he gained his inspiration from former legendary singer Abdul.

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