Harun (also transliterated as Haroon or Haroun, Arabic: هارون, Hārūn) is a common Arabic male given name, it may refer to:
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- Haroon (singer), a Pakistani pop singer
- Haroon Rashid Aswat, a British terrorist
- Harun Erdenay, Turkish basketball player
- Haroun Kabadi, Chadian politician
- Harun Karadeniz, Turkish activist
- Haroon Khan, British boxer
- Siavash Haroun Mahdavi, Iranian inventor and entrepreneur
- Haroon Rahim, Pakistani former tennis player
- Haroon Rashid (cricketer), a former Pakistani cricketer
- Harun al-Rashid, Abbasid caliph
- Haroon Tanha, Afghan singer
- Harun Tekin, Turkish singer
- Harun of Tulunids, fourth Emir of the Tulunids in Egypt
- Harun Yahya, Islamic author
- Haroon Ansari, an Indian dude
Surname [link]
- Ahmed Haroun, Sudanese politician
- Faris Haroun, Belgian footballer
- Hussain Haroon, Pakistani politician
- Yusuf Haroon, Pakistani politician
See also [link]
- Haroonabad (disambiguation), cities and towns in Pakistan
- Islamic view of Aaron
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Haroon (singer)
Aaron Haroon Rashid popularly known as Haroon is a British-Pakistani pop singer, composer, musician and producer. He has sold millions of CDs and tapes worldwide and has performed at large venues such as the Wembley Arena. Haroon is the creator and director of the successful Pakistani animated TV series the Burka Avenger. Haroon is campaign ambassador for Save the Children's Everyone Campaign that focuses on child health and nutrition.
Music career
Awaz
After graduating in the early 1990s with a degree in Business Administration from George Washington University in the US, he formed the band Awaz with a couple of musician friends, Faakhir and Assad Ahmed.
Haroon and the band made a video of Janeman, a song which Haroon had composed when he was 16. Haroon sent it to MTV Asia, and the song went down in history as the first ever Urdu ( Pakistani) song to air on MTV.
Solo career
Haroon's first solo album, Haroon Ki Awaz, which he produced, engineered and recorded, was successfully released in October 2000.
