title: Arida
text: # Arida
  
  Arida may refer to:
  
  * Arida (plant), a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae
  * Arida, Lebanon, a village in Lebanon
  * Arida, Wakayama, a city in Japan
  * Arida District, Wakayama, a district in Japan
  
  ## People
  
  * Anthony Peter Arida (1863–1955), Maronite patriarch of Antioch
  * Ariella Arida (born 1988), Filipino actress
  * May Arida (1926–2018), Lebanese socialite
  * Nasib Arida (1887–1946), Syrian-born American poet and writer
  * Pérsio Arida (born 1952), Brazilian economist
  * Zeina Arida (born 1970), Lebanese museum executive
  