title: Boumediene
text: # Boumediene
  
  Boumediene, Boumeddiene, Boumeddienne, Boumedienne, Boumedien, Boumeddien, or Boummedienne is an Arab surname. It can refer to:
  
  ## People
  
  * Abu Madyan (c. 1126 – 1198), also known as "Bou Medine" or "Boumediene", Andalusian mystic and Sufi master
  * Houari Boumediène (1932–1978, the President of Algeria from 1967 to 1978
  * Lakhdar Boumediene (born 1966), Bosnian prisoner held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp; plaintiff in Boumediene v. Bush
  * Josef Boumedienne (born 1978), Swedish professional hockey player
  * Hayat Boumeddiene (born 1988), fugitive common law wife of Amedy Coulibaly, who perpetrated the Montrouge shooting that was part of the terrorist attacks in France in 2015.
  * Yahya Boumediene (born 1990), Belgian footballer
  
  ## Other
  
  * Boumediene v. Bush – 2008 United States Supreme Court decision involving a habeas motion by Lakhdar Boumediene
  * Houari Boumediene Airport – airport serving Algiers, the capital of Algeria
  * Sidi Boumedienne – municipality in northwest Algeria
  