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Safi

Safi is a name of Arabic origin meaning "pure." It is a common surname in Levantine countries such as Palestine, Syria and Lebanon.

It is also employed by Afghans as a "last name" to refer to their tribal lineage within the Safi tribe, a sub-tribe based in north-eastern Afghanistan.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Timothy A. Gonsalves (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.