al-Banna is an Arabic family name, it translates to “The Mason”: Ibn al-Banna, Arab mathematician and astronomer Hassan al Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood Gamal al-Banna, liberal Islamic scholar, brother of Hassan al-Banna Abu Nidal, born Sabri Khalil al-Banna, Palestinian political leader, mercenary, and the founder of Fatah — the Revolutionary Council, more commonly known as the Abu Nidal Organization Qasim Sultan al-Banna, director general of Dubai Municipality since 1992 Jamil al-Banna, Jordanian with refugee status in the U.K., presently held in extrajudicial detention in the U.S. in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps Wikipedia