- Hadith - Collections of sayings and acts of Muhammad and the first Muslims.
- Hajj - Pilgrimage in Islam, to Mecca, that is compulsory to Muslims of good health and with sufficient funds to make the journey to Mecca.
- Hajjiyya - Islamic title for a person that have performed the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca.
- Hakim, Tawfiqu l- - Egyptian dramatist and novelist.
- Halwa - Arabic word for sweets in general.
- Hamas - Palestinian Islamist political group, especially active with military actions.
- Hamilcar Barca - Carthaginian general.
- Hammam - Arabic public baths which are continuations of Roman and Turkish traditions.
- Hamza El Din - Sudanese performing musician of Islamic Nubian and Arabic Music.
- Hannibal - Carthaginian general, leader of the famous march across the Alps.
- Haoma - A plant (the twigs are being used) that is used in Zoroastrianism to reach intoxication.
- Harissa - Sauce making up the most important ingredient in Tunisian cuisine.
- Hasdrubal - Carthaginian general.
- Hasdrubal Barca - Carthaginian general.
- Hassan - Second Imam of Shi'i Islam; eldest son of Ali.
- Hassan al Askari - The eleventh Imam of the Twelver Shi'i (868- 873).
- Hassan, Prince - Prince of Jordan, crown prince 1965- 1999. Brother of former king Hussein 1 and uncle of King Abdullah.
- Hassan II, King - King of Morocco from February 26, 1961 until his death on July 23, 1999.
- Hatshepsut - Egyptian queen, the only female Pharaoh, reigning from 1503 to 1482 BCE, belonging to the 18th dynasty.
- HCE - The temporary body that governed Algeria from January 12, 1992 till the end of 1993.
- Hebron - City in Palestine with about 110,000 inhabitants.
- Henna - A cosmetic paste that is solely used for decoration.
- Hijaz - Region and province in western Saudi Arabia.
- Hizbullah - Lebanese Shi'i Muslim political group, often involved in military actions.
- Hoggar - Mountainous plateau region in southern Algeria and the Sahara Desert.
- Hormuz, Strait of - Strait separating the Persian Gulf to the west and the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea to the east.
- Husayn - The central symbolic religious figure of Shi'i Islam; third Imam; second son of Ali.
- Hussayn, Saddam - President and prime minister of Iraq (1979- 2003).
- Hussein I - King of Jordan (1953- 1999).
- Hyksos - Ruling dynasty in ancient Egypt, of foreign origin.
