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Al-Fassi or Al-Fasi is a surname. Notable people with the name include:

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zawiya of Sidi Abdelkader al-Fassi</span> Religious site in Fez, Morocco

The Zawiyaof Sidi Abdelkader al-Fassi, also known as the Zawiya al-Fassiya, is one of the most important historical zawiyas in Fes, Morocco. It is named after Sidi Abdelkader al-Fassi, a highly important 17th-century Muslim scholar, mufti, and Sufi saint of the city who is buried in the zawiya. The building is located in the Qalqliyin neighbourhood in the south of Fes el-Bali, the old medina of Fes. It was one of several zawiya sites in the city and across the country which were associated with the al-Fassiya tradition of Sufism.