This was the name of the brother of a character from a book. I think the book was called A Home Around the World or something like that.
― Anonymous User 12/16/2020
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Issa bin Zayed Al Nayhan is the son of former United Arab Emirates President Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan; the half brother of the present ruler of Abu Dhabi, the Emir Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan; and the brother of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Issa Rae is a producer/director/writer. She is the producer/star of the successful webseries, "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl". She also has two other webseries.
A famous bearer of Issa (as a surname anyway) are singer Sámer Issa, actress Klára Issová, actress Martha Issová, director Moris Issa, editor/designer Filip Issa and Michel Issa.
The Japanese poet Kobayashi Yatarô (1763-1828) took the name Issa as a pen name. He was one of the four most prominent writers of Japanese haiku. Issa means "cup of tea" in Japanese.