Yes, Barack's middle name is Hussein. He doesn't hide it. He had nothing to do with being named that name.
And if you look at
who was a prominent Hussein at the time of his birth in Hawaii in 1961, it was
King Hussein of Jordan. He attained the throne on May 2, 1953 and held it until his death in 1999.
In case you don't know who he is, here's a little background on this amazing leader:
King Hussein also struggled throughout his 45 year reign to promote peace in the Middle East.
After the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, he was instrumental in drafting UN Security Council Resolution 242 which calls on Israel to withdraw from Arab lands it occupied in the 1967 war in exchange for peace. This resolution has served as the benchmark for all subsequent peace negotiations.
In 1991, King Hussein played a pivotal role in convening the Madrid Peace Conference, and providing an "umbrella" for Palestinians to negotiate their future as part of a joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegation.
The 1994 Peace Treaty between Jordan and Israel is a major step toward achieving a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the Middle East.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Hussein.htmlWhat else did this King of Jordan whose name was Hussein do?
King Hussein’s commitment to democracy, civil liberties and human rights has helped pave the way in making Jordan a model state for the region. The kingdom is internationally recognized as having the most exemplary human rights record in the Middle East, while recent reforms have allowed Jordan to resume its irreversible drive to democratization.
In 1990, King Hussein appointed a royal commission representing the entire spectrum of Jordanian political thought to draft a national charter.
Today the National Charter, along with the Jordanian Constitution, serves as a guideline for democratic institutionalization and political pluralism in the country. In 1989. 1993 and 1997, Jordan held parliamentary elections which were accredited internationally as among the freest and fairest ever held in the Middle East.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Hussein.htmlMore here:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june99/hussein_index.htmlMore on the name Hussein, which is a fairly common name in the Arab World:
Husayn, Hussein, Hussain, Husain{/b] (Arabic:????), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hasan, meaning "beautiful" or "handsome". It is commonly given as a male given name among Muslims, after Husayn ibn Ali. In some Persian sources the form Háosayn is used <1>. In Turkish it is Hüseyin.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husayn So if someone has a problem with the fact that Barack Obama's middle name is Hussein, certainly they would realize that in 1961 when Barack was born, a strong leader of peace also went by that name.