Waad (other)
Waad or WAAD may refer to: *World Autism Awareness Day, annually on 2 April, declared by the United Nations *Wa'ad or National Democratic Action Society, Bahrain's largest leftist political party Persons with the given name * Waad Al Bahri (born 1981), Syrian singer * Waad Hirmez (born 1961), Iraqi-American soccer player *Waad Al-Kateab (born 1993), Syrian filmmaker and journalist Persons with the surname * Armagil Waad ( 1511–1568), English civil servant and parliamentarian *William Waad Sir William Wade (or Waad, or Wadd; 154621 October 1623) was an English statesman and diplomat, and Lieutenant of the Tower of London. Early life and education Wade was the eldest son of Armagil Wade, the traveller, who sailed with a party o ...

World Autism Awareness Day
World Autism Awareness Day is an internationally recognized day annually on April 2nd, encouraging Member States of the United Nations to take measures to raise awareness about autistic individuals throughout the world. It was designated by the United Nations General Assembly resolution (A/RES/62/139)., passed in council on November 1, 2007, and adopted on December 18, 2007. It was proposed by Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, the United Nations Representative from Qatar and consort to Emir Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, and supported by all member states. This resolution was passed and adopted without a vote in the UN General Assembly, mainly as a supplement to previous UN initiatives to improve human rights. World Autism Day is one of only seven official health-specific UN Days. The terms "Autism Awareness Day" and "Autism Awareness Month" are often contested by autism rights advocates, who claim that they feed into perceived ableism against autistic people. Such groups, includi ...
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National Democratic Action Society
The National Democratic Labour Action Society – Wa'ad ( ar, جمعية العمل الوطني الديمقراطي – وعد) is Bahrain's largest leftist political party. History and profile It emerged from the Popular Front, a "radical" clandestine opposition movement of socialist and Arab nationalist orientation. Under the reform process initiated by Bahrain's King Hamad, the leaders of the Popular Front returned from exile to participate in the political process through the National Democratic Labour Action (NDLA). The party's origins lie in the split within the Left in the Arab world in the 1960s, between a pro-Moscow camp and a pro-China camp, with the NDLA's leaders backing Beijing. The party is the first licensed political group in any of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. Historically, the Left in Bahrain had been very strong, partly as a result of the creation of a local working class through the Kingdom's industrialisation with the discovery of oil in the 1930s ...
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Waad Al Bahri
Waad Al Bahri ( ar, وعد البحري) is a Syrian who participated in SuperStar (Arabic TV series) and reached the finals of the program. She is also a singer and has produced one album. Early life Bahri started singing at the age of four. She sang at many occasions and festivals and sang all the songs of the series Asmahan. She titled her first album "Agayer Hayaty". She then appeared in a video clip for a song from the album as the "Tagreba". Education and career Bahri received a bachelor's degree in business administration and currently resides in both Abu Dhabi, where her family lives, and Cairo, where she is active artistically and visits the many concerts and festivals. The most important of these are held at the Cairo Opera House, where she sang several times. She also participated in the Arab Song Festival, sung with Sayed Darwish in Alexandria, participated in the national celebrations of Libya, and participated in the music festival in the Damascus Opera House ...
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Waad Hirmez
Waad Hirmez is a retired Iraqi-American football (soccer) player who spent most of his professional career in the North American Soccer League (1968–84), North American Soccer League and MISL I, Major Indoor Soccer League. Early life In 1979, Hirmez, an Assyrian people, Assyrian Catholic native of Iraq, moved to San Diego to live with an uncle while he attended high school. When he arrived in the United States, he changed his name from Waad Ajou to Waad Hirmez. In 1981, he graduated from Point Loma High School. Professional soccer career Two weeks after his graduation, he signed with the San Diego Sockers (1974–96), San Diego Sockers of the North American Soccer League (1968–84), North American Soccer League for $18,000. He played seventeen minutes of one game for the Sockers in 1981 before being released. He then attended National University (California), National University where he played on the school's club team. In 1982, he played for the amateur San Diego Falcons ...
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