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Awad
Awad or Aouad or Awwad ( ar, عوض or at times عوّاد) is an Arabic given name and surname. People with the name include: Given name ;of the origin عوّاد *Awwad Eid Al-Aradi Al-Balawi, former Director General of Saudi Arabian Border Guards, Ministry of Interior, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia * Awad Hamad al-Bandar (1945–2007), Iraqi chief judge under Saddam Hussein's presidency * Awad Khleifat (born 1945), Jordanian politician Surname ;of the origin عوض * Gamal Awad, Egyptian squash player * Jacqueline Cabaj Awad, Swedish tennis player * Krayem Awad, Austrian painter, sculptor and poet * Mira Awad, Israeli Arab musician * Mohammed Awad, Iraqi politician * Mubarak Awad, Palestinian-American psychologist * Nihad Awad, American activist * Ramzi Aouad, Australian murderer * Saad Awad, American mixed martial artist * Samer Awad, Syrian footballer ;of the origin عوّاد * Ahmed El Aouad, French-Moroccan footballer * Awwad Alawwad (born 1972), Saudi politician and govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saad Awad
Saad Awad ( ar, سعد عوض , born June 7, 1983) is an American mixed martial artist competing in Bellator's lightweight division. A professional competitor since 2006, Awad has formerly competed for Strikeforce and King of the Cage. Background Born in San Bernardino, California to a Palestinian father and a Brazilian mother, Awad is the fourth eldest of twelve siblings. Growing up, Awad competed in soccer and wrestling at Cajon High School and later wrestled for a semester at a junior college. Later, Awad stumbled upon mixed martial arts and eventually moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. Mixed martial arts career Early career Awad started his career in 2006. He fought mainly for the Costa Rican promotion ''Titans of the Pentagon'' and for the Californian promotion ''Gladiator Challenge''. For ''Titans of the Pentagon'', he compiled four victories, winning a four-man tournament on the way. For ''Gladiator Challenge'', he had his first defeat against Nam Phan on February 16, 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mubarak Awad
Mubarak Awad is a Palestinian-American psychologist and an advocate of nonviolent resistance. Early life and move to the United States Awad, a Palestinian Christian (a member of the Greek Orthodox Church), was born in 1943 in Jerusalem when it was under the British Mandate. When Awad was five years old, his father was killed during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and he became a refugee in the Old City of Jerusalem. His mother was a pacifist and argued against revenge. He was given the right to Israeli citizenship in 1967 when East Jerusalem was annexed by Israel after the Six-Day War but refused and kept his Jordanian citizenship. Mennonite and Quaker missionaries influenced Awad's views in his youth. In the 1960s he moved to the United States to study at the Mennonite Bluffton University and received a BA in social work and sociology. He went on to obtain an MS in education from Saint Francis University and a PhD in psychology from the International Graduate School of Saint Louis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mira Awad
Mīrā Anwar ‘Awaḍ ( ar, ميرا عوض, he, מירה עווד; born June 11, 1975) is an Arab-Israeli The Arab citizens of Israel are the largest ethnic minority in the country. They comprise a hybrid community of Israeli citizens with a heritage of Palestinian citizenship, mixed religions (Muslim, Christian or Druze), bilingual in Arabic an ... singer-songwriter, actress, television host, and political activist of Palestinians, Palestinian Arab and Bulgarians, Bulgarian descent. In 2009, she represented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest along with Jewish-Israeli singer Achinoam Nini, singing ''There Must Be Another Way.'' She was the first singer of either Christianity_in_Israel, Christian or Arab origin, to represent Israel at Eurovision, as well as singing the first Israeli Eurovision song with partial Arabic language, Arabic lyrics. Early and personal life Mira Anwar Awad was born in Rameh, Israel, to an Arab Christians, Arab-Christian father Anwar Awad ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nihad Awad
Nihad Awad (Arabic: نهاد عوض) is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Early life Nihad Awad was born in Amman New Camp, a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Jordan. He studied at Second Amman Preparatory School for Boys, located at the camp and belongs to UNRWA, and at Salaheddine High School in Achrafieh in Jordan. He moved to Italy and later to the United States to pursue his university studies. Career After studying civil engineering at the University of Minnesota in the 1990s, he worked at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. After the Gulf War, he was Public Relations Director for the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP). In June 1994, IAP President Omar Ahmad and Rafiq Jabir founded the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and Awad was hired as the Executive Director. In a March 1994 speech at Barry University, future CAIR Executive Director Awad said in response to an audience questio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awad Hamad Al-Bandar
Awad Hamad al-Bandar ( ar, عواد حمد البندر السعدون, ʿAwād Ḥamad al-Bandar al-Saʿdūn; (2 January 1945 – 15 January 2007) was an Iraqi chief judge under Saddam Hussein's presidency. He was a member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and was the head of the Revolutionary Court which issued death sentences against 143 Dujail residents, in the aftermath of the failed assassination attempt on the president on 8 July 1982. Arrest and trial After the US invasion, he was formally handed over to the interim Iraqi Government in 2004. On 31 July 2005, at the Al-Dujail trial, the Iraqi Special Tribunal tried al-Bandar for crimes against humanity for issuing the death sentences where he pleaded not guilty. On 5 November 2006, al-Bandar was sentenced to death by hanging along with co-defendants Hussein and Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti. His body was buried next to Saddam Hussein in Al-Awja. Al-Bandar's defence counsel consisted of Bader Awad Hamed Alsa'doon Bader is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awad Khleifat
Awad Khleifat (born 1945) is a Jordanian politician who served as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan's deputy prime minister and interior minister from October 2012 to late March 2013. Early life and education Khleifat was born in Wadi Musa in the Petra region in 1945. He holds a PhD in history, which he received from SOAS, University of London. Career Khleifat served as chairman of Mutah University from 1989 to 1991. Then he joined politics, and served as a member of the upper house several times. He also served in different Jordanian cabinets. One of his cabinet positions was minister of higher education. He was also deputy prime minister. In addition, Khleifat served as interior minister several times, for instance, in 1996. He was also appointed interior minister in June 2000 to the cabinet of Ali Abu Ragheb. His term ended in January 2002, and he was replaced by Qaftan Al Majali. Khleifat was appointed by King Abdullah II to the upper house of parliament on 17 November 2003. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krayem Awad
Krayem Maria Awad (born 1948) is a Vienna-based painter, sculptor and poet of Syrian origin. He was born in Basir, and later moved to Austria, where he studied from 1968 telecommunications engineering at the Vienna Technical College, and was also enrolled at the Vienna School of Economics. He also attended the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien) is a public art school in Vienna, Austria. History The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna was founded in 1692 as a private academy modelled on the Accademia di Sa .... In the 1970-1980s, he received international recognition for his numerous aquarelle work. In the 1970s he participated in lectures as part of the creative movement "North-South Dialogue". He was a member of the editorial board of the magazine "Treffpunkte", and author of the manifesto "The Position of Women in European Civilization". In 1977 he joined the art cooperative "Arbeitsgemeins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliet Awwad
Juliet Awwad ( ar, جولييت عوّاد) or Juliet Nickogos Yacoub Hacobian ( ar, جولييت نيكوغوس يعقوب هاكوبيان) (born July 7, 1951 in Amman, Jordan) is a Jordanian actress and director of Armenian descent. She is recognized as one of the most famous Jordanian drama actresses. Career Awwad was born in Amman, and earned her Bachelor's Degree in Acting and Directing in Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ... in 1972, and a Higher Diploma in Children Theater. ''Al-Gha'eb'' was her debut in the theater in 1974, and in the next year, she participated in her first TV series ''Ras Al-Ain''. She also worked as a director in children theater in Culture and Arts Authority from 1972 to 1978 with her husband Jameel Awwad. Filmography Telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samer Awad
Samer Awad ( ar, سامر عوض; born February 9, 1982, in Damascus, Syria) is a Syrian-Palestinian footballer. He played for Al-Majd, which competes in the Syrian Premier League the top division in Syria. He plays as a midfielder, wearing the number 3 jersey for Al-Majd and for the Syrian national football team he wears the number 23 shirt. From 2017 up to the end of the season of 2019, he was wearing the jersey of Türkiyemspor Berlin. From 2019 until 2021, he was playing for 1.FC Novi Pazar 95 Berlin, since 2020 he is playing once more for Türkiyemspor Berlin Türkiyemspor Berlin is a Turkish association football club from Berlin. The club began in 1978 as a loose association of young footballers playing recreationally as ''Kreuzberg Gençler Birliği'' (Kreuzberg Youth Union), named after the Berl .... His family are originally from Al-Zawiya, Safad in Northern Palestine. International career Appearances in major competitions References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic-language Surnames
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston, 2011. Having emerged in the 1st century, it is named after the Arab people; the term "Arab" was initially used to describe those living in the Arabian Peninsula, as perceived by geographers from ancient Greece. Since the 7th century, Arabic has been characterized by diglossia, with an opposition between a standard prestige language—i.e., Literary Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) or Classical Arabic—and diverse vernacular varieties, which serve as mother tongues. Colloquial dialects vary significantly from MSA, impeding mutual intelligibility. MSA is only acquired through formal education and is not spoken natively. It is the language of literature, official documents, and formal written med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gamal Awad
Gamal Awad (9 August 1955 – 6 November 2004) was a squash player from Egypt. He was the younger brother of Mohammed Awad another notable Egyptian squash player. Awad became the Egyptian national champion in 1976, and won the British Amateur championship in 1977 and 1978. He finished runner-up to Jahangir Khan at both the 1982 World Masters and the 1983 British Open. The match for which Awad is best remembered came at the Chichester Open in 1983 against Jahangir, which set a new world record for the longest squash match on record. The first game itself was a record for the longest single game in a squash match, as Awad recovered from 1–8 down to take the game 10–9 in 1 hour and 11 minutes. In the end, Jahangir won the match 9–10, 9–5, 9–7, 9–2 in 2 hours and 46 minutes. Awad's acrobatic performances on the squash court earned him the nicknames "rubber man" and "grasshopper". Awad retired from the professional squash circuit in 1987, follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awwad Eid Al-Aradi Al-Balawi
Vice Admiral Awwad Eid Al-Aradi Al-Balawi ( ar, عواد بن عيد العرادي البلوي), is the former Director General of Saudi Arabian Border Guards, Ministry of Interior (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). Early life and career Vice Admiral Al-Aradi obtained Master of Science in Maritime Management from WMU, Sweden (GMAI 1988). He graduated from Pakistan Naval Academy, Karachi. * Commander of The Security Unit of King Abdul Aziz seaport * Director of Military Operations Dept. in the Eastern Region * Director of the General Directorate of Maritime logistics Support in Maritime Affairs – Riyadh * Assistant Director General for Maritime Affairs * Deputy Director General of Border Guard * Director General of Border Guard (Appointed on 19 Aug 2014) * Promoted to vice admiral (14 July 2016) He was appointed as the chairman of the first International Symposium on Land and Maritime Border Security and Safety in Jeddah Jeddah ( ), also spelled Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
