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Awwad Awwad (in Arabic عوّاد, In English can be written as Awad)is an Arabic name or surname aka family name. People with the name include: Given name *Awwad Al-Sharafat (born 25 December 1993) is a Jordanian middle-distance runner *Awwad Albalawi ( ...

( 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 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 Admira ...

, former Director General of Saudi Arabian Border Guards, Ministry of Interior, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia *

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 ...

(1945–2007), Iraqi chief judge under Saddam Hussein's presidency *

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 ...

(born 1945), Jordanian politician

Surname

;of the origin عوض *

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 c ...

, Egyptian squash player *

Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Jacqueline Cabaj Awad ( ar, جاكلين كابي عوض; born 28 January 1996) is a Swedish tennis player. She has won nine singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 18 September 2017, she achieved her best singles ranking of ...

, Swedish tennis player *

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 wa ...

, Austrian painter, sculptor and poet *

Mira Awad Mīrā Anwar ‘Awaḍ ( ar, ميرا عوض, he, מירה עווד; born June 11, 1975) is an Arab-Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, television host, and political activist of Palestinian Arab and Bulgarian descent. In 2009, she represented ...

, Israeli Arab musician *

Mohammed Awad Mohammed Hussain Awad Al-Juboori () was a political party member of the Iraqi National Dialogue Council that is a moderate Sunni block. He was a representative of this block at the National Assembly of Iraq. On 12 April 2007, he was killed in the ...

, Iraqi politician *

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 ...

, Palestinian-American psychologist *

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 Seco ...

, American activist *

Ramzi Aouad Ramzi Aouad is an Australian double murderer from Sydney, New South Wales, currently serving two sentences of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole Parole (also known as provisional release or supervised release) is a form of ...

, Australian murderer *

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. Backgr ...

, American mixed martial artist *

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 ...

, Syrian footballer ;of the origin عوّاد *

Ahmed El Aouad Ahmed El Aouad (born 27 November 1971) is a retired French- Moroccan footballer. An attacking midfielder, El Aouad played for most of his career in Luxembourg, for CS Hobscheid, CS Grevenmacher, F91 Dudelange, and CS Fola Esch. He won the awa ...

, French-Moroccan footballer *

Awwad Alawwad Awwad S. Alawwad (Arabic: عواد العواد; born 11 April 1972) is a Saudi politician who has served as minister of culture and information of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since April 2017, and as the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Germany fro ...

(born 1972), Saudi politician and government minister *

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 rec ...

(born 1951), Jordanian actress and director of Armenian descent *

Mohamed El Amine Aouad Mohamed El Amine Aouad (born September 20, 1984 in El Bayadh) is an Algerian footballer. He currently plays for ASM Oran in the Algerian Ligue 2. Club career On June 28, 2009, Aouad signed a two-year contract with CR Belouizdad, joining them ...

, Algerian

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A Word A Day Anu Garg (born April 5, 1967) is an American author and speaker. He is also the founder of Wordsmith.org, an online community comprising word lovers from an estimated 195 countries. His books explore the joy of words. He has authored several book ...

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