Azzam is a name of Arabic origin (, and may refer to:
People
Given name
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Azzam Sleit (born 1966), Jordanian engineer and politician
Surname
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Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam
Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam ( ar, عبد الرحمن حسن عزام) (8 March 1893 – 2 June 1976), also known as Azzam Pasha, was an Egyptian diplomat and politician. He was the first Secretary-General of the Arab League, from 22 March 1945 t ...
(also known as Azzam Pasha), Egyptian diplomat who is known for making the famous
Azzam Pasha quotation
The Azzam Pasha quotation was part of a statement made by Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, the Secretary-General of the Arab League from 1945 to 1952, in which he declared in 1947 that, were a war to take place with the proposed establishment of a Jewish ...
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Abdullah Yusuf Azzam
Abdullah Yusuf Azzam ( ar, عبد الله يوسف عزام, translit=‘Abdu’llāh Yūsuf ‘Azzām; ) was a Salafi jihadist, a Palestinian scholar, and theologian of Sunni Islam. During the Soviet–Afghan War of the 1980s, he advocated "de ...
, Palestinian Sunni Islamic scholar and theologian
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Ahmad Azzam
Ahmad Azzam ( ar, أحمد عزام) (born 27 June 1977) is a Syrian former footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, A ...
, Syrian footballer
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Azzam Azzam
Azzam Azzam ( ar, عزام عزام, Levantine Arabic: , he, עזאם עזאם; born 1962) is an Israeli Druze who was convicted in Egypt of spying for Israel, and jailed for eight years. He maintained his innocence throughout the ordeal.
Arrest ...
, person who was convicted of spying for Israel
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Bob Azzam
Wadie George Azzam, better known by his stage name Bob Azzam, (24 October 1925 in Alexandria – 24 July 2004 in Monaco) was an Egyptian singer. With his hit song " Mustapha", created and composed by Egyptian musician Mohamed Fawzi for the E ...
, Lebanese singer
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Husam Azzam, Palestinian athlete and paralympian
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Mansour Fadlallah Azzam, Syrian politician
Nickname
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Adam Yahiye Gadahn, spokesman for Al-Qaeda, also known as Azzam the American
Other
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''Azzam'' (2011 yacht), a yacht participating in the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race
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''Azzam'' (2013 yacht), Emirati luxury yacht in service since 2013
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''Azzam'' (2014 yacht), the winner of the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race
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Azzam Publications A publishing house based in London, United Kingdom, Azzam Publications has been accused by the authorities of being ''"part of a conspiracy to Providing material support for terrorism, provide material support and communications links to people enga ...
, a British publishing house.
See also
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Azam (disambiguation)
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