Alawi ( ar, علاوي) means "follower of Ali" or "descendant of Ali", and is a common surname (and sometimes as a given name) in the

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. In Arab countries occupied by the

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, the name is transliterated as "Alawi". In Arab countries that were occupied by the

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, the name is transliterated as "Alaoui". In

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it is usually transliterated as "Alavi" or "Alvi" (see Alavi).

Alawi

Ahmad al-Alawi Ahmad al-Alawi (1869–14 July 1934), (in full, Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muṣṭafā ibn ʿAlīwa, known as al-ʿAlāwī al-Mustaghānimī ar, أبو العباس أحمد بن مصطفى بن عليوة المعروف بالعلاوي � ...

Alawi bin Husain Alawi bin Husain (died 1816) was the Sultan of and on Anjouan Anjouan (; also known as Ndzuwani or Nzwani, and historically as Johanna or Hinzuan) is an autonomous high island in the Indian Ocean that forms part of the Union of the Comoros. Its chi ...

* Abdallah bin Alawi *

Majeed Al Alawi Majeed Mohsen Al Alawi is Bahrain's former Minister of Labour Affairs. For a short time, he was also Minister of Housing. Under his leadership, the country carried out wide-ranging labour reforms with potentially profound implications for its econ ...

* Alawi Shukri *

Abdulaziz Fayez Al Alawi Abdulaziz Fayez Subait Khalifa Al Alawi ( ar, عبدالعزيز فايز) (born 17 June 1990) is an Emirati footballer commonly known as Azooz or Abdulaziz Fayez, who currently plays as a winger.Badar Juma Subait Al Alawi Badar Juma Subait Al-Alawi ( ar, بدر جمعة سبيت العلوي; born 6 December 1981), commonly known as Badar Juma, is an Omani former footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Dhofar S.C.S.C. in the Oman Elite League. Internatio ...

Moath Hamza Ahmed al Alwi Moath Hamza Ahmed al-Alwi is a citizen of Yemen, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. His detainee ID number is 28. Guantanamo analysts estimated he was born in 1977, in Bajor, Yemen. Al- ...

Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki Al-Sayyid Muhammad al-Hasan bin ‘Alawi bin ‘Abbas bin ‘Abd al-‘Aziz (1944–2004), also knowing as Muhammad ibn Alawi al-Maliki, was one of the foremost traditional Sunni Islamic scholar of contemporary times from Saudi Arabia. He was ref ...

Ivana Alawi Mariam Sayed Sameer Marbella Al-Alawi (born 25 December 1996), known professionally as Ivana Alawi (), is a Filipino actress, model, and YouTuber. She is also the CEO of her own skincare brand called Ivana Skin. Regarded as one of the biggest ...

Allawi

Allawi ( ar, علاوي) is a family name mostly prevalent in Iraq. Notable people with the surname include: *

Ayad Allawi Ayad Allawi ( ar, إيَاد عَلَّاوِي ; born 31 May 1944) is an Iraqi politician. He served as the vice president of Iraq from 2014 to 2015 and 2016 to 2018. Previously he was interim prime minister of Iraq from 2004 to 2005 and the p ...

(born 1945), former Prime Minister of the Iraqi Interim Government *

Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi Mohammed Tawfik Allawi ( ar, محمد توفيق علاوي; born 1 July 1954) is an Iraqi politician who was the Iraqi Prime Minister-designate in 2020, and twice Minister of Communications in the Al Maliki government from May 2006 until Aug ...

, former Iraqi Minister of Communications and Member of the Council of Representatives *

Ali Allawi Ali Abdul-Amir Allawi (Arabic: علي عبد الامير علاوي) (born 1947) was Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister He is an Iraqi politician and scholar. From May 2020 to August 2022, he ran as Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister a ...

, former Iraqi Defence and Finance minister

Alaoui

Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Mariem Alaoui Selsouli ( ar, مريم علوي سلسولي, born July 8, 1984) is a Moroccan middle- and long-distance runner. She was born in Marrakech. At the 2009 World Athletics Final in Berlin, Selsouli withdrew from the 1500m final a ...

Zakaria Alaoui Zakaria Allaoui El-Achraf ( ar, زكرياء علوي) (born 17 June 1966 in Marrakesh) is a retired Moroccan football goalkeeper. He spent most of his career with Kawkab Marrakech, playing for the club between 1983 and 1997. Between 1998 and 2 ...

* Suleiman al-Alaoui

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