Bashar (

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, 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 ...

: ) is a given name, surname, and place name. Bashar may refer to:

Places

* Bashar, Iran, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran * Bashar, Plateau State, a village in the Wase local Government Area of Plateau State In Nigeria *

Béchar Béchar ( ar, بشار) is the capital city of Béchar Province, Algeria. It is also a commune, coextensive with Béchar District, of Béchar Province. In 2008 the city had a population of 165,627, up from 134,954 in 1998, with an annual growth ...

, the capital city of Béchar Province, Algeria

People

Given name

Bashar Abdullah Bashar Abdullah Abdul Aziz ( ar, بشار عبد الله سالم عبد العزيز; born 12 October 1977) is a Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in W ...

(born 1977), Kuwaiti footballer *

Bashar al-Assad Bashar Hafez al-Assad, ', Levantine pronunciation: ; (, born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician who is the 19th president of Syria, since 17 July 2000. In addition, he is the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and the ...

(born 1965), President of Syria *

Bashar Jaafari Bashar Jaafari, also Ja'afari, ( ar, بشار الجعفري) (born April 14, 1956) is the former Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. His qualifications include a Bachelor of ...

(born 1956), Syrian diplomat * Bashar Barakah Jackson (1999–2020), American rapper * Bashar Lulua, Berlin-based Arab orchestra conductor * Bashar Masri (born 1961), Palestinian American entrepreneur *

Bashar Rahal Bashar Mounzer Rahal ( bg, Башар Мунзер Рахал, ar, بشار رحال; born 20 October 1974) is a Bulgarian actor. Life and career Early life Bashar Rahal was born in Dubai, UAE, the son of Lebanese father Mounzer Rahal and Bu ...

(born 1974), Bulgarian actor of Lebanese descent * Bashar Rasan (born 1996), Iraqi footballer *

Bashar al-Shatti Bashar al-Shatti ( ar, بشار الشطي; born 22 September 1982) is a Kuwaiti singer, songwriter and actor, and plays piano and guitar. He began his career as an orchestra chorale member. He served as a judge in the singing competition ''Arab ...

(born 1982), also known as Basharno, Beesho and Maystro, Kuwaiti singer, songwriter and actor * Bashar Shbib (born 1959), Syrian Canadian filmmaker * Bashar Srour (born 1972), Syrian footballer *

Bashar al-Zoubi Bashar al-Zoubi ( ar, بشار الزعبي), also known as Abu Fadi, is a Free Syrian Army general, who defected from the Syrian Army to the FSA. He holds the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Front, the stronger of the two fronts ...

, Free Syrian Army general *

Bashar Warda Bashar Matti Warda ( ar, بشار متي وردة; born 15 June 1969 in Baghdad, Iraq) is a Chaldean Catholic cleric and the current Archbishop of Erbil (in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq). Biography Born in 1969, Warda joined the Saint Peter' ...

(born 1969), Iraqi Chaldean Catholic cleric and Archbishop

Surname

Caresse Bashar Karess Bashar ( ar, كاريس بشار) (b. Damascus - 16 February 1976) is a Syrian people, Syrian film and TV actress. She has played many roles on Syrian soap operas. Her only feature film is Usama Muhammad's ''The Box of Life''. References< ...

(born 1976), Syrian film and TV actress *

Habibul Bashar Qazi Habibul Bashar ( bn, কাজী হাবিবুল বাশার; born 17 August 1972) is a retired Bangladeshi cricketer and the former captain of the Bangladesh cricket team. Under the managership of Dav Whatmore, he has been fo ...

(born 1972), Bangladeshi cricketer * Khademul Bashar (1935–1976), Bangladeshi air marshal

Title

Abul Bashar Abul Bashar ( bn, আবুল বাশার) is a popular Bengali writer from the state of West Bengal in India. He was born in 1951 in Teka in Lalbagh, Murshidabad district. Bashar is pro Trinamool so called intellectual. Select biblio ...

, Bangladeshi writer *

Bashar ibn Burd Bashār ibn Burd ( ar, بشار بن برد; 714–783), nicknamed al-Mura'ath, meaning "the wattled", was a Persian poet of the late Umayyad and early Abbasid periods who wrote in Arabic. Bashar was of Persian ethnicity; his grandfather was taken ...

(714–783) nicknamed "al-Mura'ath", poet in the late Umayyad and the early Abbasid periods *

Haji Bashar Bashir Noorzai is a convicted former Afghan drug lord. He was an early supporter of the Taliban movement and later worked as an undercover agent on behalf of the U.S. government. Despite being among America's most wanted drug traffickers, he agre ...

, convicted former Afghan drug lord

Others

Bashar language Yankam (Yangkam), or Bashar (Basherawa), is a moribund Plateau language of Nigeria. It is located to the west of Bashar town in Plateau State Plateau State is the twelfth-largest Nigerian state. It is in the centre of the country includes a ...

, an alternative name for Yankam language, a moribund Plateau language of Nigeria *

Bashar (Dune) This is a list of terminology used in the fictional ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert, the primary source being "Terminology of the Imperium", the glossary contained in the novel ''Dune'' (1965). ''Dune'' word construction could be clas ...

, a fictional military rank in the Dune universe * ''

Ya Bashar ''Ya Bashar'' ( ar, يا بشر; English: Hey, Humans) is the thirteenth studio album by Lebanese recording artist Diana Haddad. The album was released by Rotana Records on December 17, 2014. ''Ya Bashar'' marks Haddad's first album in three years ...