Dawoud (

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: دَاوُد ''dāwūd'') is an Arabic male given name and surname which is a written variant of the male given name Daud. It may refer to:

As a given name

* Dawoud Bey (born 1953), American photographer and educator * Dawoud al-Marhoon, Saudi Arabian who as a teenager participated in the Saudi Arabian protests during the 2011 Arab Spring * Dawoud Rajiha (1947–2012), Syrian minister of defense from (2011–2012) * Dawoud Sulaiman (born 1990), Emirati professional footballer

As a surname

* Diaa al-Din Dawoud (1926–2011), Egyptian politician and activist *

Khaled Dawoud Khaled Dawoud is the former leader of the Constitution Party of Egypt. Dawoud has been a journalist for Al-Ahram Weekly since 1996. Dawoud resigned as a spokesperson for the National Salvation Front (NSF) on 16 August 2013 in protest at the sup ...

, Egyptian journalist and politician *

Youssef Dawoud Youssef Dawoud ( ar, يوسف داود; 10 March 1933 – 24 June 2012) was a Coptic Egyptian actor, who worked in theatre, cinema and television. Dawoud started acting when studying at Alexandria University. After graduating from the Facul ...

, (1938–2012), Egyptian actor

As a given name

As a surname

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