Ghada ( ar, غــادة) is a feminine given

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of Arabic origin, is used mostly in Arabic speaking countries, but also in a few other countries and languages of the world. In

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, it refers to women who are graceful and

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, tender and enchanting, giving and enlightening. It may also refer to a small tree: ''

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''.

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Notable people with the name include: * Ghada Abdel Aal (born 1978), Egyptian author * Ghada Adel (born 1974), Egyptian actress *

Ghada Ali Ghada Ali ( ar, غادة علي; born May 5, 1989) is a Libyan sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres. Ghada Ali represented Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (now Libya) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the Athletics at t ...

(born 1989), Libyan athlete *

Ghada Amer Ghada Amer ( ar, غادة عامر, May 22 1963 in Cairo, Egypt) is a contemporary artist, much of her work deals with issues of gender and sexuality. Her most notable body of work involves highly layered embroidered paintings of women's bodies re ...

(born 1963), Egyptian contemporary artist living and working in New York City *

Ghada Aoun Ghada Aoun (Arabic: غادة عون) is a Lebanese judge and Mount Lebanon's state prosecutor. While some see her as a prominent and incorruptible prosecutor, others accuse her of bias towards the President Michel Aoun of the Free Patriotic Mov ...

(born 1957), Lebanese judge * Ghada Chreim Ata (born 1968), Lebanese politician * Ghada Ayadi (born 1992), Tunisian football player *

Ghada Hassine Ghada Hassine ( ar, غادة حسين; born 17 May 1993 in Sfax, Tunisia) is a Tunisian weightlifter. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 201 ...

(born 1993), Tunisian weightlifter * Ghada Jamal, multiple people *

Ghada Jamshir Ghada Jamshir ( ar, غادة جمشير) is a Bahraini women's rights activist and an ardent campaigner for the reform of Sharia courts in Bahrain and the Arab States of the Persian Gulf. Jamshir heads the Women's Petition Committee lobbying for a ...

, Bahraini women's rights activist and campaigner for the reform of Sharia courts in Bahrain and the

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Ghada Karmi Ghada Karmi ( ar, غادة كرمي, ; born 1939) is a Palestinian-born academic, physician and author. She has written on Palestinian issues in newspapers and magazines, including ''The Guardian'', ''The Nation'' and ''Journal of Palestine Studi ...

(born 1939), Palestinian doctor of medicine, author and academic *

Ghada Owais Ghada Owais (Arabic: غادة كرم عويس ''Ghāda Karam ‘Owais'') is a Lebanese journalist for Al Jazeera. She was born on November 6, 1977, and attended the Lebanese University The Lebanese University (LU) (, ) is the only public un ...

(born 1977), Lebanese journalist *

Ghada Abdel Razek Ghada Mohammed Abdel Razek ( ar, غادة محمد عبد الرازق; born on 6 July 1970) is an Egyptian actress, she begun her career in 1997. She acted in many TV series and movies, and won many awards. Early life Abdel Razek was born in Ka ...

(born 1965), Egyptian actress *

Ghada al-Samman Ghadah Al-Samman ( ar, غادة السمّان; born 1942) is a Syrian writer, journalist and novelist born in Damascus in 1942 to a prominent and conservative Damascene family. Her father was Ahmed Al-Samman, a president of the Syrian Universi ...

(born 1942), Arab Syrian writer, journalist and novelist born in Damascus *

Ghada Shouaa Ghada Shouaa ( ar, غادة شعاع; born September 10, 1972) is a retired Syrian heptathlete. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, she won her country's first and only Olympic gold medal. She was also a World and Asian heptathlon champion. She is consi ...

(born 1972), Syrian former heptathlete *

Ghada Waly Ghada Fathi Waly (born 1965) is an Egyptian politician who has been serving as the Director-General/ Executive Director of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV)/ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) since 2020, following her appo ...

(born 1965), Egyptian politician

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