Handal ( ar, حنضل, meaning "
bitter colocynth"
) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Esteban Handal Perez (born 1965), Honduran politician
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Muna Handal-Dayeh
Muna Handal-Dayeh is a Palestinian-American businesswoman, entrepreneur, and current president of the Bethlehem Association, an organization bringing together people from North America and other parts of the world with family origins in the Palest ...
(born 1957), Palestinian Arab-American businesswoman
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Nathalie Handal
Nathalie Handal is an American poet, writer and educator,
described as a “contemporary Orpheus.” A New Yorker of Mediterranean roots, she has published seven prize-winning collections, including ''Life in a Country Album.'' She is praised fo ...
(born 1969), French-American poet and writer
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Nils Handal
Nils Kristoffer Handal (18 June 1906 – 28 December 1992) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Career
He was born in Bergen as a son of custodian Ole Monsen Handal (1876–1963) and Martha Malene Sjursen (1875–1965). He enrolled a ...
(1906–1992), Norwegian politician
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Schafik Hándal (1930–2006), Salvadoran politician
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William Handal Raudales (born 1945), Honduran politician
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William Jacobo Handal (1951–2017), Salvadoran politician
*Handal, an evil king in the epic ''
Taghribat Bani Hilal''
See also
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Handala
Handala ( ar, حنظلة, Ḥanẓala), also Handhala, Hanzala or Hanthala, is a prominent national symbol and personification of the Palestinian people.
The character was created in 1969 by political cartoonist Naji al-Ali, and first too ...
References
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Arabic-language surnames