Imad (also transliterated as Emad, Imed and Aimad ar, عماد) is an Arabic masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

and surname and means "support" or "pillar".

Given name

* Imād ad-Dīn

Muhammad bin Qasim Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Thaqāfī ( ar, محمد بن القاسم الثقفي; –) was an Arab military commander in service of the Umayyad Caliphate who led the Muslim conquest of Sindh (part of modern Pakistan), inaugurating the Umayya ...

, Umayyad Caliphate general *

Imad Abbas Imad Abbas ( ar, عماد عباس) was an engineer and bomb maker for Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. He was killed by an Israeli Apache helicopter on 21 October 2004, in Gaza City."Palesti ...

, Palestinian military commander *

Imad Baba Imad Baba (born March 15, 1974) is a former American soccer midfielder. He spent seven years in Major League Soccer (MLS) with the New England Revolution and Colorado Rapids. He was also a member of the American squads at the 1989 U-16 World Cham ...

, American soccer player *

Emad Hajjaj Emad Hajjaj ( ar, عماد حجاج) is a Palestinian-Jordanian editorial cartoonist. He is best known for his work in '' Al Ra'i'' and the '' Jordan Times'' daily newspapers. Early life Emad was born in Jordan's West Bank in 1967. He received h ...

, Jordanian political cartoonist *

Emad al-Janabi Emad Khudhayir Shahuth al-Janabi ( ar, عماد خضير شهوته الجنابي) (born c. 1965) was an Iraqi blacksmith detained in Abu Ghraib prison where he alleges he was abused by American military personnel and defense contractors. Impri ...

, Iraqi blacksmith * Imad Khalili, Swedish footballer * Imad Khamis, Syrian politician * Imad Kotbi, Moroccan radio presenter * Emad Mohammed, Iraqi footballer *

Imad Rahman Imad Rahman is a Pakistani American fiction writer whose first short story collection was published in 2004. Biography A native of Karachi, Pakistan who immigrated to the United States at age 18 to attend college, Rahman was an assistant profess ...

, Pakistani American fiction writer *

Imad Rami Imad Shakhashiro (born 1963), better known as Imad Rami (), is a Syrian Nasheed singer of Islamic music. Biography Shakhashiro was born in Damascus, Syria. Shakhashiro is known for his beats and vocal strength. His songs range from spiritual ...

, Syrian Nasheed singer * Imad Wasim, Pakistani international cricketer *

Imad Feghaly Imad Feghaly () is a Lebanese actor and voice actor. Filmography Film *''Bil Kanoun''. 2014 *''Al Mashhad Al Akhir''. 2005 Television *'' Khtarab El Hay'' - Fadi. 2014 *Game of the Death. 2013 *The Victors 2. 2012 *Stability and Plant. ...

, Lebanese actor and voice actor * Imad Abullah Sarah, Syrian politician

Imed

Imed Abdelnabbi Imed Abdelnabbi ( ar, عماد عبد النبي, born 15 November 1957), is an Egyptian chess player who has received the title of International Master (IM) in 1985 and Trainer from FIDE. He bagged the gold medal in the individual rankings in t ...

(born 1957), Egyptian chess player * Imed Louati (born 1993), Tunisian footballer *

Imed Memmich Imed Memmich (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, Mic ...

(born 1966), Tunisian scholar and politician * Imed Meniaoui (born 1983), Tunisian footballer * Imed Mhedhebi (born 1976), Tunisian footballer * Imed Ketata, Tunisian footballer * Imed Trabelsi (born 1974), Tunisian businessman and politician * Imed Ben Younes (born 1974), Tunisian former football player and current coach

Surname

* Mitra Emad, American anthropologist * Parvis Emad, American philosopher and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at DePaul University

Family origin

The Imad family is named for al-Amadiyyah, near Mosul in northern Iraq and, like the Jumblatt family, is thought to be of Kurdish origin.Origins of the Druze People and Religion, by Philip K. Hitti, 1924 Some unconfirmed sources allege that the roots of Family Imad ancestors are associated with those of Imad ad-Din

Zengi Zangi or Zengi may refer to: People * Imad al-Din Zengi (1085–1146), Turkish noble ** Zengid dynasty, a Muslim dynasty of Oghuz Turkic origin ** Nur ad-Din (died 1174) (Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd Zengī), his second son * Mohammad Shammaa Al Zeng ...

(1087; † 1146), who was in turn the Atabeg of Mosul from 1127 to his death in 1146. Imad as a family name also indicates descent from the originally

Druze The Druze (; ar, دَرْزِيٌّ, ' or ', , ') are an Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from Western Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion based on the teachings of ...

feudal Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was the combination of the legal, economic, military, cultural and political customs that flourished in Middle Ages, medieval Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a wa ...

family Al-Imad in the Chouf region of Mount Lebanon.

References

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