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Matar Coly Matar Coly (born 10 November 1984) is a Senegalese former professional footballer. Career Coly began his career in 1994 in Dakar with Génération Foot, at 10 years old. Aged 18 he joined the youth team of RC Lens, in 2003 was called up to the s ...

(born 1984), Senegalese footballer *

Matar Fall Matar Fall, also known as Martin Fall (born March 18, 1982 in Toulon, France) is a French professional football player currently playing in French league CFA 2 for Sporting Toulon Var Sporting Club Toulon is a football club from Toulon, Fra ...

(born 1982), French-born Senegalese football * Matar Sène (born 1970), retired Senegalese freestyle wrestler

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Agapius II Matar Agapius II Matar, (sometime also known as ''Agapios III'', 1736–1812) was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1796 to 1812. Life Agapius Matar was born in 1736 in Damascus. He entered young in the Basilian Salvatorian Order. ...

(1736–1812), Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1796 to 1812 * Ahmad Abu Matar (born 1944), Palestinian academic and writer *

Ahmed Matar Ahmed Matar (Arabic أحمد مطر, born 1954) is a revolutionary Iraqi poet who has been living in exile for decades, most recently in London. His poetry is very critical of dictatorial Arab rulers, especially the Iraqi rulers, the lack of fr ...

(born 1954), Iraqi poet *

Athanasius V Matar Athanasius V Gabriel Matar was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church for a few months in 1813. Life Gabriel Matar was born in Damascus. He was the brother of patriarch Agapius II Matar and, as his brother, he too entered in the religi ...

, Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in 1813 *

Ghiath Matar Ghiath Matar was a Syrian activist who became known for giving flowers to soldiers in his home town of Darayya. Death Ghiath was arrested on 6 September 2011 by the security forces of the Syrian government. Four days later, his body was returned t ...

(died 2011), Syrian activist *

Hadi Matar On August 12, 2022, a man stabbed novelist Salman Rushdie multiple times as he was about to give a public lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, United States. A 24-year-old suspect, Hadi Matar, was arrested at the scene, ...

(born 1998), suspect of the stabbing of Salman Rushdie *

Hisham Matar Hisham Matar ( ar, هشام مطر) (born 1970) is an American born British-Libyan writer. His memoir of the search for his father, '' The Return'', won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography and the 2017 PEN America Jean Stein B ...

(born 1970), American and Libyan author * Ismail Matar (born 1983), footballer from the United Arab Emirates * Joseph Matar (born 1935), Lebanese painter and poet *

Maryam Matar Maryam Mohamed Fatma Matar (, born 1975) is an Emirati geneticist, medical researcher, and radio host, based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Matar is the first woman to serve as director-general in the government of Dubai, and is the founder an ...

(born 1975), Emirati geneticist and medical researcher *

Matar Matar Matar Ebrahim Ali Matar (also spelled Mattar Mattar; ar, مطر إبراهيم علي مطر; born 3 May 1976) is a Bahraini politician of the Al Wefaq party who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from October 2010 until his resignation in e ...

(born 1976), Bahraini politician of the Al Wefaq party *

Muhammad Afifi Matar Muhammad Afifi Matar ( ar, محمد عفيفي مطر; 1935 – 28 June 2010), was an Egyptian poet. He was born in the village of Ramalat al-Anjab in the Menoufia region of the Nile Delta. He went to school in Menouf and afterwards moved to Cairo ...

(1935–2010), Egyptian poet *

Nader Matar Nader Charbel Matar ( ar, نادر شربل مطر, ; born 12 May 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Ansar and the Lebanon national team. Matar began his senior career in 2008 in Portugal, playing for Sport ...

(born 1992), Lebanese footballer *

Nadia Matar Nadia Matar (Pikovitch) () (born February 16, 1966 in Antwerp, Belgium, into a non-religious Jewish family) is a right wing activist in Israel. A Yavneh Olami youth leader, she performed aliyah (immigrated) alone at the age of 18 in 1984, while ...

(born 1966), Belgian-born Israeli activist *

Paul Youssef Matar Paul Youssef Matar (born 1 February 1941 in Naameh, Lebanon) was the former Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut. The archeparchial seat is the city of Beirut, at the Saint George Cathedral. Life Paul Youssef Matar was bor ...

(born 1941), current Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut * Salim Matar, Iraqi nationalist and novelist * Selim Matar (born 1956), Swiss writer, novelist and sociologist of Iraqi descent *

Yasser Matar Yasser Matar (Arabic:ياسر مطر) (born 20 September 1985) is a retired Emirati footballer who played as midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, b ...

(born 1985), Emirati footballer.

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* Matar, another name for the star Eta Pegasi * USS ''Matar'', Crater-class cargo ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II *

Matar, Kheda Matar is a large village in Kheda district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The headquarters of the Matar taluka, in the 2011 census it had a population of 15,284. It was earlier known as ''Matbar,'' meaning a wealthy or prosperous village. This ...

, a village in Gujarat, India

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