Nizar or Nezar or Nezzar or Nazar ( ar, نزار, nizār) may refer to:
Ancient and medieval people
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Nizar ibn Ma'ad
Nizar ibn Ma'ad ibn Adnan ( ar, نزار بن معد بن عدنان) is the common ancestor of most of the northern Arab tribes (the Adnanites). As a result, the term Nizar, or Nizariyya (), has been used as a loosely defined name for a group o ...
, ancestor of Muhammad and most of the Adnanite tribes
*Abu Mansur Nizar
al-Aziz Billah (955–996), fifth Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate
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Nizar ibn al-Mustansir
Abu Mansur Nizar ibn al-Mustansir ( ar, أبو منصور نزار بن المستنصر, Abū Manṣūr Nizār ibn al-Mustanṣir; 1045–1095) was a Fatimid prince, and the oldest son of the eighth Fatimid caliph and eighteenth Isma'ili ima ...
(died 1095) Fatimid prince and claimant caliph in 1095
Modern people
Surname
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Hamid Nizar
Nazar Hamed (born 3 October 1988) is a Sudanese football defender who plays for Al-Hilal and the Sudan national football team.
International goals
:''As of match played 31 May 2016. Sudan score listed first, score column indicates score afte ...
(born 1988), Sudanese footballer
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Jamo Nezzar
Jamo Nezzar (born December 6, 1966 in Batna, Algeria) is a retired professional bodybuilder and internationally renowned personal training expert, and founder of JamCore Training and Co-owner of MyFitTribe.com.
Life and bodybuilding career
Jamo ...
(born 1966), Algerian bodybuilder
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Khaled Nezzar
Major-General Khaled Nezzar ( ar, خالد نزّار; born 25 December 1937) is an Algerian general and former member of the High Council of State of Algeria. He was born in the ''douar'' of Thlet, in Seriana in the Batna region. His father, ...
(born 1937), Algerian general
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Lotfi Nezzar
Lotfi Nezzar is an Algerian businessman, son of Major-General Khaled Nezzar. He is the vice-president of Smart Link Communication, an internet service provider. In July 2020, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison in absentia
is Latin for absence. ...
, Algerian businessman
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Salman Nizar (born 1997), Indian cricketer
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Yazin Nizar
Yazin Nizar, also credited as Yasin, is an Indian playback singersinging predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi -language films, with over 600 film songs with several multi lingual chart busters. Yazin has rendered film ...
(born 1990), Indian playback singer
Given name
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Nizar Al-Adsani
Nizar Mohammed Al-Adsani is a Kuwaiti businessman and former deputy-chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.
Education
Al-Adsani has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from South Dakota State Unive ...
, Kuwaiti business man
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Nazar Al Baharna (born 1950), Bahraini politician
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Nezar AlSayyad (born 1956), Egyptian-American architect
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Nizar Assaad
Nizar Assaad (in Arabic نزار أسعد) is a Canadian construction engineer of Syrian origin residing in Beirut, Lebanon and Dubai, UAE. He was the Founder and the Chairman of LEAD Contracting & Treading Ltd until his retirement in March 2020 ...
(born 1948), Syrian-born Canadian construction engineer
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Nizar Baraka
Nizar Baraka (born 6 February 1964) is a Moroccan politician and businessman of the Istiqlal Party. He is the grandson of nationalist Allal Al Fassi.
He was Minister of Economy and Finance in the government of Abdelilah Benkirane.
Baraka holds ...
(born 1964), Moroccan politician
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Nizar Chaari (born 1977), Tunisian radio and television presenter and producer
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Nizar Dramsy, Malagasy politician
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Nizar Hamdoon (1944–2003), Iraqi politician and diplomat
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Nezar Hindawi
The Hindawi affair was a failed attempt to bomb El Al Flight 016, from London to Tel Aviv in April 1986 by Nezar Nawwaf al-Mansur al-Hindawi ( ar, نزار نواف منصور الهنداوي, born 1954), a Jordanian citizen.
On the morning of ...
(born 1954), Jordanian convicted of attempting to place a bomb on a plane
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Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin (born 1957), Menteri Besar (MB) of the Malaysian state of Perak
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Nizar Khalfan (born 1988), Tanzanian footballer
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Nizar Knioua
Nizar Knioua (born June 8, 1983) is a Tunisian professional basketball player.
Pro career
Knioua has played pro club basketball with Stade Nabeulien and Club Africain in the Tunisian Basketball League.
Tunisian national team
Knioua was a mem ...
(born 1983), Tunisian basketball player
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Nizar Madani (born 1941), Saudi politician
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Nizar Mahrous (born 1963), Syrian football player
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Nizar Ben Nasra (born 1987), Tunisian-Austrian football forward
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Nizar Nayyouf (born 1962), Syrian journalist
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Nizar Niyas (born 1990), Indian first-class cricket player
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Nizar Qabbani
Nizar Tawfiq Qabbani ( ar, نزار توفيق قباني, , french: Nizar Kabbani; 21 March 1923 – 30 April 1998) was a Syrian diplomat, poet, writer and publisher. He is considered to be Syria's National Poet. His poetic style combines sim ...
(1923–1998), Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher
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Nizar Rayan (1959–2009), Palestinian Hamas leader
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Nizar Sassi (born 1979), Frenchman detained in Guantanamo
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Yousif Nizar Saleh (born 1994), Kuwaiti squash player
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Nizar Samlal (born 1979), Moroccan canoeman
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Nizar Shafi
Nizar Shafi is an Indian cinematographer and Film director who works mainly in the Tamil film industry and Telugu cinema. He was critically acclaimed for his work in ''Sutta Kadhai'', ''Naaigal Jaakirathai'', ''Bhale Bhale Magadivoy'' and '' ...
(born 1989), Indian cinematographer
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Nizar Trabelsi
Nizar ben Abdelaziz Trabelsi (born 2 July 1970) is a Tunisian former professional footballer. In 2003, he was convicted as terrorist and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for his association with Al-Qaida, and for plotting to attack US target ...
(born 1970), Tunisian football player
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Nizar Wattad, Palestinian/American rapper
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Mohd Nizar Zakaria (born 1969), Malaysian politician
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Nizar Zakka, Lebanese information technology expert
Places
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Gamishli Nazar, village in Iran
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Nizar, Iran, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran
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Nezar, Iran
Nezaz ( fa, نزاز, also Romanized as Nezāz and Nazāz; also known as Najāj, Nazāzo, and Nezār) is a village in Gavrud Rural District, Muchesh District, Kamyaran County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 484, ...
, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran
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Nijhar, sometimes written as Nizar, tehsil in Tapi district in Gujarat, India
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