Waleed (), also spelt as Walid, Oualid, or Velid, is an Arabic-language masculine

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Given name

Waleed

Waleed Ali Waleed Ali ( ar, links=no, وليد علي, born 3 November 1980) is a Kuwaiti footballer who played as midfielder for the Kuwait Premier League club Al Kuwait. He previously played for Iran Pro League club Esteghlal. He formerly played for Khai ...

, Kuwaiti footballer * Waleed Aly, Egyptian-origin Australian journalist * Waleed bin Ibrahim al-Ibrahim, Saudi businessman * Al-Waleed bin Talal al-Saud, Saudi royal and businessman * Waleed al-Shehri, Saudi hijacker during the September 11 attacks *

Waleed al-Husseini Waleed Al-Husseini or Walid Husayin ( ar, وليد الحسيني; June 25, 1989) is a Palestinian atheist, secularist essayist, writer, blogger, ex-Muslim and founder of the Council of Ex-Muslims of France. Born and raised in Qalqilya in the We ...

, Palestinian ex-Muslim activist

Walid

Al-Walid I Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ( ar, الوليد بن عبد الملك بن مروان, al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān; ), commonly known as al-Walid I ( ar, الوليد الأول), was the sixth Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyad ca ...

, sixth Umayyad caliph *

Walid Abbas Walid Abbas Murad Yousuf Al-Balushi ( ar, وليد عباس; born 11 June 1985) is an Emirati professional association football player who plays for Shabab Al-Ahli. International career Abbas has played for the United Arab Emirates national t ...

, Emirati footballer *

Walid Atta Walid "Tatta" Atta ( ar, وليد عطا, translit=Walīd 'Aṭā, am, ዋሊድ አታ; born 28 August 1986) is an Ethiopian Association football, footballer who plays as a Centre Back, centre back for Hittarps IK. Career AIK In January 200 ...

, Saudi-born Ethiopian footballer *

Walid bin Attash Walid Muhammad Salih bin Mubarak bin Attash ( ar, وليد محمد صالح بن مبارك بن عتش; born 1978) is a Yemeni prisoner held in extrajudicial detention at the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camp and is suspected of pla ...

, Yemeni suspected terrorist in American custody at Guantánamo Bay *

Walid Belguerfi Walid Belguerfi (born 19 December 1986) is an Algerian professional football (soccer), footballer. He currently plays as a forward for the Algerian Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2, Ligue 2 club CA Bordj Bou Arreridj. Club career Olympique de M ...

, Algerian footballer *

Walid Daouk Walid Daouk (Arabic: وليد الداعوق; born 1958) is a Lebanese lawyer, businessman and politician. He served as information minister between June 2011 and February 2014. Early life and education Daouk was born into a Sunni family, the D ...

, Lebanese businessman and politician * Walid Hassan, Iraqi comedian *

Walid al-Jahdali Walid Abd-Rabo Al-Jahdali ( ar, وليد عبدربه الجحدلي, born 1 June 1982) is a former Saudi Arabian footballer who played as a defender. He started his career with Al-Ahli and started in four of their 2005 AFC Champions League ma ...

, Saudi footballer *

Walid Jumblatt Walid Kamal Jumblatt ( ar, وليد جنبلاط; born 7 August 1949) is a Lebanese Druze politician and former militia commander who has been leading the Progressive Socialist Party since 1977. While leading the Lebanese National Resistance Fr ...

, Lebanese politician * Walid Khalidi, Palestinian historian *

Walid al-Kubaisi Walid al-Kubaisi (9 February 1958 – 31 July 2018) was a Norwegian-Iraqi author, journalist, translator, film director and government scholar. He notably criticized Islamism in the documentary film ''Frihet, likhet og Det muslimske brorskap''. He ...

, Iraqi-origin Norwegian writer * Walid Muallem, Syrian politician and diplomat * Walid ibn al-Mughira, Mecca-based Quraysh tribal chief in pre-Islamic Arabia * Walid Regragui (born 1975), Moroccan footballer and manager *

Walid Riachy Walid Riachy (born 26 September 1990) is a Lebanese actor and model, who mostly appears in Mollywood and Hollywood films as well as international commercials. He completed a bachelor's degree program in business management at the American Univer ...

, Lebanese actor and model * Walid Shoebat, Palestinian-origin American ex-Muslim activist * Walid Toufic, Lebanese singer and actor

Oualid

Oualid Mokhtari Oualid Mokhtari (born 29 April 1982) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking u ...

, Moroccan-born German footballer

Places

* Al-Waleed, an Iraqi town along the Iraq–Syria border *

Bani Walid Bani Walid (Anglicized: ; ar, بني وليد, Banī Walīd, Libyan pronunciation: ) is a city in Libya located in the Misrata District. Prior to 2007, it was the capital of Sof-Aljeen District. Bani Walid has an airport. Under the Libyan Ar ...

, a town in Libya * Valladolid, a city in Spain * Valladolid, a city in Mexico

Ships

*, a Lebanese cargo ship from 1979–1985 (originally German-built fishing trawler)

References

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