Saqr ( ar, صقر 'falcon') or Sakr is an Arabic given name for tony Ben sakr and surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Saqr

Saqr Geroushi Saqr Adam Geroushi (Arabic: صقر ادم الجروشي) is a Libyan military officer who is the Chief of Staff of the Libyan Air Force that supports Marshal Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army faction. Geroushi was reinstated as the head of th ...

, Chief of Staff of the Libyan Air Force *

Saqr Ghobash Saqr Ghobash (born 1952) is an Emirati politician. He has been President of the Federal National Council since 2019. Previously he served as minister of labor and UAE ambassador to USA. He graduated from the Police Academy in Sudan in 1973, and ...

, Emirati politician *

Saqr bin Mohammad Al Qasimi Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi ( ar, صقر بن محمد القاسمي; c. 1918–1920 – 27 October 2010) was the Ruler of Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah from 1948 to 2010. On 10 February 1972, under his leadership, Ras Al Khaimah become ...

(c. 1920–2010), Emîr, ruler of Ras Al Khaimah *

Saqr bin Muhammed bin Saqr Al-Qasimi Sheikh Saqr bin Muhammed bin Saqr Al-Qasimi (died 2007), was a member of the royal Al-Qasimi family, was deputy ruler of Sharjah till 1994, who lived in the town of Khor Fakkan, in the United Arab Emirates. He was an elder brother of Sheikh Sult ...

(died 2007), a member of the royal Al-Qasimi family, was deputy ruler of Sharjah till 1994 *

Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi Saqr III bin Sultan Al Qasimi (1924 – November 9, 1993) was the ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah, a Trucial State and now one of the United Arab Emirates, from May 1951 to 24 June 1965. Saqr was the eldest son of Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi II, ...

(1924–1993), Emir, ruler of Sharjah (1951 to 1965) *

Saqr bin Zayed Al Nahyan Saqr bin Zayed Al Nahyan was the Ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1926 to 1928. He was the half brother of Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan (Ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1922 to 1926), whom he shot and killed to become Ruler himself. He was the uncle of ...

(1887–1928), third ruler of Abu Dhabi

as bin Saqr

* Ahmed bin Saqr al-Qassimi ( fl. 2009), Chairman of the Ras Al Khaimah Department of Customs and Seaports *

Khalid bin Saqr Al Qasimi Sheikh Khalid bin Saqr Al Qasimi (born 1940) is the former Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, the northernmost Emirate of the United Arab Emirates. He is the eldest son of Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, who ruled ...

( fl. 1958–2003), former Crown Prince and deputy ruler of Ras al-Khaimah * Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi (18th century–1866), ruler of the emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah (1803–1840, 1840–1866)

as bint Saqr

* Asmaa bint Saqr Al Qasimi (2008–2013), UAE female poet

Surname

Sakr

* Antoine Sakr, Lebanese footballer * Abd El-Karim Sakr (1918–1994), Egyptian football player *

Habib Abou Sakr H.E. Dr Habib Abou-Sakr is a Lebanese Maronite The Maronites ( ar, الموارنة; syr, ܡܖ̈ܘܢܝܐ) are a Christian ethnoreligious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant region of the Middle East, whose members tradition ...

, Lebanese Maronite academic * Joseph Sakr (1939-1997), Lebanese folkloric and pop singer and stage actor * Karol Sakr (born 1969), Lebanese singer * Laila Shereen Sakr (born 1971), known by her moniker VJ Um Amel, Egyptian–American digital media theorist and artist *

Naomi Sakr Naomi Sakr is a British professor, author and public speaker. Her background is as a journalist, editor and country analyst with ''The Economist''. After earning a PhD from the University of Westminster in 1999, she became a Senior Lecturer th ...

, British professor, author and public speaker *

Okab Sakr Okab Sakr or Oakab Saker ( ar, عقاب صقر; born 4 March 1975) is a Lebanese journalist and politician who lost his father before he was born during the beginning of the Lebanese civil war. Sakr won a seat in the Lebanese parliament on 7 Jun ...

(born 1975), Lebanese journalist and politician *

Pascale Sakr Pascale Etienne Sakr ( ar, باسكال إتيان صقر; born September 23, 1964) is a Lebanese singer. She was born in Zahlé, Lebanon to Maronite parents from Ain Ebel, south of Lebanon. She performs a leading character in many musicals. She ...

(born 1964), Lebanese singer *

Yasser Sakr Yasser Abdel Rahman Sakr ( ar, ياسر عبد الرحمن صقر; born December 1, 1977) is an amateur Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's super heavyweight category. He won a bronze medal for his category at the 2005 Medite ...

(born 1977), amateur Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler

Saqr

Ahmed Al Saqr Ahmad Ali Sakr ( ar, أحمد علي صقر; born 7 April 1970) is a Lebanese former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are associatio ...

(born 1970), Lebanese football player * Etienne Saqr (born 1937) also known by his nom de guerre "Abu Arz", far-right, Lebanese nationalist leader *

Ihab Saqr A member of the Vanguards of Conquest, Ihab Abdallah Saqr ( ar, إيهاب صقر, alternatively ''Ihab Muhammad Saqr'') was believed to have coordinated the bombing of the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad and was a high-priority target for the CIA w ...

, believed to have coordinated the 1995 bombing of the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad * Mohamed Saqr (born 1981), Qatari football player * Muhammad Jamal Saqr (born 1966), Egyptian writer, academic and poet

Given name

Saqr

as bin Saqr

as bint Saqr

Surname

Sakr

Saqr

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