Ammar (also spelled Amar; ar, عمّار, ''ʿAmmār'') is an

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Ammar al-Basri Ammar al-Basri ( ar, عمار البصري, ') was a 9th-century East Syriac theologian and apologist. Ammar's work is considered the first systematic Christian theology in Arabic. Not much is known about his life except that he was a native of Bas ...

, 9th century East Syriac Christian theologian. *

Ammar al-Bakri Ammar al-Bakri is an Iraqi judge who was the administrator of the Iraqi Special Tribunal to rule over the trial of Saddam Hussein. Al-Bakri was approved by the Iraqi National Council on October 4, 2004. Critics claimed that al-Bakri is too close t ...

, British-Iraqi lawyer *

Ammar Campa-Najjar Ammar Campa-Najjar (born February 24, 1989) is an American politician and former official at the United States Department of Labor. Campa-Najjar has twice been a candidate for the United States House of Representatives. He lost in the 2018 electi ...

(born 1989), California Congressional candidate *

Amar Ezzahi Amar Ezzahi (1 January 1941 – 30 November 2016) was an Algerian singer and mandole player. He was the figurehead of Chaabi, the traditional music of Algiers. Early life Amar Ezzahi was born as Amar Ait-Zaï in Ain El Hammam, a village of Kabyli ...

(1941–2016), Algerian singer * Ammar Habib, Syrian footballer *

Ammar al-Hakim Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim ( ar, سید عمار الحكيم) is an Iraqi cleric and politician who led the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, from 2009 to 2017. Early life Al-Hakim was born in 1971 in Al-Najaf, the son of Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim, who ...

, Iraqi politician *

Ammar Hassan Ammar Hassan ( ar, عمار حسن; born November 13, 1976) is a Palestinian singer who rose to popularity around the Arab world after placing second in ''Super Star (Arabic TV series), Super Star 2'', the pan-Arabia, Arabic version of ''Pop Ido ...

, Palestinian musician * Amar Jaleel, Pakistani writer *

Amar Gegić Amar Gegić (born February 14, 1998) is a Bosnian professional basketball player for Paris Basketball Paris Basketball is a French professional basketball club based in Paris. The club currently plays in the LNB Pro A, the first division of ...

, Bosnian basketball player *

Ammar Jemal Career Jemal was born in M'saken, Tunisia. On 11 June 2009, Jemal was linked with a move to French club FC Nantes on a four-year contract. This move would have reunited him with his former coach Gernot Rohr, but the transfer was later cancelled ...

, Tunisian footballer *

Amar Lal Amar Lal is the Prime Minister of Pakistan's advisor to minority affairs in the country. He was recently appointed by Muhammad Mian Soomro as special advisor to the control of madrassas in Pakistan, even though he is a Hindu Hindus (; ) a ...

, Pakistani politician *

Amar Osim Amar Osim (born 18 July 1967) is a Bosnian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player. He is regarded as one of the most successful Bosnian football managers. Osim was a talented player during ...

, Bosnian football coach *

Ammar Nakshawani Ammar Nakshawani (; born 1981) is a British Shia scholar, author and orator. Nakshawani was listed as one of The 500 Most Influential Muslims in 2014. He was a visiting scholar at Columbia University's Middle East Institute and University of C ...

, Islamic lecturer *

Amar Ramasar Amar Ramasar (born 1981) is an American ballet dancer and former principal dancer of the New York City Ballet (NYCB). Ramasar joined the NYCB as an apprentice in 2000 and joined the corps de ballet in 2001. As of 2010, Ramasar remained the only p ...

, American ballet dancer * Ammar Rihawi, Syrian football coach *

Ammar al-Saffar Ammar al-Saffar (born 1956) was the Deputy Health Minister of Iraq from 2003 until his kidnapping and likely death in 2006. On November 19, 2006, he became the highest-ranking Iraqi official to be kidnapped when he was seized by men in police unif ...

, Iraqi politician *

Ammar Siamwalla Ammar Siamwalla ( th, อัมมาร์ สยามวาลา; ) is one of Thailand's most prominent economists. Education Siamwalla attended St. Paul's School, Darjeeling in India, and went on to receive a B.Sc. in economics from th ...

, Thai economist

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* Ali Ammar, Algerian guerilla leader * Ali Ammar, Lebanese politician * Ali Ammar, Canadian actor *

Michael Ammar Michael Ammar (born June 25, 1956) is an American close-up magician. He is recognized worldwide as one of the greatest living magicians. Background Ammar was born in Logan, West Virginia. His father's background was Syrian, Ammar earned a deg ...

, American magician *

Sonia Ben Ammar Sonia Ben Ammar (born 19 February 1999), also credited Sonia Ammar, is a Tunisian-French model, singer, and actress, who is signed with IMG Models. She has appeared on several magazine covers, including '' Vanity Fair'' and ''L'Officiel''. Ben ...

(born 1999), Tunisian-French model and singer *

Tarak Ben Ammar Tarak Ben Ammar ( ar, طارق بن عمّار; born June 12, 1949) is a Tunisian-French film producer and distributor; the owner of French production and distribution company Quinta Communications. He is famous for his interest in artistic movies ...

, Tunisian-French film producer

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