Abeer, also Abir (Arabic: عبير) is a

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Arabic-language Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

name. ''Abeer'' means

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or beautiful scent.

Notable people

Abeer Abdelrahman Abeer Abdelrahman Khalil Mahmoud (; born 13 June 1992) is an Egyptian weightlifter. She was born in Alexandria, Egypt. She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the -69 kg and -75 kg weight categories, respectively, and finished ...

(born 1992), Egyptian weightlifter * Abeer Abu Ghaith (born ),

Palestinian Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. *: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous p ...

technology entrepreneur, and social activist. * Abeer Al-Janaby, Iraqi girl killed by United States forces in the

Mahmudiyah rape and killings The Mahmudiyah rape and killings were a series of war crimes committed by five U.S. Army soldiers during the U.S. occupation of Iraq, involving the gang-rape and murder of 14-year-old Iraqi girl Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi and the murder of ...

Abeer Al-Nahar Abeer Mahmoud Mubarak Al-Nahar (; born 13 February 1991) is a Jordanian international footballer who plays as a forward. Club career In May 2015 Al-Nahar played for Amman Club in a 5–3 win over rivals Shabab Al-Ordon, which secured the Jor ...

(born 1991), Jordanian footballer *

Abeer Alwan Abeer Alwan is an American electrical engineer and speech processing researcher. She is a professor of electrical and computer engineering in the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, and vice chair for undergraduate affa ...

, American electrical engineer and speech processing researcher *

Abeer Essawy Abeer Essawy (; born September 23, 1986, in Cairo) is an Egyptian taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the women's featherweight category. She claimed two gold medals in the 55-kg division at the African Championships (2003 and 2005), and repr ...

(born 1986), Egyptian taekwondo practitioner *

Abeer Hamza Abeer Hamza () is a scholar and lecturer of Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. Education and Teaching Experience Hamza received Arabic ...

, Egyptian lecturer *

Abeer Issa Abeer Issa () (born 25 April 1961) is a Jordanian actress. Life Abeer Issa was born Abeer Issa Yousef Hiqari on 25 April 1961, in the city of Amman Amman ( , ; , ) is the capital and the largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic ...

(born 1961), Jordanian actress * Abeer MacIntyre (born 1964), British-Jordanian radio and television presenter *

Abeer Nehme Abeer Nehme (; born 19 May 1980) is a Lebanese singer and a musicologist. She performs traditional Tarab music, Lebanese traditional music, Rahbani music, and sacred music from the Maronite, Syriac Orthodox, and Byzantine traditions. Biograph ...

(born 1980), Lebanese singer *

Abeer Odeh Abeer Odeh () is a Palestinian politician who is the first woman to serve as the Minister of National Economy in the Palestinian National Authority, Palestinian Authority. She has held multiple international positions in the fields of finance ...

(born 1962), Palestinian politician *

Abeer Rantisi Abeer Rantisi (born 12 July 1987) is a Jordanian former footballer who played as a midfielder for the Jordan women's national football team and was one of its original members. She competed with the team at the 2006 Asian Games. At the club leve ...

(born 1987), Jordanian footballer *

Abeer Seikaly Abeer Seikaly is a Palestinian architect who designed a multi-use, disaster shelter for refugees. She lives in Amman Jordan. Seikaly is an architect and designer who has worked for Villa Moda in Kuwait in 2005. She directed the first contemporary ...

, Jordanian-Canadian architect *

Abeer bint Abdullah Al Saud Abeer bint Abdullah Al Saud is a member of the Saudi royal family. She is the chairperson of the Asayel Cooperative Society. She is a daughter of King Abdullah and one of the grandchildren of Saudi's founder King Abdulaziz Abdulaziz bin Ab ...

, Saudi royal

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