In Arabic onomastics ('' nisbah''), Al-Badawi () or simply Badawi () denotes a relationship to or from

Bedouin The Bedouin, Beduin, or Bedu ( ; , singular ) are pastorally nomadic Arab tribes who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia (Iraq). The Bedouin originated in the Sy ...

areas (and may consequently imply 'rustic'). It is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: *

Ahmad al-Badawi Aḥmad el-Badawī (, ), also known as Elsayyid Elbadawī ( ), or as Elsayyid for short, or reverentially as Elsayyid Elbadawi by Sufi Muslims who venerate saints, was a 13th-century Arab Sufi Muslim mystic who became famous as the founder o ...

, a saint in Islam *

Al-Baydawi Qadi Baydawi (also known as Naṣir ad-Din al-Bayḍawi, also spelled Baidawi, Bayzawi and Beyzavi; d. June 1319, Tabriz) was a jurist, theologian, and Quran commentator. He lived during the post-Seljuk Empire, Seljuk and early Mongol Empire, Mon ...

, philosopher and mufassir * Jamal al-Bedawi, also written Jamal al-Badawi, a contemporary Yemeni accused and convicted of planning the USS Cole Bombing *

Jamal Badawi Jamal A. Badawi () is an Egyptian-Canadian author, preacher and speaker on Islam. Life Badawi completed his undergraduate studies at Ain Shams University in Cairo. He left for the United States in the 1960s and completed his Masters and docto ...

, Egyptian-born Canadian professor and author * Abdel Hamid Badawi, Egyptian jurist and Foreign Minister *

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi (, ; 26 November 1939 – 14 April 2025), also known as Pak Lah, was a Malaysian politician and civil servant who served as the fifth prime minister of Malaysia from 2003 to 2009. A member of UMNO, he was the party's ...

, Malaysia's fifth prime minister *

Abdel Rahman Badawi Abdel Rahman Badawi (Arabic: ) (February 17, 1917 – July 25, 2002) was an Egyptian existentialist philosopher, professor of philosophy and poet. He has been called the "foremost master of Arab existentialism." He published more than 150 wor ...

, Egyptian existentialist philosopher *

El-Sayyid el-Badawi Elsayyid Elbadawi Shehata (, ; born 1950) is an Egyptian businessman and the former President of El-Wafd Party. He is the head of the Board of Directors of Al-Hayah Egyptian television network. Early life Badawi was born in 1950 and grew up in ...

, Egyptian businessman and the President of Al-Wafd Party * Fares Badawi, Palestinian judoka *

Helmy Bahgat Badawi Helmy Bahgat Badawi (13 November 1904 - 4 March 1957) was an international arbitrator and a civil law authority who also served as the Minister of Commerce and Industry in Egypt and later as the chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, both in the ...

, first chairman of the Suez Canal Authority * Mohamed Badawi, Sudanese linguist and publisher, singer and composer * Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian entrepreneur, political activist, and writer * Nadia Badawi, Egyptian-born Australian medical researcher, specialising in cerebral palsy *

Raif Badawi Raif bin Muhammad Badawi (, also transcribed Raef bin Mohammed Badawi; born 13 January 1984) is a Saudi writer, dissident and activist, as well as the creator of the website ''Free Saudi Liberals''. Badawi was arrested in 2012 on a charge of ...

, Saudi Arabian blogger and prisoner of conscience *

Samar Badawi Samar bint Muhammad Badawi (; born 28 June 1981) is a Saudi Arabian human rights activist. She and her father filed court cases against each other in Saudi Arabia. Badawi's father accused her of disobedience under the Saudi Arabian male guardia ...

, Saudi Arabian human rights activist *

Zaki Badawi Sheikh Mohammed Aboulkhair Zaki Badawi (), KBE, GCFO (14 January 1922 – 24 January 2006) was a prominent Egyptian Islamic scholar, community activist, and promoter of interfaith-dialogue. He was the principal of the Muslim College in London, ...

, Muslim scholar *

Zeinab Badawi Zeinab Mohammed-Khair Badawi (; born 3 October 1959) is a Sudanese-British television and radio journalist, educator, civic activist, and writer. She was the first presenter of the ''ITV Morning News'' (later known as '' ITV News at 5:30''), an ...

, British newsreader and broadcaster Given name: * Badawi al-Jabal, a Syrian poet Prof Lutfullah Badawi Writer, Poet, based in Pakistan Other: *Stage name of Israeli composer

Raz Mesinai Reuel Emanuel “Raz” Mesinai (born 1973) is an American record producer, musician, composer, artist, writer and educator from New York City. He has released recordings since 1989 under the monikers Badawi, Sub Dub, Ghost Producer, Psy Co., and ...

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