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Awwad Awwad (in Arabic language, Arabic عوّاد, In English can be written as Awad)is an Arabic name or surname. People with the name include: Given name *Awwad Al-Sharafat (born 25 December 1993) is a Jordanian middle-distance runner Surname *Ali Ab ...

() is an Arabic given name and surname. People with the name include:

Given name

;of the origin عوّاد *

Awwad Eid Al-Aradi Al-Balawi Vice Admiral (rtd) Awwad Eid Al-Aradi Al-Balawi (), the Director General of Saudi Arabian Border Guards till 20 Aug. 2020 and appointed as a member of the Shura Council on 2nd Sep. 2024. He was the chairman and the head of the scientific Committ ...

, former Director General of Saudi Arabian Border Guards, Ministry of Interior, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia *

Awad Hamad al-Bandar Awad Hamad al-Bandar (; (2 January 1945 – 15 January 2007) was an Iraqi chief judge under Saddam Hussein's presidency. He was a member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and was the head of the Revolutionary Court which issued death sentences a ...

(1945–2007), Iraqi chief judge under Saddam Hussein's presidency *

Awad Khleifat Awad Khleifat (born 1945) is a Jordanian politician who served as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan's deputy prime minister and interior minister from October 2012 to late March 2013. Early life and education Khleifat was born in Wadi Musa in th ...

(born 1945), Jordanian politician

Surname

;of the origin عوض *

Gamal Awad Gamal Awad (; 9 August 1955 – 6 November 2004) was an Egyptian squash player. He was the younger brother of Mohammed Awad another notable Egyptian squash player. Awad became the Egyptian national champion in 1976, and won the British Amateu ...

, Egyptian squash player *

Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Jacqueline Cabaj Awad (; born 28 January 1996) is a Swedish tennis player. She has won ten singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 10 June 2024, she achieved her best singles ranking of world No. 387. On 31 October 2023, she ...

, Swedish tennis player *

Krayem Awad Krayem Maria Awad (born 1948) is a Vienna-based painter, sculptor and poet of Syrian origin. He was born in Basir, and later moved to Austria, where he studied from 1968 telecommunications engineering at the Vienna Technical College, and was a ...

, Austrian painter, sculptor and poet *

Mira Awad Mira Anwar Awad (; ; born June 11, 1975) is a Palestinian-Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, television host, and political activist of Arab Palestinian and Bulgarian descent. She represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 alon ...

, Israeli Arab musician *

Mohammed Awad (politician) Mohammed Hussain Awad Al-Juboori () was a political party member of the Iraqi National Dialogue Council that is a moderate Sunni block. He was a representative of this block at the National Assembly of Iraq. On 12 April 2007, he was killed in th ...

, Iraqi politician *

Mubarak Awad Mubarak Awad () is a Palestinian-American psychologist and an advocate of nonviolent resistance. Early life and move to the United States Awad, a Palestinian Christian (a member of the Greek Orthodox Church), was born in 1943 in Jerusalem when ...

, Palestinian-American psychologist *

Nihad Awad Nihad Awad () is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Early life Nihad Awad was born in Amman New Camp, a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Jordan. He studied at Second Amman Preparatory ...

, American activist *

Ramzi Aouad Ramzi Aouad is an Australian double murderer from Sydney, New South Wales, currently serving two sentences of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the murder of two people in October 2003. The murders The Lawford Street murd ...

, Australian murderer *

Saad Awad Saad Awad (, born June 7, 1983) is an American mixed martial artist competing in the lightweight division. A professional competitor since 2006, Awad has formerly competed for Bellator, Strikeforce and King of the Cage. Background Born in San B ...

, American mixed martial artist *

Samer Awad Samer Awad (; born February 9, 1982, in Damascus, Syria) is a Syrian-Palestinian footballer. He played for Al-Majd, which competes in the Syrian Premier League the top division in Syria. He plays as a midfielder, wearing the number 3 jersey fo ...

, Syrian footballer *

Sumaya Awad Sumaya Awad is a Palestinian Americans, Palestinian American writer and activist based in New York City. She directs strategy and communications for the Adalah Justice Project, and co-edited the book ''Palestine: A Socialist Introduction'', publi ...

, Palestinian American writer and activist ;of the origin عوّاد *

Ahmed El Aouad Ahmed El Aouad (born 27 November 1971) is a retired French- Moroccan footballer. An attacking midfielder, El Aouad played for most of his career in Luxembourg, for CS Hobscheid, CS Grevenmacher, F91 Dudelange, and CS Fola Esch. He won the award ...

, French-Moroccan footballer *

Awwad Alawwad Awwad S. Alawwad (Arabic: عواد العواد; born 11 April 1972) is a Saudi politician and senior government official. He served as Minister of Culture and Information from April 2017 to December 2018, and as Ambassador to Germany from 2015 t ...

(born 1972), Saudi politician and government minister *

Juliet Awwad Juliet Awwad () or Juliet Nickogos Yacoub Hacobian () (born July 7, 1951 in Amman, Jordan) is a Jordanian actress and director of Armenian descent. She is recognized as one of the most famous Jordanian drama actresses. Career Awwad was born in ...

(born 1951), Jordanian actress and director of Armenian descent * Mahmoud Awad, Lebanese politician and physician *

Mohamed El Amine Aouad Mohamed El Amine Aouad (born September 20, 1984) is an Algerian footballer. He currently plays for ASM Oran in the Algerian Ligue 2. Club career On June 28, 2009, Aouad signed a two-year contract with CR Belouizdad, joining them on a free tra ...

, Algerian

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A Word A Day Anu Garg (born April 5, 1967) is an American author and speaker. He is the founder of Wordsmith.org, an online community comprising aficionados of the English language from across 170 countries. His books explore the joy of words. He has authored ...

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