Fawaz (sometimes, Fawwaz or Fawez) is a masculine Arabic given name and a surname. Its literal meaning is "winner", as it is the masculine adjective from the verb ''fāz'', meaning "he won". Therefore, it can be thought of as the equivalent to the given name
Victor.
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Fawaz Akhras, London-based Syrian cardiologist and father-in-law of
Bashar al-Assad
Bashar al-Assad (born 11September 1965) is a Syrian politician, military officer and former dictator
Sources characterising Assad as a dictator:
who served as the president of Syria from 2000 until fall of the Assad regime, his government ...
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Fawaz Damra, imam who lived near Cleveland, Ohio
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Fawaz Gerges (born 1958), Lebanese American academic and author
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Fawwaz Haddad
Fawwaz Haddad (Arabic: فواز حدّاد) (born 1947) is a Syrian novelist.
He was born in Damascus and studied law at Damascus University. He held several jobs before taking up writing full-time. Haddad published his first novel ''Mosaic, Dam ...
, Syrian novelist
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Fawaz Al-Hasawi (born 1968), Kuwaiti businessman and owner of
Nottingham Forest Football Club
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Fawaz Hussain
Fawaz Hussain or Fawaz Husên (born 1953), is a contemporary Kurdish writer and translator. He was born in northeastern Syria. He pursued his studies in University of Paris, Sorbonne from 1978 to 1992, and received PhD in French language and litera ...
(born 1953), contemporary Kurdish writer and translator
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Fawaz Naman Hamoud Abdullah Mahdi, citizen of Yemen held in extrajudicial detention in the US Guantanamo Bay detainment camps in Cuba
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Fawaz Mando (born 1971), Syrian footballer
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Fawaz al-Nashimi (died 2004), member of Al-Qaeda, the 20th hijacker of the September 11th attacks
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Fawaz al-Rabeiee (1979–2006), al-Qaeda terrorist sentenced to death in 2004 by a Yemeni court
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Fawaz al-Rabihi, citizen of Yemen believed to have played a role in the terrorist attack on the MV Limburg
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Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (, ''Fawwāz bin ʿAbdulʿazīz Āl Saʿūd''; 1934 19 July 2008) was a senior member of the House of Saud. In 2006, Fawwaz became one of the members of the Allegiance Commission. However, he died on 19 July 2008, so ...
, Saudi royal
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Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Syrian professor of electrical engineering and computer science
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Fawaz Younis (born 1959), Lebanese skyjacker who was arrested and imprisoned by the United States
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Fawaz Zureikat (born 1955), Jordanian businessman
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Sherif Fawaz Sharaf
Sherif Fawaz Sharaf (born 1938) is a retired Jordanian minister and ambassador
An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an intern ...
(born 1938), Jordanian diplomat
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Muhammad Fawwaz Mohamad Jan (born 1983), Malaysian politician,
Permatang Pauh MP
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Bilal Fawaz, also known as Kelvin Fawaz, UK-based Nigerian born boxer of Lebanese/Benin descent
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Fadi Fawaz George Michael's partner
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Florence Fawaz childhood name of Australian soprano
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Khalid al-Fawwaz
Khalid Abd al-Rahman Hamd al-Fawwaz (; kunya: Abu Omar al-Sebai (); born 24 or 25 August 1962)Daily TelegraphWorldwide trail of bloodshed that leads to suburban London September 19, 2001 is a Saudi who was under indictment in the United States ...
convicted member of al-Qaeda
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Leila Tarazi Fawaz, Lebanese historian, director of The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (2001–2012)
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Mimi Fawaz, Nigerian-Lebanese journalist
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Ramzi Fawaz, American academic of Egyptian descent
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Arabic-language masculine given names
Masculine given names
Surnames from given names