Hoda is a

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

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Houda Houda is a given name and a surname. Notable people with these names include: Given name *Houda Ben Daya (born 1979), Tunisian judoka *Houda Benyamina (born 1980), French director and screenwriter * Houda Darwish (born 1991), Algerian novelist, p ...

and Huda). Notable people with that name include:

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* Hoda Abdel-Hamid, a war correspondent with Al Jazeera * Hoda Ablan (born 1971), Yemeni poet *

Hoda Afshar Hoda Afshar (born 1983) is an Iranian documentary photographer who is based in Melbourne. She is known for her 2018 prize-winning portrait of Kurdish-Iranian refugee Behrouz Boochani, who suffered a long imprisonment in the Manus Island detentio ...

Iranian-Australian photographer * Hoda Ali, British human rights activist * Hoda Barakat (born 1952), Lebanese writer * Hoda ElMaraghy (born 1945), Canadian professor * Hoda Elsadda, a Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Cairo University *

Hoda Kotb Hoda Kotb ( ; born August 9, 1964) is an American broadcast journalist, television personality, and author. She was the main co-anchor of the NBC News breakfast television, morning show ''Today (American TV program), Today'' from 2018 to 2025, ...

(born 1964), American journalist *

Hoda Lattaf Hoda Lattaf (born 31 August 1978) is a former French football player who plays as forward. She last played for Montpellier in the top French league and is one of the leading players for the France national team, and was seen as the preferred ...

(born 1978), French football player * Hoda Mahmoudi, Iranian-American sociologist *

Hoda Muthana Hoda Muthana (; born October 28, 1994) is a U.S.-born Yemeni woman who emigrated from the United States to Syria to join ISIS in November 2014. She surrendered in January 2019 to coalition forces fighting ISIS in Syria and has been denied access ...

(born 1994), American Islamist * Hoda Saad (born 1981), Moroccan singer-songwriter

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Hoda Saber Hoda Rezazadeh Saber (; 19 March 1959 – 10 June 2011) was an Iranian intellectual, economic scholar, journalist and social-political activist. He served several prison terms since 2000, and died while on a hunger strike in prison protesting the ...

(1959–2011), an Iranian intellectual, economic scholar, journalist and social-political activist

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