Imad (also

transliterated Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping letters (thus ''trans-'' + '' liter-'') in predictable ways, such as Greek → , Cyrillic → , Greek → the digraph , Armenian → or ...

as Emad, Imed and Aimad ar, عماد) is an Arabic masculine given name and surname and means "support" or "pillar".

Given name

* Imād ad-Dīn

Muhammad bin Qasim Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Thaqāfī ( ar, محمد بن القاسم الثقفي; –) was an Arab military commander in service of the Umayyad Caliphate who led the Muslim conquest of Sindh (part of modern Pakistan), inaugurating the Uma ...

, Umayyad Caliphate general * Imad Abbas, Palestinian military commander *

Imad Baba Imad Baba (born March 15, 1974) is a former American soccer midfielder. He spent seven years in Major League Soccer (MLS) with the New England Revolution and Colorado Rapids. He was also a member of the American squads at the 1989 U-16 World Cham ...

, American soccer player *

Emad Hajjaj Emad Hajjaj ( ar, عماد حجاج) is a Palestinian-Jordanian editorial cartoonist. He is best known for his work in '' Al Ra'i'' and the '' Jordan Times'' daily newspapers. Early life Emad was born in Jordan's West Bank in 1967. He received h ...

, Jordanian political cartoonist *

Emad al-Janabi Emad Khudhayir Shahuth al-Janabi ( ar, عماد خضير شهوته الجنابي) (born c. 1965) was an Iraqi blacksmith detained in Abu Ghraib prison where he alleges he was abused by American military personnel and defense contractors. Impri ...

, Iraqi blacksmith * Imad Khalili, Swedish footballer * Imad Khamis, Syrian politician * Imad Kotbi, Moroccan radio presenter *

Emad Mohammed Emad Mohammed Ridha ( ar, عماد محمد رضا, born 24 July 1982) is a coach and former Iraqi football striker, currently managing Iraq U20. Club career On 25 June 2007, Emad renewed his contract with Sepahan for another season in a dea ...

, Iraqi footballer *

Imad Rahman Imad Rahman is a Pakistani American fiction writer whose first short story collection was published in 2004. Biography A native of Karachi, Pakistan who immigrated to the United States at age 18 to attend college, Rahman was an assistant profess ...

, Pakistani American fiction writer *

Imad Rami Imad Shakhashiro (born 1963), better known as Imad Rami (), is a Syrian Nasheed singer of Islamic music. Biography Shakhashiro was born in Damascus, Syria. Shakhashiro is known for his beats and vocal strength. His songs range from spiritual ...

, Syrian Nasheed singer *

Imad Wasim Syed Imad Wasim Haider (in Punjabi and ur, ; born 18 December 1988), commonly known as Imad Wasim, is a Pakistani international cricketer. He is a left-handed all-rounder. In August 2018, he was one of thirty-three players to be awarded a cen ...

, Pakistani international cricketer * Imad Feghaly, Lebanese actor and voice actor *

Imad Abullah Sarah Imad Abullah Sarah (born 1968) is a Syrian politician who served as Information Minister in the Imad Khamis government and First Hussein Arnous government The first government of Hussein Arnous was formed on 30 August 2020 and took the oath of ...

, Syrian politician

Imed

Imed Abdelnabbi Imed Abdelnabbi ( ar, عماد عبد النبي, born 15 November 1957), is an Egyptian chess player who has received the title of International Master (IM) in 1985 and Trainer from FIDE. He bagged the gold medal in the individual rankings in t ...

(born 1957), Egyptian chess player *

Imed Louati Imed Louati (born 11 October 1993) is a Tunisian professional footballer. Club career CS Sfaxien Louati started his football career with Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club CS Sfaxien in 2012. On 1 September 2012, he made his senior debut in a ...

(born 1993), Tunisian footballer *

Imed Memmich Imed Memmich (Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Mic ...

(born 1966), Tunisian scholar and politician *

Imed Meniaoui Imed Meniaoui (born 19 April 1983) is a Tunisian football striker Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goa ...

(born 1983), Tunisian footballer *

Imed Mhedhebi Imed Mhedhebi or Mhadhbi ( ar, عماد المهذبى) (born 22 March 1976 in Tunis) is a former Tunisian football winger. He was a member of the Tunisian national team that participated at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and won the 2004 African Cu ...

(born 1976), Tunisian footballer *

Imed Ketata Imed Ketata is a Tunisian football player that plays defense. He formerly played for the Océano Club de Kerkennah, the Club Sportif Sfaxien, and the AS Djerba . Awards *Winner of the 2003 Tunisian League Cup The Coupe de la Ligue Profession ...

, Tunisian footballer *

Imed Trabelsi Imed Trabelsi ( ar, عماد الطرابلسي; born August 26, 1974 in Tunis) is a businessman, politician, and favorite nephew of Leïla Ben Ali, the former First Lady of Tunisia, Trabelsi was formerly the mayor of La Goulette, Tunisia. Und ...

(born 1974), Tunisian businessman and politician *

Imed Ben Younes Imed Ben Younes ( ar, عماد بن يونس) (born 16 June 1974) is a Tunisian former football player and current coach. He played for a few clubs in Tunisia including Étoile Sahel and CS Sfaxien and played a single season at Qatari club A ...

(born 1974), Tunisian former football player and current coach

Surname

Mitra Emad Mitra C. Emad is an American anthropologist and Distinguished University Teaching Professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth. She is known for her works on cultural constructions of the human body. Emad is a recipient of the Horace T. Morse-U ...

, American anthropologist *

Parvis Emad Parvis Emad (born September 4, 1935) is an Iranian-American philosopher and translator of Martin Heidegger's writings. He is the founder and co-editor of the journal ''Heidegger Studies''. Emad is a professor emeritus at DePaul University De ...

, American philosopher and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at DePaul University

Family origin

The Imad family is named for al-Amadiyyah, near Mosul in northern Iraq and, like the

Jumblatt family The Jumblatt family (, originally , meaning "steel-bodied" or "soul of steel"), also transliterated as Joumblatt and Junblat) is a prominent Druze family based in the Chouf area of Mount Lebanon that has dominated Druze politics since the 18th centu ...

, is thought to be of Kurdish origin.Origins of the Druze People and Religion, by Philip K. Hitti, 1924 Some unconfirmed sources allege that the roots of Family Imad ancestors are associated with those of Imad ad-Din

Zengi Zangi or Zengi may refer to: People * Imad al-Din Zengi (1085–1146), Turkish noble ** Zengid dynasty, a Muslim dynasty of Oghuz Turkic origin ** Nur ad-Din (died 1174) (Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd Zengī), his second son * Mohammad Shammaa Al Zeng ...

(1087; † 1146), who was in turn the Atabeg of Mosul from 1127 to his death in 1146. Imad as a family name also indicates descent from the originally

Druze The Druze (; ar, دَرْزِيٌّ, ' or ', , ') are an Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from Western Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion based on the teachings o ...

feudal family Al-Imad in the

Chouf Chouf (also spelled Shouf, Shuf or Chuf, in ''Jabal ash-Shouf''; french: La Montagne du Chouf) is a historic region of Lebanon, as well as an administrative district in the governorate ( muhafazat) of Mount Lebanon. Geography Located south-east ...

region of Mount Lebanon.

References

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