Imad (also

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as Emad, Imed and Aimad ) is an Arabic masculine

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and surname and means "support" or "pillar".

Given name

* Imād ad-Dīn

Muhammad bin Qasim Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Thaqafī (; –) was an Arabs, Arab military commander in service of the Umayyad Caliphate who led the Muslim conquest of Sindh (and Punjab, part of ancient Sindh), inaugurating the Umayyad campaigns in India. His m ...

(695-715), Umayyad Caliphate general * Imad Abbas (1975-2004), Palestinian military commander *

Imad Baba Imad Baba (born March 15, 1974) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a 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 Americ ...

(born 1974), American soccer player *

Emad Hajjaj Emad Hajjaj () 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 his art education at Y ...

(born 1967), Jordanian political cartoonist * Imad Hawari (born 1979), Lebanese journalist, actor * Emad al-Janabi (born 1965), Iraqi blacksmith * Imad Khalili (born 1987), Swedish footballer *

Imad Khamis Imad Muhammad Dib Khamis (; born 1 August 1961) is a Syrian politician who served as the prime minister of Syria from 2016 to 2020 under president Bashar al-Assad. Previously, he was minister of electricity from 2011 to 2016. Early life and educ ...

(born 1961), Syrian politician * Imad Kotbi (born 1978), Moroccan radio presenter *

Emad Mohammed Emad Mohammed Ridha (, born 24 July 1982) is a coach and former Iraqi football (soccer), football striker, currently managing Iraq national under-20 football team, Iraq U20. Club career On 25 June 2007, Emad renewed his contract with Sepahan S. ...

(born 1982), Iraqi footballer *

Emad Mostaque Mohammad Emad Mostaque (; born 17 April 1983) is a British-Bangladeshi business executive, mathematician, and former hedge fund manager. He is the co-founder and was CEO of Stability AI until 23 March 2024, one of the companies behind Stable Di ...

(born 1983), founder of Stability AI * Imad Rahman, Pakistani American fiction writer * Imad Rami (born 1963), Syrian Nasheed singer *

Imad Wasim Syed Imad Wasim (; born 18 December 1988), commonly known as Imad Wasim, is a Pakistani cricketer who played for Pakistan national cricket team from 2015 to 2024. He is a left-handed all-rounder. Imad is considered as a Twenty20 specialist and pl ...

(born 1988), Pakistani international cricketer * Imad Feghaly, Lebanese actor and voice actor * Imad Abullah Sarah (born 1968), Syrian politician

Imed

* Imed Abdelnabbi (born 1957), Egyptian chess player *

Imed Louati Imed Louati (born 11 October 1993) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ettan Fotboll club Dalkurd. Club career Club Sportif Sfaxien Louati started his football career with Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club CS ...

(born 1993), Tunisian footballer *

Imed Memmich Imed Memmich (; born 8 September 1966) is a Tunisian scholar and politician who served as Minister of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a go ...

(born 1966), Tunisian scholar and politician *

Imed Meniaoui Imed Meniaoui (born 19 April 1983) is a Tunisian football striker In the sport of association football, a forward (attacker or striker) is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position which primarily plays further up the pit ...

(born 1983), Tunisian footballer *

Imed Mhedhebi Imed Mhedhebi or Mhadhbi () (born 22 March 1976) is a Tunisian former football winger. He was a member of the Tunisian national team that participated at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and won the 2004 African Cup of Nations. On January 27, 2007, he ...

(born 1976), Tunisian footballer *

Imed Trabelsi Imed Trabelsi (; born August 26, 1974) is a Tunisian businessman and politician. Trabelsi was formerly the mayor of La Goulette, Tunisia. Under Ben Ali's regime, Trabelsi controlled the construction and alcohol industry in Tunisia, in addition t ...

(born 1974), Tunisian businessman and politician *

Imed Ben Younes Imed Ben Younes (; born 16 June 1974) is a Tunisian football coach and former player who is the former head coach of CA Bizertin. He played for a few clubs in Tunisia including Étoile Sahel and CS Sfaxien and played a single season at Qata ...

(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 (September 4, 1935 – February 16, 2023) was an Iranian-American philosopher and translator of Martin Heidegger's writings. He was the founder and co-editor of the journal '' Heidegger Studies''. Emad was a professor emeritus at DePau ...

(1935-2023), 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 which has dominated Druze politics since the 18th c ...

, 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 (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 ( ; , ' or ', , '), who Endonym and exonym, call themselves al-Muwaḥḥidūn (), are an Arabs, Arab Eastern esotericism, esoteric Religious denomination, religious group from West Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic ...

feudal Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was a combination of legal, economic, military, cultural, and political customs that flourished in Middle Ages, medieval Europe from the 9th to 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of struc ...

family Al-Imad in the

Chouf Chouf (also spelled Shouf, Shuf or Chuf; ) is a historic region of Lebanon, as well as an administrative district in the governorate ( muhafazat) of Mount Lebanon. Geography Located south-east of Beirut, the region comprises a narrow coastal stri ...

region of Mount Lebanon.

References

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