Khadr or Khader, Kheder, Khidr/Khizr, Khodr, Khudr, Xidir etc. are
romanizations of , an Arabic given name and surname. In surnames, it is sometimes accompanied by the definite article Al- (, romanized as Al-Khodr, Al-Kheder, Al-Khudr, etc.). The Arabic word denotes the colour
green
Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a com ...
, and
Khidr
Al-Khidr (, ; also Romanized as ''al-Khadir, Khader, Khidr, Hidr, Khizr, Kezr, Kathir, Khazer, Khadr, Khedher, Khizir, Khizar, Khilr'') is a folk figure of Islam. He is described in Surah Al-Kahf, as a righteous servant of God possessing great w ...
or Al-Khidr ('the green one'), is a figure in Islam and related religions.
Khadr/Khader
People with the surname
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Khadr family, A Canadian family noted for their ties to Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda
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Abdulkareem Khadr (born 1989)
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Abdullah Khadr (born 1981)
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Abdurahman Khadr (born 1982)
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Ahmed Khadr
Ahmed Saïd Khadr (; March 1, 1948 – October 2, 2003) was an Egyptian-Canadian with alleged ties to al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. His activity in Afghanistan began in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, and he h ...
(1948-2003)
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Amanda Khadr (born 1981)
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Maha el-Samnah (born 1957)
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Omar Khadr
Omar Ahmed Said Khadr (; born September 19, 1986) is a Canadian who, at the age of 15, was detained by the United States at Guantanamo Bay for ten years, during which he pleaded guilty to the murder of U.S. Army Sergeant 1st Class Christopher S ...
(born 1986)
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Zaynab Khadr (born 1979)
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Naim Khader (1939–1981), Palestinian Fatah member
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Naser Khader
Naser Khader ( Levantine pronunciation: ; born 1 July 1963) is a Syrian-Danish politician and member of the Folketing 2001–2011 and again 2015–2022. Until 2021 he was a member of the Conservative People's Party.
He was first electe ...
(born 1963), Danish politician
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Saad Khader
Saad Khader (; born 3 July 1946) is a Saudi Arabian television actor, director and producer. He is the first man to present a Saudi film called ''Maw'id Ma' Majhool'' (). He is considered as one of the greatest Saudi actors of all times.
Caree ...
(born 1943), Saudi actor
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Samir Khader, Iraqi journalist
People with the given name
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Khader Abu-Seif (born 1988), Palestinian copywriter and LGBT rights activist
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Khadr El-Touni (1916–1956), Egyptian weightlifter
Places
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Khader, Fars, Iran
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al-Khader
Al-Khader () is a Palestinian town in the Bethlehem Governorate in the south-central West Bank. It is located west of Bethlehem. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 11,960 in 2017. The area ar ...
, Palestinian town west of Bethlehem, West Bank
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Hader, Syria
Kheder
People
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Ferrid Kheder
Ferrid Kheder (born 3 March 1975) is a French retired Olympic judoka who placed seventh at the Sydney Olympic Games and a former professional mixed martial artist who fought from 2004 to 2013. He holds the sixth Dan in IJF Judo and a BJJ blac ...
(born 1975), Tunisian judoka and mixed martial artist
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Qusai Kheder
Qusai Kheder (, born 1978) is a Saudi rapper, singer/songwriter, record producer, television personality, voice actor, and DJ. He is the first professional Saudi hip hop artist.Dahlawia, Faizal (May 2010).Making Hip-Hop History. ''Arabian Man'' ...
(born 1978), also known by mononym Qusai (and Qusai aka Don Legend the Kamelion), Saudi Arabian hip hop artist
Places
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Hajji Kheder, village in Samen Rural District, Samen District, Malayer County, Hamadan Province, Iran
Khidr/Khizr
Khidr or Khizr (al-Khidr, al-Khizr, )
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Al-Khidr, a figure in Islam
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Khidr (Khan of Golden Horde) (r. 1361-1362)
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Khidr Khan Surak, Suri governor of Bengal
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Khizr Khan
Khizr Khan (reigned 28 May 1414 – 20 May 1421) was the founder of the Sayyid dynasty, the fourth ruling dynasty of the Delhi sultanate, in northern India soon after the invasion of Timur and the fall of the Tughlaq dynasty.
Khizr Khan was Go ...
, founder of the 15th-century Sayyid dynasty
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Khizr M. Khan (born 1950), Pakistani American lawyer
*one of the pseudonyms used by American black supremacist
Dwight York
Dwight York (born June 26, 1945), also known as Malachi Z. York, Issa al-Haadi al-Mahdi, ''et alii'', is an American cult leader, black supremacist, and convicted child molester, best known as the founder of the Nuwaubian Nation, a black sup ...
(born 1945)
Khodr
People with the given name
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Khodr Alama
Khodr Alama, sometimes written as Khodr Alameh or Khodr Alame (Arabic: خضر علامة; born December 3, 1963), is a Lebanese music executive and entrepreneur. He is the founder and current CEO of Backstage Production. He is the brother and m ...
(born 1963), Lebanese music executive and entrepreneur
People with the surname
*George Khodr, Metropolitan of Archdiocese of Mount Lebanon, Byblos and Botrys of the
Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch (), also known as the Antiochian Orthodox Church and legally as the Rum (endonym), Rūm Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East (), is an autocephalous Greek Orthodox church within the wider ...
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Jihad Khodr (born 1983), Brazilian professional surfer
*Salam Khodr, Lebanese journalist and correspondent
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Zeina Khodr, international journalist and TV news correspondent
Khudr
People with the given and middle name
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Ismail Khudr Al-Shatti, Kuwaiti politician
People with the surname
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Humood AlKhudher (born 1989), Kuwaiti singer
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Ahlam Khudr, Sudanese activist
Places
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Sahwat al-Khudr
Sahwat al-Khudr (; also spelled ''Sahwat al-Khidr'' or ''Sahwet el-Khodar'') is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the al-Suwayda District of the al-Suwayda Governorate, located south of al-Suwayda. In the 2004 census, it had a p ...
, village in southern Syria
Xidir
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Pîr Xidir Silêman
Pîr Xidir Silêman (1952 - 15 November 2021) was a Kurdish-Yazidi writer, teacher and parliamentarian. He was born 1952 in the town of Ain Sifni in Shekhan, Iraq. He completed his secondary education in Shekhan in 1970 and studied Kurdish langu ...
(1952–2021), Yazidi-Kurdish academic, writer, politician and scholar
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