Nawaf (Arabic: نواف) is an
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
name for males. People named Nawaf include:
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Nawaf Al Abed
Nawaf Shaker Fayrouz Al-Abed (; born 26 January 1990) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Al-Riyadh.
Club career Al-Hilal
In 2009, Al-Hilal signed in Al-Abed from their youth academy. On 7 November, Nawaf score ...
(born 1990), Saudi Arabian footballer
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Nawaf Ahmed
This is a list of Kuwaiti Twenty20 International cricketers.
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Kuwait and other ICC members after ...
(born 1992), Indian cricketer
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Nawaf Al-Aqidi (born 2000), Saudi Arabian professional footballer
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Nawaf Boushal (born 1999), Saudi Arabian professional footballer
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Nawaf Falah (born 1986), Iraqi footballer
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Nawaf al-Fares, Syrian ambassador to Iraq
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Nawaf Ghazaleh (1927–2005), Syrian assassin
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Nawaf Hazazi (born 2002), Saudi Arabian professional footballer
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Nawaf al-Hazmi
Nawaf Muhammad Salim al-Hazmi (; 9 August 1976 – 11 September 2001)''9/11 Commission Report'', 9/11 Commission, p. 166 was a Saudi terrorist hijacker who was one of five Organizers of the September 11 attacks, hijackers of American Airlines Fli ...
(1976–2001), Saudi hijacker of
American Airlines Flight 77
American Airlines Flight 77 was a scheduled domestic transcontinental passenger flight from Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. The Boeing 757-200 aircraft serving the flig ...
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Nawaf Al-Khaldi (born 1981), Kuwaiti footballer
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Nawaf Massalha (1943-2021), Israeli Arab politician
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Nawaf Mubarak (born 1981), Emirati footballer
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Nawaf Obaid
Nawaf Essam Ahmad Obaid (Arabic: نواف عصام احمد عبید) is a Saudi Arabian political scientist, and a former foreign policy and media advisor. He currently serves as the CEO of the Essam & Dalal OBAID Foundation (EDOF) in Geneva, a ...
, Saudi Arabian political scientist
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Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (; 25 June 1937 – 16 December 2023) was Emir of Kuwait from 2020 until his death in 2023.
He was minister of interior (1978–1988, 2003–2006), minister of defense (1988–1991) and deputy prime m ...
(1937-2023), Emir of Kuwait
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Nawaf Al-Sadi (born 2000), Saudi Arabian professional footballer
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Nawaf Salam
Nawaf Abdallah Salim Salam (; born 15 December 1953) is a Lebanese politician, diplomat, jurist and academic who has been serving as the 53rd prime minister of Lebanon since 8 February 2025. Salam previously sat on the International Court of Ju ...
(born 1953), Lebanese diplomat, academic, and jurist
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Nawaf bin Faisal Al Saud (born 1978), Saudi Arabian royal
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Nawaf Shukralla
Nawaf Abdullah Ghayyath Shukrallah (; born 13 October 1976) is a Bahraini football referee who has been a full international referee for FIFA.
In 2011, FIFA called him on duty at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
He has also officiated at other to ...
(born 1976), Bahraini football referee
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Nawaf Al-Sobhi (born 1990), Saudi Arabian professional footballer
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Nawaf Al-Temyat
Nawaf Bander Nawaf Al-Temyat (; born 28 June 1976) is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Al-Temyat played his entire club career with Al-Hilal, starting in 1994 and retiring in 2008. In 2000, he was nomi ...
(born 1976), Saudi Arabian footballer
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