Safwat is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Safwat El-Sherif (1933-2021), former Egyptian politician, former speaker of the Egyptian Shura Council * Safwat Ghayur (1959–2010), senior two-star police officer in the

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a province of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the fourth largest province of Paki ...

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

* Safwat Hegazi (born 1963), Egyptian imam and television preacher, banned from the UK for stirring-up hatred * Safwat al-Din Khatun (died 1295), known as

Padishah Khatun Safwat al-Din Khatun (1256–1295 ,), otherwise known as Padishah Khatun (), was the ruler of Kirman from 1292 until 1295 as a member of the Qutlugh-Khanid dynasty in Persia and a poet in Persian language. Life She was born in 125 ...

, ruler of Kirman in Persia from 1291 until 1295 * Jehan Safwat Raouf (1933-2021), widow of Anwar Sadat, First Lady of

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

from 1970 to 1981 * Ahmed Safwat (1947-2003), former Egyptian professional squash player * Mahmoud Safwat (1929-2015), intelligence officer and Olympic gymnast *

Mohamed Safwat Mohamed Safwat (; born 19 September 1990) is an Egyptian tennis player. Safwat has been a regular player on the Egypt Davis Cup team since 2009. Safwat has won one singles and three titles in doubles on the ATP Challenger Tour. He is currently t ...

(born 1990), Egyptian tennis player

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