Saqr ( 'hawk') or Sakr is an Arabic given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Saqr

Saqr Geroushi Saqr Adam Geroushi (Arabic: صقر ادم الجروشي) is a Libyan military officer who is the Chief of Staff of the Libyan Air Force that supports Marshal Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army faction. Geroushi was reinstated as the head of th ...

, Libyan military officer *

Saqr Ghobash Saqr Ghobash (born 1952) is an Emirati politician. He has been President of the Federal National Council since 2019. Previously he served as minister of labor and UAE ambassador to USA. He graduated from the Police Academy in Sudan in 1973, and ...

, Emirati politician * Saqr bin Mohammad Al Qasimi (c. 1920–2010), Emîr, ruler of Ras Al Khaimah *

Saqr bin Muhammed bin Saqr Al-Qasimi Al Qasimi (, spelled sometimes as Al Qassimi or Al Qassemi; plural: Al Qawasem and, archaically, Joasmee) is an Arab dynasty in the Persian Gulf that rules Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah, today forming two of the seven emirates of the United Arab ...

(died 2007), member of the royal Al-Qasimi family *

Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi Saqr III bin Sultan Al Qasimi (1924 – 9 November 1993) was the ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah, a Trucial State and now one of the United Arab Emirates, from May 1951 to 24 June 1965. Saqr was the eldest son of Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi II, ...

(1924–1993), Emir, ruler of Sharjah (1951 to 1965) *

Saqr bin Zayed Al Nahyan Saqr bin Zayed Al Nahyan was the Ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1926 to 1928. He was the half brother of Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan (Ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1922 to 1926), whom he shot and killed to become Ruler himself. He was the uncle of Z ...

(1887–1928), third ruler of Abu Dhabi

as bin Saqr

* Ahmed bin Saqr al-Qassimi, Chairman of the Ras Al Khaimah Department of Customs and Seaports * Khalid bin Saqr Al Qasimi (

fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...

1958–2003), former Crown Prince and deputy ruler of Ras al-Khaimah *

Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi Sheikh Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi (1781–1866) was the Sheikh of the Qawasim and ruled the towns of Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah, Jazirah Al Hamra and Rams; all within the then Trucial States and now part of the United Arab Emirates. Briefly a ...

(1781–1866), Sheikh of the

Qawasim Al Qasimi (, spelled sometimes as Al Qassimi or Al Qassemi; plural: Al Qawasem and, archaically, Joasmee) is an Arab dynasty in the Persian Gulf that rules Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah, today forming two of the seven emirates of the United Arab ...

as bint Saqr

* Asmaa bint Saqr Al Qasimi (2008–2013), UAE poet

Surname

Sakr

Antoine Sakr Antoine Sakr (; also spelled Sacre) was a Lebanese footballer who played as an full-back. He played for DPHB, Racing Beirut, and Sagesse at club level, and the Lebanon national team internationally. Sakr took part in Lebanon's first interna ...

, Lebanese footballer * Abd El-Karim Sakr (1918–1994), Egyptian football player *

Habib Abou Sakr H.E. Dr Habib Abou-Sakr is a Lebanese Maronite Maronites (; ) are a Syriac Christianity, Syriac Christian ethnoreligious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant (particularly Lebanon) whose members belong to the Maronite Chu ...

, Lebanese Maronite academic * Joseph Sakr (1939-1997), Lebanese folkloric and pop singer and stage actor *

Karol Sakr Karol Etienne Sakr (, alternative spelling Carole Sakr or Carole Saqr; born August 11, 1969) is a Lebanese singer who is most known for her English songs in the 1980s. She is the daughter of the Lebanese Maronite exiled politician Etienne Sakr ...

(born 1969), Lebanese singer * Laila Shereen Sakr (born 1971), known by her moniker VJ Um Amel, Egyptian–American digital media theorist and artist *

Naomi Sakr Naomi Sakr is a British professor, author and public speaker. Her background is as a journalist, editor and country analyst with ''The Economist''. After earning a PhD from the University of Westminster in 1999, she became a Senior Lecturer ...

, British professor, author and public speaker *

Okab Sakr Okab Sakr or Oakab Saker (; born 4 March 1975) is a Lebanese journalist and politician who lost his father before he was born during the beginning of the Lebanese civil war. Sakr won a seat in the Lebanese parliament on 7 June 2009, and one of f ...

(born 1975), Lebanese journalist and politician * Pascale Sakr (born 1964), Lebanese singer * Yasser Sakr (born 1977), amateur Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler

Saqr

Abdel Mageed Saqr Abdel Mageed Ahmed Abdel Mageed Saqr (; born 27 June 1955) is an Egyptian colonel general who is the current minister of defense of Egypt since 2 July 2024. Military education * Bachelor's degree of military sciences from Egyptian Military ...

(born 1955), Egyptian minister of defense * Ahmed Al Saqr (born 1970), Lebanese football player *

Etienne Saqr Étienne Saqr (; born on 26 December 1937; last name also spelt Sakr), also known by his kunya Abu Arz (), is a Lebanese nationalist leader and founder of the Guardians of the Cedars militia and political party. Saqr and his militia participat ...

(born 1937), far-right, Lebanese nationalist leader *

Ihab Saqr A member of the Vanguards of Conquest, Ihab Abdallah Saqr (, alternatively ''Ihab Muhammad Saqr'') was believed to have coordinated the bombing of the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad and was a high-priority target for the CIA when he was captured in ...

, believed to have coordinated the 1995 bombing of the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad *

Mohamed Saqr Mohamed Saqr Ahmed (born 17 May 1981) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Qatar Stars League sides Al Sadd and Al Khor. Born in Senegal, he represented the Qatar national team. In 2011, Saqr was a vital part of th ...

(born 1981), Qatari football player *

Muhammad Jamal Saqr Muhammad Jamal Saqr (; born March 20, 1966) is an Egyptian writer, academic, and poet, specializing in Arabic language sciences, especially grammar, morphology and presentation. He works as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Dar al-Ulum at ...

(born 1966), Egyptian writer, academic and poet

Given name

Saqr

as bin Saqr

as bint Saqr

Surname

Sakr

Saqr

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