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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 ...

: سعاد ''su‘ad'') and the variants Souad, Soad, stems from the Arabic verb ''sa‘ada'' (سَعَدَ - 'to be happy, fortunate or lucky') which the name means "good luck, good fortune, happiness, auspicious, prosperous, favorable". Suad is another variant from the Arabic given name Saad. Generally, the name is originally a female given name, however, men also use it as a given name. ''Suad'' is also the name of a tribe and the Arabic name of an ancient deity. The name which may refer to:

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Souad

* Souad, the author of ''

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'' * Souad Abderrahim (born 1964), Tunisian politician * Souad Abdullah (born 1950), Kuwaiti actress *

Souad Aït Salem Souad Aït Salem, also known as Souad Aït Mahour-Bacha (born 6 January 1979 in Mécheria, Algeria) is an Algerian long-distance runner who specializes mainly in the half marathon and marathon. She won gold in the 10,000 metres at the 2000 Africa ...

(born 1979), Algerian long-distance runner *

Souad Amidou Souad Amidou (born 4 July 1959) is a French actress. Biography She is the daughter of the actor Amidou. Her career started working with her father on the short film '' Le thé à la menthe'' in 1963. Then she was chosen by Claude Lelouch to ...

(born 1959), French actress * Souad Bendjaballah, Algerian lawyer, activist for women's rights and politician *

Souad Cherouati Souad Nefissa Cherouati (born 10 February 1989) is an Algerian swimmer. She competed in the women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. In 2019, she represented Algeria at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships ...

(born 1989), Algerian swimmer * Souad Dibi, Moroccan feminist activist *

Souad Dinar Souade Dinar Doual (born August 16, 1977) is a French weightlifter in the 58 kg weight class. In 1999, she finished 23rd at the World Championships in the 58 kg. She competed in the Women's 58 kg at the 2005 World Championships in Doha ...

(born 1977), French weightlifter *

Souad Faress Souad Adel Faress (born 25 March 1948) is a stage, radio, television and film actress based in United Kingdom. She is best known for her portrayal of the solicitor Usha Gupta, in the long-running BBC Radio 4 serial ''The Archers'' and for her ...

(born 1948), Ghanaian, British stage, radio, television and film actress of Syrian descent *

Souad Massi Souad Massi (; born August 23, 1972) is an Algerian Berber singer, songwriter and guitarist. She began her career performing in the Kabyle political rock band Atakor, before leaving the country following a series of death threats. In 1999, Massi ...

(born 1972), Algerian singer *

Souad Mekhennet Souad Mekhennet is an investigative journalist who has covered some of the most challenging stories of our times for ''The Washington Post'', ''The New York Times'', ''The Daily Beast'', ''International Herald Tribune'', ''Frankfurter Allgemeine ...

(born 1978), German journalist *

Souad Kassim Mohamed Souad Kassim Mohamed (; born 30 November 1976) is a Djiboutian linguist, scholar and playwright. Biography Mohamed was born in 1976. She studied in France at Jean Monnet University in Saint-Etienne, the University of Burgundy in Dijon, and th ...

(born 1976), Djiboutian linguist * Souad Nawfal, Syrian schoolteacher and activist * Souad Oulhaj (born 1974), Moroccan football referee *

Souad Titou Souad Titou (born 14 February 1986) is an Algerian team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players ...

(born 1986), Algerian handball player * ''Souad'' (film), an Egyptian film

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* Soad Fezzani, Libyan swimmer *

Soad Hosny Soad Mohammad Kamal Hosny (, ; 26 January 1943 – 21 June 2001) was an Egyptian actress. She was known as the "Cinderella of the Screen" and one of the most influential actresses in the Middle East and the Arab world. She is generally regarded a ...

(1943–2001), Egyptian actress and singer

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Suad Amiry Suad Amiry () (born 1951) is a Palestinian author and architect living in Ramallah. Education Her parents moved from Palestine to Amman, Jordan. She was brought up there and went to Lebanon's capital of Beirut to study architecture. She studied ...

(born 1951), Palestinian author and architect *

Suad al-Attar Suad al-Attar (Arabic, ''سعاد العطار''; born 1942) is an Iraqi painter whose work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The British Museum and the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Gulbenkian Collection. She has held over t ...

(born 1942), Iraqi painter *

Suad Beširević Suad Beširević (4 March 1963 – 28 September 2019) was a Slovene football manager and a professional football player. Playing career Club He was regarded as one of the best players of FK Borac Banja Luka, where he spent most of his career an ...

(1963-2019), Slovenian footballer and football manager of Bosnian origin *

Suad Fileković Suad Fileković (born 16 September 1978) is a Slovenian retired professional footballer. Club career Fileković played for Olimpija and Maribor in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, Hajduk Split in the Croatian Prva HNL, Ergotelis in the Greek Super Leag ...

(born 1978), Slovenian footballer *

Suad Gruda Suad Gruda (born 27 July 1991) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Montenegro and raised in Sweden, he represented Montenegro U21 national team internationally. Club career Gruda was born in Montenegro but ...

(born 1991), Swedish and Montenegrin footballer *

Suad Joseph Suad Joseph (; born 6 September 1943) received her doctorate in anthropology from Columbia University in 1975. Dr. Joseph is Professor of Anthropology and Women and Gender Studies at the University of California, Davis and in 2009 was President o ...

(born 1943), American anthropologist of Lebanese origin *

Suad Kalesić Suad Kalesić (born 1954) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian retired football defender who played in several clubs in Yugoslav First and Second League. Playing career Club Born in Tuzla,"Asovi Yu-Fudbala" page 46 SR Bosnia and Herzegovina back then wit ...

(born 1954), Bosnian footballer *

Suad Nasr Suad Nasr Abd El Aziz (; 26 December 1953 – 5 January 2007) was an Egyptian theatre, television, and film actress. She was born in Shubra, Cairo, Egypt. Her fame grew due to her role as the character "Maisa", whom she played in the TV series ' ...

(1953–2007), Egyptian stage, television, and film actress *

Suad Nokić Suad Nokić ( sr-cyrl, Суад Нокић; born 16 August 1993) is a Serbian-Bosniak retired footballer. Early career Suad Nokić born in Novi Pazar, began his career in his native Serbia playing for young team of FK Novi Pazar. In 2012 he made ...

(born 1993), Serbian-Bosniak footballer *

Suad Sahiti Suad Sahiti (born 6 February 1995) is a Kosovan professional association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, right winger for Football Superleague of Kosovo, Kosovo Superleague club KF Prishtina e Re, Prishtina e Re. Club care ...

(born 1995), Kosovo Albanian professional footballer * Suad Salih (born 1945), Egyptian comparative fiqh professor at Al-Azhar University *

Suad Šehović Suad Šehović (born 19 February 1987) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player. He is the older brother of professional basketball player Sead Šehović Sead Šehović ( sr-cyrl, Сеад Шеховић; born 22 August 1989) is a Monten ...

(born 1987), Montenegrin basketball player * Suad Al-Shammari (born 1966), Saudi Arabian women's rights activist * Suad Švraka (1927–1995), Bosnian and Yugoslav footballer * Suad Zeljković (born 1960), Bosnian politician who served as the Prime Minister of the Sarajevo Canton, one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's ten cantons

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* Mohamed Abdou El-Souad (born 1968), Egyptian pentathlete

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