Ammar (name)
Encyclopedia
Ammar is an Arabic, Indian, Gothic name and may refer to:
Given name
- Amar (singer)Amar (singer)Amar is a British Indiansinger signed to the independent label Sunset Entertainment Group. She is also the daughter of Mangal Singh . She is a singer and songwriter who writes her own material...
, British-Indian female singer, active since the 1990s - Ammar al-Baluchi, one of the funders of the September 11 attacks
- Ammar al-BakriAmmar al-BakriAmmar al-Bakri is an Iraqi judge who was the administrator of the Iraqi Special Tribunal to rule over the trial of Saddam Hussein. Al-Bakri was approved by the Iraqi National Council on October 4, 2004....
, Iraqi lawyer - Amar GuptaAmar GuptaAmar Gupta is the Thomas R. Brown Professor of Management and Technology in the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona, and also holds professorships in computer science and Latin American studies at Arizona.-Biography:...
, Indian computer scientist - Ammar al-HakimAmmar al-HakimSayyed Ammar al-Hakim is an Iraqi politician who leads the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, which was the largest party in Iraq's Council of Representatives from the 2003 Invasion of Iraq until the 2010 Iraqi elections....
, Iraqi politician - Ammar HassanAmmar HassanAmmar Hassan is a singer who rose to popularity around the world after placing second in Super Star 2, the pan-Arabic version of Pop Idol...
, Palestinian musician - Amar JaleelAmar Jaleel-Introduction:Qazi Abdul Jaleel , popularly known as Amar Jaleel, is a Sindhi fiction writer and a columnist whose columns appears in various Sindhi, Urdu and English-language dailies of Pakistan. He frequently plays with a dark sense of humor in his writings. Has authored 20 books...
, Pakistani writer - Ammar JemalAmmar JemalAmmar Jemal is a Tunisian footballer. He currently plays for the Fußball-Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln on loan.-Career:On 11 June 2009, Jemal was linked with a move to French club FC Nantes on a four year contract. This move would have reunited him with his former coach Gernot Rohr, but the transfer...
, Tunisian footballer - Amar LalAmar LalAmar Lal is the Prime Minister of Pakistan's advisor to minority affairs in the country. He was recently appointed by Muhammad Mian Soomro as special advisor to the control of madrassas in Pakistan, even though he is a Hindu.-References:...
, Pakistani politician - Amar OsimAmar OsimAmar Osim is a former Bosnian football player and now a manager. He is currently managing FK Željezničar.-Playing career:...
, Bosnian footballer - Ammar RihawiAmmar RihawiAmmar Rihawi is a retired Syrian international football midfielder.-International career:Rihawi was a part of the Syrian U-19 team that won the AFC U-19 Championship 1994 in Indonesia and he was a part of the Syrian U-20 team at the FIFA U-20 World Cup 1995 in Qatar...
, Syrian footballer - Ammar al-SaffarAmmar al-SaffarAmmar al-Saffar was the Deputy Health Minister of Iraq. On November 19, 2006, he became the highest-ranking Iraqi official to be kidnapped when he was seized by men in police uniforms....
, Iraqi politician - Ammar SiamwallaAmmar SiamwallaAmmar Siamwalla is one of Thailand's most prominent economists. His ancestors were Indians who immigrated and founded a local stationary business, .- Education :...
, Thai economist - Ammar ibn YasirAmmar ibn YasirʻAmmār ibn Yāsir al-Ansi was one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was one of the Muhajirun, and referred to as by Shia Muslims as one of the Four Companions....
, one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
Surname
- Akhil Reed AmarAkhil Reed AmarAkhil Reed Amar is an American legal scholar, an expert on constitutional law and criminal procedure. Having been the Southmayd Professor of Law at Yale Law School, he was named the Sterling Professor of Law there in 2008...
(b. 1958), professor of law at Yale - Ali AmmarAli AmmarAli Ammar ,, also known as Ali La Pointe, was a guerrilla leader who fought for Algerian independence against the French. In the film, The Battle of Algiers, he was portrayed by Brahim Haggiag....
, Algerian guerrilla leader - Ludu Daw AmarLudu Daw AmarLudu Daw Amar was a well known and respected leading dissident writer and journalist in Mandalay, Burma. She was married to fellow writer and journalist Ludu U Hla and was the mother of popular writer Nyi Pu Lay...
, Burmese writer from Mandalay - Michael Ammar, American magician
- Shlomo AmarShlomo AmarRabbi Shlomo Moshe Amar has been the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel and the Rishon LeZion since his appointment in 2003. His colleague is Rabbi Yona Metzger, the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel....
, the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel - Vikram AmarVikram AmarVikram David Amar is professor and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the UC Davis School of Law . Before becoming a professor, he clerked for Judge William A. Norris of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for Justice Harry Blackmun at the Supreme Court of the...
, professor of law at UC Davis
See also
- Arabic nameArabic nameLong ago, Arabic names were based on a long naming system; most Arabs did not simply have given/middle/family names, but a full chain of names. This system was in use throughout the Arab world. Today however, Arabic names are similar in structure to those of Modern and Western names...
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