Asmar (name)
Asmar (Arabic: الأسمر) is a unisex given name and a surname which is mostly used by Muslims. It has two meaning: brown and a dark-skinned person.[1]
Notable people with the name include:
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Given name
- Asmar Asmar (born 1930), Lebanese Syriac physician and politician
- Asmar Bilal (born 1997), American football player
- Asmar Latin Sani (c. 1975 or 1976–2003), Indonesian al-Qaeda member
Surname
- Abd As-Salam Al-Asmar (1455–1575), Muslim saint
- Andre Afram Asmar, American hip hop producer
- Driss El-Asmar (born 1975), Moroccan football player
- Fouzi El Asmar (1937–2013), Palestinian American journalist, writer and poet
- Hamad Al-Asmar (born 1987), Jordanian football player
- Hassan El Asmar (1959–2011), Egyptian actor and singer
- Maria Theresa Asmar (1804–c. 1870), Iraqi Chaldean writer
- Maya Hossam Asmar, known as Maya Nasri (born 1976), Lebanese singer
- Nidal Asmar (born 1969), Lebanese-born Australian sport shooter
- Simon Asmar (1943–2019), Lebanese television director and producer
- Yoland Asmar (1930–1988), Syrian actress and singer
See also
References
- Patrick Hanks, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4.
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