Adel (name)
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Adel is an Arabic male name that is derived from the Arabic word "Adl" which means fairness and justice. It is commonly used in Muslim
countries, and sometimes used by Coptic Christians throughout the Middle East. It is not to be confused with the similar female name Adele
(also spelled Adelle), which has a different pronunciation, although rarely it may appear without the "e" on the end.
Muslim world
The term Muslim world has several meanings. In a religious sense, it refers to those who adhere to the teachings of Islam, referred to as Muslims. In a cultural sense, it refers to Islamic civilization, inclusive of non-Muslims living in that civilization...
countries, and sometimes used by Coptic Christians throughout the Middle East. It is not to be confused with the similar female name Adele
Adele
Adele is a female given name of European origin used in English, French, German and Italian with a meaning of noble, kind, and tender...
(also spelled Adelle), which has a different pronunciation, although rarely it may appear without the "e" on the end.
Given name
- Adel Abdel BaryAdel Abdel BaryAdel Mohammed Abd Almagid Abdel Bary is an Egyptian militant who, together with fellow Egyptian Ibrahim Hussein Abdel Hadi Eidarous until the latter's death, have been in the custody of the United Kingdom since 1999, fighting extradition to the United States, where they are wanted in connection...
(born 1960), Egyptian militant - Adel AbdessemedAdel AbdessemedAdel Abdessemed is a conceptual artist who lives and works in Paris, France. He is represented by David Zwirner, New York and Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv....
(born 1971), Algerian artist - Adel AbdulazizAdel AbdulazizAdel Abdul Aziz is a professional football wingback defender from the United Arab Emirates...
(born 1980), Emirati footballer - Adel AbdulhehimAdel AbdulhehimAdel Abdulhehim or Adel Abdul Hakim is a citizen of the People's Republic of China from the Uighur ethnic group who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States-controlled Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba....
(born 1974), Chinese terrorism suspect - Adel AbdullahAdel AbdullahAdel Abdullah is a Syrian footballer. He currently plays for Al-Karamah, which competes in the Syrian Premier League the top division in Syria...
(born 1984), Syrian footballer - Adil AhmedAdil AhmedSyed Adil Ahmed is a Bangladeshi cricketer who has played three first-class and two List A games during his career. He made his debut in the 2001-02 season, playing for Barisal Division against Rajshahi Division. He played his final game in the 2004-05 cricket season, for Dhaka Division against his...
, Bangladeshi cricketer - Adel AmroucheAdel AmroucheAdel Amrouche is an Algerian football manager and former player. He is currently the manger of the Burundi national football team.-Club career:...
(born 1968), Algerian football manager - Adel ArnaoutAdel ArnaoutAdel Mohamed Arnaout is an alleged criminal landed Lebanese immigrant living in Toronto, Ontario, who is accused of sending three letter bombs out to residents of the Greater Toronto area in August 2007....
(born 1970), Lebanese criminal - Adil BasherAdil BasherAdil Basher , was an Iraqi football player and coach that led Iraq to the 1964 and 1966 Arab Cup.- Early life and education :He was born in Mosul, Iraq in 1926...
(1926–1978), Iraqi footballer - Adel BatterjeeAdel BatterjeeAdel bin Abdul-Jalil Batterjee is a noted Saudi Arabian businessman and philanthropist, most widely known as the incorporator of the U.S., Canadian, and Saudi Arabian branches of the purported terrorist funding conduit Benevolence International Foundation...
, Saudi businessman - Adil BelgaïdAdil Belgaïd-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
(born 1970), Moroccan judoka - Adel BencherifAdel BencherifAdel Bencherif is a French actor of Tunisian origin.He is most famous for his role in the 2009 film A Prophet.-Filmography:*2004: Safia et Sarah*2005: Ze film*2006: Paris, je t'aime*2006: Cages*2006: Djihad!...
, French actor - Adil ÇarçaniAdil ÇarçaniAdil Çarçani was an Albanian politician in the Communist regime led by Enver Hoxha. He served as the titular head of the Albanian government in the years immediately preceding the fall of the Communist regime....
(1922–1997), Albanian politician - Adel ChedliAdel ChedliAdel Ben-Bechir Chedli is a Tunisian football player currently playing for FC Istres.-Football career:He was born and raised in France although joined the Manchester United academy in 1995. After 1 year at the club he earned his only first team experience in a closed doors friendly against...
(born 1976), Tunisian footballer - Adil ChihiAdil ChihiAdil Chihi is a German-born Moroccan footballer playing for 1. FC Köln in the German Bundesliga. His regular position is in midfield, but he can play in Forward when required....
(born 1988), Moroccan footballer - Adel DarwishAdel DarwishAdel Darwish is a British journalist, author, historian, broadcaster and political commentator, specialising on Middle Eastern politics.Darwish is a veteran Fleet Street foreign correspondent and has written for The Daily Telegraph and The Independent, as well as maintaining his online blog and...
(born 1954), Egyptian journalist - Adil DoğançayAdil DogançayAdil Doğançay, the father of Burhan Dogançay, was born in Istanbul in 1900. He was an officer in the Turkish army and also a well-known painter. His works are predominantly impressionistic land- and seascapes as well as still lifes in oil on canvas...
(1900−1990), Turkish painter - Adel EidAdel EidAdel Eid is an Egyptian-Finnish football player who is the son of an Egyptian father and a Finnish mother. He currently plays for PK-35.- Career :...
(born 1984), Egyptian-Finnish footballer - Adel EmamAdel EmamAdel Imam , , born May 17, 1940 in El Mansoura , is a popular Egyptian movie and stage actor. He is primarily a comedian, but he has starred in more serious works and, especially in his earlier films, has combined comedy with romance.Emam earned a Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture from Cairo...
(born 1940), Egyptian actor - Adel al-Gazzar (born 1965), Egyptian terrorism suspect
- Adel FellousAdel FellousAdel Fellous is a rugby league player for Lezignan Sangliers club in the French Elite One Championship.His usual position is prop-forward, and he is an experienced French international who has played for Catalans Dragons and Toulouse Olympique.France forward Adel Fellous has joined injury-hit Hull...
(born 1978), French rugby league player - Adel FerdosipourAdel FerdosipourAdel Ferdosipour , is an Iranian journalist, translator, football commentator and television show host and producer. He is the host and producer of the famous and popular TV show: Navad Adel Ferdosipour (Persian:عادل فروسی پور ; born 1974, Tehran, Iran), is an Iranian journalist, translator,...
(born 1974), Iranian journalist - Adel GuemariAdel GuemariAdel Guemari is a French professional footballer of Algerian descent. He currently plays for USM Annaba in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.-External links:*...
(born 1984), French footballer - Adel El Hadi (born 1980), Algerian footballer
- Adel HammoudaAdel HammoudaAdel Hammouda is the editor in chief for the Egyptian newspaper El Fagr.- References :...
(born 1968), Egyptian writer - Adel Hassan HamadAdel Hassan Hamad-Lawsuit:On May 14, 2008 the Daily Times of Pakistan reported that "Salim Mahmud Adam" and "Adel Hasan Hamad" had announced plans to sue the United States government over their detention....
(born 1958), Sudanese terrorism suspect - Adel bin Ibrahim HkimlAdel bin Ibrahim HkimlAdel Bin Ahmed Bin Ibrahim Hkiml is a citizen of Tunisia currently held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba after being classified as an enemy combatant by the United States's. The Department of Defense reports that he was born on March 27, 1965...
(born 1965), Tunisian terrorism suspect - Adel HumoudAdel Humoud-References:...
(born 1986), Kuwaiti footballer - Adil IbragimovAdil IbragimovAdil Abukayevich Ibragimov is a Russian football player. Currently, he plays for FC Fakel Voronezh. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on June 13, 2009 for FC Khimki in a game against FC Spartak Moscow.-External links: -References:...
(born 1989), Russian footballer - Adel IskandarAdel IskandarAdel Iskandar is a British-born Middle East media scholar, postcolonial theorist, analyst, and academic. He is the author and co-author of several works on Arab media, most prominently an analysis of the Arab satellite station Al Jazeera...
(born 1977), British academic - Adel al-JubeirAdel al-JubeirAdel A. Al-Jubeir is the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States, and a former foreign policy advisor to King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia. He is a well-known representative of the Saudi kingdom in the West, particularly the United States. Al-Jubeir presented his credentials to...
(born 1962), Saudi politician - Adil KhanAdil KhanAdil Khan is a Norwegian dancer and actor of Punjabi/Pashtun descent. Adil came to the limelight when he won Dansefeber,...
(born 1983), Norwegian actor - Adel KamelAdel KamelDr. Adel Kamel عادل كامل was a Music critic, musicologist and composer.He was one of the writers in Watani newspaper, the founder of “Panorama” section, a lecturer in Universities in Egypt and abroad, a member of jury in international choir competitions, amember of many international...
(1942–2003), Egyptian musicologist - Adel KarasholiAdel KarasholiAdel Karasholi is a German and Arabic writer of Syrian origin.-Life:Adel Karasholi was born in a family of Kurdish extraction. Already a published poet in his youth, he founded a literary magazine in Damascus which was banned by the Syrian government...
(born 1936), German writer - Adel KolahkajAdel KolahkajAdel Kolahkaj is an Iranian football player. He currently plays for the IPL club Mes Kerman. He usually plays in the midfielder position.-ClubCareer:...
(born 1985), Iranian footballer - Adel LabibAdel LabibAdel Labib is the former governor of Alexandria, and the former governor of Qena Governorate and Beheira Governorate.-Notes:...
, Egyptian politician - Adel LakhdariAdel LakhdariAdel Lakhdari is an Algerian football player. He currently plays for ES Sétif in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.-Club career:On January 12, 2011, Lakhdari signed a two and a half year contract with ES Sétif.-External links:...
(born 1989), Algerian footballer - Adel Lami (born 1985), Qatari footballer
- Adel Ben Mabrouk (born 1970), Tunisia terrorism suspect
- Adel MaïzaAdel MaïzaAdel Maïza is an Algerian football player who is currently playing as a defender for USM Annaba.-Club career:* 2003-2005 CS Constantine * 2005-2008 ES Sétif * 2008 Al Ahli Jeddah * 2009-pres...
(born 1983), Algerian footballer - Adel MannaAdel MannaDr. Adel Manna is a historian specializing in Palestine in the Ottoman period. He is the director of the Academic Institute for Arab Teacher Training at Beit Berl College, and the former head of the Department for Arab Society in Israel at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.-Works:*The Notables of...
(born 1947), Israeli historian - Adel MassaadAdel MassaadAdel Massaad is a professional table tennis player. In 2007, he qualified to participate in the Summer Olympics 2008. He was born in Moers.- References :*...
(born 1964), Egyptian table tennis player - Adel MessaliAdel MessaliAdel Messali is an Algerian footballer. He currently plays for MC El Eulma in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.-Club career:On June 16, 2008, Messali started for JSM Béjaïa in the final of the 2007–08 Algerian Cup...
(born 1983), Algerian footballer - Adel MouwdaAdel MouwdaSheikh Adel Al Mouwda was the second deputy chairman of Bahrain's parliament of 2002, the Chamber of Deputies, and the former leader of salafist party, Asalah...
, Bahraini politician - Adel MuradAdel MuradH.E Adel Murad was the previous ambassador of Iraq in Romania. He previously served as representative of PUK in Baghdad under Iraq's Transitional Government and a Representative of Jalal Talabani in Damascus...
(born 1949), Iraqi politician - Adil NajamAdil NajamAdil Najam is a globally renowned Pakistani academic and intellectual. He is a leading expert on issues related to developing country environmental policy, especially climate change, and also on the politics of South Asia. He was the Director of the Frederick S...
, American writer - Adel NassiefAdel NassiefAdel Nassief is a Coptic painter specializing in Coptic art. He has some work on display on the external wall of a Coptic church in Paris and some work in the Cairo modern art museum and in Coptic churches in Damanhour and Alexandria...
(born 1962), Egyptian painter - Adel NefziAdel NefziAdel Nefzi is a Tunisian football player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for the Club Africain.Nefzi originally played for the Olympique de Béja before moving to the US Monastir and then to the Club Africain....
(born 1974), Tunisian footballer - Adel NooriAdel NooriAdel Noori is an Uyghur refugee best known for the more than seven years he was wrongly imprisoned in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 584....
(born 1979), Uyghur refugee - Adil al-Nusayri, Saudi Arabian terrorist
- Adil OmarAdil OmarAdil Omar is a rapper and singer-songwriter from Islamabad, Pakistan. He is one of the few hip-hop artists from Pakistan and musicians from the region to write and perform in English. He has also collaborated with mainstream artists such as Cypress Hill, Xzibit, Everlast, Kool G Rap, DJ Lethal of...
(born 1991), Pakistani rapper and singer-songwriter - Adel OsseiranAdel OsseiranAdel Osseiran was a prominent Lebanese politician and statesman, a former Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, and one of the founding fathers of the Lebanese Republic....
(1905−1998), Lebanese politician - Adil RamziAdil RamziAdil Ramzi is a Moroccan footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for the Dutch club Roda JC Kerkrade.-International career:He was a member of the Moroccan national team. So far, he has played 26 international matches for Morocco, and scored twice. He also played in 1997 FIFA World Youth...
(born 1977), Moroccan footballer - Adil RashidAdil RashidAdil Usman Rashid is an English cricketer of Pakistani origins, who plays for Yorkshire. Previously a player with England Under-19s, in December 2008, he was called into the full England Test squad, for the Test matches to be played in India...
(born 1988), English cricketer - Adil Serdar SaçanAdil Serdar SaçanAdil Serdar Saçan is a famous Turkish police chief who has overseen numerous high-profile investigations. He supervises the Istanbul police force's Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Department , which he established in 1998....
, Turkish police chief - Adel Al-SaraawiAdel Al-SaraawiAdel Al-Saraawi is a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the third district. Born in 1962, Al-Saraawi studied accounting before being elected to the National Assembly in 2003. He is considered an Independent deputy, but affiliates with the Islamist members...
(born 1962), Kuwaiti politician - Adel SedraAdel SedraAdel S. Sedra is an Egyptian Canadian electrical engineer and professor.-Career:Born in Egypt in 1943, Sedra received his B.Sc. from Cairo University in 1964 and his M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, in 1968 and 1969, respectively...
(born 1943), Egyptian Canadian electrical engineer - Adel Sellimi (born 1972), Tunisian footballer
- Adil ShayakhmetovAdil ShayakhmetovAdil Shayakhmetuly Shayakhmetov was the head of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee from December 2009 to August 2010.-Personal life:...
(born 1956), Kazakhstani politician - Adel Omar SherifAdel Omar SherifJustice Dr. Dr. h.c. Adel Omar Sherif is the Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt and a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at the Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University Dallas, USA....
, Egyptian judge - Adel SmithAdel SmithAdel Smith, born in 1960 as Emilio Smith in Alexandria, Egypt, is an Italian Muslim known for his radical stances and often accused of fundamentalism. He is the son of a Naples-born Italian architect of Scottish descent and an Egyptian woman. Smith relocated to Italy as a child and later made a...
(born 1960), Italian Muslim convert - Adil al-SudaniAdil al-SudaniAn Islamist militant, Adil al-Sudani was executed by Egypt in 1998 for his part in a plot targeting the Khan-i-Khalili marketplace.In 1993, he had helped Ahmad Ibrahim al-Sayyid al-Naggar escape his prison sentence by ferrying him out of Egypt on a false passport to Amman....
(died 1998), Islamist militant - Adel TamanoAdel TamanoAdel Fadel Abbas Tamano is a Filipino lawyer and politician. He is the spokesperson of the United Opposition and also one of its candidates running for the position of Senator of the Philippines...
(born 1970), Filipino lawyer - Adel TaarabtAdel TaarabtAdel Taarabt is a Moroccan footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers as an Attacking midfielder and can also be used as a winger....
(born 1989), Moroccan footballer - Adel TawilAdel TawilAdel Tawil , is a German singer part of the popular German pop duo Ich + Ich, after being part earlier of the German boy band The Boyz.-Family background:...
(born 1978), German singer - Adel TlatliAdel TlatliAdel Tlatli is the long-time head coach of the Tunisia national basketball team. He has coached the team since the FIBA Africa Championship 2001. At the FIBA Africa Championship 2009, Tlatli led the team to a bronze medal, earning the nation's first ever FIBA World Championship berth.-Notes:...
, Tunisian basketball coach - Adel YahyaAdel YahyaAdel Yahya is one of six men convicted in connection with alleged attempted bombings in London on 21st July 2005.He was accused of assisting in the planning of the attacks but not of actually attempting to detonate a bomb himself. At his original trial the jury failed to reach a verdict...
, Ethiopian born British terrorism suspect - Adel al Zamel (born 1963), Kuwaiti terrorism suspect
- Adel al-ZubeidiAdel al-ZubeidiAdel al-Zubeidi was a defense attorney during the Hussein Trials on the legal team representing Taha Yassin Ramadan.He was killed on November 8, 2005, by three gunmen driving in either an Opel or a "government vehicle" outside Adil, a Sunni neighbourhood of Baghdad. He was traveling with Thamer...
(died 2005), Iraqi lawyer - Adil ZulfikarpašićAdil ZulfikarpašicAdil Zulfikarpašić was a prominent Bosniak politician and intellectual.-Biography:Adil Zulfikarpašić was born in Foča, a town along the River Drina in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia ....
(1921–2008), Bosniak politician and intellect
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- Ahmad AdelAhmad AdelAhmad Adel is an Egyptian footballer. He plays the right back position for El-Ittihad El-Iskandary .He is a talented young defender who transferred to Al-Ahly in January 2007. He is known for fast performance. Adel was playing for Al-Ahly until the age of 16, when his family traveled to live in...
(born 1984), Egyptian footballer - Ahmed AdilAhmed AdilOn March 3, 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a six page summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.- Letter to the Secretary of State :...
(born 1973), Guantanamo detainee - Amr AdelAmr AdelAmr Adel is an Egyptian football defender. He currently plays for Egyptian club Wadi Degla Sporting Club, having previously played for Zamalek and El Geish. Amr plays across the back three, four or five, but is usually centre-back. He is known for his no-nonsense style of defending.-References:...
(born 1980), Egyptian footballer - Buyong AdilBuyong AdilBuyong Adil was a National Historian of Malaysia.. At that time, Buyong was a nickname given by parents to their favourite child.-Education and Career:...
(1907–1976), Malaysian historian - Farhan AdilFarhan AdilFarhan Adil is a former Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler....
(born 1977), Pakistani cricketer - Saif al-AdelSaif al-AdelSaif al-Adel is an Egyptian explosives expert and a high-ranking member of al-Qaeda.Adel is under indictment for his part in the 1998 United States embassy bombings in Africa...
, Egyptian explosives expert and al-Qaeda member - Sardar Adel (born 1987), Iraqi footballer
- Sharon den AdelSharon den AdelSharon Janny den Adel is a Dutch singer and composer, best known as the lead vocalist and one of the main songwriters in the Dutch symphonic metal/rock band Within Temptation...
(born 1974), Dutch singer and composer - Zizi Adel (born 1987), Egyptian singer