Nawar
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- An Arabic family name, also a male name.
- Name of a famous family in Egypt.
- Subsidizing from Nawwar Pasha in Rashid who had a famous story of gifting the egyptian Khedive with gold equals to the weight of his daughter to marry his son.
Currently most of the family lives in Cairo and divided into 2 main sub-families, a Muslim and another Coptic, to name a few: Ibrahim Nawar known as Ibrahim Al Rashidy, is the most famous grandson of Nawwar Pasha, he moved to cairo in the late 19th to the early 20th century to reside in Cairo, mainly in AL SAYEDDA neighborhood were a famous street was and still named under his name "Ibrahim Nawwar street" and the some of the main family houses are still in the neighborhood although sold by his Grandsons. Another grandson is Mahmoud Nawwar, were he reside is in Hellwan neighborhood in which the family still Lives in that neighborhood till this day and have famous business, houses & families in Hellwan neighborhood living till today.