Saqr

This article is about the Arabic human name. For other uses, see Saqr (disambiguation).

Saqr (Arabic: صقر 'hawk') or Sakr is an Arabic given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Saqr

• Saqr Geroushi, Chief of Staff of the Libyan Air Force
• Saqr Ghobash, Emirati politician
• Saqr bin Mohammad Al Qasimi (c. 1920–2010), Emîr, ruler of Ras Al Khaimah
• Saqr bin Muhammed bin Saqr Al-Qasimi (died 2007), a member of the royal Al-Qasimi family, was deputy ruler of Sharjah till 1994
• Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi (1924–1993), Emir, ruler of Sharjah (1951 to 1965)
• Saqr bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1887–1928), third ruler of Abu Dhabi

as bin Saqr

• Ahmed bin Saqr al-Qassimi (fl. 2009), Chairman of the Ras Al Khaimah Department of Customs and Seaports
• Khalid bin Saqr Al Qasimi (fl. 1958–2003), former Crown Prince and deputy ruler of Ras al-Khaimah
• Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi (18th century–1866), ruler of the emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah (1803–1840, 1840–1866)

as bint Saqr

• Asmaa bint Saqr Al Qasimi (2008–2013), UAE female poet

Surname

Sakr

• Antoine Sakr, Lebanese footballer
• Abd El-Karim Sakr (1918–1994), Egyptian football player
• Habib Abou Sakr, Lebanese Maronite academic
• Joseph Sakr (1939-1997), Lebanese folkloric and pop singer and stage actor
• Karol Sakr (born 1969), Lebanese singer
• Laila Shereen Sakr (born 1971), known by her moniker VJ Um Amel, Egyptian–American digital media theorist and artist
• Naomi Sakr, British professor, author and public speaker
• Okab Sakr (born 1975), Lebanese journalist and politician
• Pascale Sakr (born 1964), Lebanese singer
• Yasser Sakr (born 1977), amateur Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler

Saqr

• Ahmed Al Saqr (born 1970), Lebanese football player
• Etienne Saqr (born 1937) also known by his nom de guerre "Abu Arz", far-right, Lebanese nationalist leader
• Ihab Saqr, believed to have coordinated the 1995 bombing of the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad
• Mohamed Saqr (born 1981), Qatari football player
• Muhammad Jamal Saqr (born 1966), Egyptian writer, academic and poet

See also

• Sakhr (disambiguation)
• Sakir