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Revision as of 09:49, 13 August 2014
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| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Meaning | Solid stone from marou used to make fire in ancient times. |
Marwan (also spelled Marouane, Merouane, Mervan, or Merwan, Arabic: مروان) is an Arabic male name. It may refer to:
Given name
- Marwan
- Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi, King of Morocco (1576-1578)
- Marwan I, Umayyad caliph (623-685)
- Marwan II, Umayyad caliph (688-750)
- Marwan (rapper), Danish-Palestinian rapper Mohamed Marwan
- Marwan Ali, Tunisian pop singer
- Marwan Barghouti, leader of the Palestinian group Fatah
- Marwan Charbel, Lebanese general and politician
- Marwan Hamadeh, Lebanese politician
- Marwan Hamed, Egyptian film director
- Marwan Khoury, Lebanese artist
- Marwan al-Muasher, Jordanian politician
- Marwan al-Shehhi, Emirati hijacker-pilot who crashed United Airlines Flight 175 into the second World Trade Center tower
- Marwan Ragheb, Egyptian/Swiss Hospitality consultant
("marwan ibrhim") Presenter of the program koffee with Marwan
- Marouane
- Marouane Chamakh, a Moroccan-French footballer
- Marouane Fellaini, a Belgian footballer
- Merouane
- Merouane Abdouni, Algerian footballer
- Merouane Anane, Algerian footballer
- Merouane Kial, Algerian footballer
- Merouane Zemmama, Moroccan footballer
- Mervan
- Mervan Çelik, Swedish footballer of Kurdish descent
- Merwan
- Merwan Rim, French actor and singer-songwriter
Surname
- Ashraf Marwan, Egyptian businessman
- Asma bint Marwan, a medieval Arabian female poet (7th century)
- Ibn Marwan, chieftain in the Al-Andalus (9th century)
- Ubayd Allah Abu Marwan, general in the Al-Andalus (8th/9th century)
Fictional characters
- Habib Marwan, character in the TV drama 24
Other uses
- Marwanid (990-1085), Kurdish dynasty
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