Mamdouh
Appearance
Pronunciation | Arabic: [mamduːħ] |
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Gender | boy |
Origin | |
Word/name | Arabic |
Meaning | "One who is commended", "praised", "glorified" |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Mamduh, Memduh, Memdouh |
Mamdouh (also spelled Mamduh or Memduh, Arabic: ممدوح) is a masculine given name and also, a surname. People with the name include:
Given name
- Mamdouh Abbas, Egyptian businessman, twice Zamalek chairman
- Mamdouh Bahri (born 1957), jazz guitarist who has combined Afro-Mediterranean music with a jazz tradition
- Mamdouh Habib, Egyptian born Australian Muslim detained in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps
- Mamdouh Ismail, Egyptian defence attorney and a former member of "the Jihad group"
- Mamdouh Hosny Khalil (born 1964), Egyptian politician
- Mamdouh Kashlan (born 1929), Syrian painter
- Mamdouh Mahmud Salim (born 1958), alleged co-founder of the Islamist terrorist network al-Qaeda
- Mamdouh Marei (1938–2018), Egyptian jurist and politician
- Mamdouh Salem (1918–1988), Prime Minister of Egypt from 1975 to 1978
- Mamdouh bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1940), Saudi royal
- Memduh Ün (1920–2015), Turkish film producer and director
Surname
- Alia Mamdouh (born 1944), Iraqi novelist, author and journalist living in exile in Paris, France
See also
- Mamdouh Ibrahim Ahmed Habib v. George Bush (Civil Action No. 02-CV-1130), writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of Guantanamo detainee