List of Famous people named Nizar
Nizar Qabbani
Nizar Tawfiq Qabbani was a Syrian diplomat, poet, writer and publisher. His poetic style combines simplicity and elegance in exploring themes of love, eroticism, feminism, religion, and Arab nationalism. Qabbani is one of the most revered contemporary poets in the Arab world, and is considered to be Syria's National Poet.
Nizar Baraka
Nizar Baraka is a Moroccan politician of the Istiqlal Party. He is the grandson of nationalist Allal Al Fassi.
Nizar Zakka
Nizar Zakka is a Lebanese national who was arrested by Iran in 2015, and was imprisoned until 2019 on charges of espionage for the United States. Zakka worked as an Internet freedom advocate and served as secretary general of the Arab Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Organization (IJMA3) in Washington, D.C., and is a US permanent resident.
Nizar Rayan
Nizar Rayan was a high ranking Hamas leader who served as a liaison between the Palestinian organization's political leadership and its military wing. Also a professor of Islamic law, he became a top Islamic cleric within Hamas after the death of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in 2004. Rayan was a strong promoter between 1994 and 2004 of suicide bombings on Israel, and his son killed himself on one such mission. Rayan and most of his family were killed in an Israeli airstrike during the Gaza War.
Nizar Madani
Nizar bin Obaid Madani was the state minister for foreign affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Nizar al-Samarrai
Nizar al-Haraki
Nizar Francis
Nizar Mahrous
Nizar Hamed Mahrous, known as Abu Hamed, is a Syrian football manager and former player who is the manager of the Syria national team.