Saqr

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

Given name

Saqr

• Saqr Geroushi, Libyan military officer
• Saqr Ghobash (born 1952), Emirati politician
• Saqr bin Mohammad Al Qasimi (1920–2010), Emîr, ruler of Ras Al Khaimah
• Saqr bin Muhammed bin Saqr Al-Qasimi (died 2007), member of the royal Al-Qasimi family
• 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, Chairman of the Ras Al Khaimah Department of Customs and Seaports
• Khalid bin Saqr Al Qasimi (born 1940), former Crown Prince and deputy ruler of Ras al-Khaimah
• Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi (1781–1866), Sheikh of the Qawasim

as bint Saqr

• Asmaa bint Saqr Al Qasimi, Emirati 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

• Abdel Mageed Saqr (born 1955), Egyptian minister of defense
• Ahmed Al Saqr (born 1970), Lebanese football player
• Etienne Saqr (born 1937), 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