# Kassar

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**Kassar** is an Arabic surname with two distinctive and different pronunciation and meaning, as قصار (with the qaf) or كسار (with the kaf). It may also carry the definite article as **Al Kassar** (being القصار or الكسار according to the qaf/kaf origin).

Notable people with the surname include:

**with the qaf origin (قصار)**

- [Adnan Kassar](/source/Adnan_Kassar) (1930–2025), Lebanese lawyer, banker, businessman and politician
- [Mario Kassar](/source/Mario_Kassar) (born 1951), Lebanese film producer and industry executive
- [Mireille Kassar](/source/Mireille_Kassar) (born 1963), Lebanese artist
- [Nadim Kassar](/source/Nadim_Kassar), Lebanese businessman and banker

**with the kaf origin (كسار)**

- [Ahmed Al-Kassar](/source/Ahmed_Al-Kassar), Saudi Arabian football player
- [Fahad Al-Kassar](/source/Fahad_Al-Kassar) (born 1973), Emirati football referee
- [Monzer al-Kassar](/source/Monzer_al-Kassar) (born 1945), also known as the "Prince of Marbella", Syrian international arms dealer
- [Sami Kassar](/source/Sami_Kassar), Saudi Arabian football player

**Others**

- [Ami Kassar](/source/Ami_Kassar), American small business advocate and loan broker
- [Ray Kassar](/source/Ray_Kassar) (1928–2017), American businessman and entrepreneur. President of Burlington Industries, Atari Inc. and others

## See also

- [Cassar](/source/Cassar), variant of Kassar, predominantly in Malta, but also in the Arab World
- [Qassar (disambiguation)](/source/Qassar_(disambiguation)) - [Qassar Khusayfah](/source/Qassar_Khusayfah), group of islets in Bahrain - [Qassar al Qulay`ah](/source/Qassar_al_Qulay%60ah), an island of Bahrain

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