# Saqr

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{{about|the Arabic human name|other uses|Saqr (disambiguation)}}
'''Saqr''' ({{langx|ar|صقر}} 'hawk') or '''Sakr''' is an Arabic given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

==Given name==
===Saqr===
*[Saqr Geroushi](/source/Saqr_Geroushi), Libyan military officer
*[Saqr Ghobash](/source/Saqr_Ghobash) (born 1952), Emirati politician
*[Saqr bin Mohammad Al Qasimi](/source/Saqr_bin_Mohammad_Al_Qasimi) (1920–2010), Emîr, ruler of Ras Al Khaimah
*[Saqr bin Muhammed bin Saqr Al-Qasimi](/source/Saqr_bin_Muhammed_bin_Saqr_Al-Qasimi) (died 2007), member of the royal Al-Qasimi family
*[Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi](/source/Saqr_bin_Sultan_Al_Qasimi) (1924–1993), Emir, ruler of Sharjah (1951 to 1965)
*[Saqr bin Zayed Al Nahyan](/source/Saqr_bin_Zayed_Al_Nahyan) (1887–1928), third ruler of Abu Dhabi

===as bin Saqr===
*[Ahmed bin Saqr al-Qassimi](/source/Ahmed_bin_Saqr_al-Qassimi), Chairman of the Ras Al Khaimah Department of Customs and Seaports
*[Khalid bin Saqr Al Qasimi](/source/Khalid_bin_Saqr_Al_Qasimi) (born 1940), former Crown Prince and deputy ruler of Ras al-Khaimah
*[Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi](/source/Sultan_bin_Saqr_Al_Qasimi) (1781–1866), Sheikh of the [Qawasim](/source/Al_Qasimi)

===as bint Saqr===
*[Asmaa bint Saqr Al Qasimi](/source/Asmaa_bint_Saqr_Al_Qasimi), Emirati poet

==Surname==
===Sakr===
*[Antoine Sakr](/source/Antoine_Sakr), Lebanese footballer
*[Abd El-Karim Sakr](/source/Abd_El-Karim_Sakr) (1918–1994), Egyptian football player
*[Habib Abou Sakr](/source/Habib_Abou_Sakr), Lebanese Maronite academic
*[Joseph Sakr](/source/Joseph_Sakr) (1939–1997), Lebanese folkloric and pop singer and stage actor
*[Karol Sakr](/source/Karol_Sakr) (born 1969), Lebanese singer
*[Laila Shereen Sakr](/source/Laila_Shereen_Sakr) (born 1971), known by her moniker VJ Um Amel, Egyptian–American digital media theorist and artist
*[Naomi Sakr](/source/Naomi_Sakr), British professor, author and public speaker
*[Okab Sakr](/source/Okab_Sakr) (born 1975), Lebanese journalist and politician
*[Pascale Sakr](/source/Pascale_Sakr) (born 1964), Lebanese singer
*[Yasser Sakr](/source/Yasser_Sakr) (born 1977), amateur Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler

===Saqr===
* [Abdel Mageed Saqr](/source/Abdel_Mageed_Saqr) (born 1955), Egyptian minister of defense
*[Ahmed Al Saqr](/source/Ahmed_Al_Saqr) (born 1970), Lebanese football player 
*[Etienne Saqr](/source/Etienne_Saqr) (born 1937), far-right, Lebanese nationalist leader
*[Ihab Saqr](/source/Ihab_Saqr), believed to have coordinated the 1995 bombing of the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad
*[Mohamed Saqr](/source/Mohamed_Saqr) (born 1981), Qatari football player
*[Muhammad Jamal Saqr](/source/Muhammad_Jamal_Saqr) (born 1966), Egyptian writer, academic and poet

==See also==
*[Sakhr (disambiguation)](/source/Sakhr_(disambiguation))
* [Sakir](/source/Sakir)

{{given name|type=both}}
Category:Arabic-language masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names
Category:Arabic-language surnames

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