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Anwar

Meaning — From the Arabic root "n-w-r" meaning light, radiance, and illumination — the same root as "nour" (light), but Anwar functions as a comparative or intensive form meaning "more radiant" or "most luminous". It is associated with Anwar Sadat, the Egyptian president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who made peace with Israel in 1978.·Arabic origin·Male·an-WAR

Anwar Anwar projects luminous authority and a capacity for bold, history-altering decision-making that others find inconceivable. Characters named Anwar are often portrayed as visionary statesmen or intellectuals — men who see the light of a new possibility more clearly than their contemporaries and are willing to pay the price that vision demands.

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Anwar Al-HassanAnwar MansourAnwar NasserAnwar RashidAnwar AzizAnwar Khalil

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