Understanding Arabic Names

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1. Which of these names means "lion" and occurred as the name of at least one President in the Middle-East? Habib Asad Omar Ahmed

2. Which of these names was the name of the last crowned King of Egypt who actually sat on the throne, and means "the one who can tell right from wrong"? Fahd Fouad Faysal Farouk

3. Which of these names may sound familiar to the Portuguese, though it is typically Arabic, means "the one who abstains" and was the name of the only one of the Prophet Muhammad's children who carried on his line? Lubna Layla Fatima Latifa

4. Some Arabic names are just other versions of names you can find in the Bible too. Which of these names happens to be the name of the famous Khalif of Bagdad that occurs in "A Thousand and One Nights", and is another version of the name of a relative of Moses? Issa Ibrahim Harun-al-Raschid Ismaïl

5. Which of these names means "lofty" or "sublime", is well-known as the first part of the name of a character in "A Thousand and One Nights", and occurs in the Koran as the name of a cousin and brother-in-law of the Prophet, who later became the 4th Khalif but was not recognized by the Sunnites? Saddam Amin Ali Imam Bayildi

6. The name Muhammad is possibly the most frequent name in the world. In the Western world Peter is one of the most frequent names. Which of these Arabic names contains an Arabic version of 'Peter'? Suleyman Abu Bakr Boutros-Boutros Gali Tariq Aziz

7. Which of these first names is a first name for men and means "seeker of knowledge" or "student" (especially of the Koran)? Sameer Jamil Fawzi Talib

8. All of these are girl's names. Which of them means "light" and is the name of a(n) (ex-)Queen in the Middle East? Farah Noor Soraya Shahrazad

9. Which of these names means "the chosen one" and was also the first name of one of the great reformers in the Muslim world, who was later given a nickname that made him into the "Father" of his people? Mustafa Youssef Nasir Yasir

10. "Abd-" means servant.Which of these names literally means "servant of God"? Abdalaziz Abdulrahman Abdalmalik Abdullah