Nawal
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Nawal or Nawaal (Arabic: نوال nawāl) is Arabic female given name literally meaning "unmerited favour of God" or "gift, grant, present, donation, award, offering" or also could mean "state or quality of being kind, act of kindness beyond what is due" or "grace, kindness, favour, charity". The name is actually an infinitive form of the adjective which stems from verb نَالَ nāla, meaning "to accomplish, achieve, earn, gain, receive
In Hindustani, Nawal (नवल) means 'new'. This name is used in many countries such as Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries throughout the world.
People with the name include
- Nawal (musician), Comorian musician
- Nawal Kishore Dhawal, Indian writer
- Nawal El Jack, Sudanese sprinter
- Nawal al-Hawsawi, Saudi Arabian pilot and activist
- Nawal El Kuwaitia, Kuwaiti singer
- Nawal Mansouri, Algerian volleyball player
- Nawal El Moutawakel, Moroccan hurdler
- Nawal M. Nour, Sudanese-American obstetrician and gynecologist
- Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian feminist
- Nawal Kishore Sharma, Indian politician
- Nawal El Tatawy (born 1942), Egyptian economist
- Nawal Al Zoghbi, Lebanese singer
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