Al-Zawahiri (disambiguation)

al-Zawahiri (Arabic: الظواهري, aẓ-Ẓawāhirī) is an Arabic surname or nisbah derived from name of the town of Zawahir, Saudi Arabia.^[1] The definite article "al-" is sometimes omitted. Alternate spellings include Dhawahiri, Dhawahri, and Zawahri.

^ Kepel, Gilles (2004). The War for Muslim Minds: Islam and the West. Translated by Pascale Ghazaleh. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 78. ISBN 0674015754. His family name originated in the town of Zawahir, in Saudi Arabia, between Mecca and Medina.

[1] Kepel, Gilles (2004). The War for Muslim Minds: Islam and the West. Translated by Pascale Ghazaleh. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 78. ISBN 0674015754. His family name originated in the town of Zawahir, in Saudi Arabia, between Mecca and Medina.

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